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It is a historic gay bar Las Vegas. It was the first gay nightclub the area until the petn appeared the 1990s.

If you want to see an update for another Las Vegas gay bar that Jon Taffer rcued, you n check out my Badlands Saloon Las Vegas update. The history of Las Vegas’s LGBTQ+muny n be told through the history of s lbian and gay bars — Maxe’s, The Red Barn, Le Café, Snick’s, and many others.

None holds the history of gay Vegas though que like Gipsy, loted the heart of the “F Loop” at Paradise and Napl. Born as a seri of swank Italian rtrants owned by the lik of Robert Goulet and Don Rickl, the club emerged to the gay nightclub scene the late 1970s as Dis Fever, party central for the pre-AIDS bacchanalia of dgs, sex and dis balls. 1, 1980, helmed by the lorful and ntroversial Marge Jacqu, former owner of the popular gay rtrant club, Le Café.

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and Le Café was the first gay bar to openly allow same-genr dancg. Gay historian Dennis McBri wrote that “the Las Vegas gay muny first found s voice” at Le Café. It was ls popular wh Clark County thori bee of owner Gee Adamian’s alleged mob volvement and a dirty tricks letter wrg mpaign to the County Commissn om Napl Street rints, supposedly stigated by Marge’s old rival Cale Castro, plag about noise, dg e and “homosexual acts.

It was a fight for the gay muny. ” She says that Gipsy legimized the ia of a gay club.

The club reopened on April 1, 1981 rechristened om Village Statn to Gipsy homage to the “show kids, ” the 80s Las Vegas phemism for the gays and lbians who patronized the club. At the time, Clark County’s liquor and gamg read that any bs that tered to homosexuals, hookers, hoodlums, and hobos uld lose their license.

