From historic gay bars to Jack London's favore dive, here's where to drk the past.
Contents:
- EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS BERKELEY
- BERKELEY GAY MAP
- SHAS OF THE RABOW: EAST BAY GAY BARS EVOLVE, STAY RELEVANT WH THE QUEER MUNY
- BERKELEY GAY CY GUI: A CY THAT FIGHTS FOR THE RIGHTS OF ALL
- AMERI’S OLST GAY BAR IS TURNG 80
- BOSTON'S BT GAY BARS
- GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS BERKELEY
- BERKELEY GAY MAP
- GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS BERKELEY
- NEW GAY BAR, FFEE ROASTERS, BREWPUB, MORE
EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS BERKELEY
The owner of new Oakland LGBTQIA+ bar Town Bar & Lounge dreams of a gay scene to rival San Francis's the East Bay. * gay bars in berkeley *
But the area n be harr to navigate for those who are not whe gay men. The Harvey Milk-era of gay rights activism is no ls important — ’s jt that the LGBTQIA+ muni are vast and nta myriad ways to exprs and reprent sexualy and genr. Growg up gay the Amerin South was not a pleasant experience, Miah Jefa says.
BERKELEY GAY MAP
It officially opened 1933, right after Prohibn, but was likely a gay speakeasy before that. * gay bars in berkeley *
In the South Bay, they go to the off-the-beaten-path gay bar Renegas.
“Jolene’s is also a spot that is workg hard to -cis-gay-man the queer nightlife scene, ” Calamia says.
SHAS OF THE RABOW: EAST BAY GAY BARS EVOLVE, STAY RELEVANT WH THE QUEER MUNY
From private rooms and apartments to LGBTQ-iendly hotels, you have the optn to stay the heart of gay districts as well as other neighborhoods the plac you vis.
BERKELEY GAY CY GUI: A CY THAT FIGHTS FOR THE RIGHTS OF ALL
A loft Soho, a shared room Barcelona or the Castro, a gay-iendly hotel Le Marais or Chelsea, experience misterb&b all gay travel statns! TopletetopleteFiltersDateCategoryFormatPriceLanguageCurrencyMost popular matchAt the Gay Bar: LGBTQ+ Bars History and as Communy CentersSat, Aug 12 • 6:30 PM EDTAt the Gay Bar: LGBTQ+ Bars History and as Communy CentersSat, Aug 12 • 6:30 PM EDTa trans man walks to a gay bar - glasgow book event!
Fri, Aug 18 • 7:00 PM Category Is Booksa trans man walks to a gay bar - glasgow book event!
AMERI’S OLST GAY BAR IS TURNG 80
Fri, Aug 18 • 7:00 PM Category Is BooksTrivia Night at Splash Frno - Gay Bar & NightclubWednday • 7:30 PM + 23 moreSplash Bar FrnoTrivia Night at Splash Frno - Gay Bar & NightclubWednday • 7:30 PM + 23 moreSplash Bar FrnoPromotedFoodieLand Night Market - Berkeley | Augt 4-6, 2023Fri, Aug 4 • 3:00 PM Goln Gate FieldsPromotedFoodieLand Night Market - Berkeley | Augt 4-6, 2023Fri, Aug 4 • 3:00 PM Goln Gate FieldsPromotedPretty In Pk On The San Fran Bay Yacht Party (San Francis)Pier 3PromotedPretty In Pk On The San Fran Bay Yacht Party (San Francis)Pier 3SF's Brand New Tuday Comedy Blast (North Beach) / OPENING NIGHTTuday • 8:00 PM + 21 moreTope LoungeSF's Brand New Tuday Comedy Blast (North Beach) / OPENING NIGHTTuday • 8:00 PM + 21 moreTope LoungeSF Gaymers LGBTQIA+ Game Night at the bar!
Sat, Aug 5 • 7:00 PM + 4 moreThe DetourSF Gaymers LGBTQIA+ Game Night at the bar! Sun, Aug 6 • 11:00 AM + 4 moreNoe Street Between Market and Beaver Night at Splash San Jose - Gay Bar & NightclubTuday • 7:30 PM + 70 more65 Post StTrivia Night at Splash San Jose - Gay Bar & NightclubTuday • 7:30 PM + 70 more65 Post StWalkg tour of LGBTQ life the Barbary Coast (North Beach)Sat, Aug 12 • 11:00 AM + 6 moreWashgton Street & Kearny StreetWalkg tour of LGBTQ life the Barbary Coast (North Beach)Sat, Aug 12 • 11:00 AM + 6 moreWashgton Street & Kearny StreetLGBTQ Night at Yield We BarSunday • 5:00 PM + 70 moreYield We BarLGBTQ Night at Yield We BarSunday • 5:00 PM + 70 moreYield We BarTown Bar & LoungeThursday • 5:00 PM + 21 more2001 BroadwayTown Bar & LoungeThursday • 5:00 PM + 21 more2001 BroadwayBnch Buffet + Variety Show @ Jolene's! 7/30 - 12PM SEATINGSunday • 12:00 PM2700 16th StQueer First Fridays at The Whe HorseFri, Aug 4 • 9:00 PM Whe Horse InnQueer First Fridays at The Whe HorseFri, Aug 4 • 9:00 PM Whe Horse InnManhattan Men Gay Friendly Male Revue Club - San FrancisTomorrow • 8:00 PM + 141 moreEl ToroManhattan Men Gay Friendly Male Revue Club - San FrancisTomorrow • 8:00 PM + 141 moreEl ToroGROOVY DAYZE @ MADRONE'S ART BARSunday • 3:00 PMMadrone Art BarGROOVY DAYZE @ MADRONE'S ART BARSunday • 3:00 PMMadrone Art BarGay Men Speed Datg San Francis | Sgl Event | Seen on VH1Fri, Aug 4 • 7:00 PM S&R Lounge | Hotel ZettaGay Men Speed Datg San Francis | Sgl Event | Seen on VH1Fri, Aug 4 • 7:00 PM S&R Lounge | Hotel ZettaGAY GUNDAM NIGHT!
