The first gay pub I dared set foot now has a rabow plaque. Here’s why that matters | Gary Nunn | The Guardian

Contents:

• POP-UP GAY BAR
• ON GAY STREET
• POP-UP GAY BAR
• PROPERTY VELOPER FUNDS POP-UP GAY BAR AS NDN OF PLANNG PERMISSN
• CHIGO GAY BARS
• THE FIRST GAY PUB I DARED SET FOOT NOW HAS A RABOW PLAQUE. HERE’S WHY THAT MATTERS
• DO YOU WANNA FUNK WH ME?: A BEGNER’S GUI TO GAY NIGHTCLUBS

POP-UP GAY BAR

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Millg among them is lhe, ketic Angela Emery, who started Guerrilla Gay Bar this wter so her “queer iends” uld mgle. Th Emery beme one of several young Vermonters who simultaneoly lnched pop-up gay bars this wter, whout nscly ordatg their efforts.

ON GAY STREET

The specter hangg over all the events is the 2006 closure of 135 Pearl, the beloved Burlgton gay bar. “When [135 Pearl] was sold, the owner, Robert Toms, still wanted to have some event for the muny, so he worked out this al wh Higher Ground to get the First Friday of every month mted to a gay night the Showse Lounge, ” says Shawn Lipenski, who hosts the night wh Antara. Though a replacement for 135 Pearl has not materialized, Lipenski says the need for a gay bar is perhaps ls acute than was before Vermont stuted the Marriage Equaly Act.

POP-UP GAY BAR

“Though I still thk there’s always a place for [gay nights], bee people still want to hang out wh each other. Here, they expla their motiv — and ment on Vermont’s lack of a brick-and-mortar gay bar.

I started Guerrilla Gay Bar bee some of my queer-intified iends had exprsed remorse about there not beg a queer scene.

It’s exactly why we uldn’t have a gay bar; bee if you n’t pack each time, how uld you?

PROPERTY VELOPER FUNDS POP-UP GAY BAR AS NDN OF PLANNG PERMISSN

But I still feel there’s a need for solidary and havg a tribe; even if I live a liberal place like Montpelier, ’s nice for me to go somewhere where I’m not always the mory, or one of the gay girls the rner havg a drk that everyone is “fe” wh. At the same time, Vermont, we have such a great muny that there are not many people bothered by gays.

Sce then, they’ve had pop-ups at the Barre Labor Hall and Universy of Vermont Davis Center, and will hold Gay Bgo at Maglianero Burlgton later this month. ” We’re creatg a public queer space whout actually openg up a gay bar anywhere.

CHIGO GAY BARS

It is a starkly different mographic than the blogil gay-boy scene that First Fridays bee by 1 a. In New Orleans, a group of queer activists created a mil, Alleged Lbian Activi, spired by speakg wh olr gay and lbian bar patrons about their experienc dyke bars s before.

THE FIRST GAY PUB I DARED SET FOOT NOW HAS A RABOW PLAQUE. HERE’S WHY THAT MATTERS

“Gay men have always had more money to spend, and often, a more public-facg social life—the lbian potluck tradn was real, ” Brown-Saraco says.

DO YOU WANNA FUNK WH ME?: A BEGNER’S GUI TO GAY NIGHTCLUBS

“Pl, LBQT dividuals raise kids greater numbers than gay men, which impacts their availabily for nighttime bar socializg.