11 San Diego Gay Bars for a Fantastic Darkness Out
San Diego has elongated been a haven for the LGBTQ+ community, even if the reputation doesn’t scream out from the sidelines about it. There’s a long and storied history of San Diego gay bars and its community that stretches assist to World War II, when San Diego stationed a lot of the military.
Some of those bars still exist, including some that were even here before that in the early 1900s. Most of the San Diego gay bars center around Hillcrest, often known as the “gayborhood,” and provide a welcoming space for people on any finish of the LGBTQ+ spectrum. If you are looking for more places to celebrate, check out our guide on the finest bars in Hillcrest as well.
Here are 11 LGBTQ+ bars you can find in San Diego. Note that none of these bars serve diet, save for one that has a drag brunch on Sundays. Many of the bars are adjacent food trucks or stands if you need a little snack while you drink, but other than that, they’re alcohol only.
Whether you’re looking for a smooth night in with the locals or a wild night out with your friends, here are the gay bars you won’t want to miss.
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How do I begin this article … hmmm, well as always, I am going to be honest and not ashamed, or will I be shamed because of how I have enjoyed my sex experiences over the last 48 years of my life.
You spot, I am a same-sex attracted man who loves to have sex with other gay men, and a lot of that sex was in bathhouses as I was growing up in the newfound homosexual world that I was exploring. Every single moment I would visit another city, state, or region, the one place I always made a direct to visit was the local gay bathhouse.
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As I was coming out as a gay man in 1975, a friend first introduced me to this place called “a bathhouse” and I was literally a kid in a candy store. I felt I had gone to heaven and could not trust such a place even existed. Even then,
