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Two men compete in a dance contest in the early s at Charlie's Phoenix, one of the Valley's longest-running LGBTQ bars. BJ Bud Memorial Archives/Greater Arizona Collection/ASU Library. I was a Bartender at the Candle late s. Remembering other UWS bars Wildwood and the Works. Also played softball for the Wildwood in the late s in.

“San Diego's Gay Bar History” examines the roles bars have played across three major time periods: after WWII until the birth of the modern gay rights movement in ; during the s and. In the ’80s and ’90s, while some of D.C.’s prominent gay bars still operated with blatantly racist policies, Tracks catered specific nights to different communities.

“Boston was the most sophisticated place [in the s and ‘80s] when it came to gay literature, gay activism, gay culture, gay criticism,” says Jackson Davidow, who curated the exhibition. Tomatoes on McKinney. The OP as it was known was the gay nightclub for decades. Don Ward opened it after working as a bartender at another bar. But back to Oleens : it was a popular destination for gay men, lesbians and transgender individuals.

Tryon St. Nobody cared a bit that we sucked — we were fun broads, and the crowds adored us for being such good sports some of our games started at 9 a.

Lost Queer Bars of the French Quarter | LGBT Archive of Louisiana

The Whatever Lounge started out as a sort of late period hustler bar at a time when hustler bars were sort of falling out of favor. The city saw a trend begin to develop that had already taken place in cities like Atlanta and New York: the mixed club. Thank you for this bit of history. Email Required Name Required Website. We met in when we were cast in Vampire Lesbians of Sodom at Pegasus Theatre and immediately bonded over crude humor and a love for the profane.

We supported our boys and hollered our enthusiasm, but mostly we drank beer. The clientele was fun, the bartenders were friendly and the drinks were strong. He would eventually have to step in and help from time to time allegedly because of mismanagement. Publication Note: I will continually update this article as I remember more about these bars or I hear more from others.

Collins C. It was owned at that time by a man named John Carr, who was not the same John Karr who owned a bunch of rentals around town, mostly in Sunset Heights. It had a patio and dance floor. And what a group of gals it was. The Pet Shop had no DJ at the time. Philip St. Forgotten Gay El Paso: the Bars. He was so fast with a one-liner that heads would spin and jaws would drop. Somehow, he ended up in El Paso where he patronized the Diamond Lil.

Opened as a male strip bar in , it is still going strong. The Round-Up Cheerleaders. He does remember it was located somewhere in the vicinity of the Toltec Building. That goes for pictures of lost bars outside the French Quarter as well.