Hoton LGBT Nightlife | Gay Friendly Bars, Clubs & Live Mic

Contents:

•  MISSOURI LBIAN AND GAY BARS, RTRANTS, LODGG, PRI EVENT, BS MAPS
• THE 42 BT GAY BARS AMERI
•  NORTH CAROLA LBIAN AND GAY BARS, RTRANTS, LODGG, PRI EVENT, BS MAPS
•  TENNSEE LBIAN AND GAY BARS, RTRANTS, LODGG, PRI EVENT, BS MAPS
• THE 5 BEST MOSW GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS MOSW
• BT GAY CLUBS LAS VEGAS
• GAY MOSW · CY GUI
• MOSW GAY BARS
• GAY SAN ANTON
•  GEIA LBIAN AND GAY BARS, RTRANTS, LODGG, PRI EVENT, BS MAPS

 MISSOURI LBIAN AND GAY BARS, RTRANTS, LODGG, PRI EVENT, BS MAPS

Like the hog velopments and strip malls that ver the Vegas map like glter on a go-go boy, the lol gay and lbian muny is imprsively spread throughout the valley, all but screamg: we’re here, we’re queer, we’re, of urse, only fuels plats about disnnectn and a lack of a te gayborhood.

And the latter reflects the cltered nature of gay bars Las UNLV-adjacent “F Loop, ” the origal gay hub, still draws boys to Piranha, the least pretent of the gay clubs Las Vegas, and girls to FreeZone, the cy’s honorary lbian club. Over revalized downtown—home to the new $4-ln Gay and Lbian Communy Center of Southern Nevada—the only out-and-proud drkery is the 38-year-old Snick’s Place, though lively East Fremont piano bar Don’t Tell Mama and hip Arts District urban lounge Artifice are unofficial homo of downtown, the agg Commercial Center reprents the gay alternative, hostg everythg om poker bars (Badlands Saloon and Spotlight Lounge) to a trans-iendly dive (Las Vegas Lounge) to cisg facili (Entourage Spa and Hawk’s Gym) to a boys’ clothg/accsory store (The Rack) wh an attached performance space attached (Onyx Theatre) and ample LGBT programmg.

Krave, former kg of the gay clubs Las Vegas, is now back mid-Strip at the Tommy Wd Theatre after a failed attempt at a downtown expansn. The word “gay” lls to md our special knack for fdg the light the darkns, for buildg the dance floor off to the si of the cel world.

THE 42 BT GAY BARS AMERI

Let’s take a look at some of the bt gay bars Ameri, om the open-air, vil-may-re spac Wt Hollywood to the neighborhood pub downtown St. The entrance is through an unmarked shed behd a Chipotle, and featur a blend but unexpected gay/not crowd which same-sex grdg is rigur.

—Alfonso Fernanz NavasCourtyAt: Cheer Up CharliBack when I was a young gay, I saw the olt, most betiful woman the world at Cheer Up Charli.

 NORTH CAROLA LBIAN AND GAY BARS, RTRANTS, LODGG, PRI EVENT, BS MAPS

When the bar fally reopened Sprg 2022, an entire borough’s worth of gays celebrated by floodg the new back pat all summer and Gger’s has been crowd wh queers ever sce. It began s life as a beer-and-we offshoot of the Metropolan Health Club, a gym that opened 1983 to serve the gay ctomers who’d been bullied out of other lol clubs at the height of AIDS hysteria.

 TENNSEE LBIAN AND GAY BARS, RTRANTS, LODGG, PRI EVENT, BS MAPS

It gave the boys a place to gather the ‘80s, the first outpost that helped tablish the South End as the Boston gayborhood. While you won’t fd any Pri flags at Farraguts, you will undoubtedly hear Cele Dn and Melissa Etheri blarg om the bar’s dty, old jebox and, hontly, isn’t that jt as gay? CourtyDallas: Round-Up SaloonEqual parts wboy boots and dis ball, Round Up Saloon opened 42 years ago Dallas as a gay untry wtern dance hall.

Thanks to Perez-Gallardo and their team, gay people who love the outdoors (most lbians) now have a iendly place to unwd after a hike. Billed as Wt Virgia's olst gay bar, the venue regularly brgs some of the biggt queer performg artists the game right now. Live out your Brokeback Mounta fantasi at this verno club, where wboy stum are not nsired drag, and le dancg is not an explic exprsn of homophobia.

