Midtown Village & The Gayborhood - Philalphia Neighborhoods

Contents:

• GET YOUR HISTORY STRAIGHT AND YOUR NIGHTLIFE GAY®
• THE HOR GUI TO GAY PHILALPHIA
• MOVG TO LGBT PHILALPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!
• MIDTOWN VILLAGE & THE GAYBORHOOD
• TOP GAY BARS PHILALPHIA
• GUI TO PHILALPHIA'S GAYBORHOOD
• PHILLY GAYBORHOOD AND LGBTQ HISTORY WALKG TOUR

GET YOUR HISTORY STRAIGHT AND YOUR NIGHTLIFE GAY®

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.

THE HOR GUI TO GAY PHILALPHIA

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.

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.

MOVG TO LGBT PHILALPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!

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.

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.

MIDTOWN VILLAGE & THE GAYBORHOOD

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. 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. Remr Day Marker at Inpennce Hall – Inpennce Hall was the se of the untry’s earlit anized recurrg gay rights monstratns, begng July 4, 1965.

TOP GAY BARS PHILALPHIA

Arch Street Meetg Hoe – The historic home of a more than 200-year-old Quaker “Friends” ngregatn hosted 300 LGBTQ activists Febary 1979 for the Philalphia Conference, to plan the first Natnal March on Washgton for Lbian and Gay Rights. 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.

Energetic partiers n be found partakg sgalongs at piano bar Tavern on Camac; sually knockg a few back at Wrer’s Block Rehab, Toasted Walnut or Knock; flirtg at dance club Voyr; tchg a cleverly queer show or two at Tabu; hangg wh iends and maybe havg a nosh at Franky Bradley’s; imbibg at beer spots (BoxersPHL, Ubar); or socializg at mega club, bar and lounge Woody’s, a Gayborhood staple sce 1980. ” The Gayborhood and Historic District are east of Broad Street, but LGBTQ history and life thrive wt of Broad too.

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 Ain-Amerin-owned cultural center. Today, the street’s known for s Philalphia Magic Garns, cheteak shops and hangouts, cludg, on s wtern end, dive bar extraordaire Bob & Barbara’s, home of Philly’s bt-loved drag show, queer-owned Ltle Spoon Café and the eclectic, gay-owned boutique shop Workshop Unrground.

GUI TO PHILALPHIA'S GAYBORHOOD

Three blocks east on Spce Street, the first meetg of the early East Coast Homophile Organizatn (ECHO) took place 1963 at The Drake, then a hotel. The Barbara Gtgs Home – A pneer the LGBTQ rights movement, Gtgs, a Philalphia rint om age 18 and 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 APA’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.

PHILLY GAYBORHOOD AND LGBTQ HISTORY WALKG TOUR

There's an official "Gayborhood" smack dab Center Cy wh rabow-emblazoned street signs ( ns om 11th to Broad Street and Chtnut to Pe Street), while two other districts have bee the home and stompg grounds of LGBTQ lols recent years: South Philly's East Passyunk and, to the cy's northeast, buzzg hipster haven Fishtown.

A trailblazer for LGBT-foced tourism efforts, 2003 saw the lnch of an extensive tourism mpaign and mercial, "Get Your History Straight And Your Nightlife Gay, " while Vis Philalphia's webse hosts a robt, dited LGBTQ rource page wh helpful articl and pdf downloads, pl updated events listgs (also check out up-to-the-mute webse, Philly Gay Listgs). Gay-owned Philly bath and body shop Duross & Langel giv Lh a n for their money wh extensive le of lic-smellg, handma solid and liquid soaps, shampoos, bath bombs, and other groomg products. Also do some wdow shoppg along South Philly's East Passyunk Avenue, another facto "gayborhood, " wh a drk, snack, and people watchg break at Barcelona We Bar: look for the marquee wh an Osr Wil quote.

Opened 1980, the multi-space Woody’s ntu to be one of the Gayborhood's most popular drkg and nightlife statns all week long, wh a recently add "Glo Bar" cktail lounge, and a dance floor on s send level (for which there's a $10 ver on weekends and holidays). Outsi the gayborhood Rtenhoe Square, Stir Lounge is popular wh the post-work crowd and also hosts special events like lbian speed-datg, drag shows, and live mic, and Thursday's Stirsday party wh $5 drks and $2 beers.