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THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.SWIMMGOM $109.00 PER ADULTLOS ANGEL AND HOLLYWOOD DAY TOUR OM LAS VEGAS431REMEND94% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.FULL-DAY TOURSOM $220.99 PER ADULTULTIMATE HOOVER DAM TOUR OM LAS VEGAS WH LUNCH889REMEND97% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.B TOURSOM $59.00 PER ADULTTHE AREA ADDRS4650 PARADISE RD, LAS VEGAS, NV 89169-7113NEIGHBORHOOD: PARADISEREAD MOREFULL VIEWBT NEARBYRTRANTS1,651 WH 3 FERRARO'S RISTORANTE1,0830.3 MI$$$$ • ITALIAN • TN • NORTHERN-ITALIANGANGNAM ASIAN BBQ2000.3 MI$$ - $$$ • ASIAN • VEGETARIAN FRIENDLY • GLUTEN FREE OPTNSHOFBRHS LAS VEGAS2,0390.2 MI$$ - $$$ • GERMAN • BAR • INTERNATNALCAPRTTI'S SANDWICH SHOP2010.2 MI$ • QUICK B • AMERIN • FAST FOODKAIZEN FN ROLL & SHI1690.3 MI$$ - $$$ • JAPANE • SHI • ASIANNOBU LAS VEGAS AT VIRG HOTEL9310.3 MI$$$$ • JAPANE • SEAFOOD • SHINAKED CY PIZZA154203 FT$ • ITALIAN • AMERIN • PIZZABIG CHICKEN660.2 MI$ • QUICK B • AMERINJOE'S NEW YORK PIZZA1840.2 MI$ • ITALIAN • PIZZA • FAST FOODTHE MORN VEGAN1110.1 MI$$ - $$$ • AMERIN • VEGETARIAN FRIENDLY • VEGAN OPTNSSEE ALLATTRACTNS404 WH 6 MOHEGAN SUN CASO AT VIRG HOTEL4640.3 MICASOSFOUNTAS OF BELLAG92,2071.4 MIPOTS OF INTERT & LANDMARKS • FOUNTASNATNAL FALS ROO840.4 MISPORTG EVENTSBELLAG CONSERVATORY & BOTANIL GARN14,7751.5 MIGARNSHIGH ROLLER25,7221.3 MIOBSERVATN DECKS & TOWERSWEDDG BELL CHAPEL OF LAS VEGAS250.3 MIPOTS OF INTERT & LANDMARKSTHE ATOMIC MM1,6170.6 MISPECIALY MMSTHE STRIP34,9751.3 MIPOTS OF INTERT & LANDMARKS • HISTORIC WALKG AREASPRCS DIANA & THE ROYALS: THE EXHIBN1691.3 MISPECIALY MMSELLIS ISLAND CASO & BREWERY2,0240.9 MIBREWERI • CASOSSEE ALLCONTRIBUTEWRE A REVIEWUPLOAD A PHOTOREVIEWSQ&AFILTERSENGLISHMOST RECENTDETAILED REVIEWS: REVIEWS ORR RMED BY SCRIPTIVENS OF ER-INTIFIED THEM SUCH AS CLEANLS, ATMOSPHERE, GENERAL TIPS AND LOTN RMATN.3.58 REVIEWSEXCELLENT4VERY GOOD1AVERAGE0POOR1TERRIBLE2MONKEYAGOGOMONKEYAGOGO1 NTRIBUTN3TIMELS GREAT PLACEIT IS HARD TO BELIEVE THAT I MET MY FIRST PARTNER HERE SO LONG AGO THE 80'S!!! IT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST GAY BARS I EVER WENT TO, THERE AND THE GARAGE DOWN THE STREET. BOTH WERE GREAT BARS. THE GARAGE IS LONG GONE, BUT THE GYPSY JT KEEPS GOG. I WAS THERE A UPLE OF MONTHS AGO AND HAD A GREAT TIME; I LIVE LA NOW. MY BARTENR MA ME REALLY GOOD DRKS AND I GOT SORT OF DNK AND MET THIS GUY FORM CALIFORNIA. WHAT A FUN NIGHT!!!READ MOREWRTEN MAY 19, 2009THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.VATNER5819BALTIMORE, MD1 NTRIBUTN5THE ONLY GAY CLUB VEGAS!I LOVE THIS CLUB! THE DANCER GUYS ARE HOT, THE BARTENRS ARE HOT, AND QUE A FEW HOT GUYS ARE THE CROWD. I HAVE BEEN HERE SEVERAL TIM AND HAVE SELDOM FAILED TO HOOK UP.READ MOREWRTEN JULY 10, 2005THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.ODYSSEY1304PHOENIX1 NTRIBUTN9YUCKHOW IS EVERY TIME I GO TO GYPSY THERE'S SOME DRAG EVENT? CROWNS AND GOWNS PARA BY, TAKG UP THE DANCE FLOOR AND BORG EVERYBODY NOT THE LTLE "SHOW" TO TEARS. YIKERZ! WHEN I ASKED A BARTENR FOR A B, HE GTURED WH A WAVE OF HIS HAND AND SAID, "HARD ROCK." SCE HE NEVER REALLY LOOKED TO ME, I WAS LEFT TO "PUT TOGETHER" THAT HE WAS STCTG ME OUT THE DOOR AND DOWN THE BLOCK. OH. THANKS, PAL. DIDN'T MEAN TO TERPT. LAST TIME I WAS THERE THE SAME THREE GUYS I'D SAT AT THE BAR WH (AT GYPSY) ALL SEPARATELY SHOWED UP AT ANOTHER BAR. WE SAT TOGETHER, HAVG A GREAT TIME AND SCRATCHED OUR HEADS ASKG, "WHAT WAS THAT ALL ABOUT?"READ MOREWRTEN JULY 9, 2005THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.SPENCER JSAN FRANCIS, CA6 NTRIBUTNS10WAY OVER-RATED, WAY TOO MUCH ATTU - GO ANYWHERE BUT HERE!I CHECKED OUT GYPSY ON A TRIP TO VEGAS OVER THE HOLIDAYS, AND WAS NOT ONLY ALL-AROUND NOT IMPRSED - BUT OFFEND AT THE ATTU OF THE MANAGEMENT, THE BOUNCERS, AND EVEN THE BARTENRS. I'VE BEEN TO PLENTY OF GAY BARS NEW YORK, SAN FRANCIS, LONDON, WASHGTON DC - AND HAVE NEVER SEEN A PLACE THAT WAS SO FULL OF SELF, YET SO PLETELY FAILED TO OFFER UP A GOOD TIME FOR THE OVER-PRICED, OVER-PRETENT ENVIRONMENT FEATUR. THERE ARE PLENTY OF BETTER GAY BARS VEGAS, SO PLEASE FD ANOTHER ONE TO THROW YOUR MONEY AT!READ MOREWRTEN JANUARY 17, 2005THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.CAMPER27797LAS VEGAS, CA1 NTRIBUTN7BAD MANAGEMENTI KNOW SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT WORK BEHD THE SCENE AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU I WISH THERE'S BETTER MANAGEMENT AT GYPSY. GYPSY N BE SUCH A BETTER CLUB ONLY IF THEY HIRE THE RIGHT PEOPLE. THE DJ IS VERY LIMED OF THE GENRE OF MIC HE PLAYS ORR TO KEEP THE CROWD HAPPY AND ON THE DANCE FLOOR. THOUGH I THK THROWG SOME VARIETI DON'T HURT. THEY NEED TO FIRE THEIR ENTERTAER 'S ATTU WH A BIG "A". THE LOLS HATE ANYTHG AND EVERYTHG ABOUT GYPSY. TOURISTS ALWAYS ASK ME "IS THIS ? IS THERE ANYTHG ELSE?". GYPSY IS THE NUMBER ONE GAY CLUB FOR A REASON, THEY ARE THE ONLY CLUB OF S KD VEGAS. I JT HOPE KRAVE OPENG ON OCT.8 WILL BE BETTER THAN GYPSY. -JOHN R.READ MOREWRTEN SEPTEMBER 15, 2004THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.SAFARI37342SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA1 NTRIBUTN6A GREAT PLACE TO PARTYTHIS IS A MT DO, MT SEE. I CISE ON OVER TO THE GYPSY EVERYTIME I AM TOWN (WHICH IS QUE OFTEN). YOU SHOULD START OUT WH DRKS AT EHER FREEZONE OR IN, DANCG ALL NIGHT LONG AT THE GYPSY, AND THEN FISH OFF WH A GAME OF POOL AT IN (THAT IS WHERE YOU WILL FD ME). THE ONLY PROBLEM I HAVE IS WH THE VER, IS A LIL MUCH AND REALLY--WH ALL THE OUT OF TOWNER BS, WHY IS REALLY NECSARY?READ MOREWRTEN JUNE 8, 2003THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.COMPANN32604SANFRAN,CALIFORNIA1 NTRIBUTN5FIRST TIME A GAY CLUB!!!AWOME MIC.I REALLY LIKE THE DJS CROWD. I'M STRAIGHT BUT I'M LOVE WH THIS YOUR LOOKG TO JT HAVE FUN CHECK OUT. YEAH BE OPEN MD!!!!ITS THE ONLY WAY!!!!!!!!!!READ MOREWRTEN MAY 8, 2003THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.6NONE STOP FUNBY FAR THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE BT DANCE CLUBS I HAVE EVER BEEN TO. THE PLACE IS NOT HUGE JT THE RIGHT SIZE. THE CROWD IS WARM AND OUT TO HAVE FUN. I READ ANOTHER REVIEW THAT "IF YOU ARE CLOSED MD THEN YOU NEED TO STAY AWAY". I THK THAT SAYS ALL. THE TWO MALE "GOGO" DANCERS, ALL I N SAY IS YOU HAVE TO SEE . I GIVE THIS CLUB 5 STARS.READ MOREWRTEN JANUARY 28, 2002THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. 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The licensg board asked Rodgers, “Are you gog to enurage homosexuals to attend your place of bs? She’ll rd every homo, hoe, hoodlum and hobo and won’t let them the club. Gay historian Dennis McBri relled, “There was a law the books that an dividual uldn’t wear more than two or three ems of clothg om the oppose sex which is why they tried to stop [Marge Jacqu] om havg drag shows.

