Multiple D.C. gay bars announced on social media in the past few days that they have temporarily closed and the city’s only remaining LGBTQ nightclub – Ziegfeld’s-Secrets – will be required to suspend operating this week at least until the end of the month under new city rules related to the coronavirus outbreak.
In an announcement on Sunday, the D.C. Department of Health said it has revised its March 13 emergency rules prohibiting “mass gatherings” to help curtail the spread of the coronavirus