This is an vatn to all gay men livg the North Hollywood, Burbank, Stud Cy, Sherman Oaks, Glendale and pots east and other Thursday om 7:00PM-9pm gay men om all over greater Los Angel gather at Aroma Coffee and Tea for ffee, nversatn, nnectn and rarie.
Contents:
- THE VALLEY MIGHT BE L.A.'S MOST GREGAR "GAYBORHOOD" OF ALL
- GAYT PLAC IN CALIFORNIA FOR 2020
- NORTH HOLLYWOOD GAY MEN'S COFFEE MEETUP
THE VALLEY MIGHT BE L.A.'S MOST GREGAR "GAYBORHOOD" OF ALL
This Sunday, Aug. 12, the first annual Valley Pri Street Ftival will be held North Hollywood. Do we need another Pri celebratn? Is the Valley's LGBTQ muny large enough to shut down streets for? The answer is y, and as wh WeHo, DTLA, even Long Beach, a great gay night out n be had. Here's our gui on how to do right. * is north hollywood gay *
The San Fernando Valley may not be the first “gayborhood” one thks of Los Angel, but maybe should be.
It has s own unique and btlg gay nightlife, and 's steeped history, providg unique alternativ (and ls traffic) to L. 's other gayborhoods. The answer is y, and as wh WeHo, DTLA, even Long Beach, a great gay night out n be had the San Fernando Valley.
GAYT PLAC IN CALIFORNIA FOR 2020
While none of the Valley gay bars or clubs offers food, there is a gay-iendly, gay-owned rtrant North Hollywood’s Garland Hotel lled the Front Yard.
The Garland’s owner and asset manager, Jam Crank, is an out and proud gay man whose fay has a long history wh the property. His parents built the hotel 1971 and opened as a Howard Johnson's, which featured a Howard Johnson rtrant/lounge that was a popular gay hangout back the '70s. “As I got olr, I jt had the olr gay guys e up to me and say, ‘You probably didn’t know , but the ’70s, your bar was like the gay hangout.
When Crank’s father died the late '80s, he gave up his pursu of a master's gree unselg gay youth and gay fay servic to help his mom n the hotel. … I thk a lot of that om Stt and I beg gay and beg aware of what our muny want, what wants to eat and drk and how wants to be treated, ” Crank says.
NORTH HOLLYWOOD GAY MEN'S COFFEE MEETUP
“Of urse, urtg the gay muny is always a great badge of honor when our people show up bee they’re so discerng and hard to please, and I love them. The only gay bar L. In the gay world, some don’t have a fay [bee they were] dismissed by fay, and that’s what we ll the magic the n, ” Young says.
“[From what I know], supposedly we’re the olst gay bar wt of the Mississippi.
Another historic spot, the Bullet Bar has been around as a gay fetish bar sce the 1960s unr var nam cludg the Officer’s Club, the Hangman, the Signal and the Junctn. I thk the gay leather muny fs wh that puzzle.