Halifax Rabow Encyclopedia: Gay Bars

Contents:

• GAYBARS
• GAY NOVA STIA TRAVEL GUI
• GAY HALIFAX TRAVEL GUI
• HAPPY OURS: A HISTORY OF LOL GAY BARS
• GAY HALIFAX
• FRONTPAGE

GAYBARS

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GAY NOVA STIA TRAVEL GUI

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GAY HALIFAX TRAVEL GUI

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HAPPY OURS: A HISTORY OF LOL GAY BARS

Gay Nova Stia. Gay Halifax. Sce the first gay bar opened 1971, Halifax’s queer muny has found a home nightlife.

The first “officially gay” gay bar Halifax was Thee Klub. Gay bars weren’t always about big nights out—they were also a tool of social change. The Gay Alliance for Equaly opened and operated The Turret bar on the third floor of the former Khyber buildg.

GAY HALIFAX

Rumours closed 1995, when the GAE—renamed the Gay And Lbian Alliance—went bankpt.

FRONTPAGE

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