Gay bars once thrived Sagaw, but none rema. LGBTQ+ advot seek a revival.

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• REACTN POSIVE TO JACKSON'S NEW GAY BAR, CLUB DETOUR
•  MICHIGAN LBIAN AND GAY BARS, RTRANTS, LODGG, PRI EVENT, BS MAPS
• JACKSON’S ONLY GAY CLUB CLOS DOORS
• THE BEST MICHIGAN GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS MICHIGAN
• AFTER 40 YEARS, THE APARTMENT LOUNGE, MICHIGAN'S OLST GAY BAR, IS FALLY CHANGG OWNERS
• WONRLTSEE ALL THGS TO DO{"@TYPE":"LOLBS","NAME":"WONRLT","URL":"\","ADDRS":{"@TYPE":"POSTALADDRS","STREETADDRS":"3911 NORTHVIEW DR","ADDRSLOLY":"JACKSON","ADDRSREGN":"MISSISSIPPI","ADDRSCOUNTRY":"UNED STAT","POSTALCO":"39206-5206"},"AGGREGATERATG":{"@TYPE":"AGGREGATERATG","RATGVALUE":"5.0","REVIEWCOUNT":1},"@NTEXT":"HTTP:\U002F\"}SEE ALL THGS TO DOWONRLT51 REVIEW#5 OF 9 NIGHTLIFE JACKSONGAY BARS • DANCE CLUBS & DISSREAD MOREVIS WEBSECALLEMAILWRE A REVIEWWHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYG“<3”JUL 2018BT LTLE LGBT+ BAR JACKSON <3 FUN, WELG, AND GREAT BARTENRS. SATURDAY NIGHT DRAG SHOW IS ALWAYS A BLAST SUGGT EDS TO IMPROVE WHAT WE SHOW.IMPROVE THIS LISTGBE THE FIRST TO UPLOAD A PHOTOUPLOAD A PHOTOTOP WAYS TO EXPERIENCE NEARBY ATTRACTNSJACKSON PUZZLG ADVENTUREADVENTURE TOURSOM $34.95 PER GROUP (UP TO 12)AMAZG LET’S ROAM JACKSON SVENGER HUNT: PRETTY MISSISSIPPI!FUN & GAMOM $12.31 PER ADULTZOMBIE SVENGERS GAME - JACKSON, MSFUN & GAMOM $20.00 PER GROUP (UP TO 10)SPECIAL OFFERJACKSON JIG SVENGER HUNTFUN & GAMOM $27.00 $21.60 PER ADULTPARTICIPATE A FUN SVENGER HUNT JACKSON BY OPERATN CY QUTFUN & GAMOM $10.00 PER ADULTTHE AREA ADDRS3911 NORTHVIEW DR, JACKSON, MS 39206-5206FULL VIEWBT NEARBYRTRANTS138 WH 3 KRYSTAL30.2 MIAMERINSUBWAY10.2 MIAMERIN • FAST FOOD • DELIBURGER KG30.2 MILOU'S BAR & GRILL40.3 MIBIG APPLE INN80.4 MITHE PIG & PT6120.8 MI$$ - $$$ • BARBECUE • GASTROPUB • BEER RTRANTSRALLY'S10.5 MIAMERINMCDONALD'S10.5 MIWALKER'S DRIVE IN5900.9 MI$$$$ • CONTEMPORARY • VEGETARIAN FRIENDLY • VEGAN OPTNSSALTE2290.9 MI$$ - $$$ • AMERIN • CAJUN & CREOLE • BARSEE ALLATTRACTNS80 WH 6 MISSISSIPPI CHILDREN'S MM3601.9 MICHILDREN'S MMSMISSISSIPPI CIVIL RIGHTS MM231ART GALLERI • SPECIALY MMSMISSISSIPPI MM OF NATURAL SCIENCE3242.1 MINATURAL HISTORY MMSMISSISSIPPI STATE CAPOL267HISTORIC S • POTS OF INTERT & LANDMARKSMISSISSIPPI AGRICULTURAL & FORTRY MM1341.4 MISPECIALY MMSEUDORA WELTY HOE AND GARN1252.2 MISPECIALY MMS • HISTORIC SOLD CAPOL MM218HISTORIC S • ARCHECTURAL BUILDGSDULG HALL30.9 MITHEATERSMEDGAR EVERS HOME982.1 MIHISTORIC SMISSISSIPPI MM OF ART147ART MMSSEE ALLCONTRIBUTEWRE A REVIEWUPLOAD A PHOTOREVIEWSQ&AFILTERSENGLISHMOST RECENTDETAILED REVIEWS: REVIEWS ORR RMED BY SCRIPTIVENS OF ER-INTIFIED THEM SUCH AS CLEANLS, ATMOSPHERE, GENERAL TIPS AND LOTN RMATN.5.01 REVIEWEXCELLENT1VERY GOOD0AVERAGE0POOR0TERRIBLE0ER MCLTON, MS19 NTRIBUTNS0JUL 2018 • FRIENDSBT LTLE LGBT+ BAR JACKSON READ MOREWRTEN JULY 26, 2018THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.NO QUTNS HAVE BEEN ASKED ABOUT THIS EXPERIENCEASK A QUTNALSO POPULAR WH TRAVELERSSEE ALLUNRGROUND 11918BARS & CLUBSOPEN NOWFZGERALD'S AT THE HILTON JACKSON8BARS & CLUBSHAL & MAL'S2BLU BARSFENIAN'S PUB6BARS & CLUBSOPEN NOWFONDREN ART GALLERY2ART GALLERI • BLU BARSLIBRARY LOUNGE10BARS & CLUBSLET'S ROAM JACKSONCY TOURS • BAR, CLUB & PUB TOURSBLACK SILHOUETTE WEARBAR, CLUB & PUB TOURS • TAXIS & SHUTTLIS THIS YOUR TRIPADVISOR LISTG?OWN OR MANAGE THIS PROPERTY? CLAIM YOUR LISTG FOR EE TO RPOND TO REVIEWS, UPDATE YOUR PROFILE AND MUCH MORE.CLAIM YOUR LISTGWONRLT (JACKSON) - ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU GO
• GAY BARS ONCE THRIVED SAGAW, BUT NONE REMA. LGBTQ+ ADVOT SEEK A REVIVAL.
• GAYT PLAC IN MICHIGAN FOR 2020

