The 'Straightifitn' of Amsterdam's Gay Street

Contents:

• THE 'STRAIGHTIFITN' OF AMSTERDAM'S GAY STREET
• ADONIS GAY CEMA
• GAY THE RED-LIGHT DISTRICT? - AMSTERDAM FOM
• LGBTQ+ AMSTERDAM – THE 14 BT GAY BARS AND CLUBS
• GAY CAPAL OF EUROPE
• THE 10 BEST AMSTERDAM GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS AMSTERDAM
• GAY AMSTERDAM
• GAY AMSTERDAM · CY GUI
• GAY AMSTERDAM: THE BT BARS, HOTELS AND PARTI
• SUMMER THE CY: A GAY MUNICH WEEKEND TRIP
• THE ULTIMATE GAY GERMANY ERARY: 2 WEEKS CLUDG GAY ATRIA
• MUNICH GAY MAP
• AMSTERDAM GAY BARS

THE 'STRAIGHTIFITN' OF AMSTERDAM'S GAY STREET

It origally opened 1970, and although wasn’t the first gay bs the area, was the first one to be openly so, favourg large, open wdows to barred-up on. In the late 70s and to the 80s, the street then began to explo wh new gay bars and clubs, helpg to cement Amsterdam’s role as an ternatnal gay pal.

ADONIS GAY CEMA

Highlightg the broad cross-sectn of visors to the area, Realy is a bar that typilly ters to Surame and Antillean homosexuals, referrg to self as a ‘gay bar wh a tropil flavour’. If you haven’t found what you were lookg for at Vrolijk, try IHLIA, an ternatnal gay/lbian library, archive, rmatn and documentatn centre about homosexualy and sexual diversy the Amsterdam Public Library (OBA).

Durg Amsterdam Gay Pri and Kg’s Day, the bars this district are prime viewg platforms for everythg gog on around and on the water. As well as beg home to several gay-iendly hotels and bed & breakfasts, the street boasts Club Church, which hosts large-sle club nights, often themed, throughout the week.

GAY THE RED-LIGHT DISTRICT? - AMSTERDAM FOM

After some rt, the leather muny out to play at Amsterdam Leather Pri late the munyImage om Henri BlommersIn terms of march and activism, the Homomonument by the Wterkerk is often one of the central meetg pots for the LGBTQIA+ muny Amsterdam. Next to the monument, you'll also fd Pk Pot, Amsterdam's official LGBTQI+ rmatn ksk, which provis rmatn about the Homomonument and general rmatn on LGBTQI+ servic, groups and rmatn centr Amsterdam.

LGBTQ+ AMSTERDAM – THE 14 BT GAY BARS AND CLUBS

In turn, the gay culture Amsterdam is vibrant–reflected the muny and Reguliersdwarsstraat, monly known as Gay Street, is home to around eleven hotels, rtrants, bars, and f, monly referred to as Hore bs Dutch, which explicly ter to gay ctomers. As someone who go to this street to go clubbg, I have noticed that more and more straight people pick theGay Street as their night-out statn. The owner did not want to be labelled as a gay club, but rather as a club that attracts “trendy youngsters, regardls of their sexual orientatn”.

In this article, I aim to explore the perspectiv and opns of people on the ‘(non-)straightifitn’ of the Reguliersdwarsstraat and what do this means for the future of the street otherwise known as the Gay Street. For me personally, I prefer gog out the Gay Street bee the mic sus my taste better than Amsterdam’s variety of techno clubs, and more importantly, I feel safer. The purpose of the spac is to give gay people a place where they feel the eedom to be themselv, away om a society where they will always be the ‘sexual diversy’, but not the normal.

GAY CAPAL OF EUROPE

One iend quoted the book Life isn't Bary: “LGBTQ+ people often bee ed to havg to e out repeatedly, to beg asked tsive qutns about their bodi and sex liv, and beg treated as an object for people (the weird one the office, or the gay bt iend, for example).

She shar a b of her own experience, as a queer dividual who worked a bar at the Regulierdwardstraat, of wnsg a lot of homophobia om tourists, some of them for example makg fun of drag queens. Instead of providg a safe space for those who the spac are ially aimed for, they've opened up to everyone; to maximize prof at the st of the enjoyment of, this se, the gay muny and the tegry of what the tablishments were supposed to be, to beg wh”.

