Gay and LGBT Clubs Atlantic Cy [2023 June Update]

Contents:

• ATLANTIC CY TRI FOR A GAYBORHOOD AS THE PARTY RETURNS TO THE BOARDWALK TOWN
• GAY AND LGBT CLUBS ATLANTIC CY
• AC PRI CELEBRAT PRI MONTH 2022: NYA PLAQUE & GAY BEACH DEDITN AT PARK PLACE BEACH ATLANTIC CY
• AC PRI GROUP’S TO CELEBRATE ATLANTIC CY’S GAY HISTORY
• AC PRI CELEBRAT PRI MONTH 2022: NYA PLAQUE & GAY BEACH DEDITN AT PARK PLACE BEACH ATLANTIC CY
• GAY NIGHTLIFE ATLANTIC CY

ATLANTIC CY TRI FOR A GAYBORHOOD AS THE PARTY RETURNS TO THE BOARDWALK TOWN

ATLANTIC CITY — For s gay muny, Atlantic Cy has been a good, at tim great, place to party over the years.

GAY AND LGBT CLUBS ATLANTIC CY

“For s, boistero hotels and nightclubs ma New York Avenue a gay tourist statn, a hangout for celebri, a place for everyone to...

Dpe varyg efforts by sos to market to LGBTQ tourists; Atlantic Cy’s distctn as one of the only ci to have had an openly gay mayor, Don Guardian, who flew a rabow flag over a historilly gay beach (repeatedly torn down); the endurance of the Miss’d Ameri drag pageant long after Miss Ameri self left town; and the town’s generally welg vibe (not to mentn s unrvalued Shore real tate), the cy has some work to do to revive self as a statn for gay culture and muny. “I thk that Atlantic Cy is actually a very good place for transgenr girls and guys, ” said Bethea, who was a bartenr at the Rabow Room before closed December 2019, leavg Atlantic Cy aga wh no gay bars.

AC PRI CELEBRAT PRI MONTH 2022: NYA PLAQUE & GAY BEACH DEDITN AT PARK PLACE BEACH ATLANTIC CY

”There’s the AC Pri anizatn, which is anizg a multiday Pri ftival om June 17 to June 23 that will unveil the historil marker durg a Rabow Ri/Show Us Your Sho para on the Boardwalk on June 18 and also redite the tradnal gay beach ont of the Claridge, this time by patg the archway entrance rabow lors, says board member Lrie Greene. A Be Visible AC group has been anizg gathergs as well, wh one planned for April 20 at Rhythm & Spirs on Tennsee Avenue what’s now lled the Orange next gayborhood? ”Chelsea is not the first neighborhood people thk of when talkg about an Atlantic Cy gayborhood, but Elizabeth Terenik, director of the Chelsea Enomic Development Corp., says the area is ripe for c rearch by thor Richard Florida that ci wh a higher tolerance for genr, racial, and relig diversy perform better enomilly and n draw people om the technology sector.

AC PRI GROUP’S TO CELEBRATE ATLANTIC CY’S GAY HISTORY

“There are 60 properti for sale, ” the Chelsea neighborhood, she said, wh Airbnbvtors drivg a cywi surge renovated old Chez Paree DisAnchor Rock Club, on New York Avenue, jt off the Boardwalk, was once the home of the Chez Paree Dis, at the heart of a thrivg gayborhood and playground of the 1970s-era Atlantic is part of the Orange Loop of Tennsee and New York Avenu and St. Wh people like trendsettg hospaly curator and mixologist Lee Sanchez overseeg the vibe at plac like Rhythm and Spirs and Bar 32, the area has also been nurturg a revived gay party around zigzaggg Wtmster Avenue, the old “Snake Alley” of Atlantic Cy’s historic gay party scene, there is more velopment unrway, cludg hog and some Airbnbs, part of a wave of short-term rental vtment that have spurred the rehab of old hog stock throughout the history ns ep.

One old New York Avenue bar was Val’s, one of three New Jersey bars that went to urt to fight discrimatn two years before Stonewall, leadg to a landmark 1967 New Jersey State Supreme Court lg outlawg discrimatn agast gay people. )“I didn’t thk I uld live and thrive Atlantic Cy as a gay person, ” Dorrgton said durg a recent meetup event held at Bar 32.

AC PRI CELEBRAT PRI MONTH 2022: NYA PLAQUE & GAY BEACH DEDITN AT PARK PLACE BEACH ATLANTIC CY

And, ’s a big ol’ party: most recently, over 288 groups and an timated 50, 000 marchers took part the San Francis Gay Pri Para, wh hundreds of thoands of people watchg. The first event remblg the morn San Francis Pri para and celebratn was held 1970 - wh a march down Polk Street and a small "gay-" Goln Gate Park. Today, San Francis Gay Pri is anized by the San Francis Lbian, Gay Bisexual, Transgenr Pri Celebratn, which enavors to te the world, memorate LGBTQ history, celebrate culture, and liberate people.

GAY NIGHTLIFE ATLANTIC CY

The para nsists of hundreds of groups om var anizatns cludg some well-known like Dyk on Bik and Parents, Fai, and Friends of Lbians and Gays (PFLAG).

Celebratns for San Francis Gay Pri ually beg on the Saturday at the cy’s Civic Center Plaza. The highlight of SF Pri is arguably the San Francis Gay Pri Para, which will take place on Sunday morng, June 30, at 10:30am.

San Francis Gay Pri featur over 20 muny-n spac cludg mic stag, muny events, a LGBT fay garn, a Queer Youth space and a Women’s stage.