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Contents:

• EXCLUSIVE: TABU PLANS MOVE TO ICANDY'S GAYBORHOOD LOTN
• TABU TO REPLACE INDY, THE GAYBORHOOD BAR WHERE OWNER ED RACIAL SLUR
• THE PHILALPHIA GAYBORHOOD GU
• PHILALPHIA WEL S NEWT GAY NIGHTCLUB
• AT PHILLY GAY BAR ICANDY WHERE OWNER ED N-WORD, EFFORTS TO WELE PEOPLE OF LOR DRAW IRE
• PHILLY GAY BAR OWNERS AND STAFF FORCED TO DO ANTI-RACISM TRAG
• TOP GAY BARS PHILALPHIA
• THE PHILALPHIA GAYBORHOOD GU

EXCLUSIVE: TABU PLANS MOVE TO ICANDY'S GAYBORHOOD LOTN

Tabu Lounge and Sports Bar told s employe for the first time on Tuday night that the popular gay sports bar will move out of s current home the bar will relote om s current lotn at 200 S. RELATED: Gay Philly lawmaker shar homophobic, threateng letter he received.

unr s gay sports bar brand name. the Gayborhood 2010, said he and his partners are eager to make the.

TABU TO REPLACE INDY, THE GAYBORHOOD BAR WHERE OWNER ED RACIAL SLUR

Gayborhood waterg hol Tavern on Camac and UBar, and Otto’s Taproom. history for the LGBTQ muny, cludg beg home to popular gay bars. ially set out to ultimately fd a bigger space the Gayborhood that.

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The new Tabu is expected to feature a few different addns to the gay. for many the Gayborhood after a few years of challeng.

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Overall, Sotland says Tabu will rema first and foremost a gay sports bar. feel fortable brgg your parents, straight bt iend, gay bt. talk about the future and how our Gayborhood is changg.

AT PHILLY GAY BAR ICANDY WHERE OWNER ED N-WORD, EFFORTS TO WELE PEOPLE OF LOR DRAW IRE

Indy, the Gayborhood bar that has been ensnared racial ntroversy sce s owner was ught on vio 2016 g the N-word, is expected to close this fall and be replaced by Tabu Lounge & Bar, which plans to move to Indy's space near 12th and Spce Streets. Supporters ll the move a sign of progrs the Gayborhood's attempts to overe racial discrimatn and the srs that Indy owner Darryl DePiano's words left. "While Sotland hop to hire some Indy staffers, he said Tabu — which draws one of the Gayborhood's most racially diverse crowds s current space near 12th and Walnut Streets — "won't be a suatn where we're herg an atmosphere that people aren't fortable .

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PHILLY GAY BAR OWNERS AND STAFF FORCED TO DO ANTI-RACISM TRAG

Amber Hik, Philalphia's LGBT affairs director, exprsed support for the move and what means for the Gayborhood's future.

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"So s expansn sends a posive msage that the Gayborhood is turng the page and we're ready to heal. Black patrons at other Gayborhood bars had also reported havg to show multiple IDs to ga entry and bouncers turng them away for wearg sweatpants or Timberland boots. >> Read more: Tacklg racism the Gayborhood: Cy updat s progrsBefore Tabu opens s new space, Sotland said, all staff will unrgo trag to addrs implic bias and discrimatn.

From 1965 until 1973, gay travel guis list the bar at 254-56 S 12th St.

Neighbors said they were not agast gays, but agast “unsirabl. A 1983 gay gui sums up nicely: “If there’s a gay bar here wh a natnal reputatn, Equ is . ” 12th Air featured “Jad Lounge, ” an event for Asian gay men and their iends the send Friday of every month.

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12th Air also beme the cy’s first gay bar to advertise Philalphia Magaze. Wh s newly pated faça boastg two Amerin flags and four rabow flags, below, packs the most visual punch of any bar the Gayborhood. Each level of Indy, “a unique nightlife experience, ” is different, om the first floor, the Tn Tavern, which DePiano lls the “gay Chickie and Pete’s, ” to the top floor, which is home to the “Cobalt Arena, ” the dance floor.