Philly gay archival rerds go outsi for ‘And Into The Streets’ - WHYY

Contents:

• THE 7 BT GAY BARS PHILALPHIA
• PHILALPHIA GAY NEWS
• 1920S AND 30S: GAY BARS SURFACE
• GET YOUR HISTORY STRAIGHT AND YOUR NIGHTLIFE GAY®
• PHILALPHIA GAY PRI KICKS OFF WH A MONTH OF EVENTS FOR JUNE
• PHILLY’S GAY ARCHIVAL RERDS GO OUTSI FOR ‘AND INTO THE STREETS’
• NEW STUDY RENSIRS BLOOD DONATN RTRICTNS FOR GAY AND BI MEN

THE 7 BT GAY BARS PHILALPHIA

gayborhood. Philalphia Gayborhood wh Malik Muhammad. In celebratn of Pri Month, Penn Universy Life took a trip to the Philalphia Gayborhood wh Malik Muhammad, Associate Director of the Universy of Penn LGBT Center, to learn about the history of the neighborhood, explore Malik’s favore spots, and vis a few LGBTQ+ owned small bs.

PHILALPHIA GAY NEWS

Historic s, popular neighborhoods, and LGBTQ+-owned bars and rtrants Philalphia's Gayborhood and beyond... The Cy of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affectn hosted the untry’s first major monstratn for gay rights, the Annual Remrs, 1965. And today, Philly visors n easily explore s where LGBTQ+ history was ma and where queer life ntu to thrive, pecially the cy’s Gayborhood and durg annual events like Philly Pri 365.

The Gayborhood. The center of Philalphia’s gay rintial life and culture sce World War II, the blocks between 11th and Broad streets and Pe and Chtnut streets earned their nickname — the “Gayborhood”— durg an October Outft event 1995.

1920S AND 30S: GAY BARS SURFACE

You have your choice of fabulo entertament and diversns as the bars and nightclubs of the Gayborhood e alive each night. Shoppg the Gayborhood.

Sce 2015, the brilliant rabow crosswalks at the tersectn of 13th and Loct Streets have served as an sential Gayborhood landmark. Take a guid tour through the Gayborhood and learn more about the cy’s queer history wh help om Beyond the Bell Tour. The group’s LGBTQ and Trans History tours reunt the stori of Gay Liberatn Front – Philalphia founr Kiyoshi Kuromiya, explore morn history and current social issu the neighborhood, and stop at important muny s like the Attic Youth Center, which supports LGBTQ+ youth experiencg homelsns.

GET YOUR HISTORY STRAIGHT AND YOUR NIGHTLIFE GAY®

The Gayborhood got a h new mural at the start of Pri Month 2021 when muralist Ash Ryan fished this three-story-tall tribute to pop star Lil Nas X. Historic Gayborhood Markers. Get your history straight wh historic LGBTQ+ markers sprkled throughout the Gayborhood, cludg:.

In 1965, the Universy of Pennsylvania expelled Fryer om his psychiatric rincy program on the basis of his homosexualy, which was then classified as a mental illns by the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn (APA). In 1972, Fryer, a faculty member at the Temple Universy School of Medice, offered an electrifyg anonymo ttimony that rulted the APA’s 1973 classifitn of homosexualy as a mental illns. Philalphia Gay News Marker: This marker stands ont of the first office of the Philalphia Gay News, one of the natn’s most award-wng weekly newspapers.

Inpennce Hall was the se of the untry’s earlit anized recurrg gay rights monstratns, begng July 4, 1965. Meetg atten planned the first Natnal March on Washgton for Lbian and Gay Rights.

PHILALPHIA GAY PRI KICKS OFF WH A MONTH OF EVENTS FOR JUNE

3rd Street to the gay activists who found the cy’s first LGBTQ+ ffeehoe. Like most gay men the first half of the 20th century, Locke remaed closeted throughout his life. A pneer the LGBTQ+ rights movement, Gtgs, a Philalphia rint om age 18 and a lifetime activist, eded The Ladr, the natn’s first lbian magaze; -anized the Annual Remrs at Inpennce Hall (see above) and led charg both to promote posive LGBTQ+ lerature public librari and to change the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn’s classifitn of homosexualy as a mental illns.

Across Broad Street, a sign at 13th and Loct streets the Gayborhood clar the thoroughfare Barbara Gtgs Way. It’s where radil gay llective Gazoo found Philalphia’s Gay Liberatn Front and where bisexual blu sger Bsie Smh performed at the Royal Theatre, an early 20th-century Black-owned cultural center.

PHILLY’S GAY ARCHIVAL RERDS GO OUTSI FOR ‘AND INTO THE STREETS’

Today, the street’s known for s Magic Garns, cheteak shops and hangouts, cludg dive bar extraordaire Bob & Barbara’s Lounge, home of one of Philly’s bt-loved drag shows; the punk art LGBTQ+ haven Tattooed Mom; and the eclectic, gay-owned boutique shop Workshop Unrground. LGBTQ revelers of every stripe meet their nightlife match among the buzz-worthy bars, rtrants and nightclubs and beyond Philalphia’s Gayborhood.

The Bike Stop – Open sce 1982, Philalphia’s lone gay leather bar ss on a quiet si street, jt far enough away om the htle and btle of the Gayborhood. Bob & Barbara’s – One of Philly’s most legendary dive bars is not gay, per say (nor is the Gayborhood), but Bob & Barbara’s is home to the cy’s longt-nng drag show, which tak place every Thursday night. Boxers PHL – Shirtls mixologists man the well-stocked bar at this Gayborhood spot known for s craft beer and ample spirs.

NEW STUDY RENSIRS BLOOD DONATN RTRICTNS FOR GAY AND BI MEN

Knock Rtrant and Bar – Gay baby boomers ngregate around Knock’s bright bar for nversatn and well-ma cktails.

Guts the adjog dg room are treated to piano tun and a menu of new Amerin fare, and, durg warmer months, patrons populate tabl outsi for weekend bnch and some of the bt people watchg the Gayborhood. Stir – Center Cy’s only LGBTQ-specific bar outsi the Gayborhood manag to be both sleek and laid back.