Gold Coast, the Santa Monica Boulevard gay bar in business since 1981 and known for its annual Red Dress Party, is closing its doors amid the COVID pandemic after it was unable to renegotiate its … [Read more...] about Another West Hollywood Gay Bar Has Bit the Dust After 39 Years, Unable to Renegotiate Lease Amid the COVID Pandemic
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‘Flaming Saddles’ is the Latest Gay Bar to Permanently Close Due to Coronavirus
Flaming Saddles, a gay bar in West Hollywood, California with another bar in Hell's Kitchen, NYC (which is not closed), said on Monday it would permanently shutter and blamed it on the coronavirus … [Read more...] about ‘Flaming Saddles’ is the Latest Gay Bar to Permanently Close Due to Coronavirus
Vandals Used Molotov Cocktails to Try to Burn Down a 62-Year-Old Gay Bar in California
Vandals threw bottles filled with a suspected flammable liquid into an historic gay bar in Laguna Beach, Calif., this week. Wendy Nelson, owner of the 62-year-old Main Street Bar & Cabaret, on … [Read more...] about Vandals Used Molotov Cocktails to Try to Burn Down a 62-Year-Old Gay Bar in California
NYC’s Historic Stonewall Inn Says It May Not Survive COVID Shutdown, Launches Crowdfunding Campaign
NYC's historic Stonewall Inn, seen as the birthplace of the modern LGBT rights movement, is struggling to survive amid the COVID-19 pandemic and has launched a crowdfunding campaign. "We are … [Read more...] about NYC’s Historic Stonewall Inn Says It May Not Survive COVID Shutdown, Launches Crowdfunding Campaign
Customer Spits in Wilton Manors Bartender’s Face After Being Asked to Follow Pub’s COVID-19 Mask Rules: ‘You Messed with the Wrong Person’ — WATCH
Shane Cullinan Shane Cullinan, a bartender at The Pub, a gay-friendly restaurant/bar/drag venue in Wilton Manors, Florida which reopened last month amid the COVID-19 pandemic, said he will press … [Read more...] about Customer Spits in Wilton Manors Bartender’s Face After Being Asked to Follow Pub’s COVID-19 Mask Rules: ‘You Messed with the Wrong Person’ — WATCH
Houston Gay Bars to Close After Employees and Owner Test Positive for COVID-19
Houston gay bars Buddy's (in Montrose) and Blur Bar (in Midtown) have closed after employees and owners tested positive for COVID-19. Said Christopher Barry, the owner of Buddy's, on Facebook: "I … [Read more...] about Houston Gay Bars to Close After Employees and Owner Test Positive for COVID-19
Homophobic Backlash Rises in Seoul as 86 New COVID-19 Cases in Growing Outbreak are Linked to Gay Nightclubs
An outbreak of COVID-19 linked to Seoul, South Korea's nightclub district, which we reported on last week, has worsened with 30+ new cases, leading to increased homophobic backlash, and a warning from … [Read more...] about Homophobic Backlash Rises in Seoul as 86 New COVID-19 Cases in Growing Outbreak are Linked to Gay Nightclubs
DC Eagle, Washington DC’s Oldest Operating Gay Bar, to Close Permanently Amid Pandemic
The DC Eagle, the District of Columbia's oldest continuously operating gay bar, will close its doors amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Washington Blade reports that employees were told on a … [Read more...] about DC Eagle, Washington DC’s Oldest Operating Gay Bar, to Close Permanently Amid Pandemic
Housemates Recreate Their Favorite G-A-Y Nightclub Amid Coronavirus Lockdown: WATCH
Locked down amid the coronavirus crisis in the UK, and unable to visit their favorite nightclub G-A-Y, a group of housemates decided to recreate it instead, and the video of their impromptu dance … [Read more...] about Housemates Recreate Their Favorite G-A-Y Nightclub Amid Coronavirus Lockdown: WATCH
Closed Due to COVID-19, Many Gay Bars – Already Struggling – Are Now on Life Support
Café Lafitte in Exile in New Orleans by Tony Webster (CC BY-SA 2.0) Gay bars have been shuttered by public-place closure orders during the coronavirus pandemic. In March, more than half of U.S. … [Read more...] about Closed Due to COVID-19, Many Gay Bars – Already Struggling – Are Now on Life Support
