WEST HOLLYWOOD – A year ago, turning right onto Santa Monica Blvd. from Robertson on Saturday night might’ve taken you a couple light cycles, as dozens of club-goers crossed the street hopping from Mickey’s to the Abbey.
12 months later, those are two of the only bars left on the quarter-mile stretch of acceptance the LGBTQIA+ community has come to call their LA home.
For decades, the shops and watering holes in West Hollywood have powered the city into becoming the nation’s most prominent gay enclave.
Now, many of those businesses are shuttering, and there is doubt as to what might be left when the pandemic is over. Some locations have hung on, able to create open-air spaces that follow the guidelines for LA County and California’s strict