Albuquerque Social Club, an LGBTQ bar, drag club and community gathering spot, has shut down for good. The club becomes the latest in a series of queer venue shutdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The Albuquerque Social Club originally opened in the 1970s under the name The Heights.
It changed names several times until 1983 when it became the Albuquerque Social Club, which it had remained ever since. Unlike other queer bars around the city–and indeed around the nation–the Albuquerque Social Club catered to both men and women and attracted a diverse swath of LGBTQ people during its tenure.