The Queer Oasis of Jackson, Mississippi's Lone Gay Bar

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•  MISSISSIPPI LBIAN AND GAY BARS, RTRANTS, LODGG, PRI EVENT, BS MAPS
• THE BEST JACKSON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS JACKSON
• WONRLTSEE ALL THGS TO DO{"@TYPE":"LOLBS","NAME":"WONRLT","URL":"\","ADDRS":{"@TYPE":"POSTALADDRS","STREETADDRS":"3911 NORTHVIEW DR","ADDRSLOLY":"JACKSON","ADDRSREGN":"MISSISSIPPI","ADDRSCOUNTRY":"UNED STAT","POSTALCO":"39206-5206"},"AGGREGATERATG":{"@TYPE":"AGGREGATERATG","RATGVALUE":"5.0","REVIEWCOUNT":1},"@NTEXT":"HTTP:\U002F\"}SEE ALL THGS TO DOWONRLT51 REVIEW#5 OF 9 NIGHTLIFE JACKSONGAY BARS • DANCE CLUBS & DISSREAD MOREVIS WEBSECALLEMAILWRE A REVIEWWHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYG“<3”JUL 2018BT LTLE LGBT+ BAR JACKSON <3 FUN, WELG, AND GREAT BARTENRS. SATURDAY NIGHT DRAG SHOW IS ALWAYS A BLAST SUGGT EDS TO IMPROVE WHAT WE SHOW.IMPROVE THIS LISTGBE THE FIRST TO UPLOAD A PHOTOUPLOAD A PHOTOTOP WAYS TO EXPERIENCE NEARBY ATTRACTNSAMAZG LET’S ROAM JACKSON SVENGER HUNT: PRETTY MISSISSIPPI!FUN & GAMOM $12.31 PER ADULTJACKSON PUZZLG ADVENTUREADVENTURE TOURSOM $34.95 PER GROUP (UP TO 12)PARTICIPATE A FUN SVENGER HUNT JACKSON BY OPERATN CY QUTFUN & GAMOM $10.00 PER ADULTZOMBIE SVENGERS GAME - JACKSON, MSFUN & GAMOM $20.00 PER GROUP (UP TO 10)SPECIAL OFFERJACKSON JIG SVENGER HUNTFUN & GAMOM $27.00 $21.60 PER ADULTTHE AREA ADDRS3911 NORTHVIEW DR, JACKSON, MS 39206-5206FULL VIEWBT NEARBYRTRANTS138 WH 3 KRYSTAL30.2 MIAMERINSUBWAY10.2 MIAMERIN • FAST FOOD • DELIBURGER KG30.2 MILOU'S BAR & GRILL40.3 MIBIG APPLE INN80.4 MITHE PIG & PT6120.8 MI$$ - $$$ • BARBECUE • GASTROPUB • BEER RTRANTSRALLY'S10.5 MIAMERINMCDONALD'S10.5 MIWALKER'S DRIVE IN5900.9 MI$$$$ • CONTEMPORARY • VEGETARIAN FRIENDLY • VEGAN OPTNSSALTE2290.9 MI$$ - $$$ • AMERIN • CAJUN & CREOLE • BARSEE ALLATTRACTNS78 WH 6 MISSISSIPPI CHILDREN'S MM3601.9 MICHILDREN'S MMSMISSISSIPPI MM OF NATURAL SCIENCE3242.1 MINATURAL HISTORY MMSMISSISSIPPI CIVIL RIGHTS MM230ART GALLERI • SPECIALY MMSMISSISSIPPI STATE CAPOL267HISTORIC S • POTS OF INTERT & LANDMARKSMISSISSIPPI AGRICULTURAL & FORTRY MM1341.4 MISPECIALY MMSEUDORA WELTY HOE AND GARN1252.2 MISPECIALY MMS • HISTORIC SOLD CAPOL MM218HISTORIC S • ARCHECTURAL BUILDGSDULG HALL30.9 MITHEATERSMEDGAR EVERS HOME982.1 MIHISTORIC SMISSISSIPPI MM OF ART147ART MMSSEE ALLCONTRIBUTEWRE A REVIEWUPLOAD A PHOTOREVIEWSQ&AFILTERSENGLISHMOST RECENTDETAILED REVIEWS: REVIEWS ORR RMED BY SCRIPTIVENS OF ER-INTIFIED THEM SUCH AS CLEANLS, ATMOSPHERE, GENERAL TIPS AND LOTN RMATN.5.01 REVIEWEXCELLENT1VERY GOOD0AVERAGE0POOR0TERRIBLE0ER MCLTON, MS19 NTRIBUTNS0JUL 2018 • FRIENDSBT LTLE LGBT+ BAR JACKSON READ MOREWRTEN JULY 26, 2018THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.NO QUTNS HAVE BEEN ASKED ABOUT THIS EXPERIENCEASK A QUTNALSO POPULAR WH TRAVELERSSEE ALLUNRGROUND 11918BARS & CLUBSFZGERALD'S AT THE HILTON JACKSON8BARS & CLUBSHAL & MAL'S2BLU BARSFENIAN'S PUB6BARS & CLUBSFONDREN ART GALLERY2ART GALLERI • BLU BARSLIBRARY LOUNGE10BARS & CLUBSLET'S ROAM JACKSONCY TOURS • BAR, CLUB & PUB TOURSBLACK SILHOUETTE WEARBAR, CLUB & PUB TOURS • TAXIS & SHUTTLIS THIS YOUR TRIPADVISOR LISTG?OWN OR MANAGE THIS PROPERTY? CLAIM YOUR LISTG FOR EE TO RPOND TO REVIEWS, UPDATE YOUR PROFILE AND MUCH MORE.CLAIM YOUR LISTGWONRLT (JACKSON) - ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU GO
• THE BEST MISSISSIPPI GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS MISSISSIPPI
• REACTN POSIVE TO JACKSON'S NEW GAY BAR, CLUB DETOUR
• GAY BARS QUEENS: WHERE TO PARTY JACKSON HEIGHTS
• GAYT PLAC IN WYOMG FOR 2020
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• GAY JACKSONVILLE
• THE OLST GAY BAR QUEENS SECUR ITS FUTURE JACKSON HEIGHTS
• INSI THE HOTTT GAY BAR THE MOST HOMOPHOBIC STATE THE NATN

