Gay Philalphia- Rtrants, History, Bars, and Shoppg |

Contents:

• THE 7 BT GAY BARS PHILALPHIA
• TOP GAY BARS PHILALPHIA
• GET YOUR HISTORY STRAIGHT AND YOUR NIGHTLIFE GAY®
• TWO NEW BARS THE GAYBORHOOD ARE OWNED BY PEOPLE OF LOR, MARKG A MAJOR SHIFT
• 1920S AND 30S: GAY BARS SURFACE
• GAYBORHOOD
• PHILALPHIA GAY MAP
• PHILALPHIA GAY CISE CLUBS
• PHILALPHIA GAY DANCE CLUBS
• PHILLY GAY, LBIAN, LGBTQ+ BAR CENTER CY / RTENHOE
• GAY PENNSYLVANIA

THE 7 BT GAY BARS PHILALPHIA

Before we prent you wh our list of bt gay bars Philalphia, a few tertg facts about the lol LGBTQ scene: almost every LGBTQ-centric statn the cy is found Gayborhood, an enclave Center Cy Philalphia that has quickly bee one of the most regnize neighborhoods town. 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 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. You have your choice of fabulo entertament and diversns as the bars and nightclubs of the Gayborhood e alive each night.

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.

TOP GAY BARS PHILALPHIA

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. 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. 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.

GET YOUR HISTORY STRAIGHT AND YOUR NIGHTLIFE GAY®

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. 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.

TWO NEW BARS THE GAYBORHOOD ARE OWNED BY PEOPLE OF LOR, MARKG A MAJOR SHIFT

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.

1920S AND 30S: GAY BARS SURFACE

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.

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Woody's, Tabu Lounge and Sports Bar, and more our updated gui to the top gay bars Philalphia. The Beagle Tavern NorristownBeagle Tavern1003 East Ma Street, Norristown610-272-3133, s unassumg, beagle-lovg gay bar ( was named after the owner’s pooch Timmy) has great drk specials for happy hour and, on Wednday nights, drag queens Thunr Showers and Summer Clearance stop by to give out blh-worthy priz at their Kky Quizzo event.

Bt for: Cheap drks (go for the Cywi Special), live jazz, and rnchy PHL | Photo by Patrick HagertyBoxers PHL1330 Walnut Street215-735-2977, Gayborhood’s newt addn to the gay-bar scene, this New York Cy cha stands apart by havg s bartenrs slgg drks nothg but red mh shorts (Insi tip: ’s mored that most of them don’t wear undi. ICandy254 South 12th Street(267) 324-3500, multi-level nightclub is whout a doubt the gayt of the gay bars around here. Stir1705 Chancellor Street215-732-2700, is our Rtenhoe gay embassy loted one of the area’s ls-sry alleys.

Bt for: Bar food and drk specials, 12 taps of rotatg seasonal beer, Bike Stop206 South Quce Street215-627-1662, gay neighborhood’s got s leather bar, and ours is The Bike Stop. Venture Inn225 South Camac Street215-545-8731, of the olst gay bars the cy matas s old-fashned vibe wh snazzy cktails, fabuloly gay shows, and karaoke.

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Bt for: Ftive, unpretent vibe, basic bar food, karaoke, and drag ’s | Photo by Kelly BurkhardtVoyr1221 Sat Jam Street215-735-5772, Gayborhood’s only after-hours club bumps wh late-night dancg and sane light shows after 2 a. Bt for: Late-night drks, parti hosted by Stimul, drag shows by Mimi Imfurst, turng your nose up at the hot ’s202 South 13th Street215-545-1893, s is a staple the Gayborhood. Bt for: Dancg, hot men who are sgle and ready to Philalphia LGBT Guis:Top LGBT Civil Rights OrganizatnsTop Gay Bars the Philalphia RegnTop LGBT Health and Wellns Rourc PhilalphiaTop LGBT Youth Rourc Philalphia.

Standg directly across the street om Inpennce Hall, a historic marker honors the Annual Remrs, the monstratn held at this se led by gay activists on July 4 om 1965 to 1969, the last of which occurred jt days after the history-makg Stonewall Rts. Philalphia was the first cy the Uned Stat to lnch a major marketg mpaign (“Get Your History Straight and Your Nightlife Gay®”) to wele LGBTQ+ tourism, and reprents a trove of cultural, culary, artistic and ethnic diversy. Don’t miss a vis to the Gayborhood, a Center Cy neighborhood that sets self apart wh rabow street signs as well as rtrants and bars owned by and terg to LGBTQ+-intified clientele.

Two bars opened recently the Gayborhood that are owned and operated by people of lor, markg a big culture shift for the LGBTQ enclave Center Cy, where racism has been documented for years.

PHILALPHIA GAY CISE CLUBS

Philly drag queen Ta Montgomery has felt the unrcurrent of racism the Gayborhood for her entire reer. The Gayborhood is further gentrifyg now — ’s often lled Midtown Village, and wel jt as many straight bachelorette parti as queer ctomers.

Owned by JonCarl Lachman, the chef behd the East Passyunk favore (and sadly soon-to-be-closed) Noord, Wkel is a statn bnch spot the Gayborhood. Was a Prohibn-era speakeasy and “gentleman’s club” lled Maxe’s, where lol gay men, soldiers, and sailors would nverge.

A lot of socializg among the cy’s queer rints durg the ’40s and ’50s happened at hoe parti anized by Quaker-affiliated groups, acrdg to thor Marc Ste, who vered the era his book “Cy of Sisterly and Brotherly Lov: Lbian and Gay Philalphia. “Saturday night is the gayt night of the week, ” read a story on the Rtenhoe queer scene Greater Philalphia Magaze.

PHILALPHIA GAY DANCE CLUBS

Unr Mayor Frank Rizzo, the cy put up signage around the Square to disurage gay people om cisg.

In 1962, the Jan Society was found Philalphia, makg one of the first rerd and publicly known “homophile” anizatns the cy. Dewey’s Rtenhoe lotn, on the other hand, would ny service, discrimatg agast “homosexuals, ” “mascule women, ” “feme men” and “persons wearg non-nformist clothg.

PHILLY GAY, LBIAN, LGBTQ+ BAR CENTER CY / RTENHOE

In 1968, then-Police Commissner Frank Rizzo orred raids on gay bars (and on anybody he emed “unsirable”), leadg many to be verbally and physilly abed by officers. The neighborhood that would eventually be monikered “the Gayborhood” by Cy Paper’s David Warner flourished immensely.

The first and olst LGBTQ bookstore the Uned Stat, Gvanni’s Room, would open a year after the events at the Gay Pri Celebratn.

Enomic growth, betifitn of the area and a cle the crime-rate were propelled by Philalphia’s first LGBT muny center openg 1976 (William Way) and the tablishment of s first publicly-distributed newspaper (Philalphia Gay News), s first gay bs group openg 1977 (Communy Alliance of Philalphia) and s first LGBT health and wellbeg center 1979 (the Mazzoni Center).

GAY PENNSYLVANIA

To discs the creepg rise of “Kaposi’s Sara and Opportunistic Infectns” afflictg gay men, a disease that would later be termed Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.

LGBTQ movements, spac, anizatns and efforts the cy, up until then, had maly been domated by and tered to the needs of whe homosexual men. Whether you're planng on explorg the Old Cy by foot, bar hoppg Washgton Square by night, or losg yourself the Kg of Pssia Mall, gay Philalphia has endls opportuni. LGBTQ revelers of every stripe meet their nightlife match among the buzz-worthy bars, rtrants and nightclubs and beyond Philalphia’s Gayborhood.