REACTN POSIVE TO JACKSON'S NEW GAY BAR, CLUB DETOUR

When a new gay bar opened Jackson last month, lol rint Kenh Griff-Mohney was surprised, to say the least. Jackson has a reputatn for beg a socially nservative town, so Griff-Mohney and his partner, Jam Warner, were exced but skeptil about the openg of a gatherg place for the gay muny. "Club Detour appears to be the first bar Jackson to openly advertise as a gay bar.

Some see the lack of prott to the new tablishment as a sign that Jackson is beg more acceptg of the gay muny.

 MICHIGAN LBIAN AND GAY BARS, RTRANTS, LODGG, PRI EVENT, BS MAPS

On July 1, she opened Club Detour as a place for gay men and women ag 18 and olr to mgle and enjoy entertament such as karaoke, go-go dancers and "drag nights. "I get as many straight people as I get gay people. "Lorrae Hampton, of PFLAG (Parents, Fai and Friends of Lbians and Gays) Jackson, gets the imprsn that Jackson is a live-and-let-live kd of muny.

"I thk most of the folks Jackson don't re if people want to go to a gay bar, " she said. " She said more people are beg tolerant of gay people bee they know someone who is gay and therefore are ls like to harbor negative perceptns and fears about them. " Jackson rint Missie Man said she feels that the cy has slowly bee more open to the gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr muny.

However, she was surprised to hear about a gay bar openg here. More than likely, more young people — gay or straight — might go jt to try somethg new, Keller said. " Tony De Or, -print of PFLAG Detro, said discrimatn — such as name-llg and acts of vlence — agast gay people still exists, but more people are beg more tolerant.

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"We're fdg even grandparents are pretty acceptg when they fd that their grandson or granddghter is gay, " he said. Type: Gay Bar wh Dancefloor.

In a nutshell: Nancy Mix reopens The B-One Bar as Club Detour, Jackson's only gay bar featurg nightly events wh DJ, drag and karaoke... Rad advertisements had aired, and guts om neighborg stat were set to attend a highly-anticipated event at Jackson’s only gay and lbian bar last week.