Wed, Aug 30 • 5:00 PM Sour Cherry ComicsGAY GUNDAM NIGHT!
BOSTON'S BT GAY BARS
Wed, Aug 30 • 5:00 PM Sour Cherry ComicsLet's Go Dis @ MADRONE ART BARSat, Aug 26 • 9:30 PM Madrone Art BarLet's Go Dis @ MADRONE ART BARSat, Aug 26 • 9:30 PM Madrone Art BarSuch a good girl @ Jolene's Bar Sunday July 30th 8pm-12amSunday • 8:00 PM2700 16th StreetSuch a good girl @ Jolene's Bar Sunday July 30th 8pm-12amSunday • 8:00 PM2700 16th StreetTIX@DOOR - Polyglamoro prents SneaksTomorrow • 10:00 PMClub SixTIX@DOOR - Polyglamoro prents SneaksTomorrow • 10:00 PMClub SixComedy at The BAR on DolorThursday • 8:00 PM + 8 moreThe BAR -on DolorComedy at The BAR on DolorThursday • 8:00 PM + 8 moreThe BAR -on DolorGayish Podst LIVE San Francis at OasisSun, Aug 13 • 1:00 PM OASISGayish Podst LIVE San Francis at OasisSun, Aug 13 • 1:00 PM OASISHot Tea Leather EdnSun, Sep 24 • 5:00 PM 316 11th StHot Tea Leather EdnSun, Sep 24 • 5:00 PM 316 11th StBentley’s Outdoor Cocktail Bar GRAND OPENINGToday • 5:00 PMMARKET & MAIN’s Back Pat Next to Five Suns Brewg. This is also the first time Huynh will own a bar, but a ago he was a bartenr at some of the most proment gay bars San Francis, mostly the Castro district. When he took stock thgs, Huynh said, “I realized that the bt tim my life were the Castro, beg myself, beg gay and ee.
“I would love to make a quote unquote Castro of Oakland, ” he said, “where people flow om bar to bar all night, a real gay scene right here Oakland. The Whe Horse Bar Oakland claims to be the olst ntuoly operatg gay and lbian bar the Uned Stat. A 45-year-old self-intified gay man, Murphy has been g to the Whe Horse for 17 years and workg there, as need, for 16.
He the word “fay” a lot his scriptns of the Whe Horse, the putative “olst ntuoly operatg gay and lbian bar the Uned Stat. The turng pot Stonewall reprents is not when gay Ameri got angry, ’s when straight Ameri started to pay attentn.
GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS BERKELEY
Gay bars have long been at the center of the movement for equaly. Photo: Cirs WoodMurphy scrib the Whe Horse generally, and gay bars specifilly nearly spirual terms.
”Like Murphy, generatns of Amerins have gone to gay bars to fd and make their own fai. Yet gay bars are closg. ’ Photo urty of The Port BarBut the biggt sgle factor drivg gay bars out of bs is the broar trend of natnal acceptance.
Gay bars have bee a sualty of progrs.
BERKELEY GAY MAP
”“Dpe the advanc that we have ma terms of our rights, so many people, even around here, grew up hom that were evangelil, or acceptg of other people beg gay but not their kid, ” he said. Whereas lbians, gays, bisexuals and even trans dividuals of prev generatns hewed largely to genr norms and sexual orthodoxy, younger generatns are ls likely to choose and stick to an early and dividual letter of LGBTQ, and more likely to reach directly for Q, embracg a sort of “etcetera” or “y, and” inty that allows for multiple and more flexible exprsns of self.
In the tradnal sense, gay bars may be closg, but the world is also gettg more queer. The more accurate statement is fively gay bars are closg. Sullivan not that though the gay rights movement was started by queer, trans people of lor, s primary beneficiari — and most equently picted victims — have been cisgenred whe men.
GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS BERKELEY
Though historians dispute who actually threw the first brick, unlike the fictnal Danny Wters, Johnson was actually Uribe, general manager of Club 21 and Club BNB, two gay nightclubs Oakland.
Uribe wants to make sure Club 21 and Club BNB n wele but also expand beyond the queer subcultur most associated wh gay bars — the “typil gogo boys, or high femme female-prentg folks, ” he said — subcultur that still hold to tradnal, if hyperbolic, terpretatns of bars are a place to ask “how n those of who intify as queer or LGBTQ+ be better alli wh the muny? ”The role, as Uribe se , of gay bars is to expand outward to queer bars, which is to say to a more pletist reprentatn. Gay bars are a place to ask “how n those of who intify as queer or LGBTQ+ be better alli wh the muny?
“It’s part of our rponsibily as owners and operators of gay or historilly gay and queer spac to ph the envelope to make sure that we’re evolvg wh our muny. Perhaps the only SF rtrant to embrace outdoor dg by sellg patrons warm socks and blankets, Canela’s menu specials are also worth keepg on your radar at Halloween, Passover, C Mayo, and pretty much all holidays, along wh prix fix tied to SF Gay Men’s Chos shows and mil-theater opengs.
NEW GAY BAR, FFEE ROASTERS, BREWPUB, MORE
This two-level der wh formi, red swivel chairs, and plenty of rnival glass has been a league of s own ever sce the almost-as-gay Sparky’s vanished om Church Street years ago.