Peaceful, Gay-Friendly Wt Virgia Retreat - Review of Guthoe Lost River, Lost River, WV - Tripadvisor

Contents:

• IN THE BACKWOODS OF LOST RIVER, A GAY RETREAT
• PEACEFUL, GAY-FRIENDLY WT VIRGIA... - GUTHOE LOST RIVER
• PERFECT GAY GETAWAY | CAB MATHIAS

IN THE BACKWOODS OF LOST RIVER, A GAY RETREAT

The Guthoe Lost River is gay owned and operated and has been the go-to place for the LGBT muny for s. Lost River is also a major statn for gay tourists om Washgton: a sort of Provcetown on the Potomac (the actual river is a tributary of the Potomac River).

Gay muny, ” said Michael Cole-Schwartz, the munitns director for the Human Rights Campaign, a gay rights advocy group. “It’s nice to get away to the untry whout worryg about lol attus that might be uniendly toward gay people.

PEACEFUL, GAY-FRIENDLY WT VIRGIA... - GUTHOE LOST RIVER

“Live and let live” is how many lols view their relatnship wh the gay newers, said Diane Mathias, 44, who is gay and a lifelong rint of Lost River Valley. “Some of the lols may say ‘gay people are damned to hell’ at church on Sunday, but they’ll still e here Monday morng to get their oil changed, ” said Ms.

Mathias, who said her regular ctomers know she is the legalizatn of gay marriage the District of Columbia and Maryland recent years, more gay upl are holdg their weddg receptns Lost River. The growg gay prence also has helped the enomy, as gay men and lbians add bs like the new Lost River Farmers Market and the Lost River Tradg Post, an upsle store that opened September nearby Warnsville. Dillard, a brawny 67-year-old who is gay.

“Two or three upl would always be gay, ” he said.

PERFECT GAY GETAWAY | CAB MATHIAS

Dillard cid to make the Guthoe an official gay tablishment.