Ameri Se Shas of Gay: A Once-Invisible Group Fds the Spotlight
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- GAY 90SSEE ALL THGS TO DO{"@TYPE":"LOLBS","NAME":"GAY 90S","URL":"\","ADDRS":{"@TYPE":"POSTALADDRS","STREETADDRS":"408 HENNEP AVE ","ADDRSLOLY":"MNEAPOLIS","ADDRSREGN":"MNOTA","ADDRSCOUNTRY":"UNED STAT","POSTALCO":"55401-1997"},"AGGREGATERATG":{"@TYPE":"AGGREGATERATG","RATGVALUE":"3.5","REVIEWCOUNT":43},"IMAGE":"HTTPS:\U002F\\U002FMEDIA\U002FPHOTO-O\U002F05\U002F02\U002FB8\U002F26\","@NTEXT":"HTTP:\U002F\"}SEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY 90S3.543 REVIEWS#33 OF 121 NIGHTLIFE MNEAPOLISGAY BARSREAD MOREVIS WEBSECALLWRE A REVIEWWHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYG“NO LONGER A GAY BAR”SEP 2022FOR ALL PRACTIL PURPOS THIS ISN'T A GAY BAR ANYMORE. IT'S A PLACE WHERE STRAIGHT WOMEN AND QUTNG MEN GO TO DANCE AND WATCH DRAG SHOWS. STRAIGHTS HAVE ED THE PLACE. IF YOU'RE LOOKG FOR A GAY BAR DON'T GO HERE.“GOOD TIM, LOVELY PEOPLE, AND NO SHORTAGE OF ENTERTAMENT”AUG 2021WENT THERE FOR A IENDS BIRTHDAY BASH FOR THE FIRST TIME AND HAD A FANTASTIC TIME EVEN AS SOMEONE THATS A HOMEBODY AND NOT REALLY MUCH FOR SUCH THGS. IT WAS A FUN AND FORTABLE ATMOSPHERE WH SO MANY KDS OF PEOPLE OM ALL WALKS OF LIFE HABG THE TABLISHMENT. IT WAS A GREAT CROWD AND I NEVER FELT SO WELE A NEW PLACE ALL MY LIFE, YOU N REALLY LET LOOSE AND BE YOURSELF. BAR SERVICE WAS A B SLOW BUT I N LOOK THAT OVER NSIRG THE TRAFFIC THEY GET, THEY REALLY BT THEIR BUTTS TO SERVE YOUSUGGT EDS TO IMPROVE WHAT WE SHOW.IMPROVE THIS LISTGFULL VIEWALL PHOTOS (13)TOP WAYS TO EXPERIENCE NEARBY ATTRACTNSMNEAPOLIS & ST. PL HIGHLIGHTS PRIVATE RIDG & WALKG TOUR (3 HRS)11REMEND90% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.HISTORIL TOURSOM $550.00 PER GROUP (UP TO 2)TW CY GHOSTS TOUR BY US GHOST ADVENTUR20REMEND100% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.HISTORIL TOURSOM $30.00 PER ADULTCOMPLETE MNEAPOLIS WALKG TOUR1FOOD & DRKOM $99.00 PER ADULTALL-INCLIVE MNEAPOLIS CRAFT BREWERY TOUR185REMEND98% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.FOOD & DRKOM $90.00 PER ADULTHISTORIC CAVE TOUR15REMEND93% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.HISTORIL TOURSOM $15.00 PER ADULTTW CI HIGHLIGHTS TOUR31HISTORIL TOURSOM $40.00 PER ADULTMNEHAHA FALLS: A SELF-GUID AUD TOUR OF MNEAPOLIS6HISTORIL TOURSOM $7.99 PER ADULTTW CI WALKG TOUR: UNVER HIDN MNEAPOLIS BARS9FOOD & DRKOM $99.00 PER ADULTGHOST WALKG TOUR MNEAPOLIS1HISTORIL TOURSOM $29.00 PER ADULTMNEAPOLIS RIVER WALK: A SELF-GUID AUD TOUR30HISTORIL TOURSOM $7.99 PER ADULTSKYWAY WALKG TOUR - MNEAPOLIS3ARCHECTURE TOURSOM $80.00 PER ADULT (PRICE VARI BY GROUP SIZE)MNEAPOLIS HALF DAY CY TOUR - WALKG2CY TOURSOM $85.00 PER ADULT (PRICE VARI BY GROUP SIZE)SAT PL GANGSTER TOUR10REMEND90% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.HISTORIL TOURSOM $49.00 PER ADULTTHE ORIGAL PEDAL PUB TOUR - INDIVIDUAL SEATS11REMEND100% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.FOOD & DRKOM $45.00 PER ADULTWALKG ST. PL SUMM AVE. VICTORIAN HOM PRIVATE TOUR (2 HRS)9HISTORIL TOURSOM $195.00 PER GROUP (UP TO 8)THE AREA ADDRS408 HENNEP AVE, MNEAPOLIS, MN 55401-1997NEIGHBORHOOD: DOWNTOWNREAD MOREFULL VIEWBT NEARBYRTRANTS978 WH 3 RED COW NORTH LOOP3620.2 MI$$ - $$$ • AMERIN • BAR • VEGETARIAN FRIENDLYMURRAY'S5400.1 MI$$$$ • AMERIN • STEAKHOE • GLUTEN FREE OPTNSFOGO CHãO BRAZILIAN STEAKHOE1,6300.2 MI$$$$ • STEAKHOE • BRAZILIAN • HEALTHYRED RABB MNEAPOLIS1850.2 MI$$ - $$$ • ITALIAN • AMERIN • PIZZAPIZZA LUCE DOWNTOWN6110.1 MI$$ - $$$ • ITALIAN • PIZZA • VEGETARIAN FRIENDLYTHE CAPAL GRILLE8440.3 MI$$$$ • AMERIN • STEAKHOE • SEAFOODTHE OCEANAIRE SEAFOOD ROOM7660.2 MI$$$$ • AMERIN • VEGETARIAN FRIENDLY • GLUTEN FREE OPTNSWOOD + PADDLE EATERY4080.2 MI$$ - $$$ • AMERIN • BAR • GRILLJD HOYT'S2720.3 MI$$ - $$$ • AMERIN • STEAKHOE • BARKIERAN'S IRISH PUB3340.2 MI$$ - $$$ • AMERIN • IRISH • BARSEE ALLATTRACTNS240 WH 6 CLOCKWERKS BREWG19208 FTBREWERIMNEAPOLIS CENTRAL LIBRARY11494 FTLIBRARIBOB DYLAN MURAL80.1 MIPOTS OF INTERT & LANDMARKSILLN THEATER40.1 MITHEATERSGOODALE THEATER20.1 MITHEATERSHENNEP CENTER FOR THE ARTS10.1 MIHISTORIC S • THEATERSNILLET AVENUE680.2 MIPOTS OF INTERT & LANDMARKSMNEAPOLIS VISORS INFORMATN110.2 MIVISOR CENTERSTARGET FIELD3,0420.3 MISPORTS COMPLEXMNEAPOLIS SKYWAY SYSTEM7500.3 MIPOTS OF INTERT & LANDMARKSSEE 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.3.543 REVIEWSEXCELLENT21VERY GOOD6AVERAGE7POOR2TERRIBLE7TRIPLECMNEAPOLIS, MN99 NTRIBUTNS1NO LONGER A GAY BARSEP 2022FOR ALL PRACTIL PURPOS THIS ISN'T A GAY BAR ANYMORE. IT'S A PLACE WHERE STRAIGHT WOMEN AND QUTNG MEN GO TO DANCE AND WATCH DRAG SHOWS. STRAIGHTS HAVE ED THE PLACE. IF YOU'RE LOOKG FOR A GAY BAR DON'T GO HERE.READ MOREWRTEN SEPTEMBER 11, 2022THIS 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.MATT T1 NTRIBUTN2GOOD TIM, LOVELY PEOPLE, AND NO SHORTAGE OF ENTERTAMENTAUG 2021WENT THERE FOR A IENDS BIRTHDAY BASH FOR THE FIRST TIME AND HAD A FANTASTIC TIME EVEN AS SOMEONE THATS A HOMEBODY AND NOT REALLY MUCH FOR SUCH THGS. IT WAS A FUN AND FORTABLE ATMOSPHERE WH SO MANY KDS OF PEOPLE OM ALL WALKS OF LIFE HABG THE TABLISHMENT. IT WAS A GREAT CROWD AND I NEVER FELT SO WELE A NEW PLACE ALL MY LIFE, YOU N REALLY LET LOOSE AND BE YOURSELF. BAR SERVICE WAS A B SLOW BUT I N LOOK THAT OVER NSIRG THE TRAFFIC THEY GET, THEY REALLY BT THEIR BUTTS TO SERVE YOUREAD MOREWRTEN AUGT 25, 2021THIS 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.SABRAIOWA377 NTRIBUTNS1BROUGHT THE 1ST TIMERS...DEC 2019 • FRIENDSTHE HALF NAKED BARTENR CHRIS WAS GREAT EYE NDY, BUT HIS PERSONALY WAS LACKG. MY IENDS AND I WERE LOOKG FOR RIDICULO FUN, BUT THE VIBE HAS CHANGED HERE A LOT. EHER THAT, OR FUN IS ONLY TO BE HAD DURG CERTA HOURS. I STILL LOVE G HERE, BUT NOW I KNOW TO SHOW UP THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.READ MOREWRTEN DECEMBER 29, 2019THIS 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.ANDREW4 NTRIBUTNS0STILL MY FAVORE PLACE TO VISOCT 2019MET GUYS AGA. MORE STRAIGHT THIS TIME[ BUT STILL CUTE] THE DRKS WERE STILL GOOD AND STRONG. LONG LE BUT WORTH THE WA A GREAT PLACE TO BE YOURSELFREAD MOREWRTEN NOVEMBER 6, 2019THIS 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.CLARE ANDSYKPONTEACT, UK951 NTRIBUTNS2I RO THE BIG BLACK **** HAHAJUL 2019 • FRIENDSVISG OUR USA IENDS, THEY TOOK TO MNEAPOLIS FOR THE DAY. THEY JT HAD TO TAKE ME TO THIS BAR TO SHOW ME THE BIG BLACK PENIS TO RI.THE WAER WAS KD ENOUGH TO SHOW THROUGH TO THAT ROOM AS WAS CLOSED HOWEVER.VERY FUNNY! I FOUND TERTG THAT WE WERE THE ONLY