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Contents:

• GAY EATS: 9 LGBTQ RTRANTS SERVG UP DELECTABLE CULARY DELIGHTS PHOENIX, ARIZONA
• WELE TO THE GAY IENDLY PHOENIX METROPOLAN AREA
• FOR PRI MONTH AND BEYOND, HERE ARE 10 SENTIAL GAY BARS PHOENIX AND STTSDALE
• A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
• PHOENIX GAY RTRANT
• GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS PHOENIX
• GAY PHOENIX / STTSDALE TRAVEL GUI
• ACTIVISTS MAND APOLOGY AFTER GAY UPLE SAY THEY WERE ATTACKED ON ROOSEVELT ROW
• PHOENIX GAY BARS
• THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985

GAY EATS: 9 LGBTQ RTRANTS SERVG UP DELECTABLE CULARY DELIGHTS PHOENIX, ARIZONA

Jo as we explore the excg dg scene one of the most gay-iendly ci the USA. It’s part gay bar and part rtrant.

Charlie’s is one of Pheonix’s most popular gay bars. Indtry PHX don’t nsir self a gay bar, stead, they ll themselv a “queer space” that’s open and welg of everyone.

WELE TO THE GAY IENDLY PHOENIX METROPOLAN AREA

Google “Gay Denny’s, ” and you’ll see the first few hs are about the Denny’s on the rner of Seventh Street and Camelback Road Phoenix. Hula’s Morn Tiki is a member of the Greater Phoenix Gay & Lbian Chamber and owner Dana Mule has long supported lol LGBTQ anizatns cludg One N Ten. Breakfast-and-bnch fay der Melrose Kchen shar s stretch of Seventh Avenue wh several gay bars and LGBTQ-owned bs the historil Melrose District, makg a great stop along an antique shop stroll followed by a drag show or a game of pool.

(The Posto Hoton’s Montrose District even displays a mural honorg the area’s gay history. The Greater Phoenix Gay & Lbian Chamber holds s monthly luncheon at The Gladly, an airy and spac New Amerin rtrant loted across om the Biltmore Fashn Park, which mak a popular nosh-and-shop optn. The one thg all the spots on this list have mon: They ve ctomers to e as they 's somethg for everyone at the 10 sential metro Phoenix gay bars.

FOR PRI MONTH AND BEYOND, HERE ARE 10 SENTIAL GAY BARS PHOENIX AND STTSDALE

602-248-8559, 'It's about feelg weled':How gay youth fd belongg Phoenix's ballroom sceneAnvilAnvil, a bar loted on Thomas Road east of 24th Street, dubs self a "Leather and Levi" bar and wel those who want to don their gear and those who don't, jt the same. 602-264-5307, Towne SaloonKnown as the olst gay bar metro Phoenix, Nu Towne Saloon fds s home across the street om the stacked layers of the Tovrea Castle. BarMidtown Phoenix neighborhood the Melrose District may be packed wh gay bars, but they don't all ter to the dus.

But if you are on the lookout for some of metro Phoenix's bt gay and lbian bars, keep readg. 602-266-9001 Far om the leather bars, rabow-flagged snas and diva-filled disthequ elsewhere, Bar 1 is sual gay nightlife that still knows how to have fun.

(Historilly, 's been more of a gay male crowd, but everyone’s ved, regardls of their sexual orientatn or genr inty. 602-265-0224 Charlie’s is a slice of Phoenix gay bar history that has huddled along Camelback Road jt wt of Seventh Avenue sce s but 1984.

A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.

In those days, the “lil bty ol’ pissant untry place” and dance hall opened by John Kg (-founr of the Internatnal Gay Roo Associatn) was aimed at gay urban wboys and untry mic fans. 602-254-0231 The expansive, lorfully-l dance floor at this gay dance club is almost always packed wh bodi, whether 's boys dancg wh boys, gals gettg down wh other gals, or var other batns. 602-264-5307 The current Kobalt is the send lotn of this Park Central gay bar.

