Gay Nightlife Baltimore: Bt Bars, Clubs, & More

Contents:

• THE 7 BT GAY BARS PHILALPHIA
• PHILLY GAY, LBIAN, LGBTQ+ BAR CENTER CY / RTENHOE
• TOP GAY BARS PHILALPHIA
• WHERE TO EAT & DRK IN THE GAYBORHOOD
• PHILALPHIA'S GAYBORHOOD BY NIGHT: THE PEOPLE, PLAC AND EVOLUTN OF A NEIGHBORHOOD
• RACISM NS EP PHILALPHIA’S GAYBORHOOD
• GAY NIGHTLIFE BALTIMORE: BT BARS, CLUBS, & MORE
• GAY PTSBURGH
• GAY WASHGTON DC
• GAY DETRO

THE 7 BT GAY BARS PHILALPHIA

Historic s, popular neighborhoods, and LGBTQ+-owned bars and rtrants Philalphia's Gayborhood and beyond... The Cy of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affectn hosted the untry’s first major monstratn for gay rights, the Annual Remrs, 1965.

PHILLY GAY, LBIAN, LGBTQ+ BAR CENTER CY / RTENHOE

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The Gayborhood. The center of Philalphia’s gay rintial life and culture sce World War II, the blocks between 11th and Broad streets and Pe and Chtnut streets earned their nickname — the “Gayborhood”— durg an October Outft event 1995.

You have your choice of fabulo entertament and diversns as the bars and nightclubs of the Gayborhood e alive each night. Shoppg the Gayborhood.

TOP GAY BARS PHILALPHIA

Sce 2015, the brilliant rabow crosswalks at the tersectn of 13th and Loct Streets have served as an sential Gayborhood landmark. Take a guid tour through the Gayborhood and learn more about the cy’s queer history wh help om Beyond the Bell Tour. The group’s LGBTQ and Trans History tours reunt the stori of Gay Liberatn Front – Philalphia founr Kiyoshi Kuromiya, explore morn history and current social issu the neighborhood, and stop at important muny s like the Attic Youth Center, which supports LGBTQ+ youth experiencg homelsns.

The Gayborhood got a h new mural at the start of Pri Month 2021 when muralist Ash Ryan fished this three-story-tall tribute to pop star Lil Nas X. Historic Gayborhood Markers. Get your history straight wh historic LGBTQ+ markers sprkled throughout the Gayborhood, cludg:.

WHERE TO EAT & DRK IN THE GAYBORHOOD

In 1965, the Universy of Pennsylvania expelled Fryer om his psychiatric rincy program on the basis of his homosexualy, which was then classified as a mental illns by the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn (APA). In 1972, Fryer, a faculty member at the Temple Universy School of Medice, offered an electrifyg anonymo ttimony that rulted the APA’s 1973 classifitn of homosexualy as a mental illns.

Philalphia Gay News Marker: This marker stands ont of the first office of the Philalphia Gay News, one of the natn’s most award-wng weekly newspapers. Inpennce Hall was the se of the untry’s earlit anized recurrg gay rights monstratns, begng July 4, 1965.

Meetg atten planned the first Natnal March on Washgton for Lbian and Gay Rights. 3rd Street to the gay activists who found the cy’s first LGBTQ+ ffeehoe. Like most gay men the first half of the 20th century, Locke remaed closeted throughout his life.

PHILALPHIA'S GAYBORHOOD BY NIGHT: THE PEOPLE, PLAC AND EVOLUTN OF A NEIGHBORHOOD

A pneer the LGBTQ+ rights movement, Gtgs, a Philalphia rint om age 18 and a lifetime activist, eded The Ladr, the natn’s first lbian magaze; -anized the Annual Remrs at Inpennce Hall (see above) and led charg both to promote posive LGBTQ+ lerature public librari and to change the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn’s classifitn of homosexualy as a mental illns. Across Broad Street, a sign at 13th and Loct streets the Gayborhood clar the thoroughfare Barbara Gtgs Way.

