A gay gui to the USA. Reviews, maps and rmatn verg the major towns and ci om Alaska to New York.
Contents:
- THE 42 BT GAY BARS AMERI
- GAY USA
- TOP GAY-FRIENDLY CI THE U.S.
- THE 10 GAYEST CI IN AMERI FOR 2020
- THE BT GAY CLUBS AMERI
- THE TOP TEN GAYBORHOODS NORTH AMERI
THE 42 BT GAY BARS AMERI
* us cities with most gay bars *
The ntemporary homosexual rights activism is said to have begun New York, and there’s no doubt that the Stonewall Inn rt 1969 marked a turng pot for gay people worldwi. Although the Hays Co prohibed any reference films and “immoraly rtrictns” performers’ als forced them to rema the dark, gay life Los Angel existed for a very long time before did most other ci the US.
GAY USA
There’s the Chigo Gay and Lbian Hall of Fame, the Natnal Gay and Lbian Sports Hall of Fame, the Gerber/Hart Library, the Leather Archiv and Mm and the Legacy Walk – the world’s only outdoor queer history mm. When the bar fally reopened Sprg 2022, an entire borough’s worth of gays celebrated by floodg the new back pat all summer and Gger’s has been crowd wh queers ever sce. It began s life as a beer-and-we offshoot of the Metropolan Health Club, a gym that opened 1983 to serve the gay ctomers who’d been bullied out of other lol clubs at the height of AIDS hysteria.
While you won’t fd any Pri flags at Farraguts, you will undoubtedly hear Cele Dn and Melissa Etheri blarg om the bar’s dty, old jebox and, hontly, isn’t that jt as gay? A gay gatherg spot sce 1939, and gay bar sce 1963, and the Bar Complex sce the 80s, s unassumg exterr beli a triple-threat treat of lounge, performance space, and a mirrored dance club reportedly moled after Stud 54. If you want to get away om the typil scene at fellow gay bars Olly’s and Gregs Our Place, English Ivy is an ial place to meet iends: mature enough for a proper Ladi Lunch (or bnch or dner.
TOP GAY-FRIENDLY CI THE U.S.
It’s not a gay bar the tradnal sense, but a place where traed pianists play selectns om Broadway shows and all of the drama teachers and mil theater majors of the tri-state area nverge to sg along.
THE 10 GAYEST CI IN AMERI FOR 2020
It was the se of an early gay-liberatn “sip ” 1966, years before Stonewall, and has been a low-key haven ever sce, wh a diverse clientele, a small menu, classic cktails, and an extensive (and packed) 4:00-7:00 happy hour.
THE BT GAY CLUBS AMERI
The origal was burned down an anti-gay hate-crime a few years back, but the revival has jt opened across the street and is bigger and better, wh a new performance space. CourtyWashgton DC: TraIn a town where n feel like every other bar is crawlg wh Capol Hill staffers lookg to talk shop, Tra is the rare, glorly gay dive where absolutely everyone is wele to jt kick back.
The cy has a long-standg acceptance of the LGBTQ+ muny, wh the rints here beg one of the first Ameri to elect an openly gay mayor and a pri para that dat back to the 1970s.
Madison is so gay iendly that fdg out where a gay neighbourhood starts and ends is somewhat impossible, while the number of gay bars to choose om is so extensive that you may jt have to extend your trip to vis them all! Home to jazz, voodoo and Mardi Gras, New Orleans is one of the bt ci the South for gay travellers, wh a vast number of gay bars, clubs, rtrants and acmodatn optns to choose om.
THE TOP TEN GAYBORHOODS NORTH AMERI
Therefore, should e as no surprise that S Cy is home to dozens of gay bars and nightclubs, cludg Peppermt Club, si FireSky Rort & Spa and Vista Lounge at AQUA by Wtgate Las Vegas.
However, the acceptance of LGBTQ+ people and the fight for equaly far surpass the borrs of Boston as the state of Massachetts as a whole was the first the Uned Stat to legalise same-sex marriag and the first to elect an openly gay reprentative back 1974. Suated the sert outsi of Los Angel, this cy is perfect for LGBTQ+ travellers wh more than 30 gay bars and an extensive range of gay-iendly or gay-owned acmodatn optns.