 MISSISSIPPI LBIAN AND GAY BARS, RTRANTS, LODGG, PRI EVENT, BS MAPS

Ask them where their first gay bar was, and they'll likely give you a different answer each time. Formerly another gay bar named Bottoms Up, 's unrgone new ownership, but attracts the same old crowd.

And although livg as a gay uple Mississippi hasn't been the stereotypil opprsive nightmare some outsirs might thk is, they still turn heads durg their day-to-day life. And people realize we're gay bee two guys stg on the same si of the booth is jt not the norm when there's an empty si. Here, don't matter if you're gay, straight, bi, transgenr.

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"I was like this young ltle gay boy that was so love wh all the drag queens, and I was like, I want to do that one day, " Illumati says. "There are so many plac out there that bash gay people, talk about , ll all typ of eaks, " she says.

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Jackson has a reputatn for beg a socially nservative town, so Griff-Mohney and his partner, Jam Warner, were exced but skeptil about the openg of a gatherg place for the gay muny.

"Club Detour appears to be the first bar Jackson to openly advertise as a gay bar. Some see the lack of prott to the new tablishment as a sign that Jackson is beg more acceptg of the gay muny. On July 1, she opened Club Detour as a place for gay men and women ag 18 and olr to mgle and enjoy entertament such as karaoke, go-go dancers and "drag nights.

"I get as many straight people as I get gay people. "Lorrae Hampton, of PFLAG (Parents, Fai and Friends of Lbians and Gays) Jackson, gets the imprsn that Jackson is a live-and-let-live kd of muny.

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"I thk most of the folks Jackson don't re if people want to go to a gay bar, " she said. " She said more people are beg tolerant of gay people bee they know someone who is gay and therefore are ls like to harbor negative perceptns and fears about them. " Jackson rint Missie Man said she feels that the cy has slowly bee more open to the gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr muny.

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However, she was surprised to hear about a gay bar openg here. More than likely, more young people — gay or straight — might go jt to try somethg new, Keller said.

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" Tony De Or, -print of PFLAG Detro, said discrimatn — such as name-llg and acts of vlence — agast gay people still exists, but more people are beg more tolerant.

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

"We're fdg even grandparents are pretty acceptg when they fd that their grandson or granddghter is gay, " he said. Gay bars Queens tend to be outsi the gipster strongholds of Astoria and Long Island Cy (those gays are close enough to Manhattan that they're willg to mute for nightlife). Queens' gay bars are ncentrated slightly further out, the racially and culturally diverse neighborhood of Jackson Heights.

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The fact that Manhattan is kd-of a schlep om here has led not jt to longevy for a uple bars, but to a fully thrivg scene centered on Roosevelt sptg distance of one another you’ll fd Te Colors, Club Evolutn, Bum Bum Bar and Queens’ olst gay bar Friends’ Tavern. Club Evolutn’s owner has been Lorenzana’s uncle (gay, not blogil) for twenty years.

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Acrdg to cy uncilmember Daniel Dromm, who reprents Jackson Heights and nearby Elmhurst, the first Queens Pri ftival began a now-funct gay bar on Roosevelt and 81st Street lled Bachelor’s. In 1992, wh the neighborhood still reelg om the murr two years earlier of Jul Rivera, killed by three gay-bashers a popular cisg area, Dromm and other anizers, wh the owner’s permissn, brought a ffee n rated homema wrappg paper and llected $54 om dnk patrons.

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“I uld be Lato and be openly gay.