Indy's gay bars: head for extctn?

Contents:

• INDIANAPOLIS GAY BARS: 7 SPAC MA FOR THE LGBTQ+ MUNY
• INDIANAPOLIS GAY BARS
• GAY CLUBS
• INDY'S GAY BARS: HEAD FOR EXTCTN?
• GAY INDIANAPOLIS. THE ULTIMATE LGBTQ INDIANAPOLIS GUI
• 'MY NEIGHBORHOOD GAY BAR ISN'T GOG TO BE THERE': ZONIE'S CLOSET SET TO CLOSE
• THE STRANGE BUT TE HISTORY OF INDIANAPOLIS' GAY BARS

INDIANAPOLIS GAY BARS: 7 SPAC MA FOR THE LGBTQ+ MUNY

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This gay bar has been bs sce 1980. The bs has sce remaed a part of the gay bar Our Place routely hosts drag performance nights, featurg artists such as Sage Summers, Heather Bea and Brooklyn Burroughs, and drag pageants. English Ivy's -owner Sam Stt said about 80% of the bar's clientele are regulars, llg the bar a "gay Cheers, " referencg the bar the 90s s "where everybody knows your name.

The eatery loted the Sat Joseph neighborhood is not a dance club, but rather a “gay-therg” place for members of the LGBTQ+ muny and alli, acrdg to s webse. By night is Almost Famo, an “everyone bar, ” which do not market self as a gay bar but ters to queer people, said assistant general manager Jam Alexanr, stage name Duchs Morngstar.

INDIANAPOLIS GAY BARS

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GAY CLUBS

It’s not overtly “gay! Indianapolis Gay BarsGregs Our PlaceGregs Our Place is an Indianapolis gay bar loted the Mass Ave neighbourhood. This lol gay bar featur regular drk specials, spac dance floors, and a heated outdoor pat.

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INDY'S GAY BARS: HEAD FOR EXTCTN?

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GAY INDIANAPOLIS. THE ULTIMATE LGBTQ INDIANAPOLIS GUI

We let you know which on ter to gay men or lbians, what kds of shows and entertaments they host, and what tracks the DJs sp. Whatever your relatnship wh the proverbial “closet, ” you're sure to have a blast at Zonie's, where the glz and glamour of a high-end club meet the down-to-earth scery of a neighborhood gay bar. Whether you're lookg for lic after-work drks and dish, a relaxed pool tournament or a r round of karaoke, this gay nightlife plex is where you want to be.

Regular or newbie, gay or straight, all are wele at Metro, where the crowd is kd, barkeeps are genero and mic is irristibly danceable. Charmg, welg and lightfully low-key, this gay-iendly sports bar is the perfect spot to unwd wh cheap drks and scmpt pub gb while enjoyg the nvivial pany of a diverse crowd of patrons. Gay bars are gog out of bs 2015 at least five have closed their doors Indianapolis, about half the cy's total.

'MY NEIGHBORHOOD GAY BAR ISN'T GOG TO BE THERE': ZONIE'S CLOSET SET TO CLOSE

Among the sualti: the venerable Varsy, the cy's olst gay bar, datg back to the the past six months Talbott Street, long-known for s drag shows, closed, as did the 501 Eagle, a bar favored by leather enthiasts sce LaFary poured the last of the drks at the 501 October but had seen the end g well before then.

THE STRANGE BUT TE HISTORY OF INDIANAPOLIS' GAY BARS

"In a 17-year bartendg reer, LaFary has worked at six Indianapolis gay bars. Stten is not gog to squeeze out gays, he said, but 's hard to make a livg the days terg solely to gays, and so he would like to broan his 's the same elsewhere.

The 501's closg " jt weeks after the Barracks closed Louisville, " reported the the gay news webse Great Lak Den, lamentg that "most of Indiana will no longer have easy accs to a leather bar. " San Francis was down to jt a few dozen gay bars pared wh more than 100 the 1970s, acrdg to a 2011 report Slate, and Manhattan had but 44, half as many as did at s gay-bar peak 1978.

In London the Queen's Head, a gay bar sce the 1920s, closed September, gog the way of other proment gay bars that European bars are up agast two major cultural shifts. "When I first me out, you went to a gay bar to meet gay people. "Part two of the double whammy: A growg tolerance toward lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people.