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Dpe beg one of the largt metropolan areas the untry, Silin Valley’s gay bar scene is strikgly mcule.

Today, there are only three bars left (Mac’s, Renegas, and Splash) – which is stark ntrast to 1986, when 14 gay bars were operatn. There is speculatn about the reasons for the cle of the gay bar scene Silin Valley over the years: the early equency of police raids and terference, a suburban and ‘fay-based’ liftyle, the HIV/AIDS crisis, the closens to San Francis, and the rise of the ter.

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The map below ntas some of the signifint areas of gay nightlife Silin Valley and how wispread ed to be.

Jim Michl, both a patron and manager of Mac’s Club, discs his time at the long-tablished gay bar and how has impacted him and the muny.

From the Whiskey Gulch East Palo Alto to the Stockton Strip San Jose, the gay muny was wispread Silin Valley. Known throughout the gay muny for her signature “beehive” hairdo and fundraisg skills, Darlene Lutz Montalbano beme a member of the San Jose area LGBTQ muny 1969. Louis, and other unr-the-radar gay U.

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Ci, there is also a tight-kn gay scene here (if you know where to look), and this is somethg a gay realtor San Jose n help you navigate as you fd your new perfect home here.