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But the event, which was for the Michigan Gay Roo Associatn, was ncelled two weeks before s schled date of Jan. Mix said she revamped the club om s origal rnatn as a sports bar July 2010 to meet the needs of the area’s gay and lbian muny, but had to close the club when ctomer support and dollars stopped pourg .

AFTER 40 YEARS, THE APARTMENT LOUNGE, MICHIGAN'S OLST GAY BAR, IS FALLY CHANGG OWNERS

She said the end, Jackson’s openly-gay populatn was too small to support a gay club. They plan to flood petg bars wh former Club Detour patrons to create makhift gay bars. “I don’t re what they are – gay, black, green purple or orange, ” Mix said.

Stg Jack's Constctn Se, more monly known as JC's, Jackson last week, Myers reflected on the numero gay bars he's owned and operated and the generatns of people who have e though the first bar, Mae's Cabaret, was started wh a $1, 500 le of cred on his home.

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"It was the first big gay dance bar that Jackson had. "People have their perceptns of what they thk a gay person is and don't know a thg about him.

It's always been the place to go, the place to feel safe and be wh other people jt like you, " Watson said she's sad JC's is closg but she's happy for Myers, a good the 80's AIDS epimic to the vigil held for those killed a mass shootg at a gay nightclub Orlando, Myers said he has seen a lot his 50 years.

She knew of his sexualy, but, after a weekend spent around Myers' gay iends, his fiancée ma a rogatory slur about his iends. This is our sixth time rankg the gayt plac left for slishow. Article ntu the Supreme Court led favor of same-sex marriag, Ameri generally, and the gay muny specifilly, celebrated.

GAY BARS ONCE THRIVED SAGAW, BUT NONE REMA. LGBTQ+ ADVOT SEEK A REVIVAL.

Same-sex marriag, and the gay and lbian movement is more mastream than the natnal discsn has been brought to the foreont, at the state level, nversatns you know that an timated 0.

24% of Michigan rints is gay? That ranks as the number 32 most gay state the natn.

That means there are a total of 11, 098 gay hoeholds The Wolvere goal wh this post is to e data and science to terme the gayt ci analyzg 226 ci wh over 1, 000 hoeholds, we’ve termed the are The Gayt Ci Michigan for 2020. Pleasant Ridge (Photos)Norway (Photos)Lake Orn (Photos)BridgmanVillage of Grosse Pote Shor (Photos)KalkaskaWilliamstonBeldg (Photos)Wt Branch (Photos)Rockwood (Photos)What’s the gayt place Michigan?

GAYT PLAC IN MICHIGAN FOR 2020

Acrdg to the facts, Pleasant Ridge is the gayt place Michigan for more on how we lculated the top ten, and for more rmatn about the plac, read you’re lookg for somethg more natnal, check out the gayt ci more Michigan readg, check out:Bt Plac To Live In MichiganCheapt Plac To Live In MichiganMost Dangero Plac MichiganThe 10 Gayt Ci In Michigan For 2020Hoeholds: 1, 035Rank Last Year: 1 (No Change)Gay Hoeholds: 61 (27th hight)% Gay Hoeholds: 6. 57% (1st hight)More on Pleasant Ridge: Data | PhotosHoeholds: 1, 447Rank Last Year: 4 (Up 2)Gay Hoeholds: 32 (56th hight)% Gay Hoeholds: 4. 42% (2nd hight)More on Norway: Data | PhotosHoeholds: 1, 345Rank Last Year: 2 (Down 1)Gay Hoeholds: 39 (47th hight)% Gay Hoeholds: 2.

97% (3rd hight)More on Lake Orn: Data | PhotosHoeholds: 1, 051Rank Last Year: –Gay Hoeholds: 14 (86th hight)% Gay Hoeholds: 2. 66% (4th hight)More on Bridgman: DataHoeholds: 1, 165Rank Last Year: 6 (Up 1)Gay Hoeholds: 14 (86th hight)% Gay Hoeholds: 2. 4% (5th hight)More on Village Of Grosse Pote Shor: Data | PhotosHoeholds: 1, 023Rank Last Year: –Gay Hoeholds: 9 (106th hight)% Gay Hoeholds: 1.