Kate created this map and history for the DC Policy Center.
You can find complete code for this on Kate's github page. Her sources for the project were the Rainbow History Project, Metro Weekly, the Washington City Paper, and the Washington Blade. The data Kate used to create the map is available through the Rainbow History Project, an organization dedicated to collecting, preserving, and promoting gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender history in DC. “Nowadays bars like Nellie's, one of the few notable gay bars to open since 2000, are attended by straight people, and many bars without the intention of being a gay bar welcome and celebrate their LGBT community.”
“With greater acceptance has came blurrier lines to what constitutes gay bars and spaces,” writes Kate. Same-sex sexual activity was decriminalized in DC in 1993, and same-sex marriage was legalized in 2009. Staff will be masked and negative tests are required before all shifts.
Covid precautions: We are requiring masks when patrons are walking through the space and ordering at the bars.
The slowed growth continued in the 90s and 2000s, but it's very possible that's because time has passed, there's been less of a need for gay people to hide in plain sight. AYA offers coffee, food, drinks & FREE WiFi. The growth of gay spaces slowed down in the 1980s, she says, but at the same time the decade included DC's first inaugural High Heel Drag Queen Race, which has now become an institution. Image by Ted Eytan licensed under Creative Commons. During the 60s and 70s, as LGBT activism moved more into the public forefront, the number of gay bars grew throughout the District also emerging in this time were Guild Press, which published gay travel guides, fiction, and a newspaper called Gay Forum, as well as the Washington Free Clinic, which provided STD counseling to gay men. Kate writes that despite government-sanctioned discrimination, a number of LGBT spaces emerged in DC prior to the 1960s. Washington DC Gay Bars and Clubs 2022 MapHint LLC. When you click it, you'll go to a version that gives a detailed history of how the places have changed over time, with dots appearing and disappearing as you scroll through the decades. pride Gay Bars and pride Gay Clubs in Washington near 20001 map by ClubFly - Gay Bar and Gay Club Maps. The above map and its accompanying history tell the story of the bars, bookstores, group homes, clinics, and churches that have played essential roles in DC's gay community for the past half century.ĭC Policy Center senior fellow Rabinowitz, who is also a GGWash contributor, created the above map in her work for the center.
It's a time of celebration, but also of protest, as the fight for rights for people of all sexual orientations and gender identities is still very much ongoing. Definitely more towards the dance club though.įor lesbian events would follow Tagg and Where the Girls Go on Facebook, they keep up-to-date with the DC community.Image by DC Policy Center used with permission.Ĭapital Pride, one of the largest gay pride celebrations in the US, is this weekend. The lower dance floor has a good mix of women/men. I know that music will change night to night, so would check their website. Two floors, the top is usually the untza untza and the bottom has amazing top 40 from across the decades. Town is across the street and is A-Mazing. They turn the entire deck into a club basically whcih is sweaty hot gay men with untza untza music. During HH and weekends definitely a good mix of gay women/men and straight folks, just a fun bar scene with good drink prices and food. Awesome bar scene for the most part, especially on the roof deck. Nellies was mentioned, but that's definite more gay men. It's a good mix of bar / dance floor, but is also small. Definitely doesn't get going until about 11 though. Phase I of Dupont which is west of dupont circle is where Apex used to be -haven't been in the last few years, but the music was often so loud my ears were ringing after and is definitely the club scene since you won't be able to hear each other at allįab lounge I've always had the most fun at, the DJ rocks. Would follow them on FB, they often have some fun events (lesbian jello wrestling, karaoke, flannel nights for discount drinks, etc) This is definite the bar feel with a dance floor with awesome music. Phase I in Eastern market is really small, but definitely packed with lesbians.