PERSONAL GUIDE TO AMSTERDAM'S GAY RED LIGHT DISTRICT - Damron

Contents:

• GAY THE RED-LIGHT DISTRICT? - AMSTERDAM FOM
• LGBTQ+ AMSTERDAM – THE 14 BT GAY BARS AND CLUBS
• GAY AMSTERDAM · MID-RANGE + BUDGET HOTELS
• THE 10 BEST AMSTERDAM GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS AMSTERDAM
• GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS AMSTERDAM
• EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS AMSTERDAM
• GAY GUI TO AMSTERDAM FOR THE SOLO TRAVELER
• GAY AMSTERDAM
• GAY AMSTERDAM: THE BT BARS, HOTELS AND PARTI

GAY THE RED-LIGHT DISTRICT? - AMSTERDAM FOM

It origally opened 1970, and although wasn’t the first gay bs the area, was the first one to be openly so, favourg large, open wdows to barred-up on.

In the late 70s and to the 80s, the street then began to explo wh new gay bars and clubs, helpg to cement Amsterdam’s role as an ternatnal gay pal. Highlightg the broad cross-sectn of visors to the area, Realy is a bar that typilly ters to Surame and Antillean homosexuals, referrg to self as a ‘gay bar wh a tropil flavour’. The Homomonument by the Wterkerk is a good optn for first port of ll.

Next to the Homomonument is Pk Pot, Amsterdam's official gay and lbian rmatn ksk. Pk Pot provis rmatn about the Homomonument, as well as general rmatn on gay and lbian Amsterdam. If you haven’t found what you were lookg for at Vrolijk, try IHLIA, an ternatnal gay/lbian library, archive, rmatn and documentatn centre about homosexualy and sexual diversy the Amsterdam Public Library (OBA).

LGBTQ+ AMSTERDAM – THE 14 BT GAY BARS AND CLUBS

Durg Amsterdam Gay Pri and Kg’s Day, the bars this district are prime viewg platforms for everythg gog on around and on the water. As well as beg home to several gay-iendly hotels and bed & breakfasts, the street boasts Club Church, which hosts large-sle club nights, often themed, throughout the week.

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But this street was also home to the first gay & lbian bar the Netherlands!

After some rt, the leather muny out to play at Amsterdam Leather Pri late the munyImage om Henri BlommersIn terms of march and activism, the Homomonument by the Wterkerk is often one of the central meetg pots for the LGBTQIA+ muny Amsterdam. Next to the monument, you'll also fd Pk Pot, Amsterdam's official LGBTQI+ rmatn ksk, which provis rmatn about the Homomonument and general rmatn on LGBTQI+ servic, groups and rmatn centr Amsterdam.

In 1811, the untry crimalized homosexual activy. The first gay bar, operated by an out lbian, opened s doors 1927.

THE 10 BEST AMSTERDAM GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS AMSTERDAM

The COC, a gay rights anizatn, was found Amsterdam 1946 and is the world’s olst ntually operatg anizatn of s kd.

In 1987, the Homomonument beme the first memorial to homosexuals persecuted World War II, and 2001, the Netherlands beme the first untry to legalize same-sex marriage. Knowg all this, may seem surprisg that Europe’s most historilly acceptg cy lacks a te gayborhood.

The bt gay bars Amsterdam. SoHo is centrally loted the biggt LGBTQ+-iendly sectn of Amsterdam, and ’s steps away om popular gay bars Taboo, and Bar BLEND. Cafe t’ Mandje (“the basket”) holds the honor of beg Amsterdam’s first official gay bar.

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One n’t help but thk pk this zy cy-center gay bar. Get on your kne, all fours, or whatever nsensually works for you to worship at the altar of this gay cise club.

If you’re lookg for a soak, steam, or somethg more obscene, this gay sna has got you vered — wh a towel, at least.

Like many urban areas, Amsterdam’s gay bar scene has seen a cle recent years. Unlike most global Pri events, which memorate NYC’s 1969 Stonewall Rts and the birth of the Gay Liberatn Movement, Amsterdam Pri began 1996 solely as a celebratn of love and diversy. In 1987, Amsterdam unveiled Homomonument, the world’s first monument memorializg homosexuals persecuted unr the Nazi regime.

EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS AMSTERDAM

Loted Wtermarkt, th l of pk grane form a triangle the square — a reclamatn of the symbol gay men and women were forced to wear ncentratn mps durg World War II.

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One fac the Natnal War Memorial Dam Square where gay activists laid a lavenr wreath 1970 and were subsequently arrted, sparkg the ia for this monument. Another fac Anne Frank’s hoe and is scribed wh a quote om a gay Jewish poet, Jab Israel Haan: Naar Vriendschap Zulk een Mateloos Verlangen (“Such an endls sire for iendship”). The third fac the COC Nerland headquarters, which holds the distctn of beg the world’s olst ntually operatg gay rights anizatn.

This LGBTQ+ rmatn center and souvenir shop loted next to the Homomonument has been operatn for over 20 years. The rosarium, loted halfway through the park, is famoly known as the most equented gay cisg area the cy. This ty gay-owned boutique hotel facg Kerkstraat is a five-mute walk om the cy’s most popular gay bars on Reguliersdwarsstraat and a short stroll to Mmple.

In the 1990s, the ne rooms this 16th-century rowhoe served as a bawdy boutique hotel for upsle gay clientele: Rooms me equipped wh bondage gear, slgs, and even g. Gay the red-light district?

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Can anyone tell me if there are any tablishments the red light district that ter to gay men, perhaps rt servic for gay men, strip shows, etc.? Re: Gay the red-light district?

In Warmostraat there are a number of Gay tablishments. I unrstand that Paarnstraat, near Rembrandtple, also has a number of Gay venu, Snas etc, wh also prostutn "clubs".

I unrstand that Stable Master Hotel, Warmostraate 23, which is a gay hotel, has what they ll "a naked Party" every week.

GAY AMSTERDAM: THE BT BARS, HOTELS AND PARTI

I saw a hotel on the Warmostraat which is lled The Stable Master which i prume to be a gay/leather type hotel.

There is the 'gay street' Reguliersdwarsstraat which ns parallel to the flower market street one block back.

There is also a specific gay red light district, lled the blue light district, which is at the Centraal Statn end of Spuistraat. Consired by many to be the gay pal of Europe, Amsterdam is one of the most welg statns the world for LGBTQ travelers.