Click to enlarge Nu Towne Saloon is the olst gay bar Phoenix. 602-267-9959 Open sce 1971, Nu Towne Saloon has earned landmark stat as the Valley’s olst gay bar still operatn.

PHOENIX GAY RTRANT

602-200-9154 Pat O’s puts the “G” the Melrose District’s LGBTQ+ scene — s clientele is largely gay men, many of whom are unabashedly members or fans of the bear or leathermen subcultur. Former owner and namake Pat Olivo (a fixture the lol gay scene for s) died March 2022, but this bar ntu his legacy. Wh s roomy terr (’s a former home nverted s ago), a large bar, var tabl and untertops, relics om now-funct lol gay bars and plenty of playful banter and flickerg lghter are wag.

The bsman and his wife, Melissa, first plaed to the Front Porch proprietors about pre-dawn vendor liveri 2019, not long after the nservative Christian uple moved their fancial firm right next door to the rtrant, which fli a gay Pri flag. (Front Porch Market and Grill)What’s more, the Washers say, the ad rat was jt one more sult that the uple, who once planted an “all liv matter” sign their ont yard, have endured sce movg next door to a rtrant owned by a gay uple. They married 2020, five years after they opened the Front Porch, which quickly beme a statn The Front Porch has been flyg a Pri flag on s pat sce 2016, not long after a gunman killed 49 people a gay bar Orlando.

GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS PHOENIX

Waybourn was print of the Dallas Gay Alliance when sued Parkland Memorial Hospal for failg to provi readily available medic to AIDS patients.

In 1991, he lnched the Gay and Lbian Victory Fund (now the LGBTQ+ Victory Fund) to elect openly gay policians to office. He served as managg director of the Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn, or GLAAD, which he helped turn to a natnal group. He owned gay newspapers Hoton, Atlanta, New York and Washgton.

GAY PHOENIX / STTSDALE TRAVEL GUI

“I had so many threats agast me that even the Dallas police statned squad rs outsi our home, ” Waybourn an activist, Waybourn says, his goals were clear: same-sex marriage, gays and lbians the ary, accs to lifavg medic. To the activist, feels like a step backward after a lifetime of fightg for gay pack the seats at the Board of Zong Appeals hearg hosted at Grace Epispal Church. “I have que a few gay iends, clients and a fay member, and I have patronized a gay-owned rtrant for years, ” he whether the Washers are tryg to remake The Plas to their image of Ameri — Whe, nservative, Christian — Melissa said, “I n see where you’re g om.

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ACTIVISTS MAND APOLOGY AFTER GAY UPLE SAY THEY WERE ATTACKED ON ROOSEVELT ROW

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PHOENIX GAY BARS

Gay Phoenix/Sttsdale. The many slick and trendy dg, shoppg, and gay nightclub optns — upled wh the sunny dry climate and abundance of outdoors diversns — make this an creasgly popular lbian and gay travel statn. Phoenix and Sttsdale have a lot of the charm of other sert gay getaways like Palm Sprgs (jt a 4-hour drive away)—but are more accsible and provi a lot of great entertament optns.

Phoenix Gay Scene.

Though there is no distct gayborhood Pheonix, you'll fd 's a very gay-iendly cy wh lots of bs that ter to the LGBTQ muny. Most of the gay nightclubs and bs are predomantly the two-e wi area between 7th Avenue on the Wt and 7th Street to the East. The Biltmore neighborhood and the Mill Avenue District are nsired very gay-iendly as well.

THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985

As for gay-iendly hotels, acmodatns optns here n the gamut om super-plh rorts and high-rise bs hotels to a smatterg of smaller gay-oriented properti. Look for Echo Magaze at the many gay and gay-iendly bars & rtrans; the lol, pennt magaze publish listgs of weekly LGBTQ events, ftivals, and happy hours.

Outdoorsy typ should avoid the athly hot summers, although May through September n be great months to sre great bargas at Phoenix’s gay iendly hotels, and there is air-ndng virtually everywhere, so ’s rarely opprsive.

The biggt gay event of the year is Phoenix Pri, while many of the lol universi are still ssn, so 's a young, fun vibe town. Gay-Friendly Activi & Attractns.