Gui To Philalphia's Gayborhood - CBS Philalphia

Contents:

• THE 7 BT GAY BARS PHILALPHIA
• GET YOUR HISTORY STRAIGHT AND YOUR NIGHTLIFE GAY®
• TOP GAY BARS PHILALPHIA
• GAYT PLAC IN PENNSYLVANIA FOR 2020
• MOVG TO LGBT PHILALPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!
• GUI TO PHILALPHIA'S GAYBORHOOD
• THE BEST PHILALPHIA GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS PHILALPHIA
• TOP GAY BARS IN PHILALPHIA
• PHILALPHIA GAY BARS
• PHILALPHIA GAY CISE CLUBS
• PHILALPHIA GAY MAP
• PHILALPHIA GAY DANCE CLUBS

THE 7 BT GAY BARS PHILALPHIA

Before we prent you wh our list of bt gay bars Philalphia, a few tertg facts about the lol LGBTQ scene: almost every LGBTQ-centric statn the cy is found Gayborhood, an enclave Center Cy Philalphia that has quickly bee one of the most regnize neighborhoods town.

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Historic s, popular neighborhoods, and LGBTQ+-owned bars and rtrants Philalphia's Gayborhood and beyond...

The Cy of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affectn hosted the untry’s first major monstratn for gay rights, the Annual Remrs, 1965. And today, Philly visors n easily explore s where LGBTQ+ history was ma and where queer life ntu to thrive, pecially the cy’s Gayborhood and durg annual events like Philly Pri 365.

The center of Philalphia’s gay rintial life and culture sce World War II, the blocks between 11th and Broad streets and Pe and Chtnut streets earned their nickname — the “Gayborhood”— durg an October Outft event 1995. You have your choice of fabulo entertament and diversns as the bars and nightclubs of the Gayborhood e alive each night.

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Sce 2015, the brilliant rabow crosswalks at the tersectn of 13th and Loct Streets have served as an sential Gayborhood landmark.

Take a guid tour through the Gayborhood and learn more about the cy’s queer history wh help om Beyond the Bell Tour. The group’s LGBTQ and Trans History tours reunt the stori of Gay Liberatn Front – Philalphia founr Kiyoshi Kuromiya, explore morn history and current social issu the neighborhood, and stop at important muny s like the Attic Youth Center, which supports LGBTQ+ youth experiencg homelsns.

The Gayborhood got a h new mural at the start of Pri Month 2021 when muralist Ash Ryan fished this three-story-tall tribute to pop star Lil Nas X. In 1965, the Universy of Pennsylvania expelled Fryer om his psychiatric rincy program on the basis of his homosexualy, which was then classified as a mental illns by the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn (APA).

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In 1972, Fryer, a faculty member at the Temple Universy School of Medice, offered an electrifyg anonymo ttimony that rulted the APA’s 1973 classifitn of homosexualy as a mental illns. Philalphia Gay News Marker: This marker stands ont of the first office of the Philalphia Gay News, one of the natn’s most award-wng weekly newspapers. A pneer the LGBTQ+ rights movement, Gtgs, a Philalphia rint om age 18 and a lifetime activist, eded The Ladr, the natn’s first lbian magaze; -anized the Annual Remrs at Inpennce Hall (see above) and led charg both to promote posive LGBTQ+ lerature public librari and to change the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn’s classifitn of homosexualy as a mental illns.

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Across Broad Street, a sign at 13th and Loct streets the Gayborhood clar the thoroughfare Barbara Gtgs Way. It’s where radil gay llective Gazoo found Philalphia’s Gay Liberatn Front and where bisexual blu sger Bsie Smh performed at the Royal Theatre, an early 20th-century Black-owned cultural center.

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Today, the street’s known for s Magic Garns, cheteak shops and hangouts, cludg dive bar extraordaire Bob & Barbara’s Lounge, home of one of Philly’s bt-loved drag shows; the punk art LGBTQ+ haven Tattooed Mom; and the eclectic, gay-owned boutique shop Workshop Unrground.

Standg directly across the street om Inpennce Hall, a historic marker honors the Annual Remrs, the monstratn held at this se led by gay activists on July 4 om 1965 to 1969, the last of which occurred jt days after the history-makg Stonewall Rts. Philalphia was the first cy the Uned Stat to lnch a major marketg mpaign (“Get Your History Straight and Your Nightlife Gay®”) to wele LGBTQ+ tourism, and reprents a trove of cultural, culary, artistic and ethnic diversy.