FEMAL THERE! UK GAY BARS ARE PACKED WH BOTH SEX UALLY, OM ALL WALKS OF LIFE AS YOU HAVE THE BT TIME THEM HAHAREAD MOREWRTEN AUGT 7, 2019THIS 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.ANDREW4 NTRIBUTNS0GREAT PLACEMAY 2019 • FRIENDSMET A LOT OF NEW GUYS BARTENR THE MEN'S ROOM BAR MA GREAT DRKS MIC WAS GREAT LOVE THE OLD STYLE OF THE BUILDG I'VE ALWAYS FEEL FORTABLE BEG THERE YOU N BE YOURSELF NOBODY JUDG YOUREAD MOREWRTEN MAY 28, 2019THIS 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.ESPE33139038101FORT WAYNE, IN1 NTRIBUTN0GOOD MIC, HORRIBLE BARTENRS (WELL, EXCEPT FOR ONE).APR 2019I HAD HEARD ABOUT THIS PLACE, SO WE CID TO CHECK OUT. LOTS OF DIFFERENT ROOMS/MIC/SCEN TO CHECK OUT. BUT IF THIS PLACE IS GOG TO SURVIVE, THEY NEED TO ADD TO THE NUMBER OF BARTENRS AND REPLACE MOST OF THE ON THEY HAVE. WE STOOD WAG AT ONE BAR FOR 20 MUT, SH HAND, ONLY TO BE BLATANTLY AND OBVLY IGNORED. (APPARENTLY THEY ONLY HIRE BODYBUILRS TO WORK HERE.) SERVICE WAS HORRIBLY SLOW. TIRED OF WAG, WE WENT TO ANOTHER BAR WHERE A IENDLY BARTENR MENTNED OVER BEE HIS FEMALE UNTERPART WASN'T SERVG ANYBODY; SHE WAS TOO BY UNTG SH AND THAT TOOK HER A FULL 10 MUT AT LEAST. WE TIPPED HIM WELL, FISHED OUR DRKS AND LEFT. WE PROBABLY WON'T RETURN. MNEAPOLIS HAS PLENTY OF OTHER BARS WH BETTER, FASTER SERVICE.READ MOREWRTEN APRIL 29, 2019THIS 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.MEL B1 NTRIBUTN4HORRIBLE TABLISHMENTAPR 2019 • COUPLI WAS AT THIS TABLISHMENT AND ED THEIR AT CHECK SERVICE. I DROPPED MY AT OFF AND I WAS GIVEN A NUMBER TO RECLAIM MY AT WHEN I LEFT. WHEN I WAS TRYG TO RECLAIM MY AT I WAS TOLD WAS NO LONGER THERE. I WAS TOLD THEY HAD TO REVIEW THEIR MERAS. SO THE NEXT DAY I GOT A HOLD OF THEM. I WAS TOLD "MY IENDS" LEFT WH MY JACKET. THE ONLY IENDS I WAS THERE WH WERE WH ME ALL NIGHT AND ALSO HAD THEIR JACKETS STOLEN. NO ONE SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN A AT WHOUT THE RPONDG TAG. THE TABLISHMENT REFED TO HELP ANYMORE AND BSHED UNR THE G. I'M VERY UPSET THEY N A BUISNS LIKE THIS. I WILL NEVER RETURN!!READ MOREWRTEN APRIL 24, 2019THIS 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.MS. D. EVANSMNEAPOLIS, MN11 NTRIBUTNS2ISN'T THE SAMEFEB 2019 • FRIENDSI ED TO LOVE THIS PLACE, MAYBE I'VE CHANGED, OR MAYBE 'S JT GOTTEN WORSE. BUT WHILE WAS ALWAYS A LTLE N DOWN, BUT WH LIKE CHARM, JT ME ACROSS AS REALLY GROSS AND GBBY THIS LAST TIME. DISAPOTED. IS SUCH A LANDMARK.READ MOREWRTEN APRIL 12, 2019THIS 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.KATHRYN C1 NTRIBUTN4ABSOLUTELY AWFULMAR 2019 • FRIENDS10/10 DO NOT RECOMMEND. I'VE BEEN HERE MULTIPLE TIM AND THIS PLACE HAS GOTTEN SIGNIFINTLY WORSE, WH THE ATMOSPHERE BEG MORE HOSTILE EACH TIME. MY PHONE WAS PULLED OUT OF MY ONT POCKET LAST NIGHT AND WAS STOLEN. I LLED TODAY ASKG FOR A MANAGER, WAS TOLD THERE WAS ONE THERE BUT HE WASN'T GOG TO TAKE MY LL. I WAS GIVEN TO THE HEAD OF SECURY, WHO WAS INSANELY MEAN AND , AND TOLD ME THE MANAGER WASN'T THERE AND THAT HE ULDN'T GIVE ME HIS SCHLE, AND THAT THEY REFE TO HAND OVER SECURY FOOTAGE FOR MY POLICE REPORT. THE NIGHT I WAS THERE, THE ENTIRE SECURY STAFF WAS BEYOND , AND REFED TO HELP WH MY SUATN WHEN I WAS CLEARLY DISTRS. I KNOW MULTIPLE PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THEIR