The fight to save the Boulevard, Pasana's only gay bar - Los Angel Tim

Contents:

• THE FIGHT TO SAVE THE ONLY GAY BAR PASANA
• PASANA'S ONLY GAY BAR IS BACK WH NO VER, KARAOKE AND DRAG
• LOS ANGEL GAY BARS

THE FIGHT TO SAVE THE ONLY GAY BAR PASANA

“We ed to sneak the back door, ” he said, “bee those days you looked around to see who was watchg you go to a gay bar. “I wanted to work the gay muny, ” said Terradot, who moved to Los Angel om Hacienda Heights the late 1970s. “Beg able to work wh gay people and have a gay fay, meant everythg.

PASANA'S ONLY GAY BAR IS BACK WH NO VER, KARAOKE AND DRAG

Over the years the Boulevard beme a safe haven for the gay muny the area and an alternative to the Wt Hollywood bar scene.

LOS ANGEL GAY BARS

Ctomers Mark Chou, left, and his partner Mark Lanza, right, flank owner Steve Terradot si the Boulevard gay bar Pasana. Steve Terradot plac rabow flags their holrs above the ont entrance to his Pasana gay bar, the Boulevard. “Thgs have changed for gay bars, and maybe some younger people don’t feel that need for them like my generatn did, but for a lot of people this is their safe place to e and not be judged, ” he said.

Drag queen Ni Cervant, stage name "Bia Bloom, " is back onstage at the Boulevard, Pasana's only gay bar. (Mel Meln / Los Angel Tim)After 15 months of beg closed bee of the ronavis outbreak and g close to gog out of bs, the Boulevard, the only gay bar Pasana, is open once aga, wh no social distancg and wh live entertament.

There’s also those people that are celebratg jt beg back their gay bar. The two Marks refer to the Boulevard as the gay “Cheers” (referrg to the long-nng televisn seri) bee there are so many regular ctomers who know your name. It’s a gay bar, ’s a straight bar, ’s a trans bar, ’s a drag bar, ’s a karaoke bar, ’s a bar you n go to no matter who you are and feel fortable.