How Gay Palm Sprgs Came Out of the Closet

Contents:

• GAY BARS GREATER PALM SPRGS
• THE 5 BEST PALM SPRGS GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS PALM SPRGS
• ‘WE’RE STILL HERE’: HISTORIC GAY BARS PALM SPRGS SEE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL
• GAY RORTS
• GAY PALM SPRGS: YOUR ULTIMATE GUI TO THE CY’S LGBT RORTS, BARS, BS, AND EVENTS! (UPDATED FOR 2023)
• BT GAY BARS THE DERT

GAY BARS GREATER PALM SPRGS

Karaoke, show tun, go-go dancers, and drag are jt a few of the nightly happengs at gay bars Greater Palm Sprgs. Gay NIGHTLIFE & ENTERTAINMENT.

If you’re planng an LGBTQ-iendly getaway to Greater Palm Sprgs, then raisg a glass at one of the statn’s many gay bars is a mt.

All are wele on Arenas Road, the unofficial gay district of downtown Palm Sprgs, where lolly-owned eateri, clubs, and bars celebrate pri daily. People-watch on the pat at Streetbar, the olst gay-owned spot on the block.

THE 5 BEST PALM SPRGS GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS PALM SPRGS

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‘WE’RE STILL HERE’: HISTORIC GAY BARS PALM SPRGS SEE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL

For Brad Fuhr, the founr of Gay Dert Gui and owner of KGAY 106. Durg the two s that he’s spent visg and livg Palm Sprgs, Fuhr has watched the lol gay scene evolve. “For a long time, all the gay bars and lbian bars were Cathedral Cy, ” he said.

GAY RORTS

”Trixie Mattel, the skny legend who graced the “RuPl’s Drag Race” nway for two seasons, fell love wh Palm Sprgs all s gay glory the first time she vised. M., and was adult gay men like, midcentury clothg drkg and dancg, ” she said. Between Fuhr’s expertise, Trixie’s mment to athetics and spicy margaras, and my own gay agenda, I’ve assembled this nonprehensive list of lol queer spots.

GAY PALM SPRGS: YOUR ULTIMATE GUI TO THE CY’S LGBT RORTS, BARS, BS, AND EVENTS! (UPDATED FOR 2023)

Some are LGBTQ-owned, some draw queer crowds, and some are gay the same way that iced ffee and walkg fast are gay: They’re gay if we believe they’re gay. Try changg or rettg your filtersShowg PlacePlac Stay at the maximalist haven that is the Trixie Motel Riversi Hotel There are plenty of gay plac to stay Palm Sprgs, cludg the clothg-optnal ns that draw men om near and far and the lol Margaraville that hosts the lbian mec known as the Dah Shore the Trixie Motel is a bright pk bean, filled wh mpy, lorful wallpaper and imag of Trixie drsed up as lol ins — cludg a photo of Trixie as Marilyn Monroe that hangs above one lucky of the motel’s seven rooms has a different theme, rangg om a Yeehaw Cowgirl sue to an tergalactic Atomic Bombshell room.

BT GAY BARS THE DERT

Read AllRead Ls More Info Grab a spicy margara and a hot chicken sandwich at Blackbook Riversi Bar Blackbook, loted on Palm Sprgs’ popular gay strip known as the Arenas District, is one of Trixie Mattel’s favore plac to eat while she’s town. “I mean, ’s a gay bar, but whenever I’m there now, people are eatg — ’s like they accintally beme a rtrant bee their food is so good.

“Bee, you know, gays are walkg up and down the street. It’s a b strange to wonr if you’re the only gay uple a drag bar, but sometim that’s how the okie cmbl.

)My partner and I walked out of here wh a se of Drag Queen Seltzer, a bar of dark cholate, a lip balm and a bottle of Kylie Mogue’s hard-to-fd rosé — tly, what’s gayer than that?