Jo at Gaywatch, a monthly queer dance party prented by Venice Pri and Roosterfish at the longt operatg gay-owned bar Venice--Jam' Beach.
Contents:
- SANTA MONI AND VENICE BEACH GAY GUI
- GAYWATCH
- GAYWATCH: BACK TO THE BEACH
- GAYWATCH
- GAYWATCH AND SUNDAY BNCH AT JAM’ BEACH!
- VENICE GAY TRAVEL GUI & MAP 2023
- GAYWATCH: BACK TO THE BEACH
SANTA MONI AND VENICE BEACH GAY GUI
Check out the bt gay beach, rtrants, and activi the Los Angel area, along wh a b of history on the gay scene." emprop="scriptn * gay pride venice beach *
Celebrate PRIDE by the beach wh a diverse array of stage performanc, DJs, muny booths, LGBTQ+ vendors, food tcks and everyone’s favore queer dance party wt of the 405, Gaywatch (21+ only).
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There aren't many rourc for gay travelers foced specifilly on Santa Moni, Venice, and ast; however, this is part of metro Los Angel, which has is one of the world's centers of GLBT culture. There are numero gay newspapers and publitns servg the general area, and Wt Hollywood is the hub of the regn's gay scene. Long Beach Gay also has a gay culture on that part of the ast.
Other gay L. Gay & Lbian Center and the popular gay newspapers Frontiers and Lbian News.
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Today, you'd never know that this primarily straight, whe, and profsnal area was an early bastn of gay society, a land of bathho, cisg, and nu sunbathg. Jt off the beach a huge gay bar, the Tropil Village, drew everybody om navy men to closeted celebri to rint thors Christopher Isherwood and Stephen Spenr. Gay rints are still most fely a prence Santa Moni, but wh nowhere near the prence they have Wt Hollywood, Silver Lake, and some other parts of Los Angel.
And wh the flux recent years of stellar rtrants and sign-driven hotels, Santa Moni has steadily bee a favore gay getaway for upl, beachgoers, and those wantg a more relaxed Los Angel vatn. 's East Village or Haight-Ashbury by the sea—ed, was a haven of unter-culture and members of the Beat Generatn durg the '50s and '60s, as well as avant-gar artists and graffi experts, like the late gay artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, the '80s.
GAYWATCH
Along the ast near the Santa Moni–Pacific Palisas town le, you'll fd the most famo gay beach greater Los Angel, loted at the nearly 2-e-long Will Rogers State Beach (15900 Pacific Coast Hwy., at Teml Canyon Road). A ftive atmosphere prevails on most sunny days, pecially around the gay sectn, known affectnately as "Gger Rogers Beach.
GAYWATCH AND SUNDAY BNCH AT JAM’ BEACH!
Below here, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, and Redondo Beach are three middle-class suburbs—there is one gay bar the area, the Dolph, Redondo Beach.
Long Beach has a lively gay nightlife scene.
VENICE GAY TRAVEL GUI & MAP 2023
The cy has one of the largt gay muni California, somethg that probably has a great al to do wh the town's strong navy history durg World War II. Owg largely to s scenic shorele, Long Beach has one of the Wt's most popular Pri events—Long Beach Gay Pri is held late May.
This isn't a real hotbed of gay culture, but plenty of GLBT visors e over to explore this betiful ltle island.
There's a visor ksk at Pleasure Pier, Avalon, and Catala do have a number of overnight acmodatns, cludg the very gay-iendly Avalon Hotel. If you're lookg for a be to eat after relaxg at the gay beach at Will Rogers State Beach, try Gladston Malibu for outstandg seafood a handsome oceanont buildg, or historic Patrick's Roadhoe for burgers, omelets, and no-nonsense der fare.
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Other upsle properti of note clu the discreetly upsle Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows, where 's hard to choose between an ocean view om the 10-story tower or one of the serene and romantic garn bungalows; the boldly rate Viceroy Santa Moni (sister to the hip and siarly gay-popular Viceroy Palm Sprgs); and the dramatic blue tower, the timate (84 rooms) Geian Hotel, one Santa Moni's allurg beti, datg to 1933. A quirky, morately priced, and very tertg historic hotel that has somethg of a gay followg, the Palihoe Santa Moni Hotel (formerly known as the Embassy Hotel Apartments)—rved out of a 1920s Moorish Revival apartment buildg—has enormo rooms wh full kchens and distctive furnishgs.
Other gay-welg, ls-expensive optns clu the betifully renovated Wyndham Santa Moni at the Pier, steps om the pier, and the enomil but well-mataed Travelodge Santa Moni Pi Boulevard.
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