Gayborhood - Encyclopedia of Greater Philalphia

Contents:

• THE 7 BT GAY BARS PHILALPHIA
• 1920S AND 30S: GAY BARS SURFACE
• CLUB PHILLYPHILALPHIAMENUHOTELSBARSDANCE CLUBSCISE CLUBSSNASSHOPSCY GUIGAY MAPCLUB PHILLY
• THE PHILALPHIA GAYBORHOOD GU
• GAYBORHOOD

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. LGBTQ revelers of every stripe meet their nightlife match among the buzz-worthy bars, rtrants and nightclubs and beyond Philalphia’s Gayborhood.

1920S AND 30S: GAY BARS SURFACE

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.

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. Tabu – Philalphia’s origal gay sports bar recently upgrad to a brand-new space one block south of s origal lotn.

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Tavern on Camac – Tucked along zy Camac Street is the Gayborhood’s three--one special, featurg a handsome first-floor piano bar, a haven for songbirds who gather nightly for show-tune sg-alongs; the upstairs Ascend lounge for weekend dancg, karaoke and ocsnal drag shows; and a basement-level rtrant featurg upsle Amerin fare available until 1 a. U Bar – The Gayborhood’s most “Cheers”-like lole serv as a no-nonsense drkers’ refuge.

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Woody’s – Seems anyone who’s club-hopped Philly has been to Woody’s, the cy’s bt-known gay bar wh one of the bit weekend scen: Gents squeeze on Friday and Saturday nights to dance and mgle a sea of mcle shirts; the upstairs dance floor wh dis balls, strobe lights and Top 40 tun blarg om the DJ booth; downstairs, patrons revolve around the central bar for beer, cktails and heavy flirtg. Nomad Roman – Club-goers often start their nights at this timate spot near the Gayborhood bars. Tiki – Mai Tais, daiquiris and zombi wh ltle umbrellas—along wh shrimp dumplgs and pork bao—are the specialti of the neighborhood’s go-to for all thgs tropil, brgg Polynian vib to the Gayborhood until 11 p.

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Nightly, the Gayborhood’s go-to for oenophil is a stic French bistro pourg more than 60 w by the glass and flight optns that allow guts to sample multiple varietals.

Zavo – Artisan pizzas are the star of the show at this btlg tersectn the heart of the Gayborhood.

Pizzeria Cappelli – Conveniently loted across the street om Woody’s and around the rner om after-hours club Voyr, this spot is popularly regnized as the late-night p stop that serv “Gay Pizza. Level Up Bar & Lounge is a black owned all-clive bar loted the Gayborhood of Center Cy Philalphia. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Was a Prohibn-era speakeasy and “gentleman’s club” lled Maxe’s, where lol gay men, soldiers, and sailors would nverge.