A gay gatherg spot sce 1939, and gay bar sce 1963, and the Bar Complex sce the 80s, s unassumg exterr beli a triple-threat treat of lounge, performance space, and a mirrored dance club reportedly moled after Stud 54.

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

) The glorly lively bar and rtrant scene is enhanced by a black box theater downstairs, where farcil plays, lbian standup, and gay dance troup reign. Jt a uple of blocks om the beach, Twist brgs the whole breadth of the Miami gay world together to dance and flirt and keep movg.

CourtyIndianapolis: English IvyEnglish Ivy advertis self as an “LGBTQ+-enthed” “gay-therg place” and that is not an overstatement. If you want to get away om the typil scene at fellow gay bars Olly’s and Gregs Our Place, English Ivy is an ial place to meet iends: mature enough for a proper Ladi Lunch (or bnch or dner.

BT GAY CLUBS LAS VEGAS

They are stars the makg and their rendn of Cele Dn’s “It’s All Comg Back to Me Now” will shatter your pt glass and break your ltle, gay heart. It’s not a gay bar the tradnal sense, but a place where traed pianists play selectns om Broadway shows and all of the drama teachers and mil theater majors of the tri-state area nverge to sg along.

GAY MOSW · CY GUI

It was the se of an early gay-liberatn “sip ” 1966, years before Stonewall, and has been a low-key haven ever sce, wh a diverse clientele, a small menu, classic cktails, and an extensive (and packed) 4:00-7:00 happy hour.

In December, Dave’s hosted a queer holiday market wh “live gay bands” and “cute queer vendors” at nearby Bohemian Beer Garn. It’s not que French-themed, ’s not que Mardi Gras-spired, feels as close as we have experienced this untry to a gay neighborhood pub.

The origal was burned down an anti-gay hate-crime a few years back, but the revival has jt opened across the street and is bigger and better, wh a new performance space.

MOSW GAY BARS

CourtyWashgton DC: TraIn a town where n feel like every other bar is crawlg wh Capol Hill staffers lookg to talk shop, Tra is the rare, glorly gay dive where absolutely everyone is wele to jt kick back. It's no wonr this Lawrenceville bar was voted BEST LGBT BAR IN PITTSBURGH 2016 and 2017, and is rated #38 out of the 50 BEST GAY BARS IN THE UNITED STATES acrdg to Yelp.

Check their packed events lendar for Gaymer Nights, Sober Sundays, Dungeons & Dragons events, their popular Wchy Wedndays and much more! The diverse base of ctomers clus a mix straight, gay, bi, trans, bears, twks, leather dus, drag queens and every other cross-cultural personaly out there so 's a great place to make new iends. So, check out a few of our favore gay bars and gay-iendly bars— bee, this town, needn't be a "gay bar" for everyone to f right .

GAY SAN ANTON

Try-Angl also offers expensive pool, darts, and karaoke and is known by some as the "gay dive" of Salt Lake, which only adds to s charm. Revolutn Friday is a great troductn for someone jt gettg to the Salt Lake gay club scene, and featur a different theme for each event.

Among the "not technilly gay bars but hella gay-iendly" tablishments, the Metro Mic Hall, Twile Lounge, Bar X, and Twist are all popular wh the muny. The gay-club scene Salt Lake is evolvg a posive way (like many sub cultur Salt Lake, recently), and we’re seeg a general acceptance and openns all lotns (nightlife and otherwise). Wh s mythil two-step lsons early the eveng, go-go boys, cheap sloshy beer, and an entire room for s equent drag shows, this staple of the Denver gay scene has somethg for everyone.

 GEIA LBIAN AND GAY BARS, RTRANTS, LODGG, PRI EVENT, BS MAPS

Frequent Charlie’s-goer Sean Doyle ced the “be-yourself vibe” as one of the thgs that keeps him g back and ghed that, as Denver don’t have a ncentrated gayborhood the way, say, Chigo or San Fran do, Charlie’s is one of the “few plac that the gay muny n own as one of theirs. If you’re lookg to see some queer entertament outsi of the regular gay bar circu, you n ually fd somethg out-of-the-ordary gog on at the Clocktower Cabaret. The atmosphere at many Vegas gay clubs and bars tends to be welg and relaxed, and the drks are ually strong and expensive.

