30 Bt Gay Bars In NYC for a Hot Night Out on the Town

Contents:

• GAY BARS QUEENS: WHERE TO PARTY JACKSON HEIGHTS
• THE BT GAY HOOK-UP SPOTS NYC
• THE BEST QUEENS GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS QUEENS
• THE 30 BT GAY BARS NYC
• THE OLST GAY BAR QUEENS SECUR ITS FUTURE JACKSON HEIGHTS
• THE BEST JACKSON HEIGHTS GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS JACKSON HEIGHTS
• THE 10 BEST NEW YORK CY GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS NEW YORK CY
• THE 15 BT GAY BARS NYC TO CHECK OUT

GAY BARS QUEENS: WHERE TO PARTY JACKSON HEIGHTS

Gay bars Queens tend to be outsi the gipster strongholds of Astoria and Long Island Cy (those gays are close enough to Manhattan that they're willg to mute for nightlife). Queens' gay bars are ncentrated slightly further out, the racially and culturally diverse neighborhood of Jackson Heights. The fact that Manhattan is kd-of a schlep om here has led not jt to longevy for a uple bars, but to a fully thrivg scene centered on Roosevelt sptg distance of one another you’ll fd Te Colors, Club Evolutn, Bum Bum Bar and Queens’ olst gay bar Friends’ Tavern.

Ground zero for the 1969 rts that helped lnch the gay rights movement, Stonewall is still a rog, though very touristy, Village statn to pay tribute to the movement. Though was not immediately clear whether Friend’s was imment danger of closg whout purchasg the se, many gay bars have feared they wouldn’t be able to survive the panmic. Mon, Jul 31 · 10:30 PM UTCA Mixer for LGBTQ Women, Femm, & Thems (IN PERSON)Group name:Trans/Nonnformg/Nonbary Programs & Events (Queens &LI) • Long Island Cy, NYGroup name:Trans/Nonnformg/Nonbary Programs & Events (Queens &LI)Long Island Cy, NYOnle EventFri, Aug 4 · 10:00 PM UTCFor Us By Us- A LGBT BIPOC Meet-UpGroup name:Trans/Nonnformg/Nonbary Programs & Events (Queens &LI) • Long Island Cy, NYGroup name:Trans/Nonnformg/Nonbary Programs & Events (Queens &LI)Long Island Cy, NYOnle EventWed, Aug 2 · 10:00 PM UTCLGBTQ Women, Femm, & Thems Virtual SocialGroup name:Trans/Nonnformg/Nonbary Programs & Events (Queens &LI) • Long Island Cy, NYGroup name:Trans/Nonnformg/Nonbary Programs & Events (Queens &LI)Long Island Cy, NYOnle EventWed, Aug 16 · 10:00 PM UTCLGBTQ Women, Femm, & Thems Virtual SocialGroup name:Trans/Nonnformg/Nonbary Programs & Events (Queens &LI) • Long Island Cy, NYGroup name:Trans/Nonnformg/Nonbary Programs & Events (Queens &LI)Long Island Cy, NYOnle EventWed, Aug 9 · 10:00 PM UTCLGBTQ Women, Femm, & Thems Virtual SocialGroup name:Trans/Nonnformg/Nonbary Programs & Events (Queens &LI) • Long Island Cy, NYGroup name:Trans/Nonnformg/Nonbary Programs & Events (Queens &LI)Long Island Cy, NYTue, Aug 1 · 10:30 PM UTCYou've Got Gayme: Virtual Game NightGroup name:Trans/Nonnformg/Nonbary Programs & Events (Queens &LI) • Long Island Cy, NYGroup name:Trans/Nonnformg/Nonbary Programs & Events (Queens &LI)Long Island Cy, NYSat, Aug 12 · 7:00 PM UTCFlame Con: World's Largt LGBTQ Comic Conventn (NYC)Group name:Queer Social: Curated Events For LGBTQ People - Wt Coast • San Francis, CAGroup name:Queer Social: Curated Events For LGBTQ People - Wt CoastSan Francis, CASat, Aug 12 · 5:00 PM UTCFlame Con: World's Largt LGBTQ Comic Conventn (NYC)Group name:Queer Social: Curated Events for LGBTQ People - Northern • Chigo, ILGroup name:Queer Social: Curated Events for LGBTQ People - NorthernChigo, ILSat, Aug 12 · 4:00 PM UTCFlame Con: World's Largt LGBTQ Comic ConventnGroup name:Queer Social: Curated Events For LGBTQ People • New York, NYGroup name:Queer Social: Curated Events For LGBTQ PeopleNew York, NYThu, Aug 17 · 11:00 PM UTCMil Theater Night Out: Straight ForwardGroup name:Queer Social: Curated Events For LGBTQ People • New York, NYGroup name:Queer Social: Curated Events For LGBTQ PeopleNew York, NYSun, Aug 20 · 10:00 PM UTCDner & Movie Social: Blue BeetleGroup name:Queer Social: Curated Events For LGBTQ People • New York, NYGroup name:Queer Social: Curated Events For LGBTQ PeopleNew York, NYSun, Aug 13 · 6:00 PM UTCLGBTQ+ Book Swap!

