Top 5 Gay Clubs & Bars Downtown (Toronto)

Contents:

• THE 5 BEST TORONTO GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS TORONTO
• 12 OF THE HOTTT GAY BARS TORONTO FOR STEAMY NIGHTS
• TORONTO GAY DISTRICT: THE VILLAGE
• THE 5 BEST ONTAR GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS ONTAR
• TOP 5 GAY CLUBS & BARS DOWNTOWN (TORONTO)GAY CLUBS & BARS DOWNTOWN
• TORONTO GAY MAP
• A GAY GUI TO TORONTO
• TORONTO GAY BEARS
• TOP 5 GAY CLUBS & BARS DOWNTOWN (TORONTO)SEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS DOWNTOWN
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• THE 5 BEST THGS TO DO CHURCH AND WELLLEY (THE VILLAGE), TORONTOGAY CLUBS & BARS CHURCH AND WELLLEY (THE VILLAGE)

THE 5 BEST TORONTO GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS TORONTO

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12 OF THE HOTTT GAY BARS TORONTO FOR STEAMY NIGHTS

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TORONTO GAY DISTRICT: THE VILLAGE

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THE 5 BEST ONTAR GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS ONTAR

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TOP 5 GAY CLUBS & BARS DOWNTOWN (TORONTO)GAY CLUBS & BARS DOWNTOWN

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TORONTO GAY MAP

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A GAY GUI TO TORONTO

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TORONTO GAY BEARS

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Mama’s isn’t queer owned, but they host a great karaoke night, burlque, drag shows and Gaydaze. Like, if we were new kids to the cy, or olr queers gog to this place for the first time, our gay hearts would melt and we would be back over and over aga. We spoke Veroni (one of the partners) real quick onle and they told “we have ma a pot to specifilly say we are a queer iendly sports bar bee we believe many venu of this nature often do not create a safe space for all ntue, “We also unrstand that wh one of our owners beg a cis whe male, we are not willg to take up a space we don’t belong by llg ourselv a ‘queer/gay sports bar’.

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Que possibly the biggt and bt gay venue the cy, Fly 2. Woody’s and Sailors are two of Toronto’s premiere gay bars loted the heart of the Church and Wellley village. Actg as one tablishment which featur 4 bars, a dance floor, drag shows, and their famed “bt ass” ntts on Saturday Nights, Woody’s and Sailors are your go to gay bar for rriere voyrism and endls pchers of cred- Donna Bra.

Crews and Tango’s is most often the bar you went to on that one wild night where you and your iends cid to check out the gayborhood, and rightfully so. If you love Brney Spears, Cher, Madonna, Lady Gaga, or any other gay in, Crews is the place for you… chanc are they’ll be blastg their hs all night long, and you’ll sweat… a cred- Buddi In Bad Tim. Occupyg Toronto’s premiere Gay and Lbian theatre lled Buddi Bad Tim, “Buddi” transforms to one of the villag bt distheque’s every Saturday night.

Que possibly the most pete bar on the list, The Beaver attracts the eclectic Queer Wt muny and gays/lbians alike and squeez them to a space so nfed, you n’t help but perpetually be grdg on someone for the majory of your night.

THE 5 BEST THGS TO DO CHURCH AND WELLLEY (THE VILLAGE), TORONTOGAY CLUBS & BARS CHURCH AND WELLLEY (THE VILLAGE)

9 plac sorted by traveller favourGay Bars • Dance Clubs & DissGay BarsCabbagetown-South TownWhat travellers are saygRik TFrericton, Canada1, 353 ntributnsWhen we arrived late on a Friday we were entertaed by a uple of drag queens lip syncg - one at a time. 7 plac sorted by traveller favourGay Bars • Dance Clubs & DissGay BarsCabbagetown-South TownWhat travellers are saygRik TFrericton, Canada1, 353 ntributnsWhen we arrived late on a Friday we were entertaed by a uple of drag queens lip syncg - one at a time.

One of the largt and longt-lastg gay dance clubs Toronto, this Sherbourne Street super-club went through a number of evolutns as spurred the lol mastreamg of gay culture durg the ’80s and ’90s. History: The story of Boots, one of Toronto’s bt-known and longt-lastg gay dance clubs, begs 1980 at the Waldorf Astoria apartment buildg. Photo by Joan Anrson, urty of the Canadian Lbian & Gay Archiv.

Wh the help of two rare DJ mix, we revis the early-‘80s Yonge Street club that provid Toronto’s gay muny wh a safe haven and showsed cuttg-edge dance-mic sounds, before the spectre of AIDS brought the party to a close.