Long Beach is known for beg a diverse, iendly, and eclectic muny, wh a strong tourism dtry, a thrivg, artsy LGBTQ muny, a welg spir, and a hip, eclectic vibe the gayborhood.
Contents:
- LONG BEACH GAYBORHOODS: LOVG LGBTQ LIFE THIS COASTAL COMMUNY
- AS RTRICTNS THAW, LONG BEACH’S GAY BARS ARE G BACK AFTER A DARK YEAR
- GAY NIGHTLIFE LONG BEACH
- GAY CALIFORNIA
- GAY L.A. – LONG BEACH’S CENTRAL PLACE QUEER L.A. HISTORY
LONG BEACH GAYBORHOODS: LOVG LGBTQ LIFE THIS COASTAL COMMUNY
* gay bars in long beach ca *
Fans wept when Roosterfish, the Wtsi’s olst gay bar, closed 2016. 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. The venue is the only Latx gay bar LA that explicly ters to a gay and Mexin dience every night, not jt as a theme once a week.
AS RTRICTNS THAW, LONG BEACH’S GAY BARS ARE G BACK AFTER A DARK YEAR
But ’s the perfect space to grab a workday bnch wh a lleague or for -workg ssns -hosted on Tudays wh Gay Asstrology. The origal Downtown gay bar, Jalis is a dive bar that ters to the Latx and Mexin LGBTQ muny. Though Sweetwater isn’t officially known as a lbian bar, the humble tablishment has long been the go-to spot for queer women the lol gayborhood, which featur nearly half a dozen gay bars that le Broadway Long Beach.
GAY NIGHTLIFE LONG BEACH
One of Long Beach’s few, if not only, three-level gay bars, Executive Sue boasts a karaoke bar, vio gam, pool tabl for rent, and regular drag shows.
Dubbed by KCET as Montebello’s bt Lato gay bar, Chi is the sister to Club Cobra, servg as a groundg se for the queer Latx muny the suburbs of East LA. It’s the perfect place for gay men to meet on the Eastsi. “The bars, shops, and spac Alamos Beach have long been a refuge for gay people across our regn.
GAY CALIFORNIA
In the 1960s and early ’70s, beg gay was still nsired by many a mental illns, and even the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn didn’t remove om the list of mental disorrs until 1973.
Club Rippl, which spent nearly 50 years on Ocean Boulevard but has sce closed after s owners retired, was, like other Long Beach gay bars, among the only safe plac those who were LGBTQ uld hang out. Garcia, the cy’s first openly gay mayor, tied the moment to a broar fight for social jtice.
And April, Long Beach hosted a biannual LGBTQ nference that featured about 600 legat om around the world talkg about lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and tersex human rights their untri. Sce the 1950s, gay bars like The Patch and Oceania (which reopened 1972 as the now-closed Club Rippl) offered safety and muny durg a time when anti-LGBTQ police raids were still mon.
GAY L.A. – LONG BEACH’S CENTRAL PLACE QUEER L.A. HISTORY
The current mayor, Robert Garcia, is an out and proud gay man and also the first Lato to hold office Long heart of Long Beach’s gayborhood is along Broadway, stretchg om Cherry to Alamos Avenu, but we enurage you to spread your wgs and venture to the cy’s other neighborhoods such as Downtown, Belmont Shore, and Retro Row, which is home to Long Beach’s LGBTQ Communy Center.