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WT HOLLYWOOD’S HISTORIC GAY NIGHTCLUB THE ABBEY IS UP FOR SALE
CBL is a group of awome gay men of the Carolas (but actually om all over!! We have pri beg gay and unrstand the tenuons of life and the sire to live fully and richly. The Abbey, arguably the untry’s biggt and most famo gay bar Wt Hollywood, is officially on the market.
Explicly nceived as a haven for gay men, was known for s youthful clientele, celebry patrons, and notorly hedonistic vibe; beme even more of a draw wh the openg of “The Backlot, ” an adjacent performance venue that featured some of the biggt “A-list” acts of the era.
SAVE GAY BARS
“Stt Forb’ visn was to have a place for gay whe men only, ” Saltarelli tells . Built on stunng, powerful mil performanc and peppered wh surprisg and revelatory historil terpretatn – as well as edic banter and form-transcennt dience teractn – wove a narrative piled om “between the l” of monly-held history, exposg thgs like the sual bigotry at the heart of many of Ameri’s earlit popular songs and the misogyny and homophobia that has ntued to permeate s mic until the prent day; an hour was dited to each , wh Mac cked out an elaborate new era-specific stume – signed by longtime llaborator Mache Dazzle and rporatg humoro referenc to Amerin life each of the 24 s vered the show – for each one; each hour, one of 24 onstage micians would part the stage, until Mac, alone and unacpanied except for a ulele, was left alone to perform origal songs for the fal hour. It is the missn of Carola Bear Lodge to provi opportuni for s members to socialize a safe hospable settg; to project a posive image and crease awarens of the bear subculture: and to ntribute to the betterment of the gay muny and society as a whole.
We also feel that is important to prent a posive image to the gay muny and the muny at large. The gay bear "scene" has moved om subculture to the gay mastream the past few years, and the Carolas this is no different, thanks part to large-sle events like Bear Hunt Weekend. At this pot, beard, hky guys domate much of Carolas gay party ns or excursns, om the mountas to the beach, bears flock om all over to go to the awome "bear ns.
Save Gay Bars. Des om now, I’ll look back on my g out and my g of age this cy and I’ll be thankful for Gay Bars – where I have shared lghs and gossip wh iends, doled out dollar bills to drag performers and, on more than one ocsn, shed dnken tears after a strsful week. Gay bars protect those people.