Why Gay Bars are Val for LGBT Communi | KCRW

Contents:

• WHAT I LEARNED WORKG A NAKED GAY BAR
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• WHY GAY BARS ARE VAL FOR LGBT COMMUNI
• A BRIEF HISTORY OF ATTACKS AT GAY AND LBIAN BARS

WHAT I LEARNED WORKG A NAKED GAY BAR

Freedom is a stylish and sophistited gay Bar and Club, loted on Wardour Street, the heart of London’s Soho.

In the ner-suburban streets of Melbourne’s north si, there’s a lol gay bar and club lled Sircu, known for tradg all throughout the weekend, offerg nights filled wh crackg bos of drag queen baret and beer-swiggg burly is slightly ls known about this northern venue, however, is a cur event that ns on Monday and Tuday nights: at is a mens-only homosexual soiree that scrib self as “our take on the Fzroy lol pub”, wh a key element that sets apart om the rt: It’s a naked gay bar.

And y, I would do this all the ncept of nudy at gay venu is no novel ia; the pursu of gay sexual liberatn, many a queer bar has seen exposed rear ends (and other parts) fly ee the tert of sexual exprsn, whether partially unclothed or even ADAM prents an alternative, however, is the herently social element of the event. What do offer is an opportuny for gay men to nverse wh one another, offerg liberatn through a unique experience – beg entirely isn’t for everyone. Am I gym-f, buff-and-ripped, body-betiful enough for this sndalo gay scene?

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

I’ve laid ey on all kds of bodi – and found that no matter what society might em as “impediments”, they’re all perfectly okay, jt as they enter the gay muny is to acknowledge a culture that often prris the body betiful over a sense of belongg – yet at ADAM, patrons are met wh kdns.

Through workg at a naked gay bar, I’ve e to realise that our boundari—those that nfe our propensy for warm-hearted teractn—aren’t always social. Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay.

WHY GAY BARS ARE VAL FOR LGBT COMMUNI

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. 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. Freedom the heart of Soho is a sophistited gay bar and club wh luxur r, cludg plh booths and stylish chanliers.

A BRIEF HISTORY OF ATTACKS AT GAY AND LBIAN BARS

Detro’s olst gay bar, Gigi’s, celebrat 50 years as haven for cy’s LGBTQ+ muny.

As the olst gay-owned bar Detro, Gigi’s celebrat s 50th anniversary this year, memoratg a long history as a cultural staple and haven for Detro’s LGBTQ+ muny. Gay bars have historilly played a ccial role as safe spac for the LGBTQ+ muny, providg a sanctuary where dividuals n gather, socialize and exprs their inti eely. That place Detro is Gigi’s, which opened 1973, jt four years after the Stonewall uprisg that igned the morn gay rights movement.

It’s also home to Michigan’s olst drag pageant, and the olst gay bar drag petn tle the untry, the annual Miss Gigi’s ntt. London’s thrivg gay scene is world famo, om plh cktail bars, to rambunct drag bnch and everythg between.

The Two Brewers is a long-standg gay bar Clapham, and although might not look like much om the outsi, is home to legendary club nights, drag shows and quizz.