PHON/WALLETS/CRED RDS STOLEN OM THIS PLACE AND HAVE HAD THE SAME EXPERIENCE.READ MOREWRTEN MARCH 9, 2019THIS 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.12…SHOWG RULTS 1-10 OF 43TRA WPLAYA HERMOSA6 NTRIBUTNSCAN YOU MAKE RERVATNS FOR THE DRAG SHOW ON SATURDAY NIGHTS? I SEE REFERENC TO ON THE WEBSE BUT NO LK TO DO SO.ADD A REPLYGABRIELLE M14 NTRIBUTNSSCE 'S OCTOBER AND GETTG LD WAS WONRG IF THEY HAVE A AT CHECK SCE I'D RATHER NOT HOLD MY JACKET ALL NIGHTADD A REPLYVIEW ALLALSO POPULAR WH TRAVELERSSEE ALLPEDAL PUB TW CI108BAR, CLUB & PUB TOURS • BIKE TOURSWAREHOE DISTRICTDAKOTA76BARS & CLUBS • JAZZ BARSOPEN NOWTHE LOL87BARS & CLUBSOPEN NOW • DOWNTOWNMATT'S BAR49BARS & CLUBSOPEN NOWBRAVE NEW WORKSHOP106COMEDY CLUBSUP-DOWN MNEAPOLIS40BARS & CLUBSFIRST AVENUE & 7TH ST ENTRY137CONCERTS • BARS & CLUBSDOWNTOWNSISYPH BREWG42BARS & CLUBSPSYCHO SUZI'S MOTOR LOUNGE69BARS & CLUBSOPEN NOWTHE LOOP23BARS & CLUBSOPEN NOW • WAREHOE DISTRICTIS 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 LISTGGAY 90S (MNEAPOLIS) - ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU GO
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GAY 90SSEE ALL THGS TO DO{"@TYPE":"LOLBS","NAME":"GAY 90S","URL":"\","ADDRS":{"@TYPE":"POSTALADDRS","STREETADDRS":"408 HENNEP AVE ","ADDRSLOLY":"MNEAPOLIS","ADDRSREGN":"MNOTA","ADDRSCOUNTRY":"UNED STAT","POSTALCO":"55401-1997"},"AGGREGATERATG":{"@TYPE":"AGGREGATERATG","RATGVALUE":"3.5","REVIEWCOUNT":43},"IMAGE":"HTTPS:\U002F\\U002FMEDIA\U002FPHOTO-O\U002F05\U002F02\U002FB8\U002F26\","@NTEXT":"HTTP:\U002F\"}SEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY 90S3.543 REVIEWS#33 OF 121 NIGHTLIFE MNEAPOLISGAY BARSREAD MOREVIS WEBSECALLWRE A REVIEWWHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYG“NO LONGER A GAY BAR”SEP 2022FOR ALL PRACTIL PURPOS THIS ISN'T A GAY BAR ANYMORE. IT'S A PLACE WHERE STRAIGHT WOMEN AND QUTNG MEN GO TO DANCE AND WATCH DRAG SHOWS. STRAIGHTS HAVE ED THE PLACE. IF YOU'RE LOOKG FOR A GAY BAR DON'T GO HERE.“GOOD TIM, LOVELY PEOPLE, AND NO SHORTAGE OF ENTERTAMENT”AUG 2021WENT THERE FOR A IENDS BIRTHDAY BASH FOR THE FIRST TIME AND HAD A FANTASTIC TIME EVEN AS SOMEONE THATS A HOMEBODY AND NOT REALLY MUCH FOR SUCH THGS. IT WAS A FUN AND FORTABLE ATMOSPHERE WH SO MANY KDS OF PEOPLE OM ALL WALKS OF LIFE HABG THE TABLISHMENT. IT WAS A GREAT CROWD AND I NEVER FELT SO WELE A NEW PLACE ALL MY LIFE, YOU N REALLY LET LOOSE AND BE YOURSELF. BAR SERVICE WAS A B SLOW BUT I N LOOK THAT OVER NSIRG THE TRAFFIC THEY GET, THEY REALLY BT THEIR BUTTS TO SERVE YOUSUGGT EDS TO IMPROVE WHAT WE SHOW.IMPROVE THIS LISTGFULL VIEWALL PHOTOS (13)TOP WAYS TO EXPERIENCE NEARBY ATTRACTNSMNEAPOLIS & ST. PL HIGHLIGHTS PRIVATE RIDG & WALKG TOUR (3 HRS)11REMEND90% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.HISTORIL TOURSOM $550.00 PER GROUP (UP TO 2)TW CY GHOSTS TOUR BY US GHOST ADVENTUR20REMEND100% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.HISTORIL TOURSOM $30.00 PER ADULTCOMPLETE MNEAPOLIS WALKG TOUR1FOOD & DRKOM $99.00 PER ADULTALL-INCLIVE MNEAPOLIS CRAFT BREWERY TOUR185REMEND98% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.FOOD & DRKOM $90.00 PER ADULTHISTORIC CAVE TOUR15REMEND93% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.HISTORIL TOURSOM $15.00 PER ADULTTW CI HIGHLIGHTS