Back the pre-ter days of the early seventi, LA was flh wh gay bars and nightclubs (assiatn ntu to fell LGBT gatherg plac). Queerty took a look at about a dozen vtage...
Contents:
- A BRIEF HISTORY OF ATTACKS AT GAY AND LBIAN BARS
- GAY BARS OF LA: THEN AND NOW
- ELRGAYS, TELL ME ABOUT NYC CLUBS 1999
A BRIEF HISTORY OF ATTACKS AT GAY AND LBIAN BARS
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GAY BARS OF LA: THEN AND NOW
My first time was unfettable. I circled the block for an hour, heart poundg, stomach flutterg, tryg to summon the urage to enter my hometown's only gay bar. When a fairly large group of fairly large women approached the door, I took a big gulp of air and joed their ranks, hopg to go unnoticed. I stood behd them, unrage and unbearably nervo, my hair glued a perfect wedge, my fake I.D. all but... * gay club 1999 *
I circled the block for an hour, heart poundg, stomach flutterg, tryg to summon the urage to enter my hometown's only gay bar. Before I knew , I was my first gay bar!
ELRGAYS, TELL ME ABOUT NYC CLUBS 1999
Gay and lbian bars and clubs have often been sanctuari. Sometim those sanctuari have e unr siege. * gay club 1999 *
I searched the room for other gay men. If only I had someone to gui me, a knowledgeable mentor, when I was takg my first baby steps to the world of queer clubbg, been given some tips by an experienced gay clubber, someone who uld have clued me and persuad me not to glue my hair to a wedge! Liberated om that nasty ltle basement bar, I had a whole playground of gay and mostly gay f, bookstor, theaters, and most importantly, clubs to explore.
Seattle's would-be gay clubbers are faced wh somethg they never had to al wh--optns.
So the days, a gui to Seattle's queer nightlife is sential, even for experienced gay social. I hope my efforts will, some small way, assist gay Seattle, old hands and new, cuttg through the chaos. Fridays and Saturdays are set asi as specifilly gay, and are packed by midnight--'s difficult to get through the crowd whout stag permanent bodily jury, acquirg an STD, or both.
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(ridiculoly early by gay standards), so if their killer cktails haven't done you yet, you'll have to move on to Neighbours. Former home of the exclively gay dance club Kid Mohair, the Baltic Room is a jazzy piano bar wh a mixed clientele.
BROADWAY GRILL 314 Broadway East If there's any better ditn that straights are takg over tradnally gay tablishments, I n't fd . Sure, the wa staff is still uy as a banana bh, and herds of gays n be found bnchg here on Sunday morngs--but that's te of any tablishment. BROADWAY MARKET Broadway between Republin & Thomas Close your ey and image a magil mi-mall at the center of the gay universe; a retail fairyland that b the very bt of good old-fashned Amerin nsumerism wh flamg queerdom; a place where you n purchase Spanx mcle shirts and Aveda hair-re products while beg cised by every queer this si of Idaho.
Do anyone have any great stori of NYC gay clubs around the lenium (1999-2000)? Splash, Tunnel, Twilo, Roxy, Limelight. * gay club 1999 *
Gay activy at the Market is now limed to B&O Esprso, where a few hard-re cisers who refe to adm that the party is over sist on stg, day after day, gettg ever olr and more ffeated, searchg va for Mr. Helpful Ht: Bellevue Square is gayer and younger, and you n blackmail your trick's lawyer-father afterward. Thick-amed glass, thick-soled sho, and thick pretensn be to make the Capol Club a very gay, if not exclively gay, scene.
Requise style do not transfer well to other gay clubs. The Cuff has recently explod--doublg s former size--and has bee one of the most popular gay hang-outs on the Hill.
DOUBLE HEADER 407 Send Avenue This quat ltle anachronism is loted lorful Pneer Square, and is mored to be the olst gay bar Seattle. Crowd: Fossilized Ambience: Homoerotic ghost town Hours: 6 pm-2 am Phone: Unlisted--I thk they still e telegraph. Helpful Ht: Come for the historil value, stay for the microwaved hot EAGLE 314 East Pike Street If Joan Jett were a hairy gay man wh a leather fetish, she'd hang at the Eagle.