‘The are our hom’: LA gay bars fight to stay afloat after year of shutdown | Los Angel | The Guardian

Contents:

• THE GAY GARNER’S CLUB HAS SERVED THE MUNY FOR 60 YEARS
• SEATTLE GAY MEN'S GARNG MEETUP
• SEATTLE GAY MEN'S GARNG MEETUP
• GAY GARN CLUBS AROUND THE GLOBE
• ‘THE ARE OUR HOM’: LA GAY BARS FIGHT TO STAY AFLOAT AFTER YEAR OF SHUTDOWN

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Four inic Los Angel gay bars, toutg a bed history of 130 years, have permanently closed durg the panmic and many more have warned that they are on the brk of as nightlife gradually returns, some of the remag queer bars across southern California have rorted to crowdfundg a last-dch effort to stay afloat, warng that Covid-19 may brg about the end of historic stutns that have weathered the Aids crisis and multiple enomic panmic has permanently closed more than 100, 000 bars and rtrants across the Uned Stat but LA, which has been unr some form of lockdown rtrictns sce last March, the impact on nightclubs has been particularly LGBTQ+ bars shuttered Wt Hollywood last year, cludg Rage, a legendary nightclub that closed after 37 years, and Gold Coast, a 39-year-old dive bar down the street on Santa Moni boulevard.

GAY GARN CLUBS AROUND THE GLOBE

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‘THE ARE OUR HOM’: LA GAY BARS FIGHT TO STAY AFLOAT AFTER YEAR OF SHUTDOWN

”For the performers and gig workers who relied on gay bars to make ends meet, their return n’t e soon enough.

This moment, he add, remd him of the Aids crisis when gay clubs beme a ghost town until they eventually bounced back the 90s: “This jt ret everythg … I know we’ll e back.