She’s had a gay bar Mississippi for 20 years. And she thks Gen Z needs a lson LBGT history. | Biloxi Sun Herald

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• SHE’S HAD A GAY BAR MISSISSIPPI FOR 20 YEARS. AND SHE THKS GEN Z NEEDS A LSON LBGT HISTORY.
• THE 42 BT GAY BARS AMERI
• THE BT GAY CLUBS AMERI
•  MISSOURI LBIAN AND GAY BARS, RTRANTS, LODGG, PRI EVENT, BS MAPS
• ‘WE ARE HERE!’ HOW MISSISSIPPI’S LONGT-NNG GAY BAR SURVIVED THE COVID PANMIC
• GAY BARS NEAR ME
• DEA HELD LGBTQ 'IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE' AT GAY BAR FOR HEADQUARTERS EMPLOYE, FOUR PEOPLE ATTEND

SHE’S HAD A GAY BAR MISSISSIPPI FOR 20 YEARS. AND SHE THKS GEN Z NEEDS A LSON LBGT HISTORY.

Lynn Koval, owns of Jt Us Lounge, a gay bar that’s been open for 20 years.

THE 42 BT GAY BARS AMERI

“Now, you have the qutn: Are gay bars relevant?

Biloxi When Lynn Koval opened the doors to Sanctuary the 1990s, she had a feelg the gay bar would make a name for self South the time, Koval said to herself, “If a Molotov cktail don’t e through my door, we’ll be here for 20-pl years. “I’ve always believed that there was a difference owng a bar and owng a gay bar, ” Lynn said durg an terview for Out Here In Ameri, a podst that explor the liv of LGBTQ people livg the Deep South and Ameri’s heartland. “When they open a gay bar, they own and serve a movement.

It was not long after the AIDS epimic swept through Ameri, she said, and gay people did not have a place to go to be themselv. ”Sanctuary is closed, but Koval opened Jt Us downtown Biloxi shortly one of the olst gay bars Mississippi, Jt Us do more than jt serve beer and cktails 24/7/365.

THE BT GAY CLUBS AMERI

Print Barack Obama repealed “don’t ask, don’t tell;” gay marriage beme legal across the Uned Stat; and Mississippi passed a ntroversial “relig eedom” bill that giv legal protectn to bs that discrimate agast gay even hosted the cy’s first-ever Pri para as the untry progrs, where do gay bars f ?

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

I say y, ” Koval the season one fale episo, you’ll hear:▪ What was like openg a gay bar Mississippi two s ago▪ How the meang of a gay bar has changed over the years▪ Why Koval thks LGBT lennials and Generatn Z need to put their phon down and support their muni▪ Why Lynn Koval is proud of her two bars that changed the LGBT muny South Mississippi▪ What happened when the first-ever Pri para me to the Coast▪ Why the Tmp admistratn uld make gay bars relevant aga▪ How the doors at Jt Us rema open for anyone and everyone▪ Why ’s so important to remember symbols like the rabow and the upsi down triangleHave an ia for OHIA? Opened by Lynn Koval the late 1990s as a safe haven for muny, Jt Us is one of the olst gay bars Mississippi and serv drks 24/7 every day of the year. The word “gay” speaks to our abily to do exactly that.

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.

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 olst gay bar North Carola (found 1976) draws every tegory and mographic. 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.

‘WE ARE HERE!’ HOW MISSISSIPPI’S LONGT-NNG GAY BAR SURVIVED THE COVID PANMIC

—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. —Abigail CovgtonCourtyBrooklyn: The ExleyFull of ntradictns, The Exley is a ltle different than other gay bars. It’s gay Cheers.

It feels like everythg a gay bar should be.

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. —Diana HubbellBoston: Club CafeHow is Boston’s stalwart gay bar/rtrant/performance space inic?

GAY BARS NEAR ME

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. It gave the boys a place to gather the ‘80s, the first outpost that helped tablish the South End as the Boston gayborhood.

It brought the gay and straight muni together the ‘90s wh clever baret programmg. But perhaps most signifintly, gave the gay muny of Boston somethg sperately need: visibily. While other gay bars of the time were basements or board up, Club Cafe faced by Columb Avenue wh floor to ceilg wdows.

Big Chicks serv a diverse crowd— ’s young, ’s old, ’s one of the only plac you’ll see gay men and lbians together! —Dave HolmCourtyChigo: Carol’s Pub Not every gay bar is explicly a gay bar. They jt have major gay vib and lots of queer upl makg out the bathroom.

DEA HELD LGBTQ 'IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE' AT GAY BAR FOR HEADQUARTERS EMPLOYE, FOUR PEOPLE ATTEND

The legendary hoeband, Diamondback, has a 25, 000-song repertoire and a boot llectn that uld make a gay wboy cry. 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.