{{Short description|none}} {{See also|List of lesbian bars}} An '''LGBT bar''' is a [[drinking establishment]] that caters to an exclusively or predominantly [[lesbian]], [[gay]], [[bisexual]], [[transgender]] or [[queer]] ([[LGBTQ+]]) clientele. [[Gay bar|Bars]] and [[nightclubs]] have historically served as centers of gay culture due to their role as some of the few places people with [[homosexuality|same-sex]] orientations and [[gender-variant]] identities could openly socialize.
While many LGBT bars have historically catered specifically to men, [[Lesbian bar|lesbian bars]] cater exclusively or predominantly to [[lesbian]] women. Some bars of both types are now considered "queer" bars, welcoming LGBTQ+ people of all genders.
This is a list of notable [[Gay bar|LGBT bars]] worldwide. This is not a complete list.
{{Dynamic list}} <!-- Listed by continent, and by alphabetical order. -->
== Africa == {{Expand section|date=September 2025}} {| class="wikitable sortable" !Bar !City !Country !Year opened !Year closed !Notes |- | | | | | | |}
== Asia == {{Expand section|date=September 2025}} {| class="wikitable sortable" !Bar !City !Country !Year opened !Year closed !Notes |- |[[Aiiro Cafe]] |Tokyo |Japan | | | |- |[[Dragon Men (Tokyo)|Dragon Men]] |Tokyo |Japan | | | |- |[[Sunee Plaza]] |[[Pattaya]] |Thailand |1996 | |Area known for LGBT nightlife, including more than 50 institutions<ref name="Purple Roofs">{{cite web |title=Purple Roofs Travel Newsletter: October 2009 - Sunee Plaza, Pattaya, Thailand |url=https://www.purpleroofs.com/newsletters2009/091006-sunee-plaza-thailand.html |website=www.purpleroofs.com |publisher=Purple Roofs |accessdate=13 January 2019 |archive-date=18 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111218165347/http://www.purpleroofs.com/newsletters2009/091006-sunee-plaza-thailand.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thai-spice-magazine.com/2010/09/sunee-plaza-the-big-secret/ |publisher=Thai-Spice magazine |title=Sunee Plaza – the BIG secret |date=September 14, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110417090937/http://www.thai-spice-magazine.com/2010/09/sunee-plaza-the-big-secret/ |archive-date=April 17, 2011 }}</ref> Opened in 1996 as Crazy Pub. |- |[[Video Pub]] |[[Jerusalem]] |Israel |2012 | | |}
== Australia == {{Expand section|date=September 2025}} {| class="wikitable sortable" !Bar !City !Country !Year opened !Year closed !Notes |- |[[Capriccio's]] |Sydney |Australia |1969 |2008 | |- |[[Connections Nightclub]] |Perth, [[Northbridge, Western Australia|Northbridge]] |Australia |1975 | |Known colloquially as Connies |- |[[Ruby Reds]] |Surry Hills, Sydney |Australia |1975 |1980s |Closed and reopened as "Rubies". Site functioned as other venues for LGBTQ+ patrons from 1980s to 2023 |}
== Europe == {| class="wikitable sortable" !Bar !City !Country !Year opened !Year closed !Notes |- |[[Admiral Duncan (pub)|Admiral Duncan]] |London |England |{{Circa|1832}} (possibly earlier) | |One of the oldest gay pubs in Soho<ref name="hullpacket">{{cite news |title=High Treason |newspaper=The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury | location=Hull | date= 28 August 1832 | issue=2493}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Traitorous Assault upon His Majesty |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle | date= 28 June 1832 | location=London | issue=19606}}</ref> |- |[[The Backstreet]] |London |England |1985 |2022 | |- |[[The Black Cap]] |London |England |1751 (as Mother Black Cap) |2015 |Known for drag cabaret<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zhJGpvZwhSIC&q=drag+%22black+cap%22+camden+town&pg=PA235|title=Britain - Google Books|access-date=2009-07-24|isbn=9781740593380|last1=Else|first1=David|year=2003|publisher=Lonely Planet }}</ref><ref name="This Is Cabaret">{{cite news | url=http://www.thisiscabaret.com/exclusive-historic-drag-pub-camdens-black-cap-closed-owners/ | work=This Is Cabaret | location=London | title=Historic Drag Pub Camden's Black Cap Closed Down By Owners | date=2015-04-13 | access-date=2015-04-13 }}{{Dead link|date=May 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" |[[Café 't Mandje]] | rowspan="2" |Amsterdam | rowspan="2" |Netherlands |1927 |1982 | rowspan="2" |One of the first gay bars in the Netherlands. Closed in 1982 and reopened in 2007<ref name=HET>{{cite news|url=http://www.parool.nl/parool/nl/35/Proefwerk/article/detail/13880/2008/04/29/Homocafe-t-Mandje-heropend.dhtml|title=Homocafé 't Mandje heropend|date=29 April 2008|work=[[Het Parool]]|accessdate=2009-02-12|language=nl}}</ref> |- |2007 | |- |[[Coleherne pub|The Coleherne]] |London |England |1866 |2008 |Known as a popular landmark leather bar during the 1970s and 1980s<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.cuirmale.nl/history/leatherbars.htm |title=Gay leather bars |website=cuirmale.nl |access-date=1 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{citation |url=http://gingerman1963.wordpress.com/page/2/ |title="The Coleherne, Earl's Court, 1981" and "Summer 1981" |access-date=2013-05-22 |last=Burnside |first=Grant}}</ref> |- |[[Comptons of Soho]] |London |England |1986 | |Known as "The Grand Dame of Queer Street"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.qxmagazine.com/pdf/backissues/qx614.pdfl |title=Back Issues |access-date=2010-07-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120911072143/http://www.qxmagazine.com/pdf/backissues/qx614.pdfl |archive-date=11 September 2012 }}</ref> |- |[[Cruz 