Miami is one of the largt ci the U.S. state of Florida. It hosts an annual Gay Pri Beach Ftival and the cy also has an tablished gay nightclub scene that dat back to the 1900s. - All Parts
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- THE BT GAY CLUBS AMERI
- THE 42 BT GAY BARS AMERI
- GAY CLUBS
- 10 GAYT CI THE WORLD
- ONE OF THE WORLD'S BIGGT GAY CLUBS HAS BEEN ACCED OF TRANSPHOBIA
- GAY SNA & CISE CLUB GUI
- LONDON'S LANDMARK BUILDG DOTTED WH STRIP CLUBS, GAY VENU TO TURN TO MOSQUE
THE BT GAY CLUBS AMERI
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There's no such thg as a five list of anythg, but that hasn't stopped om surg the world to fd 50 bars wh all the right quali to make you feel at AMERICAS:USAATLANTAMARY'STheme nights range om outrageo to downright unsavory: Hanky Co Party, No Pants Dance, and MondoHomo, to name a few. (512) 320-8823BOISE, IDEMERALD CLUBThe olst gay bar Boise attracts a mixed-genr crowd rangg om buffed-and-shed llege kids to olr upl matchg Wtern garb. (208) 342-5446CHICAGO, ILROSCOE'SGays om all over the untry flock to this popular but low-key Boystown favore, where the mic is unabashedly bouncy.
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From Berl's notor leather bars to the afeng gay clubs of New York, Out has the sir sop on where to go, what to wear, and how to party. * largest gay nightclub in the world *
(903) 887-2061LEXINGTON, KYTHE BAR COMPLEXThe gay crown jewel of historic downtown Lexgton, this nverted speakeasy radiat fad glamour and genteel manners wh s three bars, huge upstairs dance floor, and plenty of dark nooks to enjoy gentleman llers or a mt julep.
Gay guys, women, and straight dus pack the jot nightly, and the bar has expand to a full-fledged dance club on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. (305) 534-6300)NEW HAVEN, CTGOTHAM CITISouthern Connecticut's biggt gay statn draws a wispread crowd to s three sleek floors of dancg and bchery. (203) 498-2484NEW YORK, NYTHERAPYAfter a long week the big cy, a drk at a sexy club the heart of the new gay village (Hell's Kchen) is theraptic.
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Manhattan's ever-by gay staple shows no sign of flaggg, and though you really may not re for Mil Mondays, this two-floor Chelsea staple has somethg for everyone'pecially when you're wasted and not too fsy.
(212) 691-0073OAKLAND, CAWHITE HORSE INNCome for the party rpet'featurg stars and rabows that glow the black light'and stay for the karaoke (the wner of the East Bay Idol ntt tak home a ol grand) at 'the Ho, ' an East Bay stutn that's one of the untry's olst gay bars. (602) 254-0231SANTA FE, NMSILVER STARLIGHT LOUNGE AND CABARETY, this is a bar the RabowVisn gay retirement home'er, 'ndomium, pennt and assisted livg muny''but the Starlight offers the bt damn pomegranate margara (ma by Mike) you're ever gog to have.
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There are plenty of gay or gay-iendly gutho and rtrants, and the gay nu beach is a hot spot durg the day wh Euros, Canadians, and Amerins as well as Costa Rins. Anythg go this down-home, cidly stic dance club, where men and women, gays and straights, profsnals and prostut, and Costa Rins and Tis alike mix and mgle, and language is no barrier to the bs at hand.
Performanc clu break-dancers, trapeze artists, and magic shows, and electro-fed beats tickle the ears of the straight, gay, and straight-up pijos the crowd. ) 011 49 30 2134570PORTUGALLISBONS'TIMO C'UNo European neighborhood embodi yed nce like Lisbon's Bairro Alto'so 's no surprise that the seaport's most fabulo gay bar is ntled among s bbled hills. 011 351 21 346 6471SPAINBARCELONAAXEL SKY BAR (pictured)Perched atop the Hotel Axel, which bills self as homo-iendly, Sky Bar mands stunng views over the Catalan cy, and 's also handily suated by the hotel's pool and Jacuzzi.
Anyone fashnable is wele among the mostly gay crowd here, where handsome bartenrs n hand-crack ice for your mojo or serve you at your art banquette. Of the five or six gay bars or clubs the cy, the Polo is probably the most popular, terg to an upmarket crowd'or at least as upmarket as Glasgow gets.
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011 44 141 553 1221LONDONTHE JOINERS ARMSThis tradnal East End boozer was once a haven only for slly gays om the hog tat that surround , but the gentrifitn of Shoredch has brought a new clientele. From s baret and edy nights through s bgo and live-mic evengs to s legendary Saturday night event Duckie to the last fiant gasp of the weekend on Sunday, the RVT is an stutn attractg a wi range of gay lols and visors om across London and beyond.
011 44 020 77 374 043WORKINGTONTHE STEAM PACKETThe only gay bar the Lake District, the Steam Packet (known, affectnately we assume, as the Fag Packet) is a tly bizarre place unlovely Workgton. The crowd, though mostly straight, is almost exclively expat, so if there's a well-heeled homo travelg through Kathmandu at the same time you are, chanc are he'll swg through here.
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When the bar fally reopened Sprg 2022, an entire borough’s worth of gays celebrated by floodg the new back pat all summer and Gger’s has been crowd wh queers ever sce. It began s life as a beer-and-we offshoot of the Metropolan Health Club, a gym that opened 1983 to serve the gay ctomers who’d been bullied out of other lol clubs at the height of AIDS hysteria. While you won’t fd any Pri flags at Farraguts, you will undoubtedly hear Cele Dn and Melissa Etheri blarg om the bar’s dty, old jebox and, hontly, isn’t that jt as gay?
Live out your Brokeback Mounta fantasi at this verno club, where wboy stum are not nsired drag, and le dancg is not an explic exprsn of homophobia. A gay gatherg spot sce 1939, and gay bar sce 1963, and the Bar Complex sce the 80s, s unassumg exterr beli a triple-threat treat of lounge, performance space, and a mirrored dance club reportedly moled after Stud 54. ) The glorly lively bar and rtrant scene is enhanced by a black box theater downstairs, where farcil plays, lbian standup, and gay dance troup reign.
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If you want to get away om the typil scene at fellow gay bars Olly’s and Gregs Our Place, English Ivy is an ial place to meet iends: mature enough for a proper Ladi Lunch (or bnch or dner.
They are stars the makg and their rendn of Cele Dn’s “It’s All Comg Back to Me Now” will shatter your pt glass and break your ltle, gay heart. It’s not a gay bar the tradnal sense, but a place where traed pianists play selectns om Broadway shows and all of the drama teachers and mil theater majors of the tri-state area nverge to sg along. It was the se of an early gay-liberatn “sip ” 1966, years before Stonewall, and has been a low-key haven ever sce, wh a diverse clientele, a small menu, classic cktails, and an extensive (and packed) 4:00-7:00 happy hour.
The origal was burned down an anti-gay hate-crime a few years back, but the revival has jt opened across the street and is bigger and better, wh a new performance space. CourtyWashgton DC: TraIn a town where n feel like every other bar is crawlg wh Capol Hill staffers lookg to talk shop, Tra is the rare, glorly gay dive where absolutely everyone is wele to jt kick back.