THE 10 BEST New York Cy Gay Clubs & Bars (Updated 2023)

Contents:

• THE FACTORY, HISTORIC GAY CLUB WT HOLLYWOOD, TO BE MOLISHED
• THE FACTORY, A FORMER GAY CLUB, EMED ELIGIBLE FOR NATNAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLAC
• THE FACTORY, A FORMER GAY CLUB AND CAMERA MANUFACTURG PLANT, ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIL STAT
• WT HOLLYWOOD’S GAY, HISTORIC ‘FACTORY’ NIGHTCLUB TO BE SUBSUMED HOTEL AND SHOPPG DEVELOPMENT
• THE FACTORY GAY CISE CLUB
• THE 10 BEST NEW YORK CY GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS NEW YORK CY

THE FACTORY, HISTORIC GAY CLUB WT HOLLYWOOD, TO BE MOLISHED

The Factory buildg was built 1929 and existed as several bs before openg as Stud One, a pneerg gay club, 1974. 94 acre parcel of land that nnects La Peer Drive and Robertson Boulevard, has been a gay club and safe space for 44 years.

THE FACTORY, A FORMER GAY CLUB, EMED ELIGIBLE FOR NATNAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLAC

In 1974 — one year after the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn classified homosexualy as a mental disorr — the dtrial buildg was turned to Stud One, a pneerg gay dis where men socialized and openly celebrated their inty. Farg Capal’s Jason Illoulian plans to molish the inic, historic Wt Hollywood gay club The Factory (seen here an east si view om Robertson Boulevard) and replace wh a hotel and retail shoppg plex. Roosterfish, historic Venice gay bar, opens aga.

Mayor John Duran, Mayor Pro Tempore John D’Ami, and Councilman John Heilman and (who all intify as gay and shared stori of spendg numero nights dancg, partyg, and enjoyg the safe nf at Stud One the 1980s) supported the Robertson Lane Project. He won two awards and received a nomatn for his reportg on the lol LGBTQ muny, cludg a two-part vtigatn that exposed anti-gay bullyg of lol high school stunts and the school districts' failure to implement state mandated protectns for LGBTQ stunts.

THE FACTORY, A FORMER GAY CLUB AND CAMERA MANUFACTURG PLANT, ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIL STAT

The Factory, a 1920 buildg that once hoed both a former gay club and a movie mera manufacturer, has been emed eligible for the U.

From the mid-1970s until 1993, the gay club Stud One took up rince the space. The club, signed as a space for openly gay men, is important not only bee was place where men no longer had to hi, also beme a place where gay and straight people wanted to be—a far cry om the day where gay bars operated unr-the-radar out of ncern for their patrons.

WT HOLLYWOOD’S GAY, HISTORIC ‘FACTORY’ NIGHTCLUB TO BE SUBSUMED HOTEL AND SHOPPG DEVELOPMENT

The nomatn also acknowledg that gay men of lor and women were often required to have two or more forms of ID, which effect terred them om enterg. Type: Gay Club. The 1929 Factory buildg embodi a number of signifint historil patterns Wt Hollywood, om the velopment of the entertament dtry to the rise of nightlife visibly terg to the gay muny.

THE FACTORY GAY CISE CLUB

Several years later, at the height of the dis era, the buildg was transformed a send time to an exuberant dance club for Wt Hollywood’s gay muny. Known as Stud One, the glamoro dance club specifilly tered to Wt Hollywood’s visible gay muny and remaed operatn until 1988. Over the next several years, the buildg was home to a seri of new tenants before reopeng as Stud One 1974, a transformative distheque wh Wt Hollywood’s gay muny.

Known as Stud One, the club served as a visible social hub for many gay men. From s early years as one of the backbon of the motn picture dtry to s later turn as a signifint cultural anchor the lol gay muny, the history of The Factory buildg has been one of transformatn. Wh the risg populary of dis the early ’70s, Stt Forb’ venture to Wt Hollywood’s nightlife wh Stud One was a naway succs the gay muny.

THE 10 BEST NEW YORK CY GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS NEW YORK CY

The dis scene first emerged wh the ntext of New York’s gay bar subculture, and dance clubs quickly appeared ci throughout the U. Unlike many of s unterparts, Stud One specifilly targeted Wt Hollywood’s visible gay muny.

Forb told the Los Angel Tim  1976, “Stud One was planned, signed and nceived for gay people, gay male people…Any straight people here are guts of the gay muny. This is gay! The Gay Communy Mobilizatn Commtee anized protts ont of the club the mid-1970s rponse to the discrimatory practic.