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• SANTA BARBARA GAY BARS
• SANTA BARBARA GAY NIGHTLIFE GUI - SANTA BARBARA GAY-FRIENDLY DG
• GAY SANTA BARBARA TRAVEL GUI
• GAY NIGHTLIFE SANTA BARBARA
• THE CENTRAL COAST HAS A THRIVG LGBTQ MUNY, SO WHERE ARE ALL THE GAY BARS? 
• GAY SANTA BARBARA: THE INSI SOP ON CALIFORNIA’S OFF THE BEATEN PATH WE COUNTRY
• GAY-FRIENDLY RTRANTS SANTA BARBARA

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Red tiled roofs, Spanish Revival archecture, and a qutsential charm all ntribute to the character of the gay-iendly cy of Santa Barbara. Cy ordanc that rtrict drive-ths, billboards, and outdoor advertisg, among others, effectively ntribute to an air of affluence and exclivy that might make some gay visors feel like outsirs. However there is a gay prence town, and you are able to walk down State Street holdg hands whout elicg gawks or disparagg language om the lols—you’re still southern California after all.

Santa Barbara Gay Scene. There is no fed gay neighborhood Santa Barbara, though there are tablishments that are gay-iendly.

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If you’re lookg to get to some hot gay nightlife, nsir takg the 90-mute drive south to Los Angel, where the gay scene really pops off.

But even wh the limed optns for gay nightlife, the touristy nature of Santa Barbara mak a popular gay statn. There’s even a gay club town (Wildt Lounge), and though ’s only gay on Sunday nights, Katy Perry has been known to pop when she’s tourg the area. The Pacific Pri Foundatn also hosts the annual Pacific Pri Ftival celebratn so there is a visible gay prence this classy, astal muny.

There’s also an unofficial gay beach the area.

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THE CENTRAL COAST HAS A THRIVG LGBTQ MUNY, SO WHERE ARE ALL THE GAY BARS? 

While there aren't any exclively gay or lbian bars Santa Barbara, the town's most energetic nightlife tak place downtown and wh California's welg atmosphere, you'll sot gays and lbians at most loung, clubs, and bars regardls. The area is very welg and clive and there is a sizeable gay muny here.

The bars you go to may not be exclively gay, but the mixed crowd fely won’t md two guys dancg together. The Pacific Pri Foundatn hosts a Pri event every July at a park next to Leadbetter beach, and they have even hosted a gay night at the lol zoo. As a teen, Rory Uribe fantasized about gog to a gay bar or club and fally beg able to be unabashedly gay public.

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Click to enlarge Photo Courty Of Matthew Lalanne GAY CLUB ALCHEMISTS Daniel Gomez (left) and Frank Domguez (right) are known for turng typil bars to hugely succsful, LGBTQ-clive parti. So Uribe always thought the gay bars Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo unti would provi that much-need and missg support system and work.

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"I've dreamed of gog to a gay bar sce I was like, 16, " Uribe told New Tim. The lack of LGBTQ-specific nightlife on the Central Coast is an issue much of the lol gay and trans muny is forced to work around. Santa Barbara's once thrivg gay club scene dwdled, and eventually pletely disappeared, as varyg sexual orientatns and genr inti beme more wily accepted and datg apps beme more readily available.

But 's left the Central Coast whout a gay bar reach—the neart (acrdg to mor and Google) are Ventura, Frno, and San Jose—and many lols say the safety gay bars and clubs provi is still very much need, pecially the more nservative portns of the state. Uribe, who is now a stunt at Allan Hanck College, fally ma their gay bar dream e te this sprg while visg a iend San Francis. Like so many other LGBTQ rints the area and across the natn, Uribe helped start an anizatn dited to givg gay, trans, and queer dividuals a safe space to meet up and build support systems.