Rsian River Gay Gui: Travel, Relotn and Gayborhoods

Contents:

• CASE STUDY: "GAY" W
• A GAY BAR ON MA STREET
• VIVE L'EGALE! GAY-IENDLY W E OUT CALIFORNIA
• THE 5 BEST MOSW GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS MOSW
• RSIAN RIVER GAY GUI – A WARM AND WELG WE COUNTRY DTATN
• GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI
• MOSW GAY BARS

CASE STUDY: "GAY" W

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She was elected mayor of McMnville, Oregon, November 2022, and is founr of We Country Pri, a nonprof dited to brgg pri celebratns to ral you plan a vis Remy's LGBTQ+ wery durg pri month, you n even jo on “The World’s First Queer We Ft” and stick around for “Lez Be Smart: Bnch, We and Gay Trivia.

Or go on a kayakg adventure or take an LGBTQIA+ history tour nearby Itha, named by The Advote as one of the “10 Bt Ci for Gays and Lbians to Live. For sleepg, there are no shortage of LGBTQIA-owned and queer-iendly acmodatns cludg the Inns of Aurora, The Chalet of Canandaigua Bed & Breakfast, Benn Conger Inn, and Juniper Hill Bed & a veyard Sonoma County, CaliforniaWh over 400 weri, you’ll need lots of weekends Sonoma County to see and drk all, but the summertime Gay We Weekend giv you a great first taste of the area’s legendary chardonnay, pot noir, svignon blanc, and more. You n’t make for Gay We Weekend, Out the Veyard sponsors several other events throughout the year like Pk Sonoma Saturday (held late October for 2021), an all-day tastg of the area’s bt rosés.

A GAY BAR ON MA STREET

Base yourself LGBTQIA-welg Bloomgton (which The Advote lled the fourth gayt cy Ameri) and take your pick of opulent and historic acmodatns like the Showers Inn, Wampler Hoe Boutique Hotel, and Grant Street Inn; have bison burgers wh garlic i at FARMbloomgton or creative vegetarian dish like pto portobello at The Owlery; and explore exhibs on sexualy, relatnships, and well-beg at the world-renowned Ksey Instute. At nearby Ro Wery, sample h-ued pots and chardonnay crafted by Black, gay assistant wemaker Jarod Sleet. Other great hotels the area clu the Attic Hotel and Black Walnut a blissful night’s sleep, head south to LGBTQIA-iendly Eugene and explore Wheaker, one of Oregon’s hippt gayborhoods.

| Majcule WeJeff Davis and Greg BrickeyCo-owners/wemakers, Majcule We“We are a gay, married uple, ” says Jeff Davis, one half of the hband-hband team behd Napa’s Majcule We. Whether person or on our webse, we prent our thentic selv to every ctomer, yet many don’t realize we’re a gay uple or dwell on .

“I glazed over my homosexualy for years, but then I had an out gay tastg room manager and he started outg me to people. ”Courty of Josh DelongonJosh DelongonSommelier and -founr of Endls Wt Spirs“I remember brgg a we textbook to a dg class and readg about the cs of Bejolais stead of whatever else we were learng that day, ” says gay Filipo-Canadian sommelier Josh Delongon, reflectg on the wdg trajectory that led to his current rol as -founr of spirs pany Endls Wt and manager of Blackwell's W and Spirs San Francis.

VIVE L'EGALE! GAY-IENDLY W E OUT CALIFORNIA

” Whether he’s guidg folks toward unexpected purchas at the shop or, more famoly, makg hilar—not to mentn super rmative—vios on Instagram as @sommeligay, Delongon is on a missn to queer the we world jt about every way possible.

