A survey of 200 matchbooks om a bygone era of L.A.'s gay bar scene at the downtown Central Library.
Contents:
- THE BT GAY BARS AND CLUBS LOS ANGEL
- GAY BAR IN LOS ANGEL
- 52 ESSENTIAL GAY BARS AND NIGHTS AROUND LOS ANGEL
- THE 10 BEST WT HOLLYWOOD GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS WT HOLLYWOOD
- THE HISTORY OF THE ABBEY, WT HOLLYWOOD'S WORLD-FAMO GAY BAR
- TOP 10 GAY BARS LOS ANGEL
- A HISTORY OF L.A.’S GAY BAR SCENE, TOLD MATCHBOOKS
- A LOOK BACK AT HOLLYWOOD’S UNRGROUND GAY CLUB CULTURE OF THE 1970S
- GAY BARS OF LA: THEN AND NOW
- THE PANSY CRAZE: WHEN GAY NIGHTLIFE LOS ANGEL REALLY KICKED OFF
THE BT GAY BARS AND CLUBS LOS ANGEL
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GAY BAR IN LOS ANGEL
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Micky’s WeHo has long been a staple on Wt Hollywood’s strip of gay nightclubs and bars on Santa Moni Boulevard, known for s open-walled two-story buildg where passersby n see the party ragg om the street.
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52 ESSENTIAL GAY BARS AND NIGHTS AROUND LOS ANGEL
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The bar origally opened as a gay bar 1979 but is now open to everyone. Caterg to a mix of mostly Lato, hipster and drag crowds, but wele to all, The New Jalis billed self as, "The Only Gay Bar Downtown" until 2015 when Precct opened down the street. It's more like a gay Cheers—everybody knows your name, om the bartenr to the door man to the DJ.
THE 10 BEST WT HOLLYWOOD GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS WT HOLLYWOOD
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Oil Can Harry's is LA’s go-to gay wboy bar—well, our only one. PRECINCTLast year, Precct was the first to her a new wave of gay bars openg downtown. Ually featur a live performance by drag queen royalty Jackie Beat and promot self as "a big dumb gay party, " which is sometim jt what we queers need.
No list of sential Los Angel gay bars would be plete whout The Abbey. Celebratg their 25th anniversary earlier this year, The Abbey remas a nstant force our llective gay bar experience.
THE HISTORY OF THE ABBEY, WT HOLLYWOOD'S WORLD-FAMO GAY BAR
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Gay Bar In Los AngelTHE ABBEY FOOD & BAR IS A TWO-TIME WINNER OF THE MTV LOGO BEST GAY BAR IN THE WORLD AWARD. We’ve piled a list of some of the bt gay bars and their acpanyg nights Los Angel County. Logo has lled The Abbey “The Bt Gay Bar the World.
And The Abbey’s probably the most straight-iendly gay bar around (hello, straight bartenrs and bachelorette parti).
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Gold Coast is loted at 8228 Santa Moni Boulevard and Tnks is loted at 8809 Santa Moni SportsbarFor gays who prefer football to Gaga, Gym is a wele alternative.
A HISTORY OF L.A.’S GAY BAR SCENE, TOLD MATCHBOOKS
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A LOOK BACK AT HOLLYWOOD’S UNRGROUND GAY CLUB CULTURE OF THE 1970S
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ChiChi is a small gay bar Montebello that serv mostly Lato rints, playg a mix of dance mic and Lat pop and rock. Its ntued existence is pecially important given the closure of Lato gay bars like Le Barco Silver Lake.
GAY BARS OF LA: THEN AND NOW
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THE PANSY CRAZE: WHEN GAY NIGHTLIFE LOS ANGEL REALLY KICKED OFF
Precct has prented self as a “rock n roll gay bar, ” meang ’s more of a levis ‘n’ chucks kd of place ak to the Eagle or Fltle. RedleWhile we n’t ment wh certaty about Redle sce ’s not fully open yet and has jt held special events and a soft openg so far, Redle seems to promise a more upsle DTLA gay bar experience (perhaps simplified, Redle will be the Abbey to Precct’s Eagle). The Broadway Corridor, which stretch along Broadway between Belmont Shore and the East Village area of Downtown Long Beach, has a smatterg of gay bars nveniently led up as a built- pub crawl, om the youthful Faln (1435 E Broadway) to the bearier Br (1744 E Broadway) and Me Shaft (1720 E Broadway) and girl-iendly Sweetwater Saloon (1201 E Broadway).