200 of the Greatt Gay Bars the World

Contents:

• THE 5 BEST TORONTO GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS TORONTO
• TOP 5 GAY CLUBS & BARS DOWNTOWN (TORONTO)GAY CLUBS & BARS DOWNTOWN
• 12 OF THE HOTTT GAY BARS TORONTO FOR STEAMY NIGHTS
• GAY TORONTO THE 1970S
• THE 5 BEST ONTAR GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS ONTAR

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

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

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12 OF THE HOTTT GAY BARS TORONTO FOR STEAMY NIGHTS

Although not specifilly a gay bar, Storm Crow Manor is loted at the rner of Church Street and has been known to be a safe space for LGBTQ2S+ Torontonians. One of the hotels on Jarvis briefly had a gay bar too, lled "The Carriage Hoe" that was closg when my iend got here. Wh two signated gay villag, a world famo pri ftival (which is a month-long this year), and a multi-cultural mosaic of rints our cy is a LGBT hotspot.

Whether your lbian, bisexual, gay, straight, pansexual, 2 spired, transgenred, queer or anythg between, there is a place for you. 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.

GAY TORONTO THE 1970S

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. If you’re lookg for a date spot, a place to hear a DJ / selector play rerds (one of our fav HotGayDaddy who many of y’all might remember om the Eagle sps here) and old movi on the screens, then Farsi is a super queer-iendly spot you might feel at home ’s BistroMandy Goodhandy, the legend, has opened up her very own pub on the Danforth.

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

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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. For s, the first (and only) place where many men and women uld meet other gay, lbian, or transgenr people was at a bar, mostly the shadows. The openly gay bar is a relatively new addn to the social space scene, and beme que mon que quickly, perhaps, some say, too, most straight folks have ltle fear of homosexualy, and gay bars bee their jot du jour--to the horror of many men and women who wish they still had their sacred space ee of bachelorette parti (read Drew Droege's take on this phenomenon).

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