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GAY NIGHTLIFE SAN DIEGO: BARS, CLUBS, & MORE

From Baja Betty's to Flicks and Pecs, here's how to have a gay night out on the town LGBT-iendly San Diego." emprop="scriptn * gay warehouse *

The San Diego gay nightlife scene manag that rare balance between beg remarkably iendly and also rife wh betiful people—'s pretty much a reflectn of this sunny Southern California cy. Gay bars have also been pretty stable here over the years, wh the most popular hangouts gog strong for a uple of s.

Most gay bars are the trendy Hillcrt neighborhood, jt northeast of Balboa Park and a short drive or b ri om downtown. Flicks: Along a strip of gay-oriented bs, Flicks gay vio bar has long been a hub of schmoozg and socializg. Martis Above Fourth: San Diego's favore gay baret, Martis featur some tremendoly talented performers—not jt piano and sgg, but edy, magic, and more.

Number One Fifth Avenue: A great all-around neighborhood gay bar, balanc an timate ambiance and iendly atmosphere whout the tired, divey feel that sometim domat smaller loung. Park & Rec: Set the space formerly occupied by the popular gay bar Bourbon Street, this is an expansive nightspot and rtrant that still draws plenty of LGBT folks and open-md revelers. SRO Lounge: Known for s great jebox, long history the neighborhood, and a lotn that's much closer to downtown than the gay bars Hillcrt, the SRO has a strong followg among drag queens and their fans, but all kds tend to drop by here, albe not necsarily large numbers.

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As a largely gay-iendly cy, San Diego has a good offerg of general mixed night clubs. Borr at the southern end of metro San Diego, the sprawlg cy of Tijuana, you'll fd several gay bars one.

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Rich's: As San Diego's five gay warehoe-style dis, this club offers a good-sized space wh an dtrial, circu-style vibe, and mic supplied by some of Southern California's most illtr DJs. The Brass Rail: The longt-nng gay bar San Diego, the Brass Rail serv cred for always fdg new ways to revent self for the current tim.

Overall, San Diego is a welg and open-md cy, but you'll fd the heart of the cy's gay nightlife scene Hillcrt specifilly. Gay men still cise the parks and malls, takg risks to meet strangers.

About 50 people gathered at Lh bar Monday night to hear the se for reexamg Mneapolis' ban on bathho, the predomant hookup scene for gay men prr to the 1980s AIDS epimic. Mneapolis ed this so-lled "bathhoe ordance" last year to raid and close down a popular, unlicensed gay sex club operatg out of a warehoe north Mneapolis. Cy Hall likely don't know about new rearch around the spread of HIV and advanc gay men's sexual health, he says.

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