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Contents:
- THE 11 BT GAY BARS IN NYC
- BLACK GAY BAR WT VILLAGE TO CLOSE AMID DISCRIMATN CLAIMS
- LGBTQ HISTORY MONTH: THE ROAD TO AMERI'S FIRST GAY PRI MARCH
- NEW YORK’S OWN ANTI-GAY MASSACRE, NOW BARELY REMEMBERED
THE 11 BT GAY BARS IN NYC
Gui to the Bt Gay Bars NYC om , the tsted New York Cy experts. Detailed rmatn, maps, directns and reviews. * gay bars on christopher street nyc *
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BLACK GAY BAR WT VILLAGE TO CLOSE AMID DISCRIMATN CLAIMS
Playhoe is a full-service gay bar and lounge loted the historic Wt Village NYC terg to all the LGBT+ muny. * gay bars on christopher street nyc *
Still, s short time on Earth, the spot's served as a solid succsor to arly-parted gay nightclub Sugarland, shepherdg a hip clientele and boastg setls jam-packed wh top 40 hs and throwback dance tracks. PHOENIX: The Phoenix has been dolg out drks to rock 'n rollg gay men sce 1999, holdg down the ol fort the ever-atifyg East Village.
NOWHERE BAR: Another sual pool table-boastg gay bar, this East Village spot wel all those ridg on the LGBT spectm, drawg folks wh their beers, jebox and perfectly divey ambiance.
But This 'N That, known primarily by the nickname TNT, has spent the last uple of years servg as the neighborhood's new gay ground zero. TNT is plenty welg of all genrs and sexual preferenc, which is good news if you're a straight lady lookg to hang wh your gay iends. This laid-back gay bar is perfect for guys or gals lookg to grab a cheap beer an thentic neighborhood dive.
LGBTQ HISTORY MONTH: THE ROAD TO AMERI'S FIRST GAY PRI MARCH
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(Abigail Rowe)The Boiler Room is loted at 86 East 4th Street between Cooper Square and the Bowery the East Village (212-254-7536, ) EAGLE: The Eagle hasn't only ma our bt-of—NY Mag dubbed this gay hotspot the bt leather bar the cy back 2002. STONEWALL INN: No gui to the cy's gay bar scene would be plete whout a nod to the historic Stonewall Inn.
Now an official New York Cy landmark, this Wt Village tavern lnched the pri movement on June 28th, 1969, after ntued police harassment agast the gay muny fally reached a tippg pot.
It was the se of one of Greenwich Village’s most notorly homophobic crim 1980.
NEW YORK’S OWN ANTI-GAY MASSACRE, NOW BARELY REMEMBERED
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The June 1969 rebelln by patrons of the Stonewall bar agast police harassment helped to lnch a renewed and more activist natnal gay rights movement. By the early 1970s, the wtern end of Christopher Street and the adjacent blocks along Wt and Weehawken Streets, long tablished wh seamen-oriented wateront taverns, beme a nucls for bars terg to a gay male clientele. It was the se of one of Greenwich Village’s most notorly homophobic crim, when, on November 19, 1980, a former trans officer fired to the bar, killg two men and woundg six others.
Daniel Hurewz, Steppg Out: Ne Walks Through New York Cy’s Gay and Lbian Past (New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1997).
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