Boston gay sports bar — ‘home away om home’ for ex-MLB ump and a muny — on the rop - The Athletic

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• THE BT GAY BARS BOSTON
• BOSTON GAY SPORTS BAR — ‘HOME AWAY OM HOME’ FOR EX-MLB UMP AND A MUNY — ON THE ROP
• BOSTON GAY SPORTS BAR — ‘HOME AWAY OM HOME’ FOR EX-MLB UMP AND A MUNY — ON THE ROP

THE BT GAY BARS BOSTON

The Red Sox recently gave a start to a pcher who jt two years ago rolled out a homophobic tweet. Suffice to say, Major League Baseball’s celebratn of Pri Month hasn’t been whout s Boston’s queer sports fans now have more important thgs to worry about: They might be losg their beloved gay sports an age when datg apps have ma so that old-fashned, big-cy gay bars are gog the way of daily newspapers and mom-and-pop neighborhood nvenience stor, Cathedral Statn, loted the cy’s South End, fac an uncerta future. “The future of gay bars, LGBT bars, whatever you want to ll them, they’ll have to be smaller plac that hold 100 people, 120 people, where you n get a lease.

Nobody’s gog to pay $5 ln to buy a piece of property to own a gay bar. While not technilly a gay bar, ’s a lively, gay-iendly tablishment that’s volved Boston’s LGBTQ+ muny, cludg s sponsorship of the annual Chandler Street Block ’s not jt the lol yokels who fell love wh Frz/Cathedral Statn. Take, for stance, Dale Stt, a native of Portland, Ore., who ma headl 2014 when he beme the first active Major League Baseball umpire to e out as gay.

BOSTON GAY SPORTS BAR — ‘HOME AWAY OM HOME’ FOR EX-MLB UMP AND A MUNY — ON THE ROP

“That was pretty surreal for me … stg a gay bar watchg myself do a plate game on televisn, ” said Dale Stt, who was the first active major-league umpire to e out as gay.

I remember there was another gay bar nearby, a vio bar, that was up over a rtrant. That was pretty surreal for me, pecially sce was early my reer and I’m tryg to make sure Major League Baseball don’t know I’m gay. And there I am, stg a gay bar watchg myself do a plate game on televisn.

BOSTON GAY SPORTS BAR — ‘HOME AWAY OM HOME’ FOR EX-MLB UMP AND A MUNY — ON THE ROP

Nothg says Boston sports like a team photo of three of the cy’s all-time bartenrs clu Artie Oliver and Rob Mannke, who are themselv legends that they’ve been servg suds at var Boston gay bars for s. The reason I me out is bee I found a gay sports league, and Cathedral Statn, and before that Frz, has been a great supporter of all the gay sports leagu for years and ’s been the place where the jocks go hang out.

There are other gay bars that are about lookg cute or beg able to dance or to pick up guys.

Women dot the crowd at Cathedral on many nights, and ’s not unmon for a regular to brg along a straight buddy or two or don’t help that the South End, once a thrivg gay ghetto, is now a gentrified neighborhood of high-priced ndos and fancy rtrants. What do help is Cathedral Statn’s richly served reputatn as Boston’s “Gay Cheers, ” the place where everybody knows your name.