Off the strip, there are several gay bars, clubs and loung, wh a ncentratn what’s often lled the F Loop District on Paradise Road. For those lookg for a predomately male clientele, Las Vegas has plenty of wboy-themed gay bars and one wh a r theme, The Garage, where you’ll fd drk specials, bar gam and regular events.

Photo urty of Benjam AverySpotlight Lounge is a new gay bar the Commercial Center shoppg area loted not far om the Strip. Remend for Gay Clubs bee: A relaxed atmosphere and plenty of great drk specials make Fug Hog Ranch of Las Vegas' most popular gay bars. Remend for Gay Clubs bee: Piranha's high energy attracts club-goers and is one of the reasons this gay dance club is such a popular stop.

Remend for Gay Clubs bee: FreeZone attracts a diverse crowd wh great als on drks and a steady le-up of entertag events. Remend for Gay Clubs bee: Flex has been one of the most well-known LGBT bars Las Vegas for years and is particularly known for s strong, cheap drks.

Remend for Gay Clubs bee: Wh a relaxed, welg vibe, plenty of gam and no ver charge, 's easy to see why QuadZ is one of Las Vegas' favore gay bars.

Remend for Gay Clubs bee: The Phoenix is nsistently one of Las Vegas' most popular gay clubs, wh a welg atmosphere and loads of fun gam, events and entertament. Remend for Gay Clubs bee: Temptatn Sundays at The Luxor offers the full day club experience and is the only gay pool party on the Strip. Bis the diamond platg, hubps and checkered flag patterns, this fun, popular gay bar featur pool tabl, darts, shuffleboard, vio poker and big-screen TVs.

Remend for Gay Clubs bee: Wh a fun r theme and a nvenient lotn close to the Strip, The Garage is one of Las Vegas' bt gay bars. In tth, gay roo is a natnwi phenomenon, but Arizona is as good a place as any to squeeze to your tightt pair of Levi jeans and give the Cowboy liftyle a try. The 34th Annual Arizona Gay Roo happens Phoenix Febary; the World Gay Roo Fals happen October Sttsdale; and then there’s queer untry wtern bars Phoenix cludg Charlie’s, the Cash Nightclub and Lounge, and Lat-flavored nightclub Karamba (which hosts ocsnal wboy nights).

A small mounta town the middle of the Ozarks that is guard over by a statue of Christ mak for an unlikely gay mec, but Eureka Sprgs is no ordary hamlet. A hangout for hippi, homos and honeymooners (check out the abundance of hotel spa su), this pretty Victorian town boasts LGBTQIA-owned bars, eateri, shops and even a gay rort. Check out glassy Thorncrown Chapel, take a ghost tour at the Crcent Hotel and go noeg on Lake Leatherwood (even their lake is gay!

But surely the fullt exprsn of gay Goln State bliss happens every time the sun beats down hard on Dolor Park San Francis and folks reprentg every letter of the queer alphabet ngregate on the so-lled “F Shelf” for an afternoon of idyll. So raise a glass to this New England gem at 168 York Street Cafe, a gay bar and rtrant loted the basement of a charmg brick townhoe and right around the rner om Yale Universy. A Lilliputian gay area boasts queer-iendly rtrants and a uple of lively gay bars, then there’s Poodle Beach (lol), a patch of sand marked by a rabow flag and packed Speedo to Speedo summer.

Between Miami’s beach, Fort Lrdale’s gay gutho and Key Wt’s breezy vib, South Florida particular is an LGBTQIA paradise. Gay Days at Disney, which happens every June Orlando, has grown to be a global gay event attractg tens of thoands of people, but a vis to Disney World l anytime of year. While the epicenter of gay life Geia is Atlanta, whose Midtown is home to the state’s most ncentrated LGBTQIA populatn, the llege town of Athens is where you should spend your next Peach Tree State gaytn.

An opulent mp-osium of events cludg drag shows, mil performanc and danc, the Ball benefs lol AIDS chari, and shows that the quirky cy, which birthed high-profile queer artists like the B-52s and Michael Stipe of REM (Indigo Girls also rerd their first album here), has as much substance as do style for gay travelers. The undisputed hub of gay nightlife the Aloha State is Honolulu, but visors will fd the scene tame pared to maland mecs. Elsewhere on the islands, there are sttered gay and gay-welg bars and clubs, but the bt place to hang out—and let all hang out—is at clothg optnal Ltle Beach at Makena State Park Mi.