Interactive: Ma Street Laguna Beach, California GayBarMaps CA

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

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.

 CALIFORNIA LBIAN AND GAY BARS, RTRANTS, LODGG, PRI EVENT, BS MAPS

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.

LAGUNA ART MM LOOKS BACK ON TOWN’S GAY BAR SCENE

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.