”“In the world of stereotypil ‘gay’ jobs, pleasure-centric reers like drag queens, fashn signers, or mm curators, we never name the sommelier, the flavor analogue of such exampl, ” m Delongon. June memorat LGBTQIA+ Pri Month, a time dited to honorg and monstratg support for the gay, lbian, bisexual, trans, and queer muny as a whole. In the past year, the 10 most-popular LGBTQIA+ products on Drizly have also shifted to clu new brands like Tribi and SuperGay, among others, suggtg that nsumers are eager to try new products and support new brands led by the LGBTQIA+ muny.

“I thk that if a ctomer were walkg through your retail tablishment and saw a rabow flag next to a bottle, ” he says, “ would let them know that there are gay wemakers out there, and that you’re supportg the gay muny.

THE 5 BEST MOSW GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS MOSW

Found by Jason Pazmo and Jon Moore, Gay Beer is a goln lager that aims to brg clivy and diversy to the craft beer market. Based Brooklyn, Gay Beer honors the longstandg herage of the queer muny, while celebratg the nnectns ma by sharg great beverag. Established 2020 wh the ia that “craft spirs should have more fun, ” Supergay produc craft vodka om rn upstate New York.

Cofounr Tom Jackson grew up workg rtrants, and signed Supergay to be an ial spir for cktails at home and behd the bar. Supergay also donat a percentage of s proceeds to LGBTQIA+ foundatns and that promote and cultivate cln, hospaly, and equaly. Jon Moore and Jason Pazmo lnched Brooklyn-based Gay Beer 2018 to make great craft beer that speaks to and supports the LGBTQ+ muny.

RSIAN RIVER GAY GUI – A WARM AND WELG WE COUNTRY DTATN

This anic Fnish vodka pays joyful tribute to artist and gay in Too Laaksonen (aka Tom of Fland). A participant opens a bottle wh champagne at the 40th Christopher Street Day gay pri march on July 28, 2018, Berl, Germany.

SuperGay Spirs is a pany that produc vodka, and much like s name suggts, supports the LGBTQ+ muny all year long. SuperGay’s master distiller veloped the brand’s recipe, which clus filterg the water through activated nut charal to purify the vodka. SuperGay Spirs do everythg by hand to have ntrol over the qualy of the vodka every step of the way.

GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI

Of all the many teemed we-producg regns North Ameri, wtern Sonoma County - particular the area between Healdsburg and the Rsian River rort area - stands out not only for s superb weri and stunng natural scenery, but also for havg a tremendo gay followg. A group of Californian gay we enthiasts created Out the Veyard 2011, “an experiential We Country Event and Travel pany promotg posive LGBT liftyl and offerg exclive, luxury erari and events We Country for the discerng gay traveler and their iends.

In the mid 2010's more and more weri were g out loud and proud their support of gay marriage. Their webse says: "Égalé’s missn is not only to be the bt we to toast Equaly for gay Amerins, but also to help LGBTQ youth nquer life's challeng. As Amerin attus towards gay people have improved - later than most of the Wtern world - the prence of "gays we", always there but largely visible, has bee clearer: not jt the dtry self, but their marketg approach as well.

MOSW GAY BARS

But ’s also regnn that the gay muny has a lot of disposable e - and gay people like to drk we: 16% more than straight people. Acrdg to the Journal of Studi on Alhol and Dgs some 75% of gays and lbians were scribed as "current drkers, " as pared to 68% of bisexuals and 59% of heterosexuals.

"Historilly, so much gay drkg went on gay bars bee there was virtually nowhere else where gays uld socialize, " thor Sharon Wilsnack says.

When Jab’s Creek beme exclive advertiser on the TV-show Friends, Diageo's Blossom Hill reacted by sponsorg Will en Grace, the gay (beloved) TV-seri - at USD 1, 000, 000 for the n of 24 episos (the bottle and glass set pictured on the left uld have been signed for that, but wasn't). Hardy W was promently prent on London’s Gay Pri Para and Sydney’s Mardi Gras early ‘00s. In 2007, blogger Tom Wark wrote: “It’s a fact, whether you like or not, gay w are here to stay.