Qmmunity Wants Deets on Local Gay Bars From Decades Past

What are we missing? Send us yer memories!

"...compiled an inexhaustive list of the queer, lesbian, and gay bars this city both loves (oh hey Cheer Up..."

Aug. 14, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Beth Sullivan

Qmmunity: BT2 Joins Ranks of Gay Bars Austin Has Loved and Lost

We can still do our part to preserve its history

"...BT2 has closed. The North Austin gay bar, which had temporarily closed back in March, announced..."

May 15, 2020 Column by Beth Sullivan

Gay Bars Should Not Discriminate Against Straights

"...one night that was slightly disconcerting. I am a gay male and am accustomed to frequenting the gay nightlife..."

June 2, 2005 Postmarks

Dear Glutton: Meeting Gays Outside of Gay Bars

Trading dating apps for edible apps

"...Where does a gay guy who hates gay bars and dating apps but..."

Sept. 9, 2016 Food Column by Emily Beyda

An Incomplete Compilation of the Gay Bars Austin Has Loved and Lost

Because sometimes you want to go where everybody knows you’re queer

"...Stonewall riots, we've compiled an inexhaustive list of the gay, lesbian, and queer bars that have called Austin home..."

Aug. 9, 2019 News Feature

Gay Place: HEY, TURKEYS!

The holidays can be tough when you spend them alone: Come find your chosen family

"...Or tofurkeys! Watch out. Thursday's comin'. Three gay bars – BT II, OCH, Iron Bear – are..."

Nov. 27, 2015 Column by Kate X Messer

The Drink/Drank/Drunk Issue: Take You to the Gay Bar

A round-up of Austin's LGBTQ bar scene

"...always has been vibrant and vital. We build our bars of straw, sticks, spit, and glitter. And no doubt..."

July 8, 2013 Qmmunity Post

A Wild and Precious "Theraplay" of Gay Experience

One man's 50+ year gay journey comes home to a place that helped launch it

"...own wild and precious life, spanning an era of gay liberation, he brings this story back to Austin, where..."

Nov. 12, 2014 Qmmunity Post by Carmen Rising

LGBTQ Bars Reclaim Their Place as Community Hubs

After Orlando, queer space is more important than ever

"...Long before Stonewall, a scattering of bars and clubs blocked unwanted stares and provided shelter from..."

Aug. 26, 2016 Food Feature by Sarah Marloff

Gay Segregation

"...Kate Getty has not spent enough time in the gay bars of Austin to know that there has always..."

March 9, 2005 Postmarks

Behind the Bars Part II

We revisit Austin's LGBTQ bars of yesteryear

"...and messy memories of our beloved (and bygone) LGBTQ bars. Gay Place's OG editor Kate Messer put together Behind..."

Aug. 25, 2016 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

A Map of Austin's Queer Bars From the Fifties to Today

Got a photo or memory from a bar from years past? Share it!

"...ground of yours on our “Incomplete Compilation of the Gay Bars Austin Has Loved and Lost,” or perhaps your..."

Aug. 16, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Katelyn Landry

Gay Place

Go, Skee-Ra, go!

"...GAY BARS OUT THE YIN-YANG So now we don't have..."

July 8, 2011 Column by Kate X Messer

NOLA Gay

In New Orleans, the yellow brick road leads to the Center.

"...Coast's legendary queer rag Ambush, only helped with finding bars. And gay bars in New Orleans are, for the..."

Jan. 24, 2008 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

Qmmunity: Road Trippin’ to Texas Queer Bars

Not to mention, Sir Rat's store opening and I'm From Driftwood's Austin show

"...– a quintessential lesbian bar located in the city's gay bar strip. The whiskey burns and the dance floor..."

May 17, 2019 Column by Sarah Marloff

Gay Place

Where the queers at? SXSW!

"...by Southwest can be a big ball o' confusion. Gay Place wishes to whisk you away on our flying..."

March 20, 2009 Features Feature by Ash Bell

Gay Place: Grit 'N Glitz

Heavy-hitting week in the LGBTQ with Christeene, Drew Riley, Eileen Myles, Peaches, and more

"...(See Friday: Glitz; see Wednesday: Eileen Myles.) ON OUR GAYDAR..."

Nov. 6, 2015 Column by Kate X Messer

Gay Place: Don't Stop, Get It Get It

We don't ever want to hear you complain that there is not enough LGBTQ up in this town

"...lots to plan for next week. Pull out your gaygendas and GO. ON OUR GAYDAR..."

Feb. 3, 2012 Column by Kate X Messer

Behind the Bars

Why are gay bars not counted within Austin club histories?

"...was the first time I had ever been around gay people as a group. My biggest memory was of..."

June 5, 2009 Features Feature

Feds Raid Sixth Street Bars

Indictment against club boss includes money laundering, drugs

"...Austin, and runs several of the warehouse district's more gay-friendly businesses. In addition to Treasure Island, it also runs..."

March 22, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Georgetown Man Charged in Attack on Gay Couple Downtown

Frank Macias being charged with two counts of aggravated assault

"...4th and managing member of Oilcan Harry’s, and both bars’ director of operations Scott Perciful addressed a small crowd..."

Feb. 12, 2019 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Firework Thrown at Local Gay Bar Unsettles Community

Despite rumors, the Iron Bear asks patrons to not panic

"...Despite APD’s no-show, Grodzinsky and bar owners Roger Rozell..."

June 28, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

Gay Place

Where my queers at? SXSW, b'duh.

"...out all over. Every year, there are more new gaybies popping out of fresh queer bellies all over SXSW..."

March 7, 2014 Column by Kate X Messer

Gay Place

Dress like a Banshee as you prepare for your gayest SXSW ever.

"...Just a buttload of listings! Go thou and be gay, gay-bies. ON OUR GAYDAR..."

March 2, 2012 Column by Kate X Messer

Four Suspects Charged in Brutal Assault on Gay Couple

Austin police are investigating the case as a potential hate crime

"...hands as they left Rain on 4th, a popular gay bar on Fourth Street, in the early hours of..."

Feb. 15, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Gay Town in the A-Town

"...in the dark with kin, at our beloved Austin Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Austin's longest-running film festival, gay..."

Sept. 5, 2014 Arts Feature by Kate X Messer

Gay Place: AHOY, SWABBIES

The week before SXSW: The calm before the storm of more queers than we know what do with ... Oh, we'll think of something

"...Southwestlandia, with each year bringing a flotilla of new gays, et al., to our shores of sassy LGBTQ wonder...."

Feb. 28, 2014 Column by Kate X Messer

Gay Place

Take your typewriter, pencil, or pen, and if you make a mistake, you gotta do it again!

"...GAYFFICIENCY..."

Jan. 27, 2012 Column by Kate X Messer

Gay Place

Where the queers at on Saturday? SXSW!

"...BRINGING UP WHAT REAR? Welcome to our li'l gay ghetto, waaay in the back of the SXSW specials...."

March 20, 2009 Features Feature by Ash Bell

Gay Place

Where the queers at on Friday? SXSW!

"...folderol? What's Q-friendly at the SXSQ? Let your best gay girlfriends and best gay boyfriends here at the Gay..."

March 20, 2009 Features Feature by Ash Bell

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