Boston’s Bt Gay Bars and Nightclubs - Eater Boston

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• THE BT GAY BARS BOSTON
• THE LGBTIQ+ TRAVEL GUI TO BOSTON: THE BT GAY BARS, DRAG EVENTS AND MORE
• \NQUEER-FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOODS\NJAMAI PLA \NTHERE ARE PEOPLE OF MANY DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS WHO RI HERE. THERE ARE ALSO ANIZATNS JP THAT ADVOTE FOR, EMPOWER, AND ENHANCE THE WELLBEG OF QUEER/TRANS PEOPLE OF LOR. ALSO CENTRE STREET IS A RATHER POPULAR AREA JP WH A LOT OF QUEER-IENDLY RTRANTS AND SHOPS. \NSOUTH END\NI’D SAY THAT AFFORDABLE HOG THIS AREA IS HARR TO FD NOWADAYS SO THE QUEER MUNY IS TYPILLY ELR RINTS. HOWEVER, THERE ARE MANY GAY BARS, F, AND RTRANTS THIS AREA AS WELL. \NDORCHTER\NSOME PEOPLE MAY OVERLOOK DORCHTER, BUT THIS PART OF BOSTON IS WELG TO THE QUEER MUNY. THERE ARE ANIZATNS FOR LGBTQ+ AS WELL AS F, BARS, AND NIGHTLIFE THAT ARE DITED TO CLIVY FOR QUEER FOLX.\N \NQUEER IENDLY HOTELS:
• THE BEST BOSTON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS BOSTON
• THE BT BARS BOSTON: FROM DIV AND SPEAKEASI TO ROOFTOPS AND GAY BARS
• GAYT PLAC IN MASSACHETTS FOR 2020
• TOP GAY CLUBS & BARS DOWNTOWN (BOSTON)SEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS DOWNTOWN

THE BT GAY BARS BOSTON

The bt of Boston’s gay bar scene n be found around the South End, Dorchter, and beyond. The nversatns about Boston’s gay nightlife scene often center around the closgs of cherished tablishments and rapid gentrifitn of once-gay neighborhoods.

Sectns of Dorchter, once the epicenter of Boston’s Irish Catholic workg-class, are now miature gayborhoods — plete wh Sunday tea danc. The Theater District is home to multiple clubs that regularly host big-name DJs and queens om RuPl’s Drag Race (season 15 wner Sasha Colby performed at Legacy this wter), and Back Bay remas filled wh gay-iendly neighborhood hnts. Wh a proud history of supportg gay rights and a large LGBTQ populatn, Boston is unsurprisgly one of the most clive metro areas the untry.

It is te that gay people n feel fortable galavantg anywhere, om Eastie’s wateront to Somerville’s Davis Square. Still, there is a need for gay-specific spac, and a new generatn of social are ensurg that Boston remas a statn for LGBTQ people. Wh Pri Month gettg started, here is a look at the cy’s gay bar scene and all has to offer.

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Legacy, n by Royale Entertament Group, has taken the mantle om Paradise as one of Boston’s most hedonistic gay nightlife statns. Around for more than 30 years, Club Café is one of the olst gay bars Boston, but you wouldn’t be able to tell om the throngs of Gen Z-ers and lennials who wrap around Columb Avenue on Friday and Saturday nights to get si (pro tip: buy a yearly VIP pass to skip the le. Formerly an old-school vio bar — Trophy Room also ed to host weekly drag bnch — the space is still a gay favore.

This upsle cktail lounge opened last fall on Tremont Street, where the Eagle, a gay dive bar staple nearly every major cy, ed to be loted. In this gay-iendly tablishment, the portns are big and the drks are stiff.

\NQUEER-FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOODS\NJAMAI PLA \NTHERE ARE PEOPLE OF MANY DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS WHO RI HERE. THERE ARE ALSO ANIZATNS JP THAT ADVOTE FOR, EMPOWER, AND ENHANCE THE WELLBEG OF QUEER/TRANS PEOPLE OF LOR. ALSO CENTRE STREET IS A RATHER POPULAR AREA JP WH A LOT OF QUEER-IENDLY RTRANTS AND SHOPS. \NSOUTH END\NI’D SAY THAT AFFORDABLE HOG THIS AREA IS HARR TO FD NOWADAYS SO THE QUEER MUNY IS TYPILLY ELR RINTS. HOWEVER, THERE ARE MANY GAY BARS, F, AND RTRANTS THIS AREA AS WELL. \NDORCHTER\NSOME PEOPLE MAY OVERLOOK DORCHTER, BUT THIS PART OF BOSTON IS WELG TO THE QUEER MUNY. THERE ARE ANIZATNS FOR LGBTQ+ AS WELL AS F, BARS, AND NIGHTLIFE THAT ARE DITED TO CLIVY FOR QUEER FOLX.\N \NQUEER IENDLY HOTELS:

