Inic Midwt Gay Bar Clos Its Doors After 36 Years

Contents:

• INIC MIDWT GAY BAR CLOS ITS DOORS AFTER 36 YEARS
• GAY NIGHTLIFE THE ROCKI: BT BARS, CLUBS, & MORE
• GAY BAR QUCY (OREGON)
• GAY BAR QUCY CENTER

INIC MIDWT GAY BAR CLOS ITS DOORS AFTER 36 YEARS

Qucy Pri was created to be an anizatn dited to tn and highlightg the personal rights and civil liberti of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, non-bary, and genr fluid dividuals. “You n be gay and go out to any bar town now. Kfman, better known the bar by his drag stage name, Irene Wt, was an in Qucy’s gay muny.

There were several unsolved murrs of gay men the area om around that time, acrdg to Clow.

A rtrant Kfman had opened next to Irene’s had to close, bee ctomers feared they would tch AIDS om eatg the food, and the Cabaret was vandalized wh homophobic slurs several tim. Merrt unrstands the cisn to close but worri the muny may be losg a safe said that he might nsir openg another gay bar the future.

GAY NIGHTLIFE THE ROCKI: BT BARS, CLUBS, & MORE

Gay Nightlife The Rocki: Bt Bars, Clubs, & More. The largt gay club Colorado Sprgs, and one of the largt the state, The Unrground occupi a historic buildg the center of downtown and really pris three distct spac one.

For whatever Colorado Sprgs lacks s number of gay bars, this imprsive and handsomely signed gay entertament plex fely mak up for . Other gay bars Colorado Sprgs clu Club Q, on the cy's east si, and the Bijou Bar and Grill.

GAY BAR QUCY (OREGON)

It's dive-y, cise-y, slightly rnchy, and plenty of fun: BoyzTown is a highly popular part of the gff but lovable South Broadway gay scene, a neighbor of such standbys and BJ's Caroel. As gay strip bars go, the crowd is remarkably age-diverse and iendly. Next door you'll fd the gay ffeehoe and Inter fe, Off Trax, which is open for breakfast and lunch as well as om 1 am until 3 am on Friday and Saturday nights, a full hour after Try-Angl clos.

The five Denver gay dance club, Tracks is a huge, eclectic, and enormoly fun spot an dtrial area northeast of downtown ('s safe, but a b of a hl - bt to take a b or drive there). Although ters to a mixed crowd, the GLBT-iendly Qucy Bar is the clost thg you'll fd to gay nightlife wtern Colorado. There's a good selectn of beer on tap, and most nights you'll fd more than a few gays and lbians here, along wh a mix of other lols.

Part of a popular brand of gay untry-wtern bars wh addnal branch Chigo, Phoenix, and Las Vegas, Charlie's Denver opened 1981 on the se of what is now Ms.

GAY BAR QUCY CENTER

Home bar of the Colorado Gay Roo Associatn and a great place for untry-le dancg and two-steppg, Charlie's also has a standard dis (Club Charlie's) playg current techno, hip-hop, and dance tun. Although the tony ski rort muny of Aspen is whout any full-time gay bars, the town's que visible GLBT muny matas a signifint prence at several loung and rtrants around town, wh Elevatn one of the most likely plac where you'll enunter "fay.

" This trendy eatery and bar has a very mixed gay-straight crowd. Durg Aspen Gay Ski Week, this is one place to see and be seen. The central Rocki cy of Colorado Sprgs has earned a reputatn for far-right nservative polics over the years, and to be sure, 's not the gay-iendlit cy the state (try Denver, an hour north).

But the gay scene here is improvg steadily. You'll fd a uple of gay bars town, one of the better known beg Club Q, a "e one, e all", zero-attu place that's equally popular among lbians and gay men. Not to be nfed wh the funct Trapp Door, which is jt around the rner, The Trapp is what remas of the formerly signifint gay scene that ed to thrive Salt Lake Cy's Warehoe District, wt of downtown (although jt around the rner, you'll fd the relatively new Stud 27 gay nightclub as well as the cy's biggt gay Saturday night party, at The Temple).