TOUR31HISTORIL TOURSOM $40.00 PER ADULTMNEHAHA FALLS: A SELF-GUID AUD TOUR OF MNEAPOLIS6HISTORIL TOURSOM $7.99 PER ADULTTW CI WALKG TOUR: UNVER HIDN MNEAPOLIS BARS9FOOD & DRKOM $99.00 PER ADULTGHOST WALKG TOUR MNEAPOLIS1HISTORIL TOURSOM $29.00 PER ADULTMNEAPOLIS RIVER WALK: A SELF-GUID AUD TOUR30HISTORIL TOURSOM $7.99 PER ADULTSKYWAY WALKG TOUR - MNEAPOLIS3ARCHECTURE TOURSOM $80.00 PER ADULT (PRICE VARI BY GROUP SIZE)MNEAPOLIS HALF DAY CY TOUR - WALKG2CY TOURSOM $85.00 PER ADULT (PRICE VARI BY GROUP SIZE)SAT PL GANGSTER TOUR10REMEND90% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.HISTORIL TOURSOM $49.00 PER ADULTTHE ORIGAL PEDAL PUB TOUR - INDIVIDUAL SEATS11REMEND100% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.FOOD & DRKOM $45.00 PER ADULTWALKG ST. PL SUMM AVE. VICTORIAN HOM PRIVATE TOUR (2 HRS)9HISTORIL TOURSOM $195.00 PER GROUP (UP TO 8)THE AREA ADDRS408 HENNEP AVE, MNEAPOLIS, MN 55401-1997NEIGHBORHOOD: DOWNTOWNREAD MOREFULL VIEWBT NEARBYRTRANTS978 WH 3 RED COW NORTH LOOP3620.2 MI$$ - $$$ • AMERIN • BAR • VEGETARIAN FRIENDLYMURRAY'S5400.1 MI$$$$ • AMERIN • STEAKHOE • GLUTEN FREE OPTNSFOGO CHãO BRAZILIAN STEAKHOE1,6300.2 MI$$$$ • STEAKHOE • BRAZILIAN • HEALTHYRED RABB MNEAPOLIS1850.2 MI$$ - $$$ • ITALIAN • AMERIN • PIZZAPIZZA LUCE DOWNTOWN6110.1 MI$$ - $$$ • ITALIAN • PIZZA • VEGETARIAN FRIENDLYTHE CAPAL GRILLE8440.3 MI$$$$ • AMERIN • STEAKHOE • SEAFOODTHE OCEANAIRE SEAFOOD ROOM7660.2 MI$$$$ • AMERIN • VEGETARIAN FRIENDLY • GLUTEN FREE OPTNSWOOD + PADDLE EATERY4080.2 MI$$ - $$$ • AMERIN • BAR • GRILLJD HOYT'S2720.3 MI$$ - $$$ • AMERIN • STEAKHOE • BARKIERAN'S IRISH PUB3340.2 MI$$ - $$$ • AMERIN • IRISH • BARSEE ALLATTRACTNS240 WH 6 CLOCKWERKS BREWG19208 FTBREWERIMNEAPOLIS CENTRAL LIBRARY11494 FTLIBRARIBOB DYLAN MURAL80.1 MIPOTS OF INTERT & LANDMARKSILLN THEATER40.1 MITHEATERSGOODALE THEATER20.1 MITHEATERSHENNEP CENTER FOR THE ARTS10.1 MIHISTORIC S • THEATERSNILLET AVENUE680.2 MIPOTS OF INTERT & LANDMARKSMNEAPOLIS VISORS INFORMATN110.2 MIVISOR CENTERSTARGET FIELD3,0420.3 MISPORTS COMPLEXMNEAPOLIS SKYWAY SYSTEM7500.3 MIPOTS OF INTERT & LANDMARKSSEE 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.3.543 REVIEWSEXCELLENT21VERY GOOD6AVERAGE7POOR2TERRIBLE7TRIPLECMNEAPOLIS, MN99 NTRIBUTNS1NO LONGER A GAY BARSEP 2022FOR ALL PRACTIL PURPOS THIS ISN'T A GAY BAR ANYMORE. IT'S A PLACE WHERE STRAIGHT WOMEN AND QUTNG MEN GO TO DANCE AND WATCH DRAG SHOWS. STRAIGHTS HAVE ED THE PLACE. IF YOU'RE LOOKG FOR A GAY BAR DON'T GO HERE.READ MOREWRTEN SEPTEMBER 11, 2022THIS 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.MATT T1 NTRIBUTN2GOOD TIM, LOVELY PEOPLE, AND NO SHORTAGE OF ENTERTAMENTAUG 2021WENT THERE FOR A IENDS BIRTHDAY BASH FOR THE FIRST TIME AND HAD A FANTASTIC TIME EVEN AS SOMEONE THATS A HOMEBODY AND NOT REALLY MUCH FOR SUCH THGS. IT WAS A FUN AND FORTABLE ATMOSPHERE WH SO MANY KDS OF PEOPLE OM ALL WALKS OF LIFE HABG THE TABLISHMENT. IT WAS A GREAT CROWD AND I NEVER FELT SO WELE A NEW PLACE ALL MY LIFE, YOU N REALLY LET LOOSE AND BE YOURSELF. BAR SERVICE WAS A B SLOW BUT I N LOOK THAT OVER NSIRG THE TRAFFIC THEY GET, THEY REALLY BT THEIR BUTTS TO SERVE YOUREAD MOREWRTEN AUGT 25, 2021THIS 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.SABRAIOWA377 NTRIBUTNS1BROUGHT THE 1ST TIMERS...DEC 2019 • FRIENDSTHE