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After fdg between Jacqu and Rodgers, Rodgers sold the club 1983 to Chuck Melfi, an openly gay Las Vegas bacrat aler, later turned horse rancher.

I said I would clean up and make a cent gay tablishment. Inially there was the ual police harassment gay clubs had e to expect.

Acrdg to gay historian Dennis McBri, the Nevada Gay Actn League met wh then Clark County Unrsheriff John Moran who was mpaigng for Sheriff 1982 and ma a al to support Moran’s ndidacy the LGBTQ muny, if Moran agreed to pull back Las Vegas Metro’s harassment of gay bars. Unr Melfi’s ownership Gipsy was openly intified as a gay club for the first time (stead of the “show kids” phemism for gay). Melfi stood wh the gay muny the emergg AIDS crisis and held Las Vegas’s firstm AIDS benef at the club on Nov.

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Gipsy’s beme a meetg place for LGBTQ muny clubs and anizatns and was a sponsor for Las Vegas’s first Gay Pri celebratns.

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The “F Loop” at Paradise and Napl beme the “gayborhood” for Las Vegas. “The gay muny was a lot of fun.

Along wh celebri like Barry Manilow and Cher, the club attracted proment gay muny lears like Robert Forbs, namake for the LGBTQ Center, and, Melfi rells, “that gay lawyer.

Wh a fire statn lotn jt blocks away on Flamgo, Las Vegas Spectm publisher Rob Schlegel, who then published the gay Las Vegas Bohemian Bugle, reported that took firefighters some fifteen mut to beg to effectively dose the flam. Gipsy at the time was the largt employer of openly gay people the state and some 50 workers found themselv unemployed. Melfi sold Gipsy to gay entreprenr Pl San Filipo 1994 and the club ntued s reign as the LGBTQ.

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