Wh s spac bar and numero high-tops, Harp and Bard has bee a statn for Dorchter gays who want to enjoy a lorful selectn of cktails or chow down on fort food favor like turkey tips and meatloaf.

Brian Picci’s Dbar has been a gay favore for years (along wh s siblgs Boston Chops the South End and Dxave Back Bay). Dbar After Dark throws some of the most bacchanalian events on the Boston gay nightlife lendar, attractg hors of pleasure-seekers for s glow party and r Sunday outdoor tea dance. Blend has bee a go-to spot for Dorchter gays lookg to dance the night away, or tch up wh iends their roomy bar area or outdoor pat.

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Blend is hostg a number of events for Pri, notably s “GAYHEM” dance party on Saturday and pop star drag bnch on Sunday.

In fact, Massachetts was the first US state to legalize gay marriage back 2004. To this day, Boston remas one of Ameri’s most LGBTIQ+ iendly ci and has a large queer muny actively shapg the cy's future, ensurg remas one of the world’s foremost gay statns for generatns to e.

Loted a small neighborhood that’s smooshed between the Theater District and Chatown, Jacqu is Boston’s olst operatg gay bar and the cy’s premier tablishment for drag shows. The space is a rtrant durg the early eveng hours and is popular amongst the lols, both gay and straight. It’s filled wh an endls array of gay bars and clubs, and tons of LGBTIQ+-owned rtrants, ns, B&Bs, and more.

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In fact, P-town is known as one of the “gayt plac on Earth''. The Boston LbiGay Urban Foundatn is another group that has ntued to put on queer events and offer support to lols after the dissolutn of Boston Pri. The Lbian Bar Project mpaign 2020 found that there are only 21 remag bars the Uned Stat that are dited to women and nonbary people the LGBTQ muny — pared to around 1, 000 bars for gay men and male-clive O'Connell, -publisher of the lol LGBTQ magaze Bay Wdows, said that many of the lbian bars that were popular Massachetts earlier years have sce shut down.

Some of those plac clu Somewhere Else Boston’s Fancial District, along wh the Marquee Cambridge, Sneakers Somerville and Fran’s Place Lynn, which was the first gay bar Massachetts. This famo LGBTQ+ hnt is Boston’s self-proclaimed olst nng gay bar and drag queen baret, and well-worth planng an entire night around visg.

Hosted by Boston’s popular gay promoter and event producer, Gay Mafia Boston, this monthly drag spectacle is often graced by RuPl’s Drag Race wners, stars, and petors like Trixie Mattell, Katya, and Plastique Tiara.

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(hosted by Gay Mafia Boston) is equently found at Boston’s Candibar, the two-room, lorful, and high-tech nightclub loted the Royale Boston nightlife plex. Wednday through Sunday, Gay Mafia Boston and Legacy host a different queer-centric event at this popular LGBTQ+ nightclub. Listed as one of our bt breweri Boston, the gay-owned Dorchter Brewg Company is a muny hub loted on the cp of Boston’s South End and Dorchter.

Cathedral Statn is a gay sports bar and neighborhood pub the South End where Red Sox, Patrts, Bs, and Celtics fans n gather to yell at TV screens and enjoy pub gb a welg, LGBTQ+-iendly atmosphere. Boston’s Gay Men’s Chos.

Sce their foundg 1982, the 200-voice ensemble of the Boston’s Gay Men’s Chos has brought unparalleled mil experienc to Boston, New England, and beyond. However, there are many gay bars, f, and rtrants this area as well.

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From dive bars and roof cks to Irish pubs and gay clubs, the libatn statns are jt a taste of what Boston has to offer, each wh s own ltle special somethg. Four bt gay bars Cathedral Statn As the new kid on the gay-bar block, Cathedral Statn has quickly bee a Boston staple that wel everyone, creatg a fun atmosphere for iends and fai alike.