101]] |Manchester |England |1992 | |One of the most popular and longest-running gay clubs in Greater Manchester<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/entertainment/clubs/s/86/86125_venue_review_cruz_101.html |title=Manchester Evening News - Club Review |accessdate=2008-04-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070220212844/http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/entertainment/clubs/s/86/86125_venue_review_cruz_101.html |archivedate=20 February 2007 }}</ref> |- |[[DTM (nightclub)|DTM]] |Helsinki |Finland |1992 |2025 |Formerly the largest gay club in Northern Europe<ref name="pass">{{cite news |url=https://passportmagazine.com/discovering-the-wonders-of-lgbtq-helsinki/ |title=Discovering The Wonders Of LGBTQ Helsinki |magazine=Passport Magazine |access-date=7 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924121320/https://passportmagazine.com/discovering-the-wonders-of-lgbtq-helsinki/ |archive-date=24 September 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> |- |[[Eldorado (Berlin)|Eldorado]] |Berlin |Germany |c. 1848 |1932 |Name of multiple early queer and gay clubs in Berlin, closed by the Nazi's |- |[[The George, Dublin|The George]] |Dublin |Ireland |1985 | |One of Ireland's oldest and largest gay bars, and the most popular in Dublin<ref>{{Cite web |title=Best Gay Nightclub Dublin {{!}} Dublin's Best Gay Bar {{!}} LGBTQ Nightclub |url=https://thegeorge.ie/ |access-date=2023-09-20 |website=The George |language=en-GB}}</ref> |- |[[George and Dragon, Shoreditch|The George and Dragon]] |London |England |1716 | |Historic venue<ref>{{cite news |title=George & Dragon Pub in Wanstead Celebrates Grand Reopening After VIP Launch Event |url=https://catererlicensee.com/george-dragon-pub-in-wanstead-celebrates-grand-reopening-after-vip-launch-event/ |access-date=14 September 2025 |work=Caterer Licensee Hotelier News |date=February 4, 2025}}</ref> |- |[[Heaven (nightclub)|Heaven]] |London |England |1979 | |[[Superclub]] with major influence in the development of London's LGBT scene<ref name="forty">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/nov/30/40-years-of-sheer-heaven-london-gay-superclub |title=Forty years of sheer Heaven at the London superclub |last=Thorpe |first=Vanessa |date=30 November 2019 |website=The Guardian |access-date=3 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191130161202/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/nov/30/40-years-of-sheer-heaven-london-gay-superclub |archive-date=30 November 2019}}</ref> |- |[[Hercules (nightclub)|Hercules]] |Helsinki |Finland |2000 | |Most popular gay club in Helsinki<ref name="pass"/> |- |[[The Joiners Arms, Hackney|The Joiners Arms]] |London |England |1997 |2015 |Central to the East London gay scene<ref name="guardian-neats">{{cite news | url = https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/04/you-must-open-a-gay-venue-in-office-complex-planners-tell-developers | date = 4 August 2017 | access-date = 4 August 2017 | first = Rupert | last = Neate | newspaper = [[The Guardian]] | location = London | title = You must include gay venue on site of Joiners Arms, planners tell developers}}</ref> |- |[[Kiki (bar)|Kiki]] |Reykjavik |Iceland |2014<ref>{{Cite web |last=Duffy |first=Jonathan |date=March 7, 2024 |title=Let's Keep Having A Kiki |url=https://gayiceland.is/2024/lets-keep-having-a-kiki/ |website=gayiceland.is}}</ref> | |Iceland's only gay bar<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kiki Queer Bar {{!}} Conde Nast Traveler |url=https://www.cntraveler.com/bars/reykjavik/kiki-queer-bar}}</ref> |- |[[London Astoria]] |London |England |1976 |2009 |Home to [[G-A-Y]] until 2008<ref>''The Secret Public: How LGBTQ Performers Shaped Popular Culture'' (1955-1979) by Jon Savage, Faber & Faber, ISBN 9780571358373, publ. June 2024 - BANG (disco, London), p. 584-5, 601, 603,</ref> |- |[[Le Queen]] |Paris |France |1991 |c. 2019 | |- |[[The New Penny]] |Leeds |England |1953 | |First gay venue in the UK to open outside London<ref>{{Cite web |title=Leeds Gay Scene |url=http://www.leeds-uk.com/gay/leeds-gay-scene.htm}}</ref> |- |[[The Queen Adelaide (Bethnal Green)|The Queen Adelaide]] |Hackney, London |England |1834 | |Inherited furnishings from the closure of the [[George and Dragon, Shoreditch|George and Dragon]] in 2015<ref>{{Cite web|title=Queen Adelaide, 483 Hackney Road, Bethnal Green E2|url=https://pubwiki.co.uk/LondonPubs/BethnalGreen/QueenAdelaide.shtml|access-date=2021-06-03|website=pubwiki.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-05-28|title=Queer London: 10 of the best LGBTQ+ nightlife spaces to visit|url=https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/culture/queer-london-10-of-the-best-lgbtq-nightlife-spaces-to-visit/|access-date=2021-06-03|website=GAY TIMES|language=en-GB}}</ref> |- |[[The Queen's Head (Amsterdam)|The Queen's Head]] |Amsterdam |Netherlands |1998 | |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Queen's Head |url=https://www.iamsterdam.com:443/en/see-and-do/eating-and-drinking/bar-and-cafe-listing/queens-head |access-date=2022-09-28 |website=I Amsterdam |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Café The Queen's Head (Amsterdam) |url=https://amsterdam.gaycities.com/bars/1844-caf%C3%A9-the-queens-head |access-date=2022-09-28 |website=Gay Cities: Amsterdam |language=en}}</ref> |- |[[Pan Club Copenhagen]] |Copenhagen |Denmark |1970 |2007 |One of Europe's largest gay clubs and the biggest in Copenhagen<ref>{{Cite