The owners of Flamg Saddl, a gay untry-wtern bar openg a new lotn Wt Hollywood, share a few life lsons learned om their queer patrons.
Contents:
- THE OP, ONE OF EL PASO’S OLST GAY CLUBS, HAS GONE OUT OF BS
- OP-ED: 6 LSONS A STRAIGHT COUPLE LEARNED FROM OWNG A GAY BAR
- THIS HOLIDAY, I’M GOG TO A GAY BAR
- THE 42 BT GAY BARS AMERI
- OP-ED: THE GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT, GAY BARS, AND THE CHURCH
- Z BAR - BAR GAY STRASBOURG
- REEVALUATG THE GAY BAR
- A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
THE OP, ONE OF EL PASO’S OLST GAY CLUBS, HAS GONE OUT OF BS
* op gay bar *
Type: Gay Club.
OP-ED: 6 LSONS A STRAIGHT COUPLE LEARNED FROM OWNG A GAY BAR
In a nutshell: The OP, or The Old Plantatn, is El Paso's largt gay nightclub. "The club, which was nsired the olst gay nightclub El Paso, closed October 2012.
THIS HOLIDAY, I’M GOG TO A GAY BAR
El Paso gay nightclub Old Plantatn is g back"It's a great opportuny I have to brg the OP back but also to open s doors to new people that haven't experienced , " Adks said.
THE 42 BT GAY BARS AMERI
Saturday night was a surreal experience for Souza, who remembers the club as a safe haven for gay youth. "I was seeg young people e through the door who were cluels to how big of a staple was and has been to so many gay people our culture, " he said. "Adks, who has four vtors, said he had to refurbish the club wh new equipment, lightg and s heyday, the club was known for beg a great party place for both the gay and straight muny.
"Fridays were known for both straight and gay gog out and enjoyg themselv, " Adks said. The club still will have hoe and techno mic, wh two DJs on the ma floor and an enclosed bar wh a DJ playg said younger gay generatns are more fortable beg themselv and he expects that to have a posive impact on the club. It has been around for over 36 years and is the olst and biggt Gay Nightclub Texas.
OP-ED: THE GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT, GAY BARS, AND THE CHURCH
Gay, straight, or other, you went there to have a good time.
My partner, Jacqui, and I, who own the popular gay untry-wtern bar Flamg Saddl, both have extensive backgrounds the arts and entertament dtri. We have always nsired ourselv a hip, straight uple that is well-versed gay life.
Z BAR - BAR GAY STRASBOURG
We have always had plenty of gay iends and when we were first opened the New York lotn of Flamg Saddl 2013, we thought we knew everythg there was to know about beg gay -- we were around gay people all the time!
Listen to Your CtomersAll men are entled to their opn, but om a gay man, one's opn is sacred. Sce we opened Flamg Saddl, gay men have given advice terms of our operatns, r, and hirg, which range om a passg remark to an timate, ep and meangful nsultatn.
They n't name one song om urse, there are gay men who are illerate mil theater. But om our enunters, gay men general have an appreciatn for culture that is unmatched the straight world. This knowledge om beg the center of hundreds of gay men, raisg a pt, and sgg Garth Brooks's "Friends Low Plac" at the top of their lungs.
REEVALUATG THE GAY BAR
The energy is an experience that reprents the hight spirual form of the word "gay. " Gay is more than sexualy. Follow Your HeartJacqui has always wanted to open a gay untry-wtern bar.
A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
At the same time, she had the yearng to teach this same choreography, style, and attu to gay and a half years ago, we started to live her turned out, most of the boys who dance at Flamg Saddl are f and full of energy, and they dance wh absolute perfectn. Not wh a gay young man. We thk we n relate, but we nnot relate to the te jtice and tolerance gay men and women experience, let alone what the transgenr muny experienc.