Purple Roofs - LGBTQ+ Travel Directory - Gay Owned & Operated Sce 1999

Contents:

• GET YOUR HISTORY STRAIGHT AND YOUR NIGHTLIFE GAY®
• GAY PHILALPHIA
• GAY PENNSYLVANIA TRAVEL GUI
• MOVG TO LGBT PHILALPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!
• EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS PHILALPHIA
• PHILALPHIA GAY TOURISM CC
• GUI TO GAY FRIENDLY HOTELS PHILALPHIA, PA (2023 UPDATED)
• PHILALPHIA GAY CISE CLUBS
• GAY PHILALPHIA · HOTELS
• PHILALPHIA GAY SHOPS
• PHILALPHIA GAY SNAS
• GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS PHILALPHIA
• PHILALPHIA GAY DANCE CLUBS

GET YOUR HISTORY STRAIGHT AND YOUR NIGHTLIFE GAY®

Standg directly across the street om Inpennce Hall, a historic marker honors the Annual Remrs, the monstratn held at this se led by gay activists on July 4 om 1965 to 1969, the last of which occurred jt days after the history-makg Stonewall Rts. Philalphia was the first cy the Uned Stat to lnch a major marketg mpaign (“Get Your History Straight and Your Nightlife Gay®”) to wele LGBTQ+ tourism, and reprents a trove of cultural, culary, artistic and ethnic diversy.

Don’t miss a vis to the Gayborhood, a Center Cy neighborhood that sets self apart wh rabow street signs as well as rtrants and bars owned by and terg to LGBTQ+-intified clientele. The Cy of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affectn hosted the untry’s first major monstratn for gay rights, the Annual Remrs, 1965. And today, Philly visors n easily explore s where LGBTQ+ history was ma and where queer life ntu to thrive, pecially the cy’s Gayborhood and durg annual events like Philly Pri 365.

The center of Philalphia’s gay rintial life and culture sce World War II, the blocks between 11th and Broad streets and Pe and Chtnut streets earned their nickname — the “Gayborhood”— durg an October Outft event 1995. You have your choice of fabulo entertament and diversns as the bars and nightclubs of the Gayborhood e alive each night. Sce 2015, the brilliant rabow crosswalks at the tersectn of 13th and Loct Streets have served as an sential Gayborhood landmark.

GAY PHILALPHIA

Take a guid tour through the Gayborhood and learn more about the cy’s queer history wh help om Beyond the Bell Tour.

GAY PENNSYLVANIA TRAVEL GUI

The group’s LGBTQ and Trans History tours reunt the stori of Gay Liberatn Front – Philalphia founr Kiyoshi Kuromiya, explore morn history and current social issu the neighborhood, and stop at important muny s like the Attic Youth Center, which supports LGBTQ+ youth experiencg homelsns. The Gayborhood got a h new mural at the start of Pri Month 2021 when muralist Ash Ryan fished this three-story-tall tribute to pop star Lil Nas X.

MOVG TO LGBT PHILALPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!

In 1965, the Universy of Pennsylvania expelled Fryer om his psychiatric rincy program on the basis of his homosexualy, which was then classified as a mental illns by the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn (APA). In 1972, Fryer, a faculty member at the Temple Universy School of Medice, offered an electrifyg anonymo ttimony that rulted the APA’s 1973 classifitn of homosexualy as a mental illns. Philalphia Gay News Marker: This marker stands ont of the first office of the Philalphia Gay News, one of the natn’s most award-wng weekly newspapers.

A pneer the LGBTQ+ rights movement, Gtgs, a Philalphia rint om age 18 and a lifetime activist, eded The Ladr, the natn’s first lbian magaze; -anized the Annual Remrs at Inpennce Hall (see above) and led charg both to promote posive LGBTQ+ lerature public librari and to change the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn’s classifitn of homosexualy as a mental illns. It’s where radil gay llective Gazoo found Philalphia’s Gay Liberatn Front and where bisexual blu sger Bsie Smh performed at the Royal Theatre, an early 20th-century Black-owned cultural center.

EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS PHILALPHIA

Today, the street’s known for s Magic Garns, cheteak shops and hangouts, cludg dive bar extraordaire Bob & Barbara’s Lounge, home of one of Philly’s bt-loved drag shows; the punk art LGBTQ+ haven Tattooed Mom; and the eclectic, gay-owned boutique shop Workshop Unrground.