web|title=Thorstein Viggoson|url=https://gaymagz.dk/tag/thorstein-viggoson/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215081812/http://gaymagz.dk/tag/thorstein-viggoson/|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 15, 2018|website=gaymagz.dk|language=da}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite web|date=9 August 2018|title=PAN Club i Knabrostræde|url=http://lgbt.dk/timeline/pan-club-i-knabrostraede/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806021121/http://lgbt.dk/timeline/pan-club-i-knabrostraede/|archive-date=2019-08-06|website=[[LGBT Danmark]]|language=da}}</ref> |- |[[Panti|Pantibar]] |Dublin |Ireland |2007 | |Run by drag queen and activist [[Rory O'Neill]]<ref name="indo-Sept8">{{cite web|date=6 September 2009 |author=Barry Egan |url=http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/glamour-queen-is-not-amused-1879486.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120804000727/http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/glamour-queen-is-not-amused-1879486.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 August 2012 |title=Glamour queen is not amused |work=Irish Independent |access-date=5 September 2010 }}</ref> |- |[[Royal Vauxhall Tavern]] |London |England |1862 | |South London's oldest surviving queer venue<ref name="Bridge">{{cite web |last=Bridge |first=Haydon |title=QX London Gay History: Southern Comfort |url=http://qxmagazine.com/pdf/gayhistory-south.pdf |date= |access-date=10 June 2010}}</ref> |- |[[Tom's Bar]] |Berlin, [[Schöneberg]] |Germany |1982 |2024 | |- |[[Trade (nightclub)|Trade]] |London |England |1990 |2008 | |- |[[The WayOut Club]] |London |England |1993 | |One of London's best known transgender venues<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/wayout-club-birthday-394/|title=Partying at WayOut, One of the UK's Oldest Trans Clubs|last=Lewis|first=John Lucas, Photos: Jake|date=2015-04-28|website=Vice|language=en|access-date=2019-11-08}}</ref> |- |[[XXL (club)|XXL]] |London and Birmingham |England |2000 |2019 |Nightclub catering to the [[bear community|bear]] sub-group<ref name="Cochran2009">{{cite book|author=Jason Cochran|title=Pauline Frommer's London: Spend Less, See More|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780470308691|url-access=registration|date=5 February 2009|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-0-470-46511-0|page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780470308691/page/320 320]}}</ref><ref name="Out2014">{{cite book|author=((Editors of Time Out))|title=Time Out London|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cWkSxQ5Dt6sC&pg=PT581|date=2 January 2014|publisher=Time Out Guides Limited|isbn=978-1-84670-426-0|page=581}}</ref><ref name="PlanetFilou2013">{{cite book|author1=Lonely Planet|author2=Emilie Filou|author3=Steve Fallon |author4=Damian Harper |author5=Vesna Maric|title=Lonely Planet London|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SfzhAQAAQBAJ&pg=PT285|date=1 October 2013|publisher=Lonely Planet Publications|isbn=978-1-74321-833-4|page=285}}</ref> |}
== North America == {| class="wikitable sortable" !Bar !City !State !Country !Year opened !Year closed !Notes |- |[[3 Dollar Bill]] |New York City |New York |United States |2018 | | |- |[[The 19 Bar]] |Minneapolis |Minnesota |United States |1952 | |Oldest gay bar in Minneapolis |- |[[The Abbey (bar)|The Abbey]] |[[West Hollywood, California|West Hollywood]] |California |United States |1991 | |Called the "Los Angeles equivalent to the Stonewall Inn", central to LGBT culture in Los Angeles<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2020-06-29 |title=The Resilience of Gay Bars |url=https://daily.sevenfifty.com/in-praise-of-gay-bars/ |access-date=2023-09-22 |website=SevenFifty Daily |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-09-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230922231336/https://daily.sevenfifty.com/in-praise-of-gay-bars/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |[[Los Amigos (Puerto Vallarta)|Los Amigos]] |Puerto Vallarta, [[Zona Romántica]] |Jalisco |Mexico |1998 |2025 | |- |[[Atlantic House]] |Provincetown |Massachusetts |United States |1798 | |Contender for oldest gay bar in the United States<ref name="ah">[http://www.ahouse.com/history.html The History of Atlantic House] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090411232355/http://ahouse.com/history.html |date=2009-04-11 }}.</ref><ref>[http://www.frommers.com/destinations/provincetown/N26669.html Frommer's review of The Atlantic House].</ref> |- |[[Axis Nightclub]] |Columbus |Ohio |United States |{{Circa|2001}} | |Staple of Columbus nightlife<ref name="Kelley">{{cite book |last1=Kelley |first1=Shawnie |title=Insiders' Guide to Columbus, Ohio |date=July 1, 2008 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |page=104 |isbn=9781461746881 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mre1DQAAQBAJ&pg=PA104 |accessdate=December 8, 2018 |archive-date=December 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203174403/https://books.google.com/books?id=Mre1DQAAQBAJ&pg=PA104 |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |[[Badlands Portland|Badlands]] |Portland |Oregon |United States |2024 | |Operating in the former location of [[Embers Avenue]] |- |[[The Bar Complex]] |[[Lexington, Kentucky|Lexington]] |Kentucky |United States |1963 | |The oldest continuous LGBTQ gathering place in Kentucky<ref>{{Cite web |last=Patrick |first=Andrew |title=Historic LGBTQ Site |url=https://explorekyhistory.ky.gov/items/show/842 |access-date=2026-02-26 |website=ExploreKYHistory |language=en}}</ref> |- |[[Bar Frida]] |Puerto Vallarta |Jalisco |Mexico |2001 | |Various locations within the city |- |[[Black Banana]] |Philadelphia |Pennsylvania |United States |1971 |1990s (early) |European-style nightclub<ref>{{cite web|last1=London|first1=Nick|title=The Black Banana Reunion: Memories of the Vagabond Years|url=https://www.phillymag.com/g-philly/2011/01/11/the-black-banana-reunion/|website=Phillymag.com|date=11 January 2011 |publisher=Philadelphia magazine|accessdate=2 May 2018}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" |[[Black Cat Bar]] | rowspan="2" |San Francisco | rowspan="2" |California | rowspan="2" |United States |1906 |1921 | rowspan="2" |At center of early legal fight establishing protections for gay people in the United States<ref>[http://scocal.stanford.edu/opinion/stoumen-v-reilly-29515 ''Stoumen v. Reilly'', 37 Cal. 2d 713)]</ref> |- |1933 |1964 |- |[[Black Cat Tavern]] |Los Angeles, [[Silver Lake, Los Angeles|Silver Lake]] |California |United States |1939 | |Site of one of the first demonstrations in the United States protesting police brutality against LGBT people<ref>Gay LA, Authors Faderman & Timmons, University of California Press, copyright 2006</ref> |- |[[Black Eagle (Montreal)|Black Eagle]] |Montreal |Quebec |Canada | | | |- |[[Cafe Lafitte in Exile]] |New Orleans |Louisiana |United States |1933 | |Claims to be the oldest continuously operating gay bar in the United States<ref>{{cite news |last= Kelly |first= John |date= March 27, 2011 |url= http://www.nola.com/living/index.ssf/2011/03/1950s_tom_caplinger_at_caf_laf.html |title= 1950's: Tom Caplinger at Cafe Lafitte in French Quarter |newspaper= [[The Times-Picayune]] |accessdate= May 5, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=99-NtgAACAAJ&q=cafe+lafitte+in+exile |first1= Frank |last1= Perez |first2= Jeffrey |last2= Palmquist |title= In Exile: The History and Lore Surrounding New Orleans Gay Culture and Its Oldest Gay Bar |publisher= LL Publications |year= 2012 |isbn= 9781905091997 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://nolapage.com/city/new-orleans/gay-bars/cafe-lafitte-in-exile-new-orleans |title= Cafe Lafitte in Exile – New Orleans |accessdate= May 5, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://neworleans.gaycities.com/bars/369-cafe-lafitte-in-exile |title= Cafe Lafitte in Exile |accessdate= May 5, 2016 }}</ref> |- |[[CC Slaughters]] |Portland |Oregon |United States |1981 | |Two locations in Portland, OR, USA<ref name="Out">{{Cite journal|url=http://www.out.com/entertainment/popnography/2013/06/27/200-greatest-gay-bars-world|title=200 of the Greatest Gay Bars in the World|date=June 27, 2013|journal=[[Out (magazine)|Out]]|issn=1062-7928|publisher=[[Here Media]]|access-date=June 21, 2016|archive-date=January 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107062314/http://www.out.com/entertainment/popnography/2013/06/27/200-greatest-gay-bars-world|url-status=live}}</ref> and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico<ref>{{cite journal|date=November 3, 2015|title=Don't Have FOMO In Puerto Vallarta|url=http://www.out.com/travel-nightlife/2015/11/03/dont-have-fomo-puerto-vallarta|journal=Out|access-date=December 27, 2015|archive-date=January 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160106063741/http://www.out.com/travel-nightlife/2015/11/03/dont-have-fomo-puerto-vallarta|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |[[CC Slaughters]] |Puerto Vallarta | |Mexico | | |Two locations in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, and Portland, OR, USA |- |Circus Disco |Los Angeles, [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]] |California |United States |1975 |2016 |Large Latinx clientele excluded form many other LGBTQ bars. [[Cesar Chavez]] addressed an LGBTQ community meeting here in 1983.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Crawford-Lackey |first=Katherine |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Preservation_and_Place/jOuRDwAAQBAJ |title=Preservation and Place: Historic Preservation by and of LGBTQ Communities in the United States |last2=Springate |first2=Megan E. |date=2019-09-04 |publisher=Berghahn Books |isbn=978-1-78920-307-3 |pages=104, 121, 128 |language=en}}</ref> |- |[[Celebrities Nightclub]] |Vancouver |Alberta |Canada |1978 | | |- |[[Club 70]] |Edmonton |Alberta |Canada |1970 |1978 | |- |[[Club Universe]] |San Francisco, [[South of Market, San Francisco|South of Market]] |California |United States |1994 | | |- |[[Crews & Tangos]] |Toronto |Ontario |Canada |1994 | | |- |[[Cuff Complex|The Cuff]] |Seattle |Washington |United States |1993 | |A complex featuring four bars and a large deck, known for leather.