For more on the growing vaccination-only trend at NYC bars and restaurants, read this feature. It’s a relaxed converted-loft space with comfy couches, pool tables, and flat-screen TVs for viewing athletic events from football to rodeo. Most of the bars on this list require that you show proof of a COVID-19 vaccination at the door. GYM Sports Bar is New York City’s first gay sports bar. Here are 25 of our favorite LGBTQ spots across NYC. In other words, it’s a refresher on all the places you can find your people in this big, newly reopened, queer city.
Which is why you won’t just find LGBTQ bars on this guide, but also spots that host LGBTQ nights and events.Īfter a challenging year for this city’s LGBTQ spots, we’re highlighting everything from neighborhood hangs and bars that are great on weeknights to spots for the best local drag in the world and clubs for a big night out. This bar is similar to Nellys in Washington DC because it.
No matter where in the city you find yourself, you’re never too far from people in full mesh, studs in suits, drag queens and kings, club kids, and leather daddies. This is one of those famous Village Gay Bars in New York City. This NYC gay landmark is where the modern gay rights movement started in 1969. It’s dubbed the wickedest place in New York by local press.
New York City doesn’t just have one “gay neighborhood.” Sure, there’s Hell’s Kitchen and Chelsea - but this city is all just kind of gay everywhere. 1890: So-called fairies turn tricks at the Slide (157 Bleecker St.), one of the city’s earliest gathering spots for gay men.