Don’t miss a vis to the Gayborhood, a Center Cy neighborhood that sets self apart wh rabow street signs as well as rtrants and bars owned by and terg to LGBTQ+-intified clientele. Ive been to the gayborhood for the bars but was wonrg if there are other plac out there where everyone won't be wasted. Owned by JonCarl Lachman, the chef behd the East Passyunk favore (and sadly soon-to-be-closed) Noord, Wkel is a statn bnch spot the Gayborhood.

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The Beagle Tavern NorristownBeagle Tavern1003 East Ma Street, Norristown610-272-3133, s unassumg, beagle-lovg gay bar ( was named after the owner’s pooch Timmy) has great drk specials for happy hour and, on Wednday nights, drag queens Thunr Showers and Summer Clearance stop by to give out blh-worthy priz at their Kky Quizzo event.

Bt for: Cheap drks (go for the Cywi Special), live jazz, and rnchy PHL | Photo by Patrick HagertyBoxers PHL1330 Walnut Street215-735-2977, Gayborhood’s newt addn to the gay-bar scene, this New York Cy cha stands apart by havg s bartenrs slgg drks nothg but red mh shorts (Insi tip: ’s mored that most of them don’t wear undi.

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ICandy254 South 12th Street(267) 324-3500, multi-level nightclub is whout a doubt the gayt of the gay bars around here. Stir1705 Chancellor Street215-732-2700, is our Rtenhoe gay embassy loted one of the area’s ls-sry alleys. Bt for: Bar food and drk specials, 12 taps of rotatg seasonal beer, Bike Stop206 South Quce Street215-627-1662, gay neighborhood’s got s leather bar, and ours is The Bike Stop.

Venture Inn225 South Camac Street215-545-8731, of the olst gay bars the cy matas s old-fashned vibe wh snazzy cktails, fabuloly gay shows, and karaoke. Bt for: Ftive, unpretent vibe, basic bar food, karaoke, and drag ’s | Photo by Kelly BurkhardtVoyr1221 Sat Jam Street215-735-5772, Gayborhood’s only after-hours club bumps wh late-night dancg and sane light shows after 2 a. Bt for: Late-night drks, parti hosted by Stimul, drag shows by Mimi Imfurst, turng your nose up at the hot ’s202 South 13th Street215-545-1893, s is a staple the Gayborhood.

Bt for: Dancg, hot men who are sgle and ready to Philalphia LGBT Guis:Top LGBT Civil Rights OrganizatnsTop Gay Bars the Philalphia RegnTop LGBT Health and Wellns Rourc PhilalphiaTop LGBT Youth Rourc Philalphia. Unlike obv, self-ntaed gay neighborhoods such as The Castro, Boystown, and the French Quarter, Philalphia’s queer havens are more accurately scribed as LGBTQ+-iendly districts, wh one exceptn.

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Philly also serv cred for promotg gay tourism wh s "Get your history straight and your nightlife gay" marketg strategy of the early ghts (via Philalphia Magaze). Gayish events that enrich all of s 100 neighborhoods clu the Philalphia Frge Arts Ftival, recals by the Philalphia Gay Men’s Chos, and performanc by baret stalwarts The Beard Ladi.

Washgton Square Wt, the heart of The Gayborhood, pris the blocks between 11th and Broad streets and Pe and Chtnut streets.

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Acrdg to EATER Philalphia, Philalphia’s last lbian bar standg, the Gayborhood’s Toasted Walnut Bar & Kchen, closed last year. Inclive and acceptg Fishtown is wh easy walkg and bikg distance of gay-iendly Northern Liberti, also a good-for-walkg neighborhood.

And straight and gay sports fans n watch the Philli at South Philly’s Cizens Bank Park or the Eagl at Lln Fancial Field. This neighborhood on the northwt outskirts of the cy has morphed om a grty dtrial sectn to a veted rintial neighborhood and om a blue-llar zone to a gay-iendly one. Acrdg to Gay Real Estate, Manayunk’s lofts, row ho, and Victorians n be had for a median price of $269, 900.

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Extra Space Storage lculat that gay-iendly Manayunk is one of Philalphia’s saft neighborhoods, wh 86% ls crime than elsewhere. Though ’s about 30 outsi of the cy lims, no survey of pro-gay Philly neighborhoods would be plete whout a nod to LGBTQ+-welg satelle New Hope and s across-the-Delaware River sister Lambertville, New Jersey.

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A huge Bucks County flea market is another mag for gays and straights travelg om Philalphia and elsewhere. Article ntu the Supreme Court led favor of same-sex marriag, Ameri generally, and the gay muny specifilly, celebrated.