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Contents:
- EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS ERIE
- GAY PENNSYLVANIA
- KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
- JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT COACH KEV MAXEN MAK HISTORY AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY
EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS ERIE
It was a very different social time and polil climate for gays Erie the 1950's and 1960's. The threat of beg exposed or arrted was very real to many people and gay bashg were as mon place as they often are today. Heterosexual owners of many bars did what they uld to acmodate gays wh certa areas, certa days and tim - but when ph me to shove, they ually backed down for their own enomic reasons. * erie gay bar *
It was a very different social time and polil climate for gays Erie the 1950's and 1960's. The threat of beg exposed or arrted was very real to many people and gay bashg were as mon place as they often are today.
Heterosexual owners of many bars did what they uld to acmodate gays wh certa areas, certa days and tim - but when ph me to shove, they ually backed down for their own enomic reasons.
GAY PENNSYLVANIA
The Zone Dance Club is wadg through lockdown rtrictns wh the help of RuPl's Drag Race. Erie's flagship gay bar is open for bs aga. After a strg of opengs and closgs due to the COVID-19 panmic, the bar is experiencg a promisg new year. The Zone has been holdg viewg parti for weekly episos of the new season of RuPl's Drag Race season. * erie gay bar *
Bars uld not be billed as gay or gay iendly.
Numero bars were known to be gay iendly. The "A Bar" was a popular gay hang out which was loted on Perry Square where Cy Hall now stands.
KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
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The Fita Room at the Lawrence Hotel also tered to 's gay clientele. Mary Alice Brown was a young jazz entertaer at a bar lled Slivers who enuraged her gay ctomer base.
It gave gay mal time to take a girl to dner or a movie, drop her off at a rpectable hour and then have time to head out and party wh all their gay iends.
The only on hurt were the girls who were lead on by gay men and the guys horrible sleep patterns. Dpe the activi beg pletely illegal, the police generally looked the other way and left the gays alone. In the early and mid 1970's, there were two gay bars Erie - The Washgton Grill, loted at Wt 10th and Washgton streets and The Midtown Lounge, loted on French Street, between 7th and 8th Streets.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT COACH KEV MAXEN MAK HISTORY AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY
Erie's number one gay bar is gettg back to the groove, one sequ at a time. Amidst the seemgly tail end of an unprecented panmic, the Zone is brgg the queens out of quarante, wh two new events! Rebec Mae is now hostg weekly shows lled Fierce Friday's. Queens near and far will have the opportuny showse a sickeng performance and enterta the crowds. Showtim will start every Friday at 10 PM. No ver will be required. * erie gay bar *
Both bars were gay owned and operated but otherwise looked like any tradnal rner bar Erie.
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The ntt at the Washgton Grill was " The Miss Erie Pageant", havg hered the right to e the tle om a prev sometim gay bar, "Cy Pub". The bar was a straight bar and straight owned, but on weekends, they allowed gays to take over the back room of the bar. Performers generally did their own hair and make up but would often gather and do so at a gay owned or gay iendly bety shop.
Cloth and stum were often purchased at a small drs shop loted one of the plazas on Wt Eighth Street lled CaRo - The Tall Girls Store, which was always gay iendly and the staff enjoyed helpg the queens choose their outfs. A roster of lol gay dignari and characters were led up for this.
Around 1975 or 76, The Cy Squire Club opened as an after hours gay club. Erie now had three gay bars and the dis night life was thrivg. Two of the three new partners were gay and the transn om Mafia to gay club was ma - although when Ray Ferro was arrted for the r bombg h of a Cleveland man, he was still officially the Print of the club.
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It always mataed 's inty as a gay club, but always had a strong showg of the liberal young hip crowd - a sort of Stud 54 for all the betiful people Erie. ( all the after hours clubs did this) Gays at this time would generally go to eher the Midtown or the Grill until about 2 am and then shift up to the Cy Squire to ntue their bchery.
The dience for this event was mixed - gay and straight.
The olr straight crowd seemed to enjoy as much as the younger gays. The Cy Squire Club joed the other gay bars hostg 's own Halloween weekend drag pageant.
Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay. * erie gay bar *
Durg the late 70's, an attempt was ma to start a gay tourist area.
There was also a great al of animosy and discrimatn om the heterosexual neighbors, who had no tentn of lettg their neighborhood go gay.