When Honolulu’s Legendary Gay Bars Closed

Contents:

• GAY NIGHTLIFE HONOLULU: BT BARS, CLUBS, & MORE
• THE BEST HONOLULU GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS HONOLULU
• HONOLULU, WAIKIKI, AND OAHU GAY GUI AND PHOTO GALLERY
• GAY NIGHTLIFE OAHU
• WHEN HONOLULU’S LEGENDARY GAY BARS CLOSED
• GAY HONOLULU TRAVEL GUI
• WELE TO THE GAY IENDLY ISLAND OF O’AHU!
• WELE TO THE FRIENDLIT GAY BAR WAIKIKI
• GAY HONOLULU
• HONOLULU GAY BARS

GAY NIGHTLIFE HONOLULU: BT BARS, CLUBS, & MORE

Perhaps bee of this lovg island spir, Hawaii has a history of beg one of the most gay-iendly plac to vis the U. S., and as the pal and largt cy, Honolulu is the epicenter of gay life the state.

THE BEST HONOLULU GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS HONOLULU

The pal cy offers all typ of ways for LGBT travelers to let loose, om gay bars to gay beach. To fd Honolulu's gay bars, you'll have to venture away om downtown and head toward the famo Waikiki Beach.

Honolulu's gay nightlife scene is ncentrated this area, meang you n nveniently spend the day loungg unr the sun and then head straight to the bars.

Wang Chung's: This lively gay bar Waikiki is known for s r karaoke stage every night. Bacch Waikiki: Self-proclaimed "iendlit gay bar" of Honolulu, Bacch serv a nice mix of basic and top-shelf drks, cludg a wi range of w and several good beers. This neighborhood gay lounge draws a predomantly male crowd wh a nversatn-iendly noise level and personable bartenrs.

HONOLULU, WAIKIKI, AND OAHU GAY GUI AND PHOTO GALLERY

Hula's Bar & Lei Stand is nveniently loted Waikiki, a short walkg distance om the rt of the gay bars Honolulu.

GAY NIGHTLIFE OAHU

Srlet Honolulu: This mpy nightclub is the premier gay dance spot Honolulu wh s two dance floors and weekly drag shows. Hula's Bar & Lei Stand: No gay bar Honolulu is more celebrated and arguably beloved than Hula's Bar & Lei Stand, which occupi a send-story, semi-open-air perch si the Waikiki Grand Hotel.

For an thentic gay Hawaiian experience, sign up for one of Hula's gay tamaran cis on Saturday afternoons.

Most major metropolan areas have some sort of gay neighborhood, but not many ci the world n boast that they have a gay beach.

WHEN HONOLULU’S LEGENDARY GAY BARS CLOSED

Contue walkg along Waikiki Beach toward the famo Diamond Head State Park—away om downtown—and you'll eventually e across Queen's Surf Beach, the unofficial gay seashore. It's a great place to meet and mgle wh other gay travelers before headg over to the nearby gay bars.

If you want to stay near the majory of gay bars, look for acmodatns and clubs Hawaii stop servg alhol at 2 a. However, if you plan to island-hop, Mi and the Big Island also enjoy their own share of gay lol worth checkg out.

Vibe Bar Nightclub is a gay-iendly nightclub known for cktails and great dance mic. Freaky Friday has all, cludg a shirts optnal gay dance party, gut mols, drag performanc, prize giveaways, and more.

GAY HONOLULU TRAVEL GUI

Srlet Honolulu is one of the largt night club and gay bars that Oʻahu has to offer. Hawaiʻi Island Pri is the send largt LGBT and Gay Pri celebratn the state of Hawaiʻi.

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WELE TO THE GAY IENDLY ISLAND OF O’AHU!

And the pal cy of Honolulu, wh s vibrant though rather heavily veloped Waikiki beachont, ntas the heart of the state's gay scene. This dramatilly suated cy on the island of Oahu has several gay bars, a great dg scene, and proximy to many notable attractns. By far the most popular gay beach Hawaii, and one of the most scenic and well-known the world, Queen's Surf Beach is a relatively seclud stretch of sand the heart of Waikiki, but along a sectn wh no direct hotel ontage - this acunts for the fact there's more privacy and fewer fai here than to the north or south.

The beach here draws a mostly gay-male crowd, although certaly not exclively so, as plenty of lbians and straights seekg secln tan their his here, too. Queen's Surf is easy to reach - 's jt a short walk along the beachont south of where Kapaluhu Avenue tersects wh Kalaka Avenue at the beach (not far om Hula's gay bar). As the day progrs and the sun sets, many of the beachgoers here walk over to nearby Hula's gay bar for some post-beach socializg and hobnobbg.

WELE TO THE FRIENDLIT GAY BAR WAIKIKI

Hula's Bar & Lei Stand, the famed gay nightclub the Waikiki Grand Hotel. Although 's neher as popular nor as gay-intified as Queen's Surf Beach at the southeast end of Waikiki, the seclud Diamond Head Beach (jt off 3300 Diamond Head Road, below the lighthoe, and requirg a b of a hike down to the sand) do have a b of a gay followg.

5-e walk om the more central tersectn of Kapahulu Avenue and Kalaka (near Hula's gay bar and Queen's Surf Beach). Bacch Waikiki, a trendy gay we bar and lounge on Lewers Street.

GAY HONOLULU

A view of Waikiki beach and s strg of high-rise hotels at night, om the gro (jetty) that extends om the Outrigger Reef on the Beach Hotel ('s to the left of the Halekulani Hotel, the property pictured here on the very left - the Reef is one of the most luxur of the several Waikiki hotels that make up the gay-iendly Outrigger cha). One of the most tertg aspects of stayg at Oahu's gay-iendly JW Marrtt Ihilani Rort is the chance to teract wh mare life, cludg the hammerhead sharks (as shown here) that swim around the rort's mare pools. Honolulu has s own gay surf club, whose ntact rmatn is listed wh 's rource page.

HONOLULU GAY BARS

Jt a short drive or slightly longer walk northeast om Honolulu's ltle gay epicenter around Kapahulu and Kalaka avenu, you'll fd a slew of expensive, funky eateri that form somethg of an offbeat Rtrant Row along Kapahulu, wh Wala Shave Ice (3113 Mokihana St., jt off of Kapahulu Ave., 808-735-8886) one of this area's five mt-tast.

The ABC Store pictured here is at the rner of Lemon Road and Paoakalani Avenue, right by the fab Hotel Renew and a block om Hula's gay bar.