Gay bars on christopher street nyc
Whether you're a first-time visitor or a seasoned scene queen, here's our roundup of the top same-sex attracted bars in New York City to check out now!
Everyone knows that the New York City male lover bar scene is nothing short of vibrant and the city’s nightlife is unquestionably busy.
New York is also one of the gayest cities in the United States. The problem is that sometimes it can feel overwhelming, especially if it’s your first time visiting the city. We certainly felt that way on our first visit here. It can feel like there's just too much to perform and not enough time… where do you even start?
Here is a list of the uppermost gay bars in NYC, whether you're a first-time visitor or a seasoned scene queen! And the best part…most of them are on the west side, either in the West Village, Chelsea, or Hell’s Kitchen, so really, depending on how lengthy you are in the city, you can prevent hop and visit most, if not all of them!
Heads up, the iconic Rebar in Chelsea closed its doors for superb in 2020.
1. The Stonewall Inn
This NYC gay landmark is where the modern lgbtq+ rights movement started in 1969. Popular with tourists and locals alike, it's no surpris
This weekend, THUMP honors Lgbtq+ fest with a celebration of all aspects of LBGTQ nightlife in NYC and beyond. Follow our Celebration Weekend coverage here.
Even in a geographical sense, Christopher Street has always been a place of disruption. The thoroughfare cuts diagonally through the historic Greenwich Village, which is itself one of the limited neighborhoods in Manhattan that doesn’t pay mind to the city’s rigid grid system. Over the course of the early 20th century, it was a safe haven for Fresh York’s LGBTQ community and home to events—including the Stonewall Inn protests—that would become flash points for the mainstreaming of the gay rights movement all across the country.
It remains to this day an important symbol of LGBTQ life in New York (photographs of the indicate at its intersection with Gay Street are tourist souvenir shop staples), even though it’s now more populated with luxury shops and extravagant gyms than the nightlife hotspots that it was once notable for. THUMP’s News Editor, Anna Codrea-Rado, has compiled a timeline of the key events that happened in and around Christopher Street to take a closer look at its role in shaping the history of N
The modern gay rights movement got its start in Manhattan's West Village in 1969, at the mafia-owned dive the Stonewall Inn. Today, the Stonewall is still standing (and was recently made an NYC landmark) and is just one of many LGBT watering holes still dotting the historic neighborhood. (In fact, Stonewall isn't even the neighborhood's oldest queer haunt; that honor goes to Julius's.) Gay bars here tend to veer toward the divey side, and that's just satisfactory by us. There's a timeless and thoroughly usable vibe here that just can't be replicated at the sleek drinkeries uptown in Hell's Kitchen.
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Best gay bars in the West Village
Christopher Street
History
Described by The Gay Insider (1971) as the “near-legendary path of gays for decades,” Christopher Street historically served as the main corridor to the working Greenwich Village waterfront. The piers, ships, bars, and seamen made the waterfront a popular cruising area for gay men since at least World War I. By the mid-1960s, Christopher Street gained a national reputation as a gay cruising ground.
The Homosexual Insider (1971)
Christopher Street between Seventh Avenue South and Greenwich Avenue featured prominently during the June 1969 police raid of the Stonewall Inn, when big crowds gathered on the street in front of the bar. This included young people hanging out in the adjacent Christopher Park, a longtime hangout for a diverse collective of (often homeless) LGBT street youth. During the subsequent uprising, people shouted, “Christopher Street belongs to the queens!” and “Liberate Christopher Street,” according to gay rights activist Dick Leitsch, who witnessed the event. He also noted that the street “had become an almost firm mass of people – most of th
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