THE 10 BEST New York Gay Clubs & Bars (Updated 2023)

Contents:

• THE 10 BEST NEW YORK GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS NEW YORK
• THE ULTIMATE LGBTIQ+ TRAVEL GUI TO NEW YORK CY: OM QUEER HISTORY TO THE BT GAY BARS
• DISVERG NEW YORK'S 'GAY BARS THAT ARE GONE'
• ‘I GOT AN UMBRELLA AND AMBN’: INDICTMENT REVEALS ALLEGED CONSPIRACY BEHD GAY BAR DEATHS
• A GUI TO NYC'S GAY BARS
• TOP 5 GAY BARS NYC'S EAST VILLAGE

THE 10 BEST NEW YORK GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS NEW YORK

29 plac sorted by traveler favorBars & Clubs • Gay BarsDowntown Manhattan (Downtown)Bars & Clubs • Gay BarsDowntown Manhattan (Downtown)Gay BarsDowntown Manhattan (Downtown)Bars & Clubs • Gay BarsDowntown Manhattan (Downtown)What travelers are saygWe had a fantastic night! Flamg Saddl is the perfect mix of great drks, Amerina, gay culture and cute bar high energy gay bar rais the roof wh their bar top dancg bartenrs. I went to a few gay bars, and by far this was the bt place to dance and the mic was the bt here, varied, and not too much dance mic like you got your head bangg a fish bowl!

THE ULTIMATE LGBTIQ+ TRAVEL GUI TO NEW YORK CY: OM QUEER HISTORY TO THE BT GAY BARS

Hell’s Kchen and Chelsea offer the most “tradnal” gay bars and clubs, where visors n check out venu wh hunky shirtls bartenrs, a mostly-gay-male clientele, and thumpg hs gog late to the night. It’s a fun and totally ridiculo experience that’s like a gay Coyote Ugly llid wh a down-home honky-tonk, but the fact that Flamg Saddl don’t take self serly is exactly why ’s such a fun bar to go to, offerg an unpretent experience that’s pecially good for anyone visg a gay bar for the first time. Other mils wh queer them clu Come From Away, which clus the te story of Kev Tuerff and his partner, both of whom bee strand Newfoundland wh hundreds of others durg the 9/11 attacks, and The Book of Mormon, which often mocks relig bigotry agast gay people.

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I wanted to hear more of are a few rmative books that aim to document the changg social landsp of New York's gay nightlife spots and the effect the spac had on both civil rights Ameri and mastream arts and culture. Gee Chncey's Gay New York and Charl Kaiser's The Gay Metropolis e to md, but for the most part, histori of LGBT nightlife are relegated to somethg like the ments sectn of a DataLounge thread.

DISVERG NEW YORK'S 'GAY BARS THAT ARE GONE'

We weren't sure how many people would show up for a two hour journey of closed gay bars, but by the time the walk started over 80 people of all ag and reasons for g were signg their nam to a sign- sheet adhered to a Bt Ltle Whorehoe Texas rerd ver actg as a clipboard and wag for the walk to got everyone's attentn. Kyle and I enuraged everyone to share personal stori and add to the nversatn to build a llective memory of gay bars that have shut their doors.

‘I GOT AN UMBRELLA AND AMBN’: INDICTMENT REVEALS ALLEGED CONSPIRACY BEHD GAY BAR DEATHS

Absolutely no one on the New York Cy Landmarks Commissn had given the thory, but armed wh a stencil that read "GAY BAR WAS HERE" a member of the walkg crowd marked the siwalk wh the bright chalk at each stop. We heard about the plac where dis was born, where Barbra Streisand ma her nightclub but, where gay New Yorkers protted prejudice long before Stonewall, and talked about the toll the AIDS crisis took on the cy. Apparent too was the lack of opportuni for gays across generatns (and ironilly, outsi of a bar settg) to learn om each other and pass down memori like so many of our straight neighbors have historilly done wh much for opportuny and a lol bs New York Cy is hard enough now, pecially nsirg wh the cy's risg rents and creasg penchant for natnal retailers.

Owners of gay bars are battlg even more onts: the creasg e of mobile apps for means of nnectn stead of a barstool and, credibly, the growg polil acceptance of the LGBT muny. The stggle for the gay bar is real, but this pretty simple walk end up beg a meangful spotlight to showse how important some of the spac were and still are.

The importance of LGBT spac has only been heightened by the tragedy Orlando, where 49 people were killed si Pulse, a gay we celebrate LGBT historic prervatn ws like Print Obama namg Stonewall a Natnal Monument and Juli' -- se of the Mattache Society's "sip-" prott -- beg nomated for landmark stat, 's important to keep the prsure on elected officials to protect more LGBT historic s formally. In the meantime, whether be as historilly signifint as say Stonewall, culturally inic as someplace like Stud 54 or simply a rner dive bar that shows RuPl's Drag Race on Mondays, support your lol gay bar!

A GUI TO NYC'S GAY BARS

MICHAEL RYAN is a former cy anizer for Jane's Walk NYC -- named for urban planner Jane Jabs -- and one of the creators of the "Gay Bars That Are Gone" walkg tour. On April 21, 2022, some of the fendants approached Jul Ramirez outsi of the Rz Bar, the dictment stated, a gay bar Midtown Manhattan. The dictments e after police have said they were vtigatg siar crim at bars, where they said gay people and straight people have both been victimized, acrdg to the New York Tim.

For s, the first (and only) place where many men and women uld meet other gay, lbian, or transgenr people was at a bar, mostly the shadows. The openly gay bar is a relatively new addn to the social space scene, and beme que mon que quickly, perhaps, some say, too, most straight folks have ltle fear of homosexualy, and gay bars bee their jot du jour--to the horror of many men and women who wish they still had their sacred space ee of bachelorette parti (read Drew Droege's take on this phenomenon).

TOP 5 GAY BARS NYC'S EAST VILLAGE

While we don't thk the battle of the dance floor will be won anytime soon (and probably shouldn't even be fought), gay bars, even the age of social tegratn and onle muni, rema an tegral space for LGBT muni the world over. BALTIMORE, Maryland:HIPPO: No vis to Baltimore's gay scene is plete whout Hippo, an stutn sce s foundg 1972 and for generatns of agels s has kept the boys glued to their bar stools, grippg pool cu and transfixed by attractive and fun-lovg Charm Cy cizens.

Sometim 's difficult to tell, but It do make sense that one of the bt gay sports bars is a cy that lov s teams (and has so many llege boys tryg to figure thgs out once they e out). )CHICAGO, IlloisROSCOE'S: Vised by gays om all over the untry, this low-key Boystown favore celebrated s 26th birthday this year.

HAMBURGER MARY'S: The ma level hosts the first gay rtrant anchise of s kd, Hamburger Mary's, servg sandwich, burgers, mac and chee, and meatloaf. In the heart of the gay filled Halsted Street, walk upstairs and tilt your head back for a stunng light show this attractive, morn lounge.