Opn | 9 reasons D.C. is bt cy for gays

Contents:

• WASHGTON BLA: LGBTQ NEWS, POLICS, LGBTQ RIGHTS, GAY NEWS
• 9 REASONS D.C. IS BT CY FOR GAYS
• D.C.'S BT GAY BARS AND HANGOUTS
• BT OF GAY DC 2019
• 15TH ANNUAL BT OF GAY D.C. AWARDS G NEXT WEEK
• PHOTOS: BT OF GAY D.C.

WASHGTON BLA: LGBTQ NEWS, POLICS, LGBTQ RIGHTS, GAY NEWS

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9 REASONS D.C. IS BT CY FOR GAYS

Suated right the heart of Adams Man’s btlg 18th Street is Pchers, a gay sports bar, and A League of Her Own, the adjacent bar for lbian and queer women.

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Tour historic LGBTQ+ s, grab a drk at the bt gay and lbian bars the cy, rock out at Capal Pri and so much more.

D.C.'S BT GAY BARS AND HANGOUTS

C., has been clared the bt cy to be gay. Gay sports leagu, happy hours, a growg theater scene — all of this giv D.

A certa gay mararie that other ci seem to lack. Has the largt percentage of gays and lbians the Uned Stat.

BT OF GAY DC 2019

Darts, billiards, kickball, dodgeball — practilly anythg you were never picked for the first time around is out there now to be reclaimed and played along wh your gay brethren. Brookland, Dupont Circle, Geetown, Lln Park, Bloomgdale — the cy is home to distct neighborhoods, and now gays and lbians n be seen walkg down the streets proudly holdg hands wh their partners practilly every one of them. There is no real small talk among gays at the club, bar, or the kickball fields.

Don’t get me wrong, this town lights gossip, but the art of nversatn among gays is highly regard D. I’ve always found tertg that as gay kids we did everythg we uld to get out of gym, but now as gay adults we seem to flock to them.

Though there is of urse a real danger of beg around only those that agree wh you and hearg no other pot of view, the big gay village we’ve nstcted is actually que diverse terms of age, race, relign, tnal background and life experience — all of this helpg to shape a well-round queer world view. Anger at some of the most egreg of the racist, sexist, homophob, elected by Republins, wng their districts to the triment of the voters who elect them.

15TH ANNUAL BT OF GAY D.C. AWARDS G NEXT WEEK

Rawls, a dited philanthropist, donat a portn of the tour fee to the Gay Men’s Chos of Washgton, DC. DC’s first gay sports bar opens for bs at 3 p.

Or pick a theme night at JR’s: the longtime gay bar do Retro Fridays, Sunday Fundays and even drag-themed trivia on Wednday nights. Kameny, an astronomer by tra, beme a gay rights activist when he was fired om the U.

The LGBTQ+-iendly Embassy Row Hotel is a member of the Internatnal Gay & Lbian Travel Associatn and was named “one of the bt rooftop pools Ameri” by USA Today. The District's only 100 percent gay-owned brewery, 's also one of the newt addn to the cy’s lol craft beer scene. 's evolvg gayborhood has shifted towards Logan Circle and U Street.

PHOTOS: BT OF GAY D.C.

In Febary 2016, the Washgton Bla noted an "unual flurry of activy" wh the openg of four new gay bars, the majory of which land the U Street/Shaw/Logan Circle area. Those spots and more sports bars, dance clubs, and cktail havens are all clud Eater's round up of the District's gay-iendlit bars and hangouts. New gay dive bar Tra opened last year, urty of the team behd Town Danceboutique and Number Ne.

New to the Shaw/U Street gay bar scene is Uproar, which buted last year. Go Gay DC has anized an LGBTQ+ Pri Bnch at Freddie’s Beach Bar Arlgton, Va.