Town, the massive gay dance club Shaw, announced last week that will close next summer after mors to the ntrary. The owner sold to a veloper who plans to build an apartment buildg s place. What do Town closg mean for the cy’s gay muny? Contributors agree that the “gayborhood” isn’t gog anywhere, but won’t look the same the future.
Contents:
- TOWN, DC’S LARGT GAY BAR, IS CLOSG. WHAT DO MEAN?
- D.C.'S BT GAY BARS AND HANGOUTS
- WHAT DO TOWN’S CLOSG MEAN FOR THE FUTURE OF GAY NIGHTLIFE D.C.?
- ‘TOWN 2.0’: BELOVED D.C. GAY NIGHTCLUB AIMS TO RE-OPEN — A FORMER BAPTIST CHURCH
- DE-OLD GAY NIGHTCLUB TOWN IS CLOSG
TOWN, DC’S LARGT GAY BAR, IS CLOSG. WHAT DO MEAN?
Town Danceboutique is the largt gay danceclub Washgton, D.C. It is a batn of a baret performance space, a plh lounge, and a high energy danceclub. There are two floors, multiple rooms, an outsi smokg area, an amazg vio stallatn, state of the art LED lightg, and multiple dancefloors and seatg areas. * town gay dc *
Town, the massive gay dance club Shaw, announced last week that will close next summer after mors to the ntrary.
D.C.'S BT GAY BARS AND HANGOUTS
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I me out twelve years ago, and like many queer kids DC, I sought out gay bars as a refuge.
WHAT DO TOWN’S CLOSG MEAN FOR THE FUTURE OF GAY NIGHTLIFE D.C.?
Wh our LGBT gui to Washgton, DC, disver all the bt lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr bars, clubs, nightlife and more * town gay dc *
Yet many of the plac I equented are gone: Phase 1 Barracks Row, Apex Dupont Circle, Ins Fairfax (which wasn’t a gay bar, but hosted a lot of drag shows), not to mentn all of the LGBT clubs Navy Yard that closed to make way for Natnals Park over a ago. When Town opened 2007, the sleek, warehoe-style club seemed out of place at 8th and Florida, far om DC’s tradnal “gayborhood” on 17th Street. But did lead the gay muny’s shift further east towards Shaw, herg a new generatn of bars, like Dirty Goose, Takoda, and Uproar.
‘TOWN 2.0’: BELOVED D.C. GAY NIGHTCLUB AIMS TO RE-OPEN — A FORMER BAPTIST CHURCH
What do Town closg mean for the cy’s gay muny?
DE-OLD GAY NIGHTCLUB TOWN IS CLOSG
Contributors agree that the “gayborhood” isn’t gog anywhere, but won’t look the same the future. Town was the first gay bar I ever vised, but I met my boyiend of the last three years at a (straight) bar.
All that said, I hope that the owners of Town follow the lead of DC Eagle and Secrets, which found new hom so they uld ntue to wele both people at a gay bar for their first time and people who experience every week.
Canaan Merchant noticed a siary between gay venu and DIY mic venu:.