HALF NAKED BARTENR CHRIS WAS GREAT EYE NDY, BUT HIS PERSONALY WAS LACKG. MY IENDS AND I WERE LOOKG FOR RIDICULO FUN, BUT THE VIBE HAS CHANGED HERE A LOT. EHER THAT, OR FUN IS ONLY TO BE HAD DURG CERTA HOURS. I STILL LOVE G HERE, BUT NOW I KNOW TO SHOW UP THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.READ MOREWRTEN DECEMBER 29, 2019THIS 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.ANDREW4 NTRIBUTNS0STILL MY FAVORE PLACE TO VISOCT 2019MET GUYS AGA. MORE STRAIGHT THIS TIME[ BUT STILL CUTE] THE DRKS WERE STILL GOOD AND STRONG. LONG LE BUT WORTH THE WA A GREAT PLACE TO BE YOURSELFREAD MOREWRTEN NOVEMBER 6, 2019THIS 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.CLARE ANDSYKPONTEACT, UK951 NTRIBUTNS2I RO THE BIG BLACK **** HAHAJUL 2019 • FRIENDSVISG OUR USA IENDS, THEY TOOK TO MNEAPOLIS FOR THE DAY. THEY JT HAD TO TAKE ME TO THIS BAR TO SHOW ME THE BIG BLACK PENIS TO RI.THE WAER WAS KD ENOUGH TO SHOW THROUGH TO THAT ROOM AS WAS CLOSED HOWEVER.VERY FUNNY! I FOUND TERTG THAT WE WERE THE ONLY FEMAL THERE! UK GAY BARS ARE PACKED WH BOTH SEX UALLY, OM ALL WALKS OF LIFE AS YOU HAVE THE BT TIME THEM HAHAREAD MOREWRTEN AUGT 7, 2019THIS 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.ANDREW4 NTRIBUTNS0GREAT PLACEMAY 2019 • FRIENDSMET A LOT OF NEW GUYS BARTENR THE MEN'S ROOM BAR MA GREAT DRKS MIC WAS GREAT LOVE THE OLD STYLE OF THE BUILDG I'VE ALWAYS FEEL FORTABLE BEG THERE YOU N BE YOURSELF NOBODY JUDG YOUREAD MOREWRTEN MAY 28, 2019THIS 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.ESPE33139038101FORT WAYNE, IN1 NTRIBUTN0GOOD MIC, HORRIBLE BARTENRS (WELL, EXCEPT FOR ONE).APR 2019I HAD HEARD ABOUT THIS PLACE, SO WE CID TO CHECK OUT. LOTS OF DIFFERENT ROOMS/MIC/SCEN TO CHECK OUT. BUT IF THIS PLACE IS GOG TO SURVIVE, THEY NEED TO ADD TO THE NUMBER OF BARTENRS AND REPLACE MOST OF THE ON THEY HAVE. WE STOOD WAG AT ONE BAR FOR 20 MUT, SH HAND, ONLY TO BE BLATANTLY AND OBVLY IGNORED. (APPARENTLY THEY ONLY HIRE BODYBUILRS TO WORK HERE.) SERVICE WAS HORRIBLY SLOW. TIRED OF WAG, WE WENT TO ANOTHER BAR WHERE A IENDLY BARTENR MENTNED OVER BEE HIS FEMALE UNTERPART WASN'T SERVG ANYBODY; SHE WAS TOO BY UNTG SH AND THAT TOOK HER A FULL 10 MUT AT LEAST. WE TIPPED HIM WELL, FISHED OUR DRKS AND LEFT. WE PROBABLY WON'T RETURN. MNEAPOLIS HAS PLENTY OF OTHER BARS WH BETTER, FASTER SERVICE.READ MOREWRTEN APRIL 29, 2019THIS 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.MEL B1 NTRIBUTN4HORRIBLE TABLISHMENTAPR 2019 • COUPLI WAS AT THIS TABLISHMENT AND ED THEIR AT CHECK SERVICE. I DROPPED MY AT OFF AND I WAS GIVEN A NUMBER TO RECLAIM MY AT WHEN I LEFT. WHEN I WAS TRYG TO RECLAIM MY AT I WAS TOLD WAS NO LONGER THERE. I WAS TOLD THEY HAD TO REVIEW THEIR MERAS. SO THE NEXT DAY I GOT A HOLD OF THEM. I WAS TOLD "MY IENDS" LEFT WH MY JACKET. THE ONLY IENDS I WAS THERE WH WERE WH ME ALL NIGHT AND ALSO HAD THEIR JACKETS STOLEN. NO ONE SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN A AT WHOUT THE RPONDG TAG. THE TABLISHMENT REFED TO HELP ANYMORE AND BSHED UNR THE G. I'M VERY UPSET THEY N A BUISNS LIKE THIS. I WILL NEVER RETURN!!READ MOREWRTEN APRIL 24, 2019THIS 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.MS. D. EVANSMNEAPOLIS, MN11 NTRIBUTNS2ISN'T THE SAMEFEB 2019 • FRIENDSI ED TO LOVE THIS PLACE, MAYBE I'VE