THE 10 BEST Wt Hollywood Gay Clubs & Bars (Updated 2023)

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•  CALIFORNIA LBIAN AND GAY BARS, RTRANTS, LODGG, PRI EVENT, BS MAPS
• THE 10 BEST WT HOLLYWOOD GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS WT HOLLYWOOD
• THE ABBEY, THE LEGENDARY WT HOLLYWOOD GAY BAR, IS FOR SALE
• WT HOLLYWOOD’S HISTORIC GAY NIGHTCLUB THE ABBEY IS UP FOR SALE
• THE 10 BEST WT HOLLYWOOD GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS WT HOLLYWOOD
• THE BT GAY BARS AND CLUBS LOS ANGEL

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

Micky’s WeHo has long been a staple on Wt Hollywood’s strip of gay nightclubs and bars on Santa Moni Boulevard, known for s open-walled two-story buildg where passersby n see the party ragg om the street. The venue is the only Latx gay bar LA that explicly ters to a gay and Mexin dience every night, not jt as a theme once a week. But ’s the perfect space to grab a workday bnch wh a lleague or for -workg ssns -hosted on Tudays wh Gay Asstrology.

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One of Long Beach’s few, if not only, three-level gay bars, Executive Sue boasts a karaoke bar, vio gam, pool tabl for rent, and regular drag shows. Dubbed by KCET as Montebello’s bt Lato gay bar, Chi is the sister to Club Cobra, servg as a groundg se for the queer Latx muny the suburbs of East LA. Much like the Castro to San Francis or Boystown to Chigo, this statn, clared an official cy 1984 wh a populatn of jt over 36, 000 as of 2020, is historilly known as one of the untry's most proment and still thrivg "gayborhoods, " wh many inic and endurg LGBTQ nightlife spots along wh recent addns.

Instantly regnizable thanks to artist Chris Burn's Instagram-ready outdoor "Urban Light" streetlamp stallatn, The Los Angel County Mm of Art (LACMA) is the wt ast's largt art mm and bis s ep permanent llectn featur cuttg edge, novative, and multimedia tourg exhibns: openly gay Black artist Keh Wiley's inic portra of Barack Obama and Amy Sherald's Michelle Obama will be on display om November 5, 2021 until January 2, 2022. A WeHo landmark, Circ of Books closed 2019—a Netflix documentary chronicl s storied and very LGBTQ past—but drag queen and gay porn film director Chi Chi LaRue revived the space as Chi Chi LaRue's Circ 2020 as a lorful, upmarket store that clus adult goods, accsori, and well-curated selectns of ffee-table tom and lol art. Hollywood skre gu to the stars sce the 1970s (clients have clud Barbra Streisand, Ellen DeGener, Cher, Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, Elton John, David Bowie, and Kylie Mogue), the Denmark-born, openly gay Ole Henriksen opened a namake WeHo Spa off Sunset Boulevard 1998, and remas a favore, discreet, zy oasis for sk and body pamperg treatments wh his excellent le of products today.

THE ABBEY, THE LEGENDARY WT HOLLYWOOD GAY BAR, IS FOR SALE

For dancg, visors n look forward to a brand new Santa Moni Boulevard gay megaclub, reportedly, the USA's largt, to open the space formerly occupied by 37-year-old dance club Rage, which closed permanently September 2020.

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Owner Lance Bass, the former N'Sync member, is also behd the gay sports bar and rtrant Roc's WeHo, which opened 2019 and boasts an illtrated and artifact-filled wall pictg the timele of LGBTQ history on the Wt Coast (a llaboratn wh USC Librari' ONE Archiv Foundatn).

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

A few highlights clu openly gay executive chef St Jon' Mederranean-fluenced vegan rtrant Crossroads Kchen, the stunng rooftop seafood venue Catch L. It's Me, Margaret by Judy BlumeGroup name:Los Angel Gay Lady Book Club • Los Angel, CAGroup name:Los Angel Gay Lady Book ClubLos Angel, CAFri, Aug 18 · 2:00 AM UTCQueer Csh @ Senr One LAXGroup name:Queer Csh (LA) • Los Angel, CAGroup name:Queer Csh (LA)Los Angel, CAOnle EventFri, Jul 28 · 11:00 PM UTCEssential Lbian Relatnship Skills: Masterclass + WorkshopGroup name:Consc Lbian - Queer Datg and Love San Diego • San Diego, CAGroup name:Consc Lbian - Queer Datg and Love San DiegoSan Diego, CAOnle EventFri, Aug 11 · 11:00 PM UTCLbian Datg & Love for HSPs (And Those Who Love Them) Masterclass + WorkshopGroup name:Consc Lbian - Queer Datg and Love San Diego • San Diego, CAGroup name:Consc Lbian - Queer Datg and Love San DiegoSan Diego, CAOnle EventFri, Jul 28 · 2:00 AM UTCSpirual LGBTQs and Beyond: A Course Miracl (ACIM - Onle Study Group)Group name:Spirual LGBTQs and Beyond! The Cy of Wt Hollywood and s Lbian and Gay Advisory Board and Transgenr Advisory Board will regnize Lbian and Queer Women Visibily Week wh a week-long celebratn begng Monday, April 25, 2022.

“As var stat enact ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bans, I’m proud that here Wt Hollywood we not only say ‘gay’ loudly but we say proudly! For more rmatn about the Cy of Wt Hollywood’s Lbian and Queer Women Visibily Week or the Cy’s Lbian and Gay Advisory Board or s Transgenr Advisory Board, please ntact Moya Márquez, the Cy of Wt Hollywood’s Communy Programs Coordator, at or at (323) 848-6574.

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