Tag: gay bars

This morning Elton John published an Instagram post commemorating his 29 years of sobriety. His commemoration coincides with a renewed push within our community for sobriety and sober spaces as a way to welcome queer people recovering from substance abuse issues. In his Instagram post, John wrote, “29 years ago today, I was a broken man. I finally summoned up the courage to say 3 words that would change my life: ‘I need help.’ Thank-you to all the selfless people...

Justin Trudeau popped into a Vancouver gay bar to say hello and grab a beer. The city’s weeklong Pride celebration kicked off yesterday. It’s believed to be the first time a Canadian prime minister has visited a gay bar while in office. Trudeau made a stop at the Fountainhead Pub on Davie Street, shaking hands with patrons, taking selfies, and having a quick beer. And social media blew up as the local news and bar patrons started sharing their excitement. ...

This is not a shot of the gay bar in questionCheers was the name of a gay bar set to open soon in Minneapolis, Minnesota. But it might never see a single customer now that its owners anti-Semitic social media posts have caused an uproar. Emad Abed, the bar’s owner, had his previous anti-Semitic posts shared online. In them, he claimed that the “Jew-nited States of America” is controlled by “a handful” of “zionist Jews” and that “all the world’s...

The sketch that featured John Mulaney playing a faux drag brunch waitress on SNL recently brought back up some frustrating feelings I've bottled up for a while. There is a growing trend of swarms of heterosexual men and women who are coming into our establishments for their own personal enjoyment. They are going to drag shows, gay bars and more where they are viewing and commenting on what they see as if it's a spectacle of sorts, and we are...

Though he decried England's "mass fornication," Umar Haque had been searching for transgender sex workers. A British supporter of Islamic State has been found guilty of planning numerous terror attacks in London, including violent assaults on gay bars and public monuments. Umar Haque, 25, was an Islamic studies teacher at a private school and worked at a mosque, both in East London, where he attempted to turn students into a “child army” to carry out attacks. Haque, 25, kept a notebook...

Shane Sleeper has been charged with harassment and assault for threatening bars like Sidetrack and Roscoe's. A $300,000 bail has been set for a Chicago man accused of intimidating employees of gay bars in Boystown, the city’s iconic gayborhood. Shane Sleeper, 31, reportedly made numerous threats throughout February against staff at Roscoe’s Tavern and Sidetracks, where he once made “a shooting gesture” at a manager. He has been served with four orders of protection to shield his alleged victims, according to...

For over fifty years now, gay bars have existed. We're here, we're queer... now give us a beer. No matter if you are a city gay or a small town gay, there is a gay bar near and dear to your heart that keeps you coming back for more and more and more. Question is though... which are the most popular right now in the United States? The top ten on this list (you can see the top 50 on...

The former Supreme and 12-time Grammy nominee hit West Hollywood to promote a remix of a classic single Clubbers at the Abbey in West Hollywood – one of the most famous gay bars and clubs on the planet – were treated to a very special surprise guest on Saturday night. Iconic singer Diana Ross dropped by with son, Evan Ross. Ross, 73, took briefly to the dance floor, alongside the Abbey’s muscled go-go dancers. TMZ reports that she hit the venue...

An open letter to straight people who need to learn some respect Gay bars are not just for LGBTI people, we all know this, but it is a sanctuary for them. We all know that feeling when we see a drunk straight girl angry she’s not getting any attention or when a straight guy reacts badly to getting hit on. So a gay guy has absolutely nailed how the straights should act when they’re in a gay space, and it essentially comes...

“Guys my age stopped going out to bars all the time,” said Jack LaFary, a former bartender at Indianapolis’s 501 Eagle, which closed this year. He’s interviewed this week in a piece by the Chicago Tribune, which examines the fact that gay bars are slowly but steadily going extinct. The story echoes a similar sentiment in The Economist’s recent article that explores the same subject, reporting that over 16 gay bars closed in London between 2014 and 2014. They suggest this “points to a larger, and...

More than 15 bars in Washington, D.C., have joined a boycott off Yuengling beer after the iconic brewery’s owner endorsed GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump. Last week, we told you how out Pennsylvania state Rep. Brian Sims called on bars in Philadelphia’s gayborhood to dump Yuengling, which is brewed in nearby Pottsville, after owner Dick Yuengling expressed his support for Trump in a meeting with the candidate’s son, Eric. The Yuengling boycott spread rapidly to bars in Baltimore and Washington, which...

Here we go again, gay brothers! We have to admit, this has been a full week. It has been full with stories, romances and cool news, along with some interesting insights in the LGBT world. If you haven’t had the chance of reading about them, don’t worry, our job is to keep you posted. So here are this week’s most interesting topics you may have missed on: An insight in the gay world of fraternity brotherhoods Being gay is not...

There’s something we need to get off our chests. It’s about this growing practice of people in bars and clubs sticking out their tongues and/or licking each other’s faces on camera. Seriously, WTF? You’re probably thinking: Do people really do that? The answer is: YES. They do! ALL the time. And we have galleries and galleries of images to prove it. The world over, people who would normally be attractive are voluntarily choosing to uglify themselves by extending their tongues as far out of their mouths as they possibly...