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FRANKY BRADLEY'S EMERG AS GAYBORHOOD'S 'HOE OF WEIRD'

There have always been fewer lbian bars than gay bars.

The Pew Rearch Center found that the percentage of Oklahomans who dited homosexualy should be accepted rose om 38 percent to 53 percent between 2007 to 2014. In Oklahoma — as wh the rt of the untry — there ntue to be more bars tered to gay and bisexual men than to queer women and nonbary people, though gay bars have also been hurt by the panmic.

Oklahoma Cy and Tulsa are home to at least ne gay bars and clubs.

“(Gay) men tend to want their space for men, ” she said. “The reason why clubs geared toward gay men are more popular and more succsful is bee has this draw om straight people — ’s fun, there’s drag queens, ’s a party, and ’s easier to be filtrated, ” Guido said. Some LGBTQ people are wary of the creasg populary of gay bars among heterosexual people.

Febary, tucked an alley that funnels like a valve to the heart of the Gayborhood. Attend a Fox show particular, though, and you'll stantly notice wh a mixture of bachelorette parti, sports-appareled men and pockets om the LGBT muny, the makp of the crowd is ls ICandy than is Bob & Barbara's -- the Gayborhood, no ls.

FRANKY BRADLEY'S EMERG AS GAYBORHOOD'S 'HOE OF WEIRD'

"I appreciate Franky Bradley's bee they’re ballsy, " Carl Michaels, a longtime Gayborhood DJ, told PhillyVoice. "They do thgs that are uber gay, and then the next night they’ll have some guys om Fishtown DJg.... (Thom Carroll / PhillyVoice)By Morreale's own admissn, Franky Bradley’s is a Gayborhood bar that's tentnally chewed a strict "gay" or "straight" label and has stead stood on s own as what he only half-kiddgly lls a "Hoe of Weird.

"Henaghan, who performs several other venu the Gayborhood, explaed that Franky Bradley's currently stands out the drag muny for obv reasons (read: new sound and lightg systems), but also bee s mixed crowd giv drag queens a chance to show those who don't often equent the Gayborhood "a glimpse to what the real nightlife scene is like" the LGBT muny.

"When I get the qutn of ‘Is a gay bar or a straight bar? People are chg to socialize aga and bis, there’ll be a lot of empty, lower-rent spac ready to be seized on by game (and gay) entreprenrs.