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The spac, whether always gay iendly or only durg certa tim of the day or week, gave LGBT people the eedom to be themselv a way they ually uld not be their personal or profsnal liv. In tth, gay roo is a natnwi phenomenon, but Arizona is as good a place as any to squeeze to your tightt pair of Levi jeans and give the Cowboy liftyle a try.

The 34th Annual Arizona Gay Roo happens Phoenix Febary; the World Gay Roo Fals happen October Sttsdale; and then there’s queer untry wtern bars Phoenix cludg Charlie’s, the Cash Nightclub and Lounge, and Lat-flavored nightclub Karamba (which hosts ocsnal wboy nights). A small mounta town the middle of the Ozarks that is guard over by a statue of Christ mak for an unlikely gay mec, but Eureka Sprgs is no ordary hamlet. A hangout for hippi, homos and honeymooners (check out the abundance of hotel spa su), this pretty Victorian town boasts LGBTQIA-owned bars, eateri, shops and even a gay rort.

Check out glassy Thorncrown Chapel, take a ghost tour at the Crcent Hotel and go noeg on Lake Leatherwood (even their lake is gay! But surely the fullt exprsn of gay Goln State bliss happens every time the sun beats down hard on Dolor Park San Francis and folks reprentg every letter of the queer alphabet ngregate on the so-lled “F Shelf” for an afternoon of idyll.

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So raise a glass to this New England gem at 168 York Street Cafe, a gay bar and rtrant loted the basement of a charmg brick townhoe and right around the rner om Yale Universy. A Lilliputian gay area boasts queer-iendly rtrants and a uple of lively gay bars, then there’s Poodle Beach (lol), a patch of sand marked by a rabow flag and packed Speedo to Speedo summer.

Gay Days at Disney, which happens every June Orlando, has grown to be a global gay event attractg tens of thoands of people, but a vis to Disney World l anytime of year. While the epicenter of gay life Geia is Atlanta, whose Midtown is home to the state’s most ncentrated LGBTQIA populatn, the llege town of Athens is where you should spend your next Peach Tree State gaytn. An opulent mp-osium of events cludg drag shows, mil performanc and danc, the Ball benefs lol AIDS chari, and shows that the quirky cy, which birthed high-profile queer artists like the B-52s and Michael Stipe of REM (Indigo Girls also rerd their first album here), has as much substance as do style for gay travelers.

Elsewhere on the islands, there are sttered gay and gay-welg bars and clubs, but the bt place to hang out—and let all hang out—is at clothg optnal Ltle Beach at Makena State Park Mi.

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A slice of island paradise jt south of rzy Wailea, the beach is perfect for both chillg and socializg and both gay men and lbians equent large numbers.

You’ll be hard-prsed to fd a huge gay scene anywhere Idaho, which leav the heavy liftg to Boise—the pal and also the state’s largt cy. There are a uple of gay bars town cludg Balny and Lucky Dog Tavern, but we say head over to Flyg M Coffeehoe, a batn fe (beans are roasted onse at a send lotn nearby Nampa), bakery and gift shop sce 1992. Giddy gay boys take to the ty dance floor on weekends, an olr crowd plops down durg the week, a rnupia of young queers smash themselv together a swell of sweaty ecstasy every send Friday (at a party lled FKA) and Fire feeds the muny for ee every Sunday.