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thestranger.com/locations/24134/cuff-complex|accessdate=January 4, 2016|work=[[The Stranger (newspaper)|The Stranger]]|publisher=Index Newspapers|issn=1935-9004|title=Cuff Complex|archive-date=November 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151127202043/http://www.thestranger.com/locations/24134/cuff-complex|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |[[Diesel (gay bar)|Diesel]] |Seattle |Washington |United States |2011 | |Bear bar |- |[[The Double Header]] |Seattle |Washington |United States |1934 |2015 |Upon closing, one of the oldest operating gay bars in the United States<ref name=Historylink>{{Historylink|title=Queer History in Seattle, Part 1: to 1967|author=Chrystie Hill|date=April 12, 2003|article=4154}}</ref><ref name="seattlepi">{{citation |author=Murakami |first=Kery |title=No longer at the center of Seattle's gay scene, bar still serving outsiders |date=2007-06-22 |newspaper=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |url=http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/No-longer-at-the-center-of-Seattle-s-gay-scene-1241547.php |publisher=Hearst Newspapers, LLC |access-date=2025-05-05}}</ref> |- |[[Down the Street]] |Asbury Park |New Jersey |United States |1988 |1999 |At close, was the oldest and longest-operating gay disco in New Jersey<ref>{{Cite web |title=Down the Street, Asbury Park NJ A Gay Bar and Club (Closed 1999) |url=https://www.drakkar91.com/lightsout/downthestreet.html |access-date=2025-06-12 |website=www.drakkar91.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Cook |first1=Michael |title=The Pride Series-Asbury Park, N.J. |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-pride-seriesasbury-pa_b_11134708 |access-date=14 September 2025 |work=The Huffington Post |date=July 22, 2016}}</ref> |- |[[Downtown Olly's]] |Indianapolis |Indiana |United States |2002 | | |- |[[Eagle NYC|The Eagle's Nest]] |New York City |New York |United States |1970 | |First gay bar to operate under the name "[[The Eagle (bar)|The Eagle]]"<ref name="NBCNews">{{cite web |last1=Street |first1=Mikelle |title=How 'The Eagle' Became One of the Most Recognized Gay Bar Names |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/how-eagle-became-one-most-recognized-gay-bar-names-n813336 |website=[[NBC News]] |access-date=May 11, 2021 |date=October 24, 2017 |archive-date=June 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607200135/https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/how-eagle-became-one-most-recognized-gay-bar-names-n813336 |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |[[El Rio (gay bar)|El Rio]] |San Francisco, [[Mission District, San Francisco|Mission District]] |California |United States |1978 | |First gay bar to debut queer [[Salsa music|salsa]] in San Francisco<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ramirez |first=Horacio N Roque |date=2007 |title="'Mira, Yo Soy Boricua y Estoy Aquí': Rafa Negrón's Pan Dulce and the Queer Sonic Latinaje of San Francisco" |url=https://works.bepress.com/horacio_roqueramirez/4/ |journal=CENTRO: Journal of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies |language=en |volume=XIX |issue=1}}</ref> |- |[[Embers Avenue]] |Portland |Oregon |United States |1969 |2017 |Former gay bar and nightclub<ref name=Dresbeck>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rDzlAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA86|title= Insiders' Guide® to Portland, Oregon|edition=8|first=Rachel|last=Dresbeck|date=March 18, 2014|publisher= Globe Pequot|page=86|isbn= 9780762791897|access-date=June 21, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://downtownportland.org/explore/#/location/embers-nightclub|title=The Embers Avenue|publisher=Downtown Portland and the Downtown Portland Marketing Initiative|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606222416/http://downtownportland.org/explore/#/location/embers-nightclub|archive-date=June 6, 2014|url-status=dead|access-date=June 21, 2014}}</ref> |- |[[Esta Noche (gay bar)|Esta Noche]] |San Francisco, [[Mission District, San Francisco|Mission District]] |California |United States |1979 |2014 |First Latino gay bar in San Francisco<ref name="Press">{{cite web|url=http://works.bepress.com/horacio_roqueramirez/4/|title=""'Mira, Yo Soy Boricua y Estoy Aquí': Rafa Negrón's Pan Dulce and the Queer Sonic Latinaje of San Francisco"" by Horacio N Roque Ramirez|last=Press|first=Berkeley Electronic|website=works.bepress.com|access-date=2016-04-10|archive-date=2016-01-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102192150/http://works.bepress.com/horacio_roqueramirez/4/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Ramírez-2003">{{Cite journal|last=Ramírez|first=Horacio N. Roque|date=2003-01-01|title="That's My Place!": Negotiating Racial, Sexual, and Gender Politics in San Francisco's Gay Latino Alliance, 1975-1983|jstor=3704613|journal=Journal of the History of Sexuality|volume=12|issue=2|pages=224–258|doi=10.1353/sex.2003.0078|s2cid=201778927 }}</ref> |- |[[Mr. Flamingo]] |Puerto Vallarta |Jalisco |Mexico | | | |- |[[Flashback Gay Bar|Flashback]] |Edmonton |Alberta |Canada |1974 |1991 |<ref>{{Cite news|title=A stroll through Edmonton’s queer history|url=https://edmontonjournal.com/entertainment/local-arts/a-stroll-through-edmontons-queer-history|work=Edmonton Journal|access-date=2026-01-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630041627/https://edmontonjournal.com/entertainment/local-arts/a-stroll-through-edmontons-queer-history|archive-date=2023-06-30|language=en-CA|last=Bell|first=Justin|date=June 29, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |[[Fountainhead Pub]] |Vancouver, [[West End, Vancouver|West End]] |British Columbia |Canada |2000 | | |- |[[Gold Coast (bar)|Gold Coast]] |Chicago |Illinois |United States |1960 |1988 |One of the first bars created by and for the gay leather community in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-06-30 |title=Remembering Chicago Leatherman Chuck Renslow |url=https://www.wbez.org/stories/remembering-chicago-leatherman-lgbtq-activist-chuck-renslow/2b1567e4-af09-48e7-ab1c-bf8ff9385363 |access-date=2023-10-01 |website=WBEZ Chicago |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Goldsborough |first=Bob |date=2017-06-30 |title=Chuck Renslow, Chicago gay community icon and International Mr. Leather contest founder, dies at 87 |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/obituaries/ct-chuck-renslow-obituary-20170630-story.html |access-date=2023-10-01 |website=[[Chicago Tribune]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-06-18 |title=A Conversation About Chicago's Boystown |url=https://www.wbez.org/stories/the-meaning-of-boystown-a-conversation-about-chicagos-lgbtq-neighborhood/9f131545-07cc-41db-88ac-db30ccb8c062 |access-date=2023-10-01 |website=WBEZ Chicago |language=en}}</ref> |- |[[Hobo's]] |Portland |Oregon |United States |{{Circa|2002}} |2020 |Restaurant, gay bar, and piano bar<ref>{{cite journal|title=On the Rocks or Blended: The Future of the Gay Bar|journal=[[PQ Monthly]]|date=May 16, 2013|url=http://www.pqmonthly.com/on-the-rocks-or-blended-the-future-of-the-gay-bar/14620|access-date=December 10, 2020|archive-date=July 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150725043206/http://www.pqmonthly.com/on-the-rocks-or-blended-the-future-of-the-gay-bar/14620|url-status=usurped}}</ref><ref name=Beck>{{cite web |title=Portland's Wildest Gay Bars and Hangouts |url=https://pdx.eater.com/maps/portlands-best-queer-bars-lgbtq |website=[[Eater (website)|Eater Portland]] |publisher=[[Vox Media]] |access-date=December 10, 2020 |date=June 14, 2019 |first1=Byron |last1=Beck |first2=Conner |last2=Reed |author1-link=Byron Beck (blogger) |archive-date=November 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112022700/https://pdx.eater.com/maps/portlands-best-queer-bars-lgbtq |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |[[Hunters Palm Springs]] |Palm Springs |California |United States |1998 | |<ref>{{Cite web |last=Malcolm |first=Bill |date=2024-04-12 |title=Hot fun in the desert sun: Your Palm Springs guide |url=https://www.washingtonblade.com/2024/04/12/palm-springs-lgbtq-travel/,%20https://www.washingtonblade.com/2024/04/12/palm-springs-lgbtq-travel/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240428000734/https://www.washingtonblade.com/2024/04/12/palm-springs-lgbtq-travel/ |archive-date=2024-04-28 |access-date= |website=Washington Blade |publisher=Brown Naff Pitts Omnimedia, Inc |language=en-US}}</ref> |- |[[Jewel's Catch One]] |Los Angeles |California |United States |1973 |2015 |Longest running black gay dance bar in Los Angeles<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=37MyBQAAQBAJ&q=jewel's+catch+one Moon-Ho Jung, The Rising Tide of Color: Race, State Violence, and Radical Movements across the Pacific, University of Washington Press, Jul 1, 2014] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004020114/https://books.google.com/books?id=37MyBQAAQBAJ&q=jewel%27s+catch+one#v=snippet&q=jewel's%20catch%20one&f=false |date=October 4, 2023 }}, p. 211</ref> |- |[[Julius (New York City)|Julius]] |New York City |New York |United States |{{Circa|1867}} | |Oldest continuously operating gay bar in New York City and site of the 1966 Julius Sip-In<ref name="juliussip">{{cite web |title=The 1966 "Sip-In" at Julius' Bar |url=https://www.nps.gov/ston/learn/historyculture/julius.htm |website=National Park Service |access-date=14 September 2025}}</ref> |- |[[The Junction (Vancouver)|The Junction]] |Vancouver, [[Davie Village]] |British Columbia |Canada |2010 | | |- |[[The Leather Stallion Saloon]] |Cleveland |Ohio |United States |1970 | |Oldest continuously operating gay bar in Ohio<ref name="csu">{{cite web |last1=Habyl |first1=Riley |title=Leather Stallion Saloon |url=https://queerclevelandhistories.org/locations/leather-stallion-saloon/ |website=Queer Cleveland |publisher=CSU Center for Public History + Digital Humanities |access-date=14 September 2025}}</ref> |- |[[Le Stud]] |Montreal, [[Gay Village, Montreal|Gay Village]] |Quebec |Canada |1996 | | |- |[[Madison Pub]] |Seattle |Washington |United States |1986 | |Gay sports bar |- |[[Mantamar Beach Club Bar & Sushi]] |Puerto Vallarta, Zona Romántica |Jalisco |Mexico |c. 2013 | | |- |[[Mineshaft (gay club)|Mineshaft]] |New York City |New York |United States |1976 |1985 |Was frequented by famous patrons including [[Jack Fritscher]] and [[Robert Mapplethorpe]].<ref>William E. Jones, ''"True Homosexual Experiences" Boyd McDonald and "Straight to Hell"'', Los Angeles, We Heard You Like Books, 2016, {{ISBN|978-0-9964218-1-2}}, p. 75.</ref>{{sfn|Fritscher|1994|pp=189–190}}<ref>Mapplethorpe's membership card for the Mineshaft can be seen in the 2016 documentary ''Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures'' (http://www.mapplethorpefilm.com {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161111135636/http://www.mapplethorpefilm.com/ |date=2016-11-11 }}, retrieved April 22, 2016).</ref> |- |[[Missie B's]] |Kansas City |Missouri |United States |1994 | |- | rowspan="2" |[[Neon Boots Dancehall & Saloon]] | rowspan="2" |Houston | rowspan="2" |Texas | rowspan="2" |United States |1955 |1995 | rowspan="2" |Largest LGBT country and western bar in Texas<ref>{{cite news|title=Neon Boots kicks up its heels at historic venue|url=http://blog.chron.com/29-95/2013/08/neon-boots-kicks-up-its-heels-at-historic-venue/#14929101=0|work=The Houston Chronicle|access-date=November 11, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Neon Boots, Texas' Biggest Country LGBT Bar, is Open for Business|url=http://blogs.houstonpress.com/rocks/2013/08/neon_boots_grand_opening.php|work=The Houston Press|access-date=November 11, 2013|archive-date=November 14, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131114115416/http://blogs.houstonpress.com/rocks/2013/08/neon_boots_grand_opening.