RACISM NS EP PHILALPHIA’S GAYBORHOOD

It’s where radil gay llective Gazoo found Philalphia’s Gay Liberatn Front and where bisexual blu sger Bsie Smh performed at the Royal Theatre, an early 20th-century Black-owned cultural center. Today, the street’s known for s Magic Garns, cheteak shops and hangouts, cludg dive bar extraordaire Bob & Barbara’s Lounge, home of one of Philly’s bt-loved drag shows; the punk art LGBTQ+ haven Tattooed Mom; and the eclectic, gay-owned boutique shop Workshop Unrground. Before we prent you wh our list of bt gay bars Philalphia, a few tertg facts about the lol LGBTQ scene: almost every LGBTQ-centric statn the cy is found Gayborhood, an enclave Center Cy Philalphia that has quickly bee one of the most regnize neighborhoods town.

Home2023-07-20T13:46:33+00:00Philly Gay, Lbian, LGBTQ+ Bar Center Cy / Rtenhoe1705 Chancellor St. Woody's, Tabu Lounge and Sports Bar, and more our updated gui to the top gay bars Philalphia. The Beagle Tavern NorristownBeagle Tavern1003 East Ma Street, Norristown610-272-3133, s unassumg, beagle-lovg gay bar ( was named after the owner’s pooch Timmy) has great drk specials for happy hour and, on Wednday nights, drag queens Thunr Showers and Summer Clearance stop by to give out blh-worthy priz at their Kky Quizzo event.

Bt for: Cheap drks (go for the Cywi Special), live jazz, and rnchy PHL | Photo by Patrick HagertyBoxers PHL1330 Walnut Street215-735-2977, Gayborhood’s newt addn to the gay-bar scene, this New York Cy cha stands apart by havg s bartenrs slgg drks nothg but red mh shorts (Insi tip: ’s mored that most of them don’t wear undi. ICandy254 South 12th Street(267) 324-3500, multi-level nightclub is whout a doubt the gayt of the gay bars around here. From the rabow lights to the sntly-clad shotboys, iCandy screams ‘gay night out.

GAY NIGHTLIFE BALTIMORE: BT BARS, CLUBS, & MORE

Stir1705 Chancellor Street215-732-2700, is our Rtenhoe gay embassy loted one of the area’s ls-sry alleys.

Bt for: Bar food and drk specials, 12 taps of rotatg seasonal beer, Bike Stop206 South Quce Street215-627-1662, gay neighborhood’s got s leather bar, and ours is The Bike Stop. Venture Inn225 South Camac Street215-545-8731, of the olst gay bars the cy matas s old-fashned vibe wh snazzy cktails, fabuloly gay shows, and karaoke.

Bt for: Ftive, unpretent vibe, basic bar food, karaoke, and drag ’s | Photo by Kelly BurkhardtVoyr1221 Sat Jam Street215-735-5772, Gayborhood’s only after-hours club bumps wh late-night dancg and sane light shows after 2 a. Bt for: Late-night drks, parti hosted by Stimul, drag shows by Mimi Imfurst, turng your nose up at the hot ’s202 South 13th Street215-545-1893, s is a staple the Gayborhood.

GAY PTSBURGH

If you haven’t been to Woody’s, you haven’t been to the Gayborhood. Bt for: Dancg, hot men who are sgle and ready to Philalphia LGBT Guis:Top LGBT Civil Rights OrganizatnsTop Gay Bars the Philalphia RegnTop LGBT Health and Wellns Rourc PhilalphiaTop LGBT Youth Rourc Philalphia. The 13th Street rridor clus one of the most fun and lively neighborhoods the cy: the LBGTQ+ centric Gayborhood.

GAY WASHGTON DC

It's also our favore Queer-owned rtrant Gayborhood. It n get crowd wh lols who ma this their go-to spot, groups of non-queer people who vis gay bars “jt for fun, ” and some tourists who hear the hoe mic om outsi and n’t rist checkg out. The gay bar is open until 2am, and has plenty of booths, some lorful overhead lightg, high-top tabl, and a glowg bar where you’ll probably have to yell extra loudly to orr a drk.

The 34-year-old is the most talked about club promoter the Gayborhood right now, havg cut his teeth on the popular food vlog “Josh Can’t Cook. But as shows like "Bev’s Bchft" cross over between straight and gay dienc, mak longtime Gayborhood nizens wonr what may be next for the nightlife scene.

GAY DETRO

“I don’t thk that gay bars will ever be nonexistent, ” says Gaver. “Gay people like to support gay bs. The gay muny is also pretty rilient when to bouncg back.

Men aren’t the only on domatg the Gayborhood scene, however.