The crowd is diverse, energetic and iendly as heck, the lp clus all kds of crazy baret and queer entertament and the gay namg even rri over to the drk menu.

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Although LGBTQ nightlife Derby Cy has sce moved to Bardstown Road, while tchg 40 wks at Vu or makg new iends at Vapor, nsir the three s of gay nightlife that happened on this very block.

There’s Sipps, a gay-iendly bar that ma major headl when out bartenr Kara Coley posted an teractn on social media between herself and the mother of a gay son; Big Mike’s Speakeasy which hosted Sunday drag shows last time we checked; and even a clothg optnal beach on nearby Wt Ship Island. This means every unspectg visor lookg for a burger is for a night of gay bgo, a rog drag show or Maryoke (and one heck of a burger). The scenery—and wboys—of Montana might evoke somethg out of Brokeback Mounta, but the realy of gay life here (you n still be fired for beg gay most unti) is far ls romantic.

The cy don’t have a “gayborhood, ” per se, but rather s robt gay muny is well-woven to s taptry, the most worthy part of which for travelers is ftive Flixx Cabaret.

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Wh weekend performanc featurg both drag queens and drag kgs an eclectic range of edic, dramatic and even burlque-themed shows, Flixx will shatter the stereotype you probably have of gay life Nebraska.

Las Vegas is probably immune to the cricism that ’s not queer enough and the cy do boast a few notable highlights, cludg the “F Loop, ” a clter of LGBTQIA bars east of the Strip; Temptatn Sundays, a gay pool party at the Luxor; and a nighttime Pri that happens annually October. But we thk s gayt hangout—this year at least—is the Park Theater, a state-of-the-art entertament venue attached to the new Park MGM (formerly the Monte Carlo). As pric skyrocket Eastern seaboard gay mecs like Fire Island, P-Town and Rehoboth, ’s no surprise that penny-pchg queers have sought out better vatn bargas.

Gay ground zero is the Emprs Hotel, a btlg plex close to the beach and boardwalk and boastg 101 gutrooms, a rtrant, tiki bar, large pool and all the biki and Speedo-clad queers you n image.

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The olst LGBTQIA bar New Mexi’s largt cy, the Soch as ’s lolly known, opened as a non-prof social club for the gay muny 1971 and nearly 50 years later is still the cy’s Cheers for queers. Columb’ gay pri ftival is named for the Stonewall Rts that started the morn gay rights’ movement 50 years ago—and wh good reason. Whether you take a “Gay Pneers Tour” that explas the role of the LGBTQIA muny rehabilatg the district, or vis the Stonewall Columb muny center, whose advocy and health servic the proceeds of the celebratn helps fund, your expectatns will be shattered.

The Mother Road ns om Chigo to LA and offers a surprisgly gay old time for LGBTQIA roadtrippers—cludg the more than 400 that n through the Sooner State. Don’t miss kschy roadsi attractns like the neon-l Pops 66 Soda Ranch, Waylan’s Ku-Ku Burger and the Blue Whale of Catoosa; but also the opportuny to hang wh Oklahomos after hours.

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The former is favored among gay men while Colls (a part of bulic Svie Island) offers a fuller rabow portra of the muny (and is beloved by straights as well). Upper Kg Dign District is the cy’s most queer-iendly hood and clus gay bar Dudley’s, which pairs glamoro drag shows wh a rough-around-the-edg billiards room.

This famoly historic cy also boasts numero queer landmarks, cludg Villa Marghera, where Gert Ste and Alice Toklas once spent Valente’s Day; the Candltick Murr Hoe, se of a sensatnal gay murr; and the Avery Rearch Center, which tails the relatnship between terracial uple Joseph Towl and Col Turnbull. The cy’s Club David is notably the only gay club the state, so even if you e outsi of Pri Month, ’s the bt place to go to meet gay South Dakotans, who n give you even greater sight. But even most gay folks have never heard of Ida (Idyll Dandy Arts), a queer mune and ral muny loted about 60 east of Nashville.

The progrsive queen of Texas polics, open-md At is neverthels smaller pared to Dallas and Hoton when to s LGBT scene (at least when measured gay bars). In addn to annual events like Utah Pri Ftival, Damn The Heels LGBTQ film ftival and Elevatn Utah Gay Ski Week nearby Park Cy, there’s plenty of bar life to keep queers entertaed.