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> Opened in 1955 as Esquire Ballroom |- |2013 | |- |[[Nicho Bears and Bar]] |Mexico City, [[Zona Rosa, Mexico City|Zona Rosa]] | |Mexico | | | |- |Nob Hill |Washington, D.C. | |United States |1953 |2004 |Began as a private club for Black gay and bisexual men but opened to the public in 1957.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Beemyn |first=Genny |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Queer_Capital/_rvcAwAAQBAJ |title=A Queer Capital: A History of Gay Life in Washington D.C. |date=2014-06-20 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-81938-7 |pages=105-106 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=DC's LGBTQ History: Nob Hill - This corner spot in Columbia Heights was a popular African American gay bar for almost five decades. |url=https://historicsites.dcpreservation.org/items/show/1290 |access-date=2026-01-13 |website=DC Historic Sites |language=en}}</ref> |- |[[La Noche (Puerto Vallarta)|La Noche]] |Puerto Vallarta, [[Zona Romántica]] |Jalisco |Mexico | | | |- |[[Numbers (Vancouver)|Numbers]] |Vancouver, [[Davie Village]] |British Columbia |Canada |c. 1980 | | |- |[[Paco's Ranch]] |Puerto Vallarta, [[Zona Romántica]] |Jalisco |Mexico | | | |- |[[The Paddock Club]] |Greenville |North Carolina |United States |1973 |2003 |At time of closing, oldest continuously operating LGBT club in North Carolina<ref name="paddocksculp">{{cite news |title=Paddock Club sculpture honors Greenville's LGBTQ+ community |url=https://www.witn.com/2024/06/06/paddock-club-sculpture-honors-greenvilles-lgbtq-community/ |access-date=14 September 2025 |work=WITN 7 News |date=June 6, 2024}}</ref> |- |[[Phase 1 (bar)|Phase 1]] |Washington, D.C. | |United States |1971 |2016 |One of the oldest continuously-operating women's bars at the time of its closure.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Phase One, Washington, DC |url=https://www.nps.gov/places/phase-one-washington-dc.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128225842/https://www.nps.gov/places/phase-one-washington-dc.htm |archive-date=2020-11-28 |access-date=2026-01-13 |website=National Park Service |language=en}}</ref> |- |[[Pumpjack Pub]] |Vancouver, [[Davie Village]] |Alberta |Canada |2000 | | |- |[[Pony (Seattle)|Pony]] |Seattle |Washington |United States | | | |- |[[Pulse (nightclub)|Pulse]] |Orlando |Florida |United States |2004 |2016 |Site of the [[Pulse nightclub shooting]]<ref name=Hjelmgaard>{{Cite news |url = https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/06/12/pulse-more-than-just-another-gay-club/85785762/ |title = Scene of mass shooting more than 'just another gay club' |work = USA Today |access-date = June 12, 2016 |first = Kim |last = Hjelmgaard |date = June 12, 2016 |issn = 0734-7456 |publisher = Gannett Company |archive-date = June 13, 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160613033615/http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/06/12/pulse-more-than-just-another-gay-club/85785762/ |url-status = live }}</ref> |- |[[Purr Cocktail Lounge]] |Seattle |Washington |United States |2005 |2018 | |- |[[The Q (nightclub)|The Q]] |New York City |New York |United States |2021 |2023 | |- |[[Queer Bar (Seattle)|Queer Bar]] |Seattle |Washington |United States |2017 | | |- |[[Ramrod (New York City)|Ramrod]] |New York City |New York |United States |1960 |1986 |Known as the site of the 1980 [[West Street Massacre]], a homophobic mass shooting.<ref name="Historic Sites">{{cite web |title=Ramrod |url=https://www.nyclgbtsites.org/site/ramrod/ |website=NYC LBGT Historic Sites Project |access-date=15 August 2023}}</ref> |- |[[Reinas Bar]] |Puerto Vallarta, [[Zona Romántica]] |Jalisco |Mexico |2010 | | |- |[[Red Cap Garage]] |Portland |Oregon |United States |1987 |2012 |One of three interconnected bars<ref name="Breen">{{cite journal|last=Breen|first=Matthew|title=Gayest Cities in America, 2012|journal=[[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)|The Advocate]]|date=January 9, 2012|url=http://www.advocate.com/travel/2012/01/09/gayest-cities-america-2012|access-date=May 14, 2016|publisher=[[Here Media]]|issn=0001-8996|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160524110249/http://www.advocate.com/travel/2012/01/09/gayest-cities-america-2012|archive-date=May 24, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Oppegaard|first=Brett|title=How We Play: Nightclubs galore; The chances are good you can find a spot that caters to your musical tastes in the Vancouver-Portland area|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-23231071.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911123318/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-23231071.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 11, 2016|access-date=May 14, 2016|work=[[The Columbian]]|publisher=Columbian Publishing Co.