What the Gay Village means today - The Globe and Mail

Contents:

• 12 OF THE HOTTT GAY BARS TORONTO FOR STEAMY NIGHTS
• THE 5 BEST TORONTO GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS TORONTO
• AN INTRODUCTN TO TORONTO'S GAY VILLAGE
• TORONTO GAY CISE CLUBS
• TOP 5 GAY CLUBS & BARS CHURCH AND WELLLEY (THE VILLAGE) (TORONTO)GAY CLUBS & BARS CHURCH AND WELLLEY (THE VILLAGE)
• MOVG TO LGBT TORONTO, ONTAR? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!
• WHAT THE GAY VILLAGE MEANS TODAY

12 OF THE HOTTT GAY BARS TORONTO FOR STEAMY NIGHTS

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THE 5 BEST TORONTO GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS TORONTO

If you’re ever walkg down Church Street and reach Maland, this gay bar is hard to miss. Fear not — if you’re lookg to spice up your dner, then stop by The Lodge, a well-loved gay bar Toronto’s village. This gay bar is one of the most popular (and send olst) pubs at Church and Wellley.

Hair of the Dog425 Church ’t let the name fool you, this gay bar and rtrant is known for s upsle dg and pat experience. If you would rather watch someone lip sync for their life than n the field, you n always sip on a rehg cktail at The Drk, a staple gay bar the Village.

AN INTRODUCTN TO TORONTO'S GAY VILLAGE

Queer We Night at Paradise Grapeve811 Bloor St., we know this technilly isn’t a gay bar Toronto, but if you’re a we lover who wants to meet wh likemd vo enthiasts, Paradise Grapeve is the place to be. Pegas Bar489B Church of the most inic (and olst) gay bars Toronto’s village, Pegas is the perfect spot for game night, pecially if you’ve got a petive streak. Although not specifilly a gay bar, Storm Crow Manor is loted at the rner of Church Street and has been known to be a safe space for LGBTQ2S+ Torontonians.

TORONTO GAY CISE CLUBS

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TOP 5 GAY CLUBS & BARS CHURCH AND WELLLEY (THE VILLAGE) (TORONTO)GAY CLUBS & BARS CHURCH AND WELLLEY (THE VILLAGE)

Popularized to be known as the Toronto Gay Village, this queer neighbourhood is clive, safe and welg for all. While the Village remas ground zero for many queer folks who arrive the cy for the first time and to many who have lived there sce s ceptn, there are beans of gay hope and happs the eastern and wtern reach of our town. Holy OakThis Bloordale outpost kd of feels like your strange nt's livg room, but get there, s down, and you quickly realize your nt has ved all her lbian, gay, queer and trans iends for a Tuday night turn up.

Host to the Gaystone takeover durg Pri, and untls cultural events thrown by, and starrg queers, n't help but be a big ol' gay bullseye.

MOVG TO LGBT TORONTO, ONTAR? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!

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Your eveng will undoubtedly beg wh a drag show at Crews & Tangos, where you’ll be glamoured and bewched wh mpy rendns of inic gay power ballads and Top 40 chart-toppers. It will warm you up for a night out at The Black Eagle, home of Toronto’s gay fetish muny and the last survivg BDSM and leather bar Church-Wellley Village. No one n ny that this Canadian cy is now a favoure stop of most gay and lbian travellers are some of the famo villag, tablishments, and LGBT muny events Toronto which wele the muny to the cy and let them celebrate their pri wh full lours:The Gay VillageThe Gay Village, or the Church and Wellley Village, is an exclive LGBT enclave and terrory Toronto found wh the streets of Gerrard, Yonge, Charl, and Jarvis.

WHAT THE GAY VILLAGE MEANS TODAY

It is also known nicknam like the Gay Ghetto, the Gaybourhood, or the Village. But the mon name ed to intify is the Church street - where most of s LGBT tablishments and shops are of the proment LGBT-iendly bars and nightclubs found here are Pegas on Church, the Churchmoe and Firk, Crews & Tangos, Woody's, Black Eagle, O'Grady's, Boutique, and Statler' om LGBT-themed tablishments, the Village also hosts s annual Toronto Pri Para for s lols and gay tourists. They also host a pri fair where var LGBT groups and anizatns ntribute to the ftivi while highlightg the queer culture and Queer Wt VillageAsi om The Gay Village, Toronto gay lols and tourists n also drop by Queer Wt Village.

It is loted along Queen Street Wt and is nsired the "funkier and more hipster" versn of the popular Gay Wt visors won't fd the ual gay bars and nightclubs along s street; hence, a strip of queer-owned rtrants, f, shops, and galleri fill the whole block of Queer Wt. Toronto Gay Cise ClubsBlack EagleToday: BBQ/Retro Night - Every Sunday3. 3Audience RatgBased on 15 votLeather/fetish/cise bar loted Toronto's gay village.

The top bars on Church Street clu some of the Gay Village's historic hotspots along wh more recent addns. This inic gay bar has been the beatg heart of the Village sce 1989.