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• LOOKG FOR GAY BARS LOUISVILLE DURG PRI MONTH? TRY ONE OF THE LGBTQ PLAC
• THE BEST LOUISVILLE GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS LOUISVILLE
• 'I WANTED PEOPLE TO HAVE FUN.' AFTER 27 YEARS, LOUISVILLE SAYS FAREWELL TO INIC GAY BAR
• LOUISVILLE GAY BARS & THE QUEERT HAPPY HOURS 2021
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LOOKG FOR GAY BARS LOUISVILLE DURG PRI MONTH? TRY ONE OF THE LGBTQ PLAC

But gay bars durg Pri month is a great start.

And more answers to your Pri Month qutnsSo, if you're new to Louisville, new to the LGBTQ scene or are jt lookg to have a good time wh some of the cy's iendlit cizens, we've got some ias for are the most well-known and popular gay spots the cy:Know of any gay or LGBTQ-iendly bars that should be on this list? "Nowhere Bar — Highlands1133 Bardstown Road, 502-451-0466While not technilly a gay venue,  would be remiss to exclu Nowhere Bar.

THE BEST LOUISVILLE GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS LOUISVILLE

That's bee has a healthy gay followg. "PRIDE Bar + Lounge — New Albany504 State St., New Albany, Indiana, 812-200-9546As Louisville ntu to burst at the seams wh LGBTQ tablishments, 's no wonr some has spilled across the river to Southern Indiana (OK, so that may not be where cred is due) Bar is the only Southern Indiana gay bar near New Albany gem is drizzlg glamoro showgirls — mostly on Saturday nights — and is fely worth a sashay and a shontay over the bridge — unls of urse you live 's a small dance floor, a stage for shows and a large pat. 5% of rints  the 13-unty Louisville metro scribe themselv as gay, lbian, bisexual or transgenr.

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When the bar opened the early 90s, fewer fai embraced gay men and their partners. That means that while there are more clive and safe spac around the cy for the LGBTQ muny  creat a sort of loss for plac like Tryangl that tradnally ter to a specifilly gay crowd.

'I WANTED PEOPLE TO HAVE FUN.' AFTER 27 YEARS, LOUISVILLE SAYS FAREWELL TO INIC GAY BAR

Flatt saw the downtick ctomers over the years as his Thanksgivg table thned out and his clientele grew more fortable mastream gay men have so many other plac they n go, Flatt told me when I met him on a Southern Indiana porch late June, about a month after Tryangl shut s doors for good at 209 S.

When the bar closed May, was the longt nsistently operatg gay bar Louisville and an stutn for the LGBTQ muny. “It’s a gay bar isn’t ?

LOUISVILLE GAY BARS & THE QUEERT HAPPY HOURS 2021

Here are 7+ thgs to do around Louisville to support the LGBTQ munyRobson, who was one of the first publicly HIV-posive people Louisville, remembers havg young gay men e up to him at the bar, pull him asi and nfi their own stat to him. We are here to help you fd the bt Louisville gay bars AND Southern Indiana lol to spend some at while havg an absolute blast. Also, this property hoed the longt nsistently nng gay bar Louisville’s history, Teddy Bear’s, open for 33 years.

Growg up gay the Louisville area wasn’t the easit, but I fely had better than others smaller ci. Sce I e om a small town about 45 mut outsi of Louisville I was the only gay man that I knew, for several years of my life. But before I knew I ma the move to the big cy and found my way to my first gay bar, The Connectn.

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However as I’ve gotten olr and seen more and more gay bars open around the cy I’ve realized some thgs. I’m credibly happy to see more and more gay bars openg around the cy, five the last three years, four of which are still open to this day. The new bars ter to more than jt a gay dience; still givg a place to go and feel pletely at home, which is somethg this cy needs.

Whether you’re new to town, recently joed the dark si, or jt another cur rear, the seven gay bars Louisville are tailed Louisville: 1101 E. Nowhere: 1133 Bardstown RoadNowhere is not a “gay bar” (we won't tell if you don't), they would rather be labeled as an alternative bar.

Floyd StreetWhat many see as the origal gay bar Louisville, The Connectn has fely served our muny more ways than one sce openg.

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If you’re not sure what a “bear” gay terms is, well that’s a lson for another Photos Courty Of The Rpective Facebook Page. ”Out of the shadows:Why the people are unverg Louisville's storied LGBTQ historyEarly 1900sThe LGBTQ muny largely met private up until the early 1900s when gay men steadily veloped a work of public plac where was safe to gather, such as the Hogan’s Founta area of Cherokee Park, Old Louisville’s Central Park and Fourth Street between downtown and Central Park. 1947After World War II, more gay-iendly or exclively gay bars appeared  Uned Stat ci.