Emerald Cy Rtrant & Bar Gay Bar Pensala

Contents:

• BT GAY BAR PCOLA - THE ROUNDUP
•  FLORIDA LBIAN AND GAY BARS, RTRANTS, LODGG, PRI EVENT, BS MAPS
• EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS PENSALA

BT GAY BAR PCOLA - THE ROUNDUP

Although drag queens are often associated wh gay culture, not all queens are gay men, and not all gay men participate drag. In the 1980s, Pensala had several small gay bars. Still, was mostly ntaed to gay bars and LGBT-affiliated venu, but the seeds of a great empire were started.

“Growg up my generatn, the gay bar was your safe place, ” Mchell said. Emma Jon turned out to simply be a ver for a regular gay gatherg on the beach Pensala Florida, startg on the Fourth of July 1964.

The Advote once scribed the celebratns as one of the “largt gay anized events the untry. ” While today the area has a handful of gay bars, back then, there was nowhere for the gays to go.

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

Regis Paper Company and Henry worked the display partment at Gayfers Department Store. Dpe s name, Gayfers had no nnectn to the LGBT muny. In an effort to work more wh lol gay men who felt they had no social outlet, the uple set up a P.

The Hillyers sought to share this experience wh other gays the area. In keepg wh the ia of matag this safe social outlet for gays the area the Hillyers began keepg a social registry.

EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS PENSALA

As a rult, the hotel weled the gay muny. In fact, the hotel had already been noted many gay guis as a popular place to stay the Pensala area. For the next few years the gay men would start the day out at the beach and make their way back to the hotel’s ballroom where there would be mic, dancg, drag shows, and ntts.