THE 10 BEST AMSTERDAM GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS AMSTERDAM

In other words, the bs owners the Reguliersdwarsstraat should also be partially rponsible for prervg this street as a safe space for the gay muny.

After all the nversatns, I further reflected on my own prence and behavr or reactn–for stance, if a woman flirts wh me– the Gay Street.

The are the qutns I need to keep on myself as reflectn and of urse, qutns to be asked to the gay muny of their perspectiv while keepg my that the gay muny is not a homogeno muny and nnot homogenoly ci on what is a ‘safe space’ and clivy.

GAY AMSTERDAM

Loted the heart of Amsterdam’s ‘red light’ district on what is nsired the gay street, the Adonis Gay Cema has been operatg sce the early 1990’s. Consired by many to be the gay pal of Europe, Amsterdam is one of the most welg statns the world for LGBTQ travelers. It has numero neighborhoods all over the cy dited to the LGBTQ muny, where you’ll fd gay bars, clubs, and hotels.

Those who are gay Amsterdam will feel totally at home this welg cy which has long been at the foreont of LGBTQ activism and fight for acceptance. The Netherlands, more broadly, is a culturally liberal untry and has historilly been a lear the fight for gay rights.

GAY AMSTERDAM · CY GUI

In 2019, a Eurobarometer poll reported that 97% of Dutch people agreed that gay, lbian, and bisexual people should have the same rights as straight people (the send hight percentage the EU). Amsterdam has long been at the center of LGBTQ culture the Netherlands, home to some of s earlit gay bars and clubs.

GAY AMSTERDAM: THE BT BARS, HOTELS AND PARTI

You’ll have no trouble fdg hotels that wele gay guts, and ’s unlikely for you to enunter issu when displayg affectn public. Along wh nightlife, you’ll also fd gay-owned and gay-iendly shops, rtrants, and f the areas, as well as a high nsy of LGBTQ lols.

Around Amstel River, you’ll fd a buzzg, vibrant gay district packed wh tradnal Dutch bars and historic queer tablishments. Opened 1927 by the pneerg LGBTQ rights activist Bet van Beeren, Cafe ‘t Mandje was the first official gay bar Amsterdam.

SUMMER THE CY: A GAY MUNICH WEEKEND TRIP

” Although Amsterdam is packed wh gay bars, tablishments foced on queer women are rare and Bar Ba aims to highlight Amsterdam’s LGBTQ women.

Amsterdam is a party animal’s paradise, and there are plenty of gay clubs and pop-up parti where you n dance the night away.

You n fd them ncentrated Amsterdam’s gay districts, and you’ll also fd numero optns the cy’s famo Red Light District.

THE ULTIMATE GAY GERMANY ERARY: 2 WEEKS CLUDG GAY ATRIA

In 1987, the Homomonument was unveiled on the bank of the Keizersgracht nal, facg the spot where the activists attempted to lay the wreath. The monument memorat all victims of homophobic persecutn, as well as those who have fought for LGBTQ rights and eedom. Amsterdam’s gay-iendly culture and strong anti-discrimatn laws mean you n expect most hotels the cy to wele gay travelers and upl.

It’s right around the rner om Reguliersdwarsstraat and close to gay nightlife and top Amsterdam attractns such as the Van Gogh Mm. Can anyone tell me if there are any tablishments the red light district that ter to gay men, perhaps rt servic for gay men, strip shows, etc.? I unrstand that Paarnstraat, near Rembrandtple, also has a number of Gay venu, Snas etc, wh also prostutn "clubs".

MUNICH GAY MAP

I unrstand that Stable Master Hotel, Warmostraate 23, which is a gay hotel, has what they ll "a naked Party" every week. There is also a specific gay red light district, lled the blue light district, which is at the Centraal Statn end of Spuistraat.

Whether you want to dance wh the betiful people around you, plan to drk cktails all night a terrific bar, or want to spent a night a bar wh iends: the gay and lbian scene of Amsterdam is unprecented. Everywhere there's somethg to see and do Amsterdam, but most of the gay f, bars and stor are the center of the cy, four popular districts: Amstel, Kerkstraat, Reguliersdwarsstraat, Zeedijk and Warmostraat.

AMSTERDAM GAY BARS

Durg Kg's Day and the Amsterdam Gay Pri, ftivals ept spontaneoly where Amsterdam's entire gay and lbians n have a great time.