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Contents:
- SANTA MONI AND VENICE BEACH GAY GUI
- GAYWATCH: BACK TO THE BEACH
- GAYWATCH
- GAYWATCH: BACK TO THE BEACH RETURNS TO VENICE
- VENICE GAY TRAVEL GUI & MAP 2023
SANTA MONI AND VENICE BEACH GAY GUI
* venice beach gay pride *
Celebrate PRIDE by the beach wh a diverse array of stage performanc, DJs, muny booths, LGBTQ+ vendors, food tcks and everyone’s favore queer dance party wt of the 405, Gaywatch (21+ only).
Celebrate PRIDE by the beach wh a diverse array of stage performanc produced by Queer Moment, DJs, muny booths, art stallatns, LGBTQ+ vendors, food tcks and everyone’s favore queer dance party, Gaywatch (21+ only).
All ticket holrs 21+ may enter the Gaywatch beer garn featurg 40, 000 square feet of fun cludg a massive above-ground pool, pool floats, cloth check, DJs and more! There aren't many rourc for gay travelers foced specifilly on Santa Moni, Venice, and ast; however, this is part of metro Los Angel, which has is one of the world's centers of GLBT culture.
GAYWATCH: BACK TO THE BEACH
Jo for Gaywatch, a monthly queer dance party prented by Venice Pri and Roosterfish at the longt operatg gay-owned bar Venice--Jam' Beach! * venice beach gay pride *
There are numero gay newspapers and publitns servg the general area, and Wt Hollywood is the hub of the regn's gay scene.
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Jo at Gaywatch, a monthly queer dance party prented by Venice Pri and Roosterfish at the longt operatg gay-owned bar Venice--Jam' Beach. * venice beach gay pride *
Long Beach Gay also has a gay culture on that part of the ast. Other gay L. Gay & Lbian Center and the popular gay newspapers Frontiers and Lbian News.
Today, you'd never know that this primarily straight, whe, and profsnal area was an early bastn of gay society, a land of bathho, cisg, and nu sunbathg.
Jt off the beach a huge gay bar, the Tropil Village, drew everybody om navy men to closeted celebri to rint thors Christopher Isherwood and Stephen Spenr. Gay rints are still most fely a prence Santa Moni, but wh nowhere near the prence they have Wt Hollywood, Silver Lake, and some other parts of Los Angel.
GAYWATCH: BACK TO THE BEACH RETURNS TO VENICE
And wh the flux recent years of stellar rtrants and sign-driven hotels, Santa Moni has steadily bee a favore gay getaway for upl, beachgoers, and those wantg a more relaxed Los Angel vatn.
's East Village or Haight-Ashbury by the sea—ed, was a haven of unter-culture and members of the Beat Generatn durg the '50s and '60s, as well as avant-gar artists and graffi experts, like the late gay artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, the '80s. Along the ast near the Santa Moni–Pacific Palisas town le, you'll fd the most famo gay beach greater Los Angel, loted at the nearly 2-e-long Will Rogers State Beach (15900 Pacific Coast Hwy., at Teml Canyon Road).
A ftive atmosphere prevails on most sunny days, pecially around the gay sectn, known affectnately as "Gger Rogers Beach. Below here, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, and Redondo Beach are three middle-class suburbs—there is one gay bar the area, the Dolph, Redondo Beach.
VENICE GAY TRAVEL GUI & MAP 2023
Long Beach has a lively gay nightlife scene. The cy has one of the largt gay muni California, somethg that probably has a great al to do wh the town's strong navy history durg World War II. Owg largely to s scenic shorele, Long Beach has one of the Wt's most popular Pri events—Long Beach Gay Pri is held late May.
This isn't a real hotbed of gay culture, but plenty of GLBT visors e over to explore this betiful ltle island. There's a visor ksk at Pleasure Pier, Avalon, and Catala do have a number of overnight acmodatns, cludg the very gay-iendly Avalon Hotel. If you're lookg for a be to eat after relaxg at the gay beach at Will Rogers State Beach, try Gladston Malibu for outstandg seafood a handsome oceanont buildg, or historic Patrick's Roadhoe for burgers, omelets, and no-nonsense der fare.
Other upsle properti of note clu the discreetly upsle Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows, where 's hard to choose between an ocean view om the 10-story tower or one of the serene and romantic garn bungalows; the boldly rate Viceroy Santa Moni (sister to the hip and siarly gay-popular Viceroy Palm Sprgs); and the dramatic blue tower, the timate (84 rooms) Geian Hotel, one Santa Moni's allurg beti, datg to 1933. A quirky, morately priced, and very tertg historic hotel that has somethg of a gay followg, the Palihoe Santa Moni Hotel (formerly known as the Embassy Hotel Apartments)—rved out of a 1920s Moorish Revival apartment buildg—has enormo rooms wh full kchens and distctive furnishgs.