Would you go to a gay bar by yourself?

Contents:

• DO YOU WANNA FUNK WH ME?: A BEGNER’S GUI TO GAY NIGHTCLUBS
• HOW TO BEE POPULAR AT A GAY BAR
• GAY BARCELONA: OUR GUI TO THE BT LGBTQ SPOTS THE CY
• THE 42 BT GAY BARS AMERI
• WOULD YOU GO TO A GAY BAR BY YOURSELF?
• SHOULD I GO TO A GAY BAR BY MYSELF?
• THE DOS & DON'TS OF GAY CLUBBG
• GOG TO A GAY BAR ALONEGOG TO A GAY BAR ALONE
• THE STRAIGHT MEN YOU MEET AT GAY BARS
• THE 30 BT GAY BARS NYC

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

Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay. Per Outsports, as of September 2022, there have only ever been 16 players NFL history to publicly e out as gay or bisexual.

Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player league history to announce that he is gay 2021.

Per Outsports, Maxen is the “first publicly out male ach a major Amerin men’s pro sports league,” wh WNBA ach Curt Miller, who publicly me out to the media as gay 2015, also a publicly out male ach an Amerin profsnal sports league. But if you want to go dance, party, and have a good time, tst me — a gay club is where you should be head.

HOW TO BEE POPULAR AT A GAY BAR

To be fair, there are straight clubs that play great mic and have fun, nonjudgmental crowds, and there are gay bars that are nothg more than S and M (Stand and Mol) clubs. Certa gay/lbian clubs have their target clientele, of urse — wboys and wgirls (The Round-up Saloon Dallas), leather men (La Track Montreal), punk lbians (The Dyke Bar Brighton, UK), and drag queens (1001 Pub Maryl Istanbul), for stance — but what I’m talkg about is your basic glter-ball, all-wele, humpg-on-the-dance-floor dis.

GAY BARCELONA: OUR GUI TO THE BT LGBTQ SPOTS THE CY

This wouldn’t have happened at any of the gay bars town, and we fely would have had a better time, as the doorman was jt the first of numero snooty employe we enuntered, there.

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If you’ve never been to a gay bar, there are a few thgs you need to unrstand so that you n have the right attu. That may seem obv, but ’s amazg how many people enter what is clearly a gay bar and say, “Hey, thar’s a bunch a queers ‘ere.

” And the homosexuals who are there will be dancg wh one another, holdg hands, huggg, and, y, kissg. A gay bar is one of the few plac where homosexuals n exprs their affectn for one another whout beg subjected to someone’s narrow judgment, or, prumably, riskg harm to themselv, so expect to happen.

I went wh three iends — a lbian and a straight uple — to a gay nightclub a while back, but was separated om them immediately after enterg the crowd club. Unlike what you may have seen on Queer as Folk, the overwhelmg majory of gay bars don’t have backrooms and hallways where wild i are takg place. Dg e, particularly the e of ecstasy and other signer dgs, is higher among the gay populatn than the straight populatn, and some gays and lbians equate a night on the town wh a night of high-energy, dg-duced spastic dancg.

WOULD YOU GO TO A GAY BAR BY YOURSELF?

In my qut for the perfect dance club, I tried, or was dragged to, diss of all varieti, so I know om experience that the bt dance mic is a gay bar. And numero dance masters and producers market their goods to gay clubs specifilly.

Sylvter, the late dis diva of the ’80s, was one of the first to target gay dienc, and he tablished a proud tradn of producg multi-layered tracks to which even the most rhythmilly-challenged uld dance.

Even though he was straight and had a girliend, Ron and I went dancg together often; we both loved to dance, and if no one wanted to go out wh , we knew we uld dance a gay bar whout beg hassled. From gym gods to nerds to fag hags (the latter beg the straight women who hang wh their gay male iends) to straight upl who want to try some place new — don’t matter.

SHOULD I GO TO A GAY BAR BY MYSELF?

Although, to be hont, the more you look like a er ught the headlights, the more the regulars will look at you oddly, so try not to eak out when you see your first drag queen or gay/lbian uple makg out. Still, there are a few thgs to keep md before venturg to your first gay bar. And often, gay clubs smaller towns or ral areas are entrance-by-membership-only, to keep out the rednecks and others who want stir up trouble.

THE DOS & DON'TS OF GAY CLUBBG

When I attend llege the homophobic town of Wa, Texas, gettg to the one gay bar town remd me of enterg a speak-easy durg Prohibn, but once si, the patrons were all nice and easy-gog. Dependg on the cy, the parts of town where gay bars are loted are often rough, and crime rat are high.

Even when loted “nicer” parts of town, gay bars tend to attract n artists, pick pockets, and gay bashers lookg to prey on the weak or dnk.

If you would prefer to have bamboo shoved unr your nails to beg around homosexuals, then bt to stay out of gay clubs.

GOG TO A GAY BAR ALONEGOG TO A GAY BAR ALONE

However, if you have no problem wh gay, lbian, bisexual or transgenred people general, they turn will have no problem wh you, so you ought to give the lol gay bar a try. As someone recently out wh no gay iends, I've been feelg like I'm missg out every time I pass by the gay bars my neighborhood.

Whether you are gog to a gay bar alone or wh iends, 's possible to be the most popular one there.

If you're a girl, nothg giv you an edge like beg the accsory for a hot gay guy. Though you should prepare yourself for the fact that people might assume you're gay and might even exprs romantic or sexual tert you. Also, is nsired to brg a large group of straight people to a gay bar/club (i.

THE STRAIGHT MEN YOU MEET AT GAY BARS

A bachelorette party), so if you're gog, you should ially go wh some gay iends.

Dgs n feature the gay club scene, but dog dgs do not make you popular and may even isolate you or get you barred.

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Gay travelers Barcelona will have no shortage of bars, f, and clubs to vis.

The ma gay area is at the edge of the Old Town district, the lively Eixample neighborhood, which is home to some of Barcelona’s bt cultural attractns.