CHANGED, OR MAYBE 'S JT GOTTEN WORSE. BUT WHILE WAS ALWAYS A LTLE N DOWN, BUT WH LIKE CHARM, JT ME ACROSS AS REALLY GROSS AND GBBY THIS LAST TIME. DISAPOTED. IS SUCH A LANDMARK.READ MOREWRTEN APRIL 12, 2019THIS 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.KATHRYN C1 NTRIBUTN4ABSOLUTELY AWFULMAR 2019 • FRIENDS10/10 DO NOT RECOMMEND. I'VE BEEN HERE MULTIPLE TIM AND THIS PLACE HAS GOTTEN SIGNIFINTLY WORSE, WH THE ATMOSPHERE BEG MORE HOSTILE EACH TIME. MY PHONE WAS PULLED OUT OF MY ONT POCKET LAST NIGHT AND WAS STOLEN. I LLED TODAY ASKG FOR A MANAGER, WAS TOLD THERE WAS ONE THERE BUT HE WASN'T GOG TO TAKE MY LL. I WAS GIVEN TO THE HEAD OF SECURY, WHO WAS INSANELY MEAN AND , AND TOLD ME THE MANAGER WASN'T THERE AND THAT HE ULDN'T GIVE ME HIS SCHLE, AND THAT THEY REFE TO HAND OVER SECURY FOOTAGE FOR MY POLICE REPORT. THE NIGHT I WAS THERE, THE ENTIRE SECURY STAFF WAS BEYOND , AND REFED TO HELP WH MY SUATN WHEN I WAS CLEARLY DISTRS. I KNOW MULTIPLE PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THEIR PHON/WALLETS/CRED RDS STOLEN OM THIS PLACE AND HAVE HAD THE SAME EXPERIENCE.READ MOREWRTEN MARCH 9, 2019THIS 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.12…SHOWG RULTS 1-10 OF 43TRA WPLAYA HERMOSA6 NTRIBUTNSCAN YOU MAKE RERVATNS FOR THE DRAG SHOW ON SATURDAY NIGHTS? 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Or maybe was Tom Hanks, acceptg an Amy Award for his portrayal of a gay lawyer Philalphia, and tearfully thankg his high school drama teacher and a classmate — "two of the ft gay Amerins that I had the good fortune to be associated wh" — before a billn movie fans around the world.
But however all began, look at where 's led: Jt as Elvis and his ilk plumbed Ain-Amerin mil tradns and turned them to mastream rock & roll the 1950s, moviemakers, TV producers, media people, and rock stars have turned entertament on s head by eely mg the gay culture for s sarsm and style, s glter and gr, s secrets and celebratns. Comedy's most popular styl now utilize the gay sensibily — a reliance on irony that's omni prent products as varied as Letterman (not him, jt his raised eyebrow) and The Ln Kg ( which Timon and Pumbaa are … well, whatever you want them to be). On Broadway, gay-themed works are the most domant genre, and for three seasons, gay-themed plays by gay playwrights (Tony Khner's two-part Angels Ameri and, most recently, Terrence McNally's Love!
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So 's no accint that advertisg was at the vanguard of the gayg of Ameri as the first bs to realize that homosexuals prised a very sirable mographic. Now straight men are expected to be jt as mosed and buffed as their gay unterparts; and they are subtly prsured to emulate the exhibnistic sex appeal of mols like Marky Mark and Michael Berg, who have posed sctively ads tend to sell shorts not jt to gay men, but to all men.
" Gradually, the entertament dtry me to realize that gay n sell a niche-market art film (such as the mor summer h The Incredibly Te Adventure of Two Girls Love), as well as help to sell a film wh crossover appeal (Four Weddgs and a Funeral). NYPD Blue's gay male replacement receptnist (whose boyiend happens to be a p) proved so popular last season that the show's producers are brgg him back this fall.
