When Honolulu’s Legendary Gay Bars Closed

Contents:

• GAY NIGHTLIFE HONOLULU: BT BARS, CLUBS, & MORE
• HONOLULU, WAIKIKI, AND OAHU GAY GUI AND PHOTO GALLERY
• GAY BARS WAIKIKI - OAHU FOM
• WELE TO THE FRIENDLIT GAY BAR WAIKIKI
• WHEN HONOLULU’S LEGENDARY GAY BARS CLOSED
• CHIGO GAY BARS AND CLUBS

GAY NIGHTLIFE HONOLULU: BT BARS, CLUBS, & MORE

Hula's Bar & Lei Stand | Gay Bar, Beach View Dg, Dance Party. Perhaps bee of this lovg island spir, Hawaii has a history of beg one of the most gay-iendly plac to vis the U. S., and as the pal and largt cy, Honolulu is the epicenter of gay life the state.

HONOLULU, WAIKIKI, AND OAHU GAY GUI AND PHOTO GALLERY

The pal cy offers all typ of ways for LGBT travelers to let loose, om gay bars to gay beach. To fd Honolulu's gay bars, you'll have to venture away om downtown and head toward the famo Waikiki Beach. Honolulu's gay nightlife scene is ncentrated this area, meang you n nveniently spend the day loungg unr the sun and then head straight to the bars.

Wang Chung's: This lively gay bar Waikiki is known for s r karaoke stage every night. Bacch Waikiki: Self-proclaimed "iendlit gay bar" of Honolulu, Bacch serv a nice mix of basic and top-shelf drks, cludg a wi range of w and several good beers.

This neighborhood gay lounge draws a predomantly male crowd wh a nversatn-iendly noise level and personable bartenrs. The gay dance clubs Honolulu throw r parti. Hula's Bar & Lei Stand is nveniently loted Waikiki, a short walkg distance om the rt of the gay bars Honolulu.

GAY BARS WAIKIKI - OAHU FOM

Srlet Honolulu: This mpy nightclub is the premier gay dance spot Honolulu wh s two dance floors and weekly drag shows. Hula's Bar & Lei Stand: No gay bar Honolulu is more celebrated and arguably beloved than Hula's Bar & Lei Stand, which occupi a send-story, semi-open-air perch si the Waikiki Grand Hotel. For an thentic gay Hawaiian experience, sign up for one of Hula's gay tamaran cis on Saturday afternoons.

Most major metropolan areas have some sort of gay neighborhood, but not many ci the world n boast that they have a gay beach. Contue walkg along Waikiki Beach toward the famo Diamond Head State Park—away om downtown—and you'll eventually e across Queen's Surf Beach, the unofficial gay seashore.

WELE TO THE FRIENDLIT GAY BAR WAIKIKI

It's a great place to meet and mgle wh other gay travelers before headg over to the nearby gay bars.

If you want to stay near the majory of gay bars, look for acmodatns and clubs Hawaii stop servg alhol at 2 a. However, if you plan to island-hop, Mi and the Big Island also enjoy their own share of gay lol worth checkg out. When you thk of gay-iendly, stunngly betiful, tropil getaways, Hawaii leaps immediately to md.

And the pal cy of Honolulu, wh s vibrant though rather heavily veloped Waikiki beachont, ntas the heart of the state's gay scene.

WHEN HONOLULU’S LEGENDARY GAY BARS CLOSED

This dramatilly suated cy on the island of Oahu has several gay bars, a great dg scene, and proximy to many notable attractns.

Here's a gay gui to Honolulu through pictur. Queen's Surf gay beach, Waikiki. By far the most popular gay beach Hawaii, and one of the most scenic and well-known the world, Queen's Surf Beach is a relatively seclud stretch of sand the heart of Waikiki, but along a sectn wh no direct hotel ontage - this acunts for the fact there's more privacy and fewer fai here than to the north or south.

CHIGO GAY BARS AND CLUBS

The beach here draws a mostly gay-male crowd, although certaly not exclively so, as plenty of lbians and straights seekg secln tan their his here, too. Queen's Surf is easy to reach - 's jt a short walk along the beachont south of where Kapaluhu Avenue tersects wh Kalaka Avenue at the beach (not far om Hula's gay bar). As the day progrs and the sun sets, many of the beachgoers here walk over to nearby Hula's gay bar for some post-beach socializg and hobnobbg.

Hula's Bar & Lei Stand, the famed gay nightclub the Waikiki Grand Hotel. Diamond Head Beach - Lighthoe Beach Gay Sectn. Although 's neher as popular nor as gay-intified as Queen's Surf Beach at the southeast end of Waikiki, the seclud Diamond Head Beach (jt off 3300 Diamond Head Road, below the lighthoe, and requirg a b of a hike down to the sand) do have a b of a gay followg.

5-e walk om the more central tersectn of Kapahulu Avenue and Kalaka (near Hula's gay bar and Queen's Surf Beach).