Gay Boston: Cy Gui, History, Nightlife, and Bars |

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• THE BEST BOSTON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS BOSTON
• BT HANGOUT PLAC OF LGBTQ BOSTON. GAY BARS, CLUBS & RTRANTS
• THE LGBTIQ+ TRAVEL GUI TO BOSTON: THE BT GAY BARS, DRAG EVENTS AND MORE
• BARR GAY BOSTON: SOUTH END
• BOSTON'S BT GAY BARS
• WT HOLLYWOOD’S HISTORIC GAY NIGHTCLUB THE ABBEY IS UP FOR SALE

THE BEST BOSTON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS BOSTON

Photograph: Courty Cathedral StatnCathedral StatnFrom clubs and loung, to fés and baret, here’s where to experience Boston’s bt LGBTQ+ nightlifeNot only was Massachetts was the first state to legalize gay marriage, but we also know how to show off our pri style.

Check out our picks for the bt gay bars Boston—and to enjoy even more of the cy’s energetic nightlife, have fun explorg the bt cktail loung and speakeasi. RECOMMENDED: See the full list of the bt bars BostonBt Boston gay bars1.

Cathedral StatnThis sual gay sports bar is straight clive, creatg a iendly atmosphere to hangout wh iends and fay. The bt of Boston’s gay bar scene n be found around the South End, Dorchter, and beyond. The nversatns about Boston’s gay nightlife scene often center around the closgs of cherished tablishments and rapid gentrifitn of once-gay neighborhoods.

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Sectns of Dorchter, once the epicenter of Boston’s Irish Catholic workg-class, are now miature gayborhoods — plete wh Sunday tea danc. The Theater District is home to multiple clubs that regularly host big-name DJs and queens om RuPl’s Drag Race (season 15 wner Sasha Colby performed at Legacy this wter), and Back Bay remas filled wh gay-iendly neighborhood hnts. Wh a proud history of supportg gay rights and a large LGBTQ populatn, Boston is unsurprisgly one of the most clive metro areas the untry.

It is te that gay people n feel fortable galavantg anywhere, om Eastie’s wateront to Somerville’s Davis Square. Still, there is a need for gay-specific spac, and a new generatn of social are ensurg that Boston remas a statn for LGBTQ people. Wh Pri Month gettg started, here is a look at the cy’s gay bar scene and all has to offer.

Legacy, n by Royale Entertament Group, has taken the mantle om Paradise as one of Boston’s most hedonistic gay nightlife statns. Around for more than 30 years, Club Café is one of the olst gay bars Boston, but you wouldn’t be able to tell om the throngs of Gen Z-ers and lennials who wrap around Columb Avenue on Friday and Saturday nights to get si (pro tip: buy a yearly VIP pass to skip the le.

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Formerly an old-school vio bar — Trophy Room also ed to host weekly drag bnch — the space is still a gay favore.

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This upsle cktail lounge opened last fall on Tremont Street, where the Eagle, a gay dive bar staple nearly every major cy, ed to be loted. In this gay-iendly tablishment, the portns are big and the drks are stiff.

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Wh s spac bar and numero high-tops, Harp and Bard has bee a statn for Dorchter gays who want to enjoy a lorful selectn of cktails or chow down on fort food favor like turkey tips and meatloaf.

Brian Picci’s Dbar has been a gay favore for years (along wh s siblgs Boston Chops the South End and Dxave Back Bay). Dbar After Dark throws some of the most bacchanalian events on the Boston gay nightlife lendar, attractg hors of pleasure-seekers for s glow party and r Sunday outdoor tea dance. Blend has bee a go-to spot for Dorchter gays lookg to dance the night away, or tch up wh iends their roomy bar area or outdoor pat.

Blend is hostg a number of events for Pri, notably s “GAYHEM” dance party on Saturday and pop star drag bnch on Sunday. 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The GLAD (GLBTQ Legal Advot & Defenrs) anizatn was formed Boston 1978 after a seri of police raids targetg spected gay men. In the 1950s, Boston had an electric nightlife scene wh an unrground hub of gay and lbian bars and dance halls. Many long-tablished gay and lbian bars were shut down the 60s and 70s, but new bars brg wh them new energy and Boston is tryg hard to revalize self to the gay pal of the East Coast.