What happened to Columbia’s gay clubs? | Carola News and Reporter

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• THE 10 BEST COLOMBIA GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS COLOMBIA
• GAY NIGHTLIFE COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLA: BT BARS, CLUBS, & MORE
• GAY BOGOTA 2023
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• THE BEST COLUMBIA GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS COLUMBIA
• WHAT HAPPENED TO COLUMBIA’S GAY CLUBS?
• THE BEST CARTAGENA GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS CARTAGENA
• THE 5 BEST MELL GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS MELL

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

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For a relatively small cy the nservative state of South Carola, Columbia has a surprisgly fervent gay nightlife scene. A uple of the town's most popular LGBTQ+ bars are wh view of the stately pol buildg, and a few more mixed but gay-iendly bars and hangouts are the Five Pots retail and entertament neighborhood, not far om the Universy of South Carola. While Columbia isn't a gay mec, do rank among the more welg statns the state, and the cy hosts the annual South Carola Gay Pri celebratn.

Visors n enjoy some gay-iendly plac to drk, de, and tch live mic this iendly cy and hub of South Carola polics and tn. While there aren't many exclively-gay bars or clubs Columbia, there are some lively on full of karaoke, dancg, drag shows, and drk specials, among other fun activi. The Capal Club: One of the longt-nng gay bars the Southeast, and the olst Columbia, the laid-back and private Capal Club is a block om the pol buildg downtown.

GAY NIGHTLIFE COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLA: BT BARS, CLUBS, & MORE

PT's 1109: In the shadows of the pol buildg, PT's 1109 is arguably the most popular gay bar and nightclub Columbia, wh a good-size dance floor and drk specials. The venue has drag shows, karaoke, and a variety of parti, pl events supportg Gay Pri and other muny anizatns.

Some of the bt, most novative food the cy n be found a short walk om both the Capol and the cy's gay bars. The mt-do event is the South Carola Gay Pri celebratn which has taken place Columbia sce 1989 and is one of the state's ma events. Columbia, SC Prime Timers is a group of olr gay or bisexual men (pl younger men 21 and up) that holds many activi: Check out their potlucks, piics, movi, plays, lol and out of town trips, and more.

Bogota has several betiful mms, fancy 5 star luxe hotels for affordable pric, good rtrants and an amazg nightlife, and a gay night club wh over 4000 people every weekend! Read our travel gui for the gay visor. When planng a vis to Colombia do about 4/5 days Bogota, and make sure clus a Friday and Saturday for 's amazg (gay) nightlife.

GAY BOGOTA 2023

Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay. Per Outsports, as of September 2022, there have only ever been 16 players NFL history to publicly e out as gay or bisexual. Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player league history to announce that he is gay 2021.

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

Per Outsports, Maxen is the “first publicly out male ach a major Amerin men’s pro sports league, ” wh WNBA ach Curt Miller, who publicly me out to the media as gay 2015, also a publicly out male ach an Amerin profsnal sports league.

The cy is home to the biggt gay nightclub South Ameri (and one of the biggt the world), as well as numero gay and lbian nightclubs and bars. Theatron The fol pot of the entire Bogota gay scene, Theatron is a former theatre hog at least 13 different rooms and wh space for up to 8, 000 people.

THE BEST COLUMBIA GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS COLUMBIA

Estación A relaxed and timate ltle gay bar Chapero neighbourhood – the epicenter of Bogota’s gay scene – La Estación Cafe is loted jt a short walk om Theatron, so ’s a really popular spot for people to pre-drk and tch up wh iends before a big night out at Bogota’s LGBT mec. View Trip El Recreo Adan A popular gay bar wh two different lotns, one Chapero and one the Zona Rosa, El Recreo Adan is a relaxed and ol spot to hang out, wh a chilled seatg area nsistg of bean bag chairs and classic board and table gam – the rabow loured Jenga is a particular highlight – as well as promotns on cktails, chicken wgs, and nachos. El Mozo The most popular LGBT nightclub Bogota’s Zona T party district, El Mozo – or La Moza, s nearby sister bar, which hosts the most popular lbian nights the cy – hosts well-attend themed nights between Thursday and Saturday, cludg College Thursdays and FriGay.

WHAT HAPPENED TO COLUMBIA’S GAY CLUBS?

Open every day until very late, this popular gay bar is one of the most popular spots for a relaxed hangout. – Color Hoe is a laid-back gay bar wh iendly vib and a nice soundtrack of chey pop classics (although not played too loudly). He lik to tell younger people about The Capal Club’s early days, a very different — and ght — time to be a gay bar South Carola.

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The Capal Club, or simply “Capal, ” as patrons ll , is the olst operatg gay bar Columbia, and acrdg to s webse, the Southeast. Jt around the rner is PT’s 1109, the cy’s other gay bar, which opened 2000.

Through discsns wh bar owners and patrons and analyzg rerds om Historic Columbia, The Carola News and Reporter unvered a strange statistic: Columbia, 2022, has only those two gay bars, the lowt number the cy sce 1960. Like a lot of gay bars at the time, Rumors started as a private club wh a guard list of members. “I was still playg what was typilly lled ‘gay mic.

A sign by the door said the membership clud gay, straight, Black and whe, and anyone who ed trouble would be asked to leave. A DIVISION OF THE RAINBOW — GAY CLUBS SELF-SEGREGATE.

THE 5 BEST MELL GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS MELL

On Two Notch Road, The Candy Shop was known as Columbia’s only Black gay bar. “That was the only Black gay club for around, ” she said. You had gays there, straights there, you had everybody at The Candy Shop.

It was also a place to get away om racism at other gay clubs, cludg for Snrs, a Black trans woman. Lane remembers Traxx as a rary even among the few gay bars town, beg targeted towards women. Even today, lbian bars are ls mon than male gay bars.