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Contents:
- GAY NIGHTLIFE LAGUNA BEACH
- CALIFORNIA LBIAN AND GAY BARS, RTRANTS, LODGG, PRI EVENT, BS MAPS
- LAGUNA ART MM LOOKS BACK ON TOWN’S GAY BAR SCENE
GAY NIGHTLIFE LAGUNA BEACH
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Thankfully the world has evolved and although gay bars will always be need, wanted and loved, ’s now not unnscnable for everyone, no matter of who they love, to party, drk and enjoy the night together, unr the same roof. There was a time when Laguna Beach had s staple gay bars, which were a much need prence durg their reign of the beach cy, and s very possible that the future, more will make their way back to Laguna Beach, but until then, the cy is filled wh optns galore. In 1926, a liquor store and a hardware store opened on the rner of Pearl Street and Pacific Coast Highway, and 1946 beme s current namake The Seahorse, which was actually Laguna Beach’s first gay bar.
For many years, operated as a secret waterg hole for the lol gay muny until was eventually turned back to retail as Laguna Auto Parts…and now ’s back to s origal roots. In the 1960s, Laguna's Ma Beach was home to two famo beachont gay bars, Dante’s and Barefoot, makg the epicenter of the cy’s gay culture.
Today, wh a shift tis natnally, and the LGBTQ+ muny gog more mastream, the blendg of muni g together and sharg spac is overtakg the necsy for niche neighborhoods or areas, although Laguna Beach is still home to Ma Street Bar & Cabaret, ’s lone ranger all-welg nightclub and of urse Wt Street Beach, the unofficial “gay beach”. Laguna Beach’s long history of beg a safe haven Southern California, and proud proclamatn of beg Southern California’s origal gay beach, has helped make Laguna Beach what is today.
CALIFORNIA LBIAN AND GAY BARS, RTRANTS, LODGG, PRI EVENT, BS MAPS
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Durg a time when LGBTQ+ folks were fightg for acceptance, Bob Gentry beme the first openly gay elected official Orange County when he beme mayor of Laguna Beach 1982. In May of 2017, the Cy of Laguna Beach prented the LGBTQ+ Herage and Culture Commtee wh a proclamatn regnizg the month of June as Lbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgenr Herage and Culture Month Laguna Beach. The origal Seahorse opened 1946, unofficially known as Laguna’s first gay bar.
Text 'GAYTRAVEL' to 1-800-GAY-TRAVEL (1-800-429-8728). — Travel Guis wh a Gay Perspective. Laguna Beach has a few gay bars and clubs that make the gay nightlife an excg adventure.
(Don Kelsen / Los Angel Tim) The beats of the old Boom Boom Room once dropped right to the hearts of the gay muny Laguna who n remember the old ways will look to relive their glory days through an event Saturday eveng at Laguna Art Mm.
LAGUNA ART MM LOOKS BACK ON TOWN’S GAY BAR SCENE
“The mm has been here for over 100 years now, and ’s always kd of been a place that the gay muny n e to, ” Daniel Stachowski, public programs ordator for the mm, said.
“In the 1980s, we had a fundraiser for the AIDS crisis, and we’re ntug that legacy of beg supportive for the LGBTQ+ muny by havg the pri events here Laguna, which was for the longt time a safe haven for the gay muny to e and be who they are.
It was bgo night at Ma Street Bar & Cabaret, Laguna Beach’s last gay club.