PHILALPHIA GAY TOURISM CC

There's an official "Gayborhood" smack dab Center Cy wh rabow-emblazoned street signs ( ns om 11th to Broad Street and Chtnut to Pe Street), while two other districts have bee the home and stompg grounds of LGBTQ lols recent years: South Philly's East Passyunk and, to the cy's northeast, buzzg hipster haven Fishtown. A trailblazer for LGBT-foced tourism efforts, 2003 saw the lnch of an extensive tourism mpaign and mercial, "Get Your History Straight And Your Nightlife Gay, " while Vis Philalphia's webse hosts a robt, dited LGBTQ rource page wh helpful articl and pdf downloads, pl updated events listgs (also check out up-to-the-mute webse, Philly Gay Listgs).

GUI TO GAY FRIENDLY HOTELS PHILALPHIA, PA (2023 UPDATED)

Gay-owned Philly bath and body shop Duross & Langel giv Lh a n for their money wh extensive le of lic-smellg, handma solid and liquid soaps, shampoos, bath bombs, and other groomg products. Also do some wdow shoppg along South Philly's East Passyunk Avenue, another facto "gayborhood, " wh a drk, snack, and people watchg break at Barcelona We Bar: look for the marquee wh an Osr Wil quote.

Opened 1980, the multi-space Woody’s ntu to be one of the Gayborhood's most popular drkg and nightlife statns all week long, wh a recently add "Glo Bar" cktail lounge, and a dance floor on s send level (for which there's a $10 ver on weekends and holidays). Outsi the gayborhood Rtenhoe Square, Stir Lounge is popular wh the post-work crowd and also hosts special events like lbian speed-datg, drag shows, and live mic, and Thursday's Stirsday party wh $5 drks and $2 beers.

Lbian power uple Marcie Turney and Valerie Saan helped transform the Gayborhood's 13th Street, once a sketchy red light district, to a buzzy dg and retail strip.

PHILALPHIA GAY CISE CLUBS

Their still expandg fay of Gayborhood rtrants and stor clus tapas and we spot Jamonera, Italian-Amerin Ltle Nonna's, Mederranean kchen and bar Barbuzzo, and the retail shop that started all 2002, Open Hoe.

A few other recent Philly favor clu the Gayborhood's cematic Double Knot for sashimi, shi, robata, and other Japane specialti; nouve steakhoe Alpen Rose; and two-floor Italian venue, Guiseppe & Sons, which is well worth the stop for a cktail and happy hour snack s glam, photogenic basement level. If you want to be a few steps (or stumbl) om the Gayborhood's bars, the rintial-style 24-room boutique The Inpennt Hotel is a perfect choice. From private rooms and apartments to LGBTQ-iendly hotels, you have the optn to stay the heart of gay districts as well as other neighborhoods the plac you vis.

GAY PHILALPHIA · HOTELS

A loft Soho, a shared room Barcelona or the Castro, a gay-iendly hotel Le Marais or Chelsea, experience misterb&b all gay travel statns!

It was the se of the first signifint LGBTQ rights monstratn the US held outsi Inpennce Hall on July 4, 1965, and more recently was the first Amerin cy to enurage queer tourism wh s “Get Your History Straight and Your Nightlife Gay” markg mpaign.

PHILALPHIA GAY SHOPS

Y, jt like San Diego, Portland, San Anton, and other fabuloly gay US ci, there is also a vigoro LGBT scene here (if you know where to look), and this is somethg a gay realtor Philalphia n help you navigate as you fd your new perfect home here. A cy of civic pri wh a mocratic food scene and urban bety galore, Philalphia would be amongst our favore queer ci to lie even whout s vibrant gay scene. Affectnately lled the Gayborhood, this Center Cy neighborhood is home to most of the LGBT+ hotspots Philalphia and is the place to ri near.

When to gay bars, Philalphia has somethg for everyone —om dance eaks to leather daddi, sports fans, and drag aficnados.

PHILALPHIA GAY SNAS

If you need a more night-life and travel-foced gui tailg all the LGBT clubs, parti, and more, check out our Gay Philalphia Gui!

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GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS PHILALPHIA

Start wh the top gay and LGBT-iendly Philalphia muni to fd your fabuloly perfect new home, each wh s own dividual personaly, welg muny, and ameni you’ll adore. Now let’s take a look at where the handful of marvelo gay areas Philalphia are and talk about the Philalphia gayborhood where you might feel most at home!

PHILALPHIA GAY DANCE CLUBS

Thankfully, LGBT Philalphia plays hosts to a variety of annual events for lbians, transgenr persons, gays, and anyone else who wants to have a good time.

While not explicly gay, much like siar events Wellgton, Alai, and Zurich, is always packed wh creative queer artists and performanc.

OutFt is hugely popular bee: (1) had the feel of an old-fashned block party, (2) ’s ee, (3) ’s the Gayborhood, (4) all lol bars, rtrants, and bs do somethg outsi, (5) entertament shows lol talent, (6) all muny anizatns participate, (7) there are rnival attractns, (8) there is always somethg new and unique, and (9) everybody is there!