In Memoriam: 17 Defunct Gay Bars D.C., Chigo, Miami

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Town, the massive gay dance club Shaw, announced last week that will close next summer after mors to the ntrary. The owner sold to a veloper who plans to build an apartment buildg s place. What do Town closg mean for the cy’s gay muny? Contributors agree that the “gayborhood” isn’t gog anywhere, but won’t look the same the future.

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TOWN, DC’S LARGT GAY BAR, IS CLOSG. WHAT DO  MEAN?

Town, the massive gay dance club Shaw, announced last week that will close next summer after mors to the ntrary. I me out twelve years ago, and like many queer kids DC, I sought out gay bars as a refuge.

Yet many of the plac I equented are gone: Phase 1 Barracks Row, Apex Dupont Circle, Ins Fairfax (which wasn’t a gay bar, but hosted a lot of drag shows), not to mentn all of the LGBT clubs Navy Yard that closed to make way for Natnals Park over a ago. When Town opened 2007, the sleek, warehoe-style club seemed out of place at 8th and Florida, far om DC’s tradnal “gayborhood” on 17th Street. But did lead the gay muny’s shift further east towards Shaw, herg a new generatn of bars, like Dirty Goose, Takoda, and Uproar.

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In Memoriam: 17 Defunct Gay Bars D.C., Chigo, Miami.

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