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Contents:
- IOWA LBIAN AND GAY BARS, RTRANTS, LODGG, PRI EVENT, BS MAPS
- HISTORY HAPPENGS: GAY HISTORY HARD TO TRACK CEDAR RAPIDS
- EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS CEDAR RAPIDS
- IOWA LBIAN AND GAY BARS, RTRANTS, LODGG, PRI EVENT, BS MAPS
IOWA LBIAN AND GAY BARS, RTRANTS, LODGG, PRI EVENT, BS MAPS
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NE, formerly known as Club Basix, had been the one stutn that held on for 25 years as gay bars cled and social media beme ubiquo. “Before I wouldn’t close bee I thought the gay muny need . Over the last , LGBTQ people have felt more fortable gog to other bars, and straight people have felt more fortable g to gay bars, where they experience unndnal acceptance.
The history of gay culture Cedar Rapids is an elive story to tell.
Photos and documentatn of people at area gay events before the 1970s are fairly rare, so much of what we know om an amalgamatn of diari, oral histori, stori passed down and clu left behd. Notably plited You’ll fd wrer and artistic photographer Carl Van Vechten (1880-1964) on any shortlist of notable gay Cedar Rapidians.
HISTORY HAPPENGS: GAY HISTORY HARD TO TRACK CEDAR RAPIDS
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The acpanyg wall rd asks, “Was this Wood’s ultimate act of self-censorship a climate that did not allow for the open admissn of his homosexualy? Mel Andrga fondly remembers gathergs at the home of Ray Wtrom (1925-2008) who, through his nnectns as a chef at the Roosevelt Hotel, merged the social nfluence of the lol gay muny wh salmen, artists, performers and other gay-intified travelers.
“Gay people the closeted era found pany others who were characters and liked exprsg their te selv, ” Andrga says.
EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS CEDAR RAPIDS
Photos and documentatn of people at area gay events before the 1970s are fairly rare, so much of what we know om an amalgamatn of diari, oral histori, stori passed down and clu left behd. * gay bars in cedar rapids ia *
” The AIDS crisis brought an element of fear to public notns about gay life the late ’80s. The gay muny rpond by anizg events to raise awarens and promote tn about the disease.
IOWA LBIAN AND GAY BARS, RTRANTS, LODGG, PRI EVENT, BS MAPS
Andrga and Herbert had started the Legn Arts anizatn the ’90s and were quick to brg gay art, artists and events to their CSPS arts venue and other lotns, helpg bridge the gap between the gay muny and the rt of Eastern Iowa. A number of bars have tered to gay and lbian clientele Cedar Rapids sce the ’70s.
Some olr lbians speak fondly of a fun-lovg, gay-iendly Cedar Rapids C-League outf lled the Rooftop Matenance team.
The team was sponsored by ntractor and gay ally L Deal. Today, more than a dozen church are known gay circl as beg welg to the LGBTQ+ muny.