Gay Bars and Clubs New England

Contents:

• THE BEST CONNECTICUT GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS CONNECTICUT
• GAY UPLE BEATEN AND BLOODIED OUTSI CONNECTICUT GAY BAR
• YET ANOTHER GAY BAR CLOS DOWN CT (NEW HAVEN, HARTFORD: CRIME, CLOSG)
• FOR LGBTQ MUNY, GAY BARS ARE 'SAFE PLACE' TO EXPERIMENT, FD ONELF
• GAYT PLAC IN CONNECTICUT FOR 2020
• ‘MY FIRST GAY BAR’: RACHEL MADDOW, ANDY COHEN AND OTHERS SHARE THEIR COMG-OUT STORI
• NEW HAVEN GAY BARS
• THE BEST HARTFORD GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS HARTFORD
• GAY CONNECTICUT TRAVEL GUI
•  CONNECTICUT LBIAN AND GAY BARS, RTRANTS, LODGG, PRI EVENT, BS MAPS

THE BEST CONNECTICUT GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS CONNECTICUT

In 2008, Connecticut beme the send state to legalize gay marriage, and our open and clive energy ntu to draw and wele gay visors to the state. While anyone should of urse feel weled at any bs, hotel or rtrant Connecticut, we asked a few iends for remendatns on plac to start planng your vis— om gay-owned B&Bs to gay bars and events that appeal to many LGBTQ terts and liftyl. Further down the Connecticut Shorele, Madison’s gay-owned Scranton Seahorse Inn attracts travelers wh a luxur home away om home that’s mut om geo beach, top rated rtrants, and trendy boutiqu.

And be sure to check the lendar for performanc by some of Connecticut’s leadg choral groups, too, cludg Another Octave, Connecticut Gay Men’s Chos and Hartford Gay Men’s Chos.

GAY UPLE BEATEN AND BLOODIED OUTSI CONNECTICUT GAY BAR

168 York Street is a Gay Bar that wel all members of the LGBTQ+ Communy and Alli.

YET ANOTHER GAY BAR CLOS DOWN CT (NEW HAVEN, HARTFORD: CRIME, CLOSG)

168 York Street Cafe is suated a betiful brownstone buildg loted near the tersectn of York & Chapel Street close the heart of Yale are home to one of the olst & iendlit gay bars Connecticut. Not only are we one of the olst gay bars CT, we are, also, the only gay owned and operated bar/rtrant New Haven. Whether you’re lookg for a sual atmosphere or an exclive club, Connecticut gay bars are sure to provi a unique and memorable experience.

From Hartford to New Haven and everywhere between, here are the bt gay bars Connecticut has to offer. The Bar New Haven is one of the most prehensive gay bars Connecticut. Connecticut’s pal cy of Hartford is home to several other excellent gay bars cludg Lola’s Café and Cocktail Lounge, Thumpers on Ma Street and Rockwell’s Room at Vibz Uptown.

FOR LGBTQ MUNY, GAY BARS ARE 'SAFE PLACE' TO EXPERIMENT, FD ONELF

Chapel Pub Hartford is an inic gay hangout wh a zy atmosphere and iendly staff.

GAYT PLAC IN CONNECTICUT FOR 2020

Whether you’re town for a night or an extend stay, you won’t be disappoted by the qualy of Connecticut’s gay bars.

Wh a variety of venu and entertament, explore all the amazg gay bars Connecticut has to offer! A gay uple was beaten and bloodied ont of the Connecticut gay bar they own. My pot more gay bars have been closg down than openg, CT.

Do have anythg to do wh a dwdlg gay populatn CT?

‘MY FIRST GAY BAR’: RACHEL MADDOW, ANDY COHEN AND OTHERS SHARE THEIR COMG-OUT STORI

It's jt sad that Province, which is somewhat siar to Hartford, has plenty of vibrant gay bars, and CT lags far behd the gay nightlife partment. Even metro areas such as Albany, Buffalo and Rochter have signifintly larger gay populatns than Hartford metro. Six years ago, when I moved back to Granby wh my parents, I had dreamed of openg a new gay bar Hartford.

But, then I realized would be a waste of time, effort and money, bee the gay populatn the Hartford area is signifintly lower than other metro areas of siar size, and I know nothg about alhol or dance mic. Gay bars are closg bee fewer gay people (at least open and liberal muni like Connecticut) fd necsary to segregate themselv.

Historilly gay bars served a protective, as well as social, functn--which is thankfully ls necsary today. Also, wh the rise of onle datg, 's not as important to have venu wh a primary functn of facilatg gay people to meet other gay people.

NEW HAVEN GAY BARS

In NYC, which obvly has a large gay populatn, seems gay bars are shrkg too, probably for siar reasons.

So I doubt this phenomenon has anythg to do wh a low populatn of gay people relative to other parts of the Northeast.

Tolerant tim brg change to gay bars. Anywhere I go out, which is to say I don't go to "heterosexual only bars", there are plenty of gay folks.

THE BEST HARTFORD GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS HARTFORD

Gay people are largely accepted society today and go out wh their "hetero" iends to the same plac. It mak sense that this would lower the mand for gay bars.

My partner and I never go to gay bars. I thk wh onle datg, and discrimatn agast gays g to a rapid hlt, gay bars have jt bee passe. Now, Province actually has more gay nightclubs than Boston.

Pulse was not a gay bar, jt had events. Well, once a while I go to a gay bar, but yeah, I've been dog the onle thg sce 2003. I'll agree that the primary reason gay bars are closg down is bee of ter s and phone apps.

GAY CONNECTICUT TRAVEL GUI

As a gay person however, I don't see the pot gog to straight bars. Might as well take out the gus work and go to a gay bar so that you know that the other men there are also terted men.

You are dog what most gays do now and that is meetg people onle.

There is no need to go to a gay bar to meet other gays.

 CONNECTICUT LBIAN AND GAY BARS, RTRANTS, LODGG, PRI EVENT, BS MAPS

As others noted, there is not longer a need to have exclively gay bars.

New London — When the Whalg Cy’s last remag gay bar, O’Neill’s Brass Rail, announced was closg last month, the news sent shockwav through the regn’s LGBTQ muny.

Turng out to the bar those remag days to both mourn the impendg closure and celebrate, that muny was sudnly forced to reckon wh the remr of a larger trend sweepg the natn: gay bars, due to a variety of reasons rangg om risg rents to a proliferatn of datg apps, are closg. But even though the bar has sce reopened — owner Donald O’Neill cled to ment why or how — a larger qutn still remaed: What would mean for New London, as well as the regn, to lose s last gay space?

For many members of New London’s LGBTQ muny, gay bars are dispensable meetg pots — plac where they uld not jt socialize and meet others, but which act as a safe spac to e out and creatively explore onelf. “It was the place where, when I turned 18 and had jt e out, I went to dance, ” said T Abad, 26, an openly gay bartenr at Bank Street’s The Social Bar + Kchen, who equents the Brass Rail about three days a week.

He ma feel safe to fd myself there, ” Coronado said, who has sce bee an active member of New London’s gay muny, pecially supportg s drag queens. “And nowadays, every cy still needs a gay space.

The Whalg Cy ntually monstrat openns to s LGBTQ muny: The Social, known as an LGBTQ-iendly bar, hosts s monthly drag bnch, and Bank Street's Docksi Rort Bar recently announced would host weekly gay dance and karaoke nights.