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Explas David Lee, the gay creator of Frasier and director of last season's accintal date episo, "There was humor the suatn [the characters] found themselv , but you weren't lghg at anyone bee he was gay.
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The ntroversial "Men on Film" segment of Fox's In Livg Color (1990-94), which two flamg black queens offered a gay perspective on movi, sharply divid even the gay muny. "I ed to watch wh my black gay iends and jt hoot, " says Donald Suggs, the associate director of the watchdog group Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn (GLAAD).
The g out is shown not as an important step for the gay man but as yet another problem for his straight iend — a punchle someone else's bad day. Conversely, a le punctuated by an antigay ephet ABC's pilot of The Naked Tth, about a tabloid photographer (Tea Leoni), is gettg some lghs — even om gay viewers.
The revolutn has been slower to take hold at movie studs, which all but banned gay characters after the dismal failure of Makg Love, the oh-so-ser 1982 drama which Michael Ontkean left Kate Jackson for Harry Haml (actually, dienc shied away om the film bee stank). Still, by the early 1990s, seemed almost every movie hero or heroe had a lovable gay neighbor–a lovelorn iend Frankie & Johnny, a flower-totg sissy The Prce of Tis.
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But not until 1993 did a major stud, TriStar, release a film hgg on gay characters — Philalphia, which was cricized wh the gay muny for playg safe and never even givg Hanks and his lover Anton Banras an on-screen kiss. ) Even many recent pictns of gay characters — the psyt-strokg upstairs neighbor 1992's Sgle Whe Female, for stance — seem posively Cro-Magnon today, so rapidly are perceptns evolvg. Or so said gay groups earlier this year when the actor-turned-director (who has received flak for publicly exprsg his disda for homosexuals the past) picted Braveheart's Prce Edward as a rouged-up, mcg queen (a pictn, should be noted, that might have a basis historil fact).
It's drawg long l s limed release, and 's st wh an imprsive lot of stars playg a balanced array of gay characters, om Patrick Stewart as a likable (and stereotypilly flamboyant) terr rator to Steven Weber (Wgs' womanizg Brian) as a stralaced young gay Manhattane who swears off sex for fear of AIDS.
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And as g out beme more mon, there was a ccial shift the perceptn of those veterate culture nsumers, the baby boomers: Acrdg to an Entertament Weekly/Gallup poll, 71% of 30- to 49-year-olds say they unt a gay person among their relativ, workers, or iends. " And jt as 's impossible to fe what is funny (or even polilly rrect) when rporatg a gay reference to a punchle, has bee impossible to fe pop material as gay or straight. For straight dienc are not only embracg gay characters, they're also lghg at the gay sensibily, which is far ls easy to spot than, say, a drag queen.
Both Frasier (about a straight man who tak his retired father) and Roseanne (about a uple tryg hard to raise a fay while balancg on the poverty le) are among the Nielsen fay edi wh substantial crossover appeal to gay dienc — and not jt bee they have rporated gay characters. " The gay sensibily was born om the plight of the disenanchised — gay people are aware, as much as anyone, that life acrdg to The Brady Bunch exists nowhere outsi a Hollywood soundstage. Last sprg's send-up The Brady Bunch Movie ( which a gay teen had a csh on an obliv Marcia) was a triumph of the new mp, a shy subversn of mastream Amerina that proved a h wh mastream Amerins.
Gay dienc have always had a soft spot for certa performers — Bette Davis, Judy Garland, Marlene Dietrich, Jam Dean — but the attractn was an -joke among the stars' gay fans, who turned the cur hero and hero to almost mythic begs based on their mascule/feme personas or operatilly tragic liv. But the current crop of heterosexual performers htg big wh gay dienc may not spawn the next generatn of dragsters; if they've got dual appeal, they get the joke and 's fe wh them.
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Based on the rults of Entertament Weekly's survey of attus toward gay characters and openly gay performers, one thg is clear: The majory of Amerins are not nmng this revolutn — most don't even thk about at all.
" And even outspoken gay journalist Michelangelo Signorile, an early proponent of outg public figur — and long a voice favor of Kle's homoerotic imagery — tends toward agreement. The Hollywood axm that there are no good rol for women, for example, extends to the relatively small number of lbian films the gay niche-cema market, and lbian TV rol are also few number.
A disproportnately high number of gay men films are picted as sufferg om AIDS, whereas the issue of g out to one's iends and fay — a ccial aspect of every gay person's life — has never been satisfactorily alt wh movi or on TV. And the sexual si of gay life is still an area that Hollywood tends to treat awkwardly at bt; although portrayals of gay men as sexual predators (as 1980's Cisg) tend to be a thg of the past, more often than not, ntemporary gay characters tend to be ntered, limed to longg looks and chaste kiss. ) But jt as negative pop stereotyp of black characters old Hollywood (Gone Wh the Wd) gave way to dull black plaster sats the 1960s (Gus Who's Comg to Dner), and then, fally, more realistic treatment, so will gay characters and them and punchl evolve.