Denver's bt gay bars: LGBTQ and queer clubs to check out Colorado

Contents:

• DENVER GAY DISTRICT
• THE 5 BEST DENVER GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS DENVER
• THE DOS & DON'TS OF GAY CLUBBG
• DENVER GAY MAP

DENVER GAY DISTRICT

It don’t intify self as an explicly gay bar, but ’s a popular hangout for olr gay men occupyg the former Barker Lounge space.

Its owners have claimed ’s the cy’s olst gay bar, havg opened the 1950s and gone openly gay the 1970s, acrdg to Wtword, wh s stantly regnizable, rabow-pated door.

Although ’s not an overtly bear bar — owners scribe as Denver’s queer, unrground fetish bar — ’s a favore of the beard, equently mcle-bound class of gay men who scrib themselv as such (particularly the absence of the late Denver Wrangler). Tra also helps fill a blank spot that particular area’s Denver’s gay scene, wh a perch along Santa Fe Drive and diverse programmg that rang om drag shows and DJ nights to leather nights and beer bts. The name stretch back to the 1970s when the slim brick buildg hosted a gay club lled Triangle, and was a tryout spot for var, unsuccsful bars and craft rtrants after the origal Triangle closed the early 2000s.

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

Like Lucid, #Vybe featur a b more diversy than many gay bars, wh drag queens of lor and top tourg queens like Adore Delano swgg through regularly, addn to stand-up edy, game nights, Denver Brons parti (the cheerlears even stopped for a show recently) and lots more.

Tracks is one big gay party. The extent of queer nightlife Colorado ed to be ltle more than a few unrground nightclubs for gay men, but now the scene has expand to clu optns for jt about everyone.

THE DOS & DON'TS OF GAY CLUBBG

Its bnch shows (wh $15 bottomls mimosas available) are a rollickg good time, but be warned: Gay bars do not water down their mimosas. But still has plenty of strong signature cktails and live entertament, makg an ial spot for people who want to have a gay old time outsi of a nightclub environment. Opened Augt 2020 and loted on East Colfax the heart of Denver's Gayborhood, 's advertised as "Denver's Dis Lounge.

Tra is kd of a throwback to when the gay nightlife scene was mostly unrground, before beme wily mercialized to draw a straight dience. Tra's Facebook page explas, "While we are a gay men's bar, we are welg to all the queer and kk muny. #VYBE offers s own versns of all the ual gay bar entertament, like drag bgo wh a Lat twist (Lotería), Karaoke wh Sexy J, and equent drag shows om rints Kat Danger, Lala Queen and Krystal Towers.

2036 BroadwayToday's Triangle is a rurrectn of a legendary Denver gay bar of the same name, loted the same historic triangular buildg as the origal. Click to enlarge Tight End is Denver's first (and only, officially) gay sports bar.

DENVER GAY MAP

Tight End, owned by Steven Alix (-owner of the Squire Lounge) and Sudy Kudva, is Denver's first (and only, officially) gay sports bar. Denver fally has s own Eagle — the gay bars poppg up across the untry spired by New York Cy’s leather jot that was origally lled the Eagle’s Nt (now Eagle NYC). It’s said so often ’s almost a bad cliche: Denver is so queer-iendly that you don’t need to go to gay bars to fd nightlife, pannship, and a welg atmosphere.

Denver has a thrivg scene of LGBTQ nightlife spots, but there are also plenty of plac where you n meet like-md dividuals and even attend queer events that aren’t signated “gay” spots.

While The Black Box isn’t queer-owned or specifilly geared towards gay events, proprietor Nile Cacciavillano is a queer ally stoked about the diversy her bar attracts. Clocktower Cabaret If you’re lookg to see some queer entertament outsi of the regular gay bar circu, you n ually fd somethg out-of-the-ordary gog on at the Clocktower Cabaret. Wrten December 8, 2022Jason GFort Colls, Colorado20 ntributnsPleasant surpriseThe many gay people you n watch and people who love to watch you.

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Durg my 3-hour vis the overwhelmg majory was obvly gay and enjoyed the hot steam room to let all others know about why they were there. Read our transparency report to learn GFort Colls, CO20 ntributnsAug 2022The many gay people you n watch and people who love to watch you. The R & R Lounge is one of Denver's olst gay bars, datg back to a time when they had to keep a secret.