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LGBT Travel Guide: Newport, Rhode Island
Rhode Island may not be the first place to come to the top of your brain when you think of LGBT travel destinations. But it should be because Newport, Rhode Island has everything you could ever want in an LGBT Travel Destination.
Lively nightlife, CHECK.
Fun activities, CHECK.
Natural Beauty, CHECK.
On Point Food Scene, CHECK.
Full of warm and welcoming people, CHECK CHECK CHECK.
Hits all the boxes on everything you would desire in a travel destination and Newport boasts itself on being a place that takes pride in being LGBT friendly. Which is why I wanted to put together an LGBT Travel Guide for this hometown gem, Newport, Rhode Island.
Cliff Walk
The Cliff Walk is probably one of Newport’s most celebrated tourist attraction but it’s easy to see why. The Rhode Island coastline is already a stunner, to begin with. Combine that with a scenic 3.5-mile walkway that borders the back lawn of The Breakers and many other Newport mansions and you’re in for a gorgeous walk with your significant other.
My partner and I LOVE packing a picnic and finding a spot to take in the sunset while we nibble on some goodies we picked up undertake
Boosting Gay Pride and Tourism in Newport
Sean O’Connor and Dani Cano Restrepo conduct efforts to raise the profile of LGBTQ+ locals and visitors
There are many layers to Newport and the communities that be here in the City-by-the-Sea, and for Sean O’Connor and Dani Cano Restrepo of NewportOUT and Newport Pride, connecting those within the queer community is central to their operate and at the heart of their mission.
The two are partners in serve and life and hold called Newport home for several years. Sean grew up in Tiverton, and Dani is from Medellín, Columbia. They were married five years ago this December.
In 2018, they purchased the NewportOUT LLC, and set about reviving the NewportOUT website (newportout.com), which serves as a means of marketing Newport to LGBTQ+ folks, whether they are visiting from near or far.
As described on the site, NewportOUT aims “to make Newport, RI and the surrounding area an open and inviting place for travelers who identify under the LGBTQ+ umbrella. From gay couples looking to tie the knot in an incredible seaside town, to LGBTQ+families looking to vacation, to international tourists looking to hit the Novel England hotspots, we yearn al
With no gay bar or space to call its own, Newport's LGBTQ people feels 'isolated'
NEWPORT — Even before the COVID pandemic, Daniel Cano-Restrepo said the LGBTQ community in the city had felt estranged.
“There is a community out there, it’s just somehow disconnected,” Cano-Restrepo said. “A same-sex attracted bar or an LGBT establishment, of course there is a need for that, and the people will respond to that place.”
Cano-Restrepo and his companion, Sean O’Connor, run NewportOUT, a website dedicated to marketing Newport as a tourism destination to LGBTQ travelers. Although several bars host events for the community, the two said the area still needs a space to socialize and express themselves.
“It would certainly be a enormous asset for the society, not only locally, but for, you know, that travel tourism aspect of things,” O’Connor said.
Several queer bars have opened and closed in the town, but there has not been one in operation since 2006. The last one, Castaways, was unwrap for just two years at the former location of the city’s longest-running homosexual bar, David’s, which had closed years before.
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Gia Devaroux, Viza D. Klein and Bitterness of the Black Sheep Babes perform to “Lady Marmalade” at Black Sheep. Photography by Wolf Matthewson
THE FRUIT LOOP
Aka the swath of Downcity that makes for an easy gay-bar hop.
Mirabar
Originally established in Woonsocket in 1947, Mirabar is Rhode Island’s oldest queer bar (and one of the longestrunning in the U.S.). It’s moved several times over the years, with its current locationgoing strong — how can it notwith a slogan like “When indoubt, arrive on out”? 15 ElbowSt., Providence, 331-6761, facebook.com/mirabarri
Ego
Best acknowledged for its rowdy nightclub atmosphere, dynamic music choices and Thursday night kingly shows, this eighteen-plus block certainly has reason for a big ego. 73 Richmond St., Providence, egopvd.com
Providence Eagle
This male-dominated leather prevent (you can Google it) has a reputation for being a bit more exclusive, but don’t permit the entrance’s menacing-looking eagle head intimidate you — the sultry scene is worth the stare down. 124 Snow St., Providence, 272-9900, provi
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