|date=February 23, 2003|location=Vancouver, Washington}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Let's Go Pacific Northwest Adventure|date=December 13, 2004|publisher=Macmillan|page=94|isbn=9780312335649|edition=1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1Kf5LftSLNEC&pg=PA94|access-date=May 14, 2016}}</ref> |- |[[San Francisco Eagle]] |San Francisco, [[South of Market, San Francisco|South of Market]] |California |United States |1981 | |Formerly Eagle Tavern, a leather bar<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barmann |first=Jay |date=January 19, 2021 |title=SF Eagle Bar Passes First Hurdle Toward Landmark Status |url=https://sfist.com/2021/01/29/sf-eagle-bar-passes-hurdle-toward-landmark-status/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512134415/https://sfist.com/2021/01/29/sf-eagle-bar-passes-hurdle-toward-landmark-status/ |archive-date=May 12, 2021 |website=SFist |quote=SF's Eagle Tavern opened in 1981, just over a decade after the Eagle's Nest bar in New York City inspired a wave of similarly named leather bars opened around the country for masculine-presenting gay men who enjoyed the scene.}}</ref> |- |[[Santé Bar]] |Portland |Oregon |United States | | | |- |[[The Saloon (Minneapolis)|The Saloon]] |Minneapolis |Minnesota |United States |1977 | | |- |[[Scandals (gay bar)|Scandals]] |Portland |Oregon |United States |1979 | |Among Portland's longest-running LGBTQ+ bars<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wweek.com/bars/2018/06/09/scandals-friendly-atmosphere-makes-its-gay-cheers-reputation-feel-accurate-instead-of-eye-roll-inducing/|title=Scandals' Friendly Atmosphere Makes Its "Gay Cheers" Reputation Feel Accurate Instead of Eye Roll-Inducing|website=Willamette Week|date=9 June 2018 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-25|archive-date=2019-01-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190126061647/https://www.wweek.com/bars/2018/06/09/scandals-friendly-atmosphere-makes-its-gay-cheers-reputation-feel-accurate-instead-of-eye-roll-inducing/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Jankowski |first1=Andrew |title=An Overview of Portland's LGBTQ+ Nightlife for the Newcomer |url=https://www.portlandmercury.com/queer-issue-2019/2019/06/06/26594597/an-overview-of-portlands-lgbtq-nightlife-for-the-newcomer |accessdate=June 8, 2019 |work=Portland Mercury |date=June 6, 2019 |archive-date=June 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190609161102/https://www.portlandmercury.com/queer-issue-2019/2019/06/06/26594597/an-overview-of-portlands-lgbtq-nightlife-for-the-newcomer |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |[[Silverado (gay bar)|Silverado]] |Portland |Oregon |United States |2000s | |Portland's only gay bar and strip club until the opening of [[Stag PDX]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Streckert |first1=Joe |title=Queer Bars in Portland, a History |url=https://www.portlandmercury.com/queer-guide-2024/2024/06/13/47254025/queer-bars-in-portland-a-history |newspaper=Portland Mercury |date=June 13, 2024}}</ref> |- |[[The Silver Platter (gay bar)|The Silver Platter]] |Los Angeles, [[Westlake, Los Angeles|Westlake]] |California |United States |1963 | |<ref name="lataco">{{Cite web |date=May 17, 2024 |title=Westlake’s Oldest Gay Bar Set to be Demolished |url=https://lataco.com/westlake-oldest-gay-bar |website=L.A. TACO}}</ref><ref name="laconservancy">{{Cite web |title=Silver Platter |url=https://www.laconservancy.org/learn/historic-places/silver-platter/ |website=Los Angeles Conservancy}}</ref> |- |[[South Beach (nightclub)|South Beach]] |Houston |Texas |United States |2001 | |Voted Houston's Best Gay Bar<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://cityguide.aol.com/houston/bestgaybars |title=Houston's Best Gay Bars - AOL City Guide |access-date=2025-09-14 |archive-date=2008-07-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080709073134/http://cityguide.aol.com/houston/bestgaybars |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://bestof.houstonpress.com/bestof/award.php?award=198114&year=2006 Best of Houston - ''Houston Press''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930200811/http://bestof.houstonpress.com/bestof/award.php?award=198114&year=2006 |date=2007-09-30 }}</ref> |- |[[Stag PDX]] |Portland |Oregon |United States |2015 | |Second all-nude gay strip club on the West Coast, after [[Silverado (gay bar)|Silverado]]<ref name=Acker>{{cite news|last1=Acker|first1=Lizzy|title=Stag: Bar Review|url=http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-24856-stag_bar_review.html|accessdate=July 6, 2015|work=[[Willamette Week]]|date=June 10, 2015|location=Portland, Oregon|publisher=City of Roses Newspapers|archive-date=July 19, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150719002835/http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-24856-stag_bar_review.html|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |[[Stereo nightclub]] |Montreal |Quebec |Canada |1998 | | |- |[[Stonewall Inn]] |New York City |New York |United States |1930 | |Site of the 1969 [[Stonewall riots]]<ref>{{cite report |title=Stonewall Inn Designation Report |url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/2574.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191114111318/http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/2574.pdf |publisher=New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission |archive-date=November 14, 2019 |ref={{Harvid|Landmarks Preservation Commission|2015}}}}</ref> |- |[[The Stud (bar)|The Stud]] |San Francisco |California |United States |1966 | |One of the first gay bars to open on [[Folsom Street]].<ref name="leatherarchives.org">{{cite web |url=http://www.leatherarchives.org/exhibits/deblase/timeline1.htm#1964 |title=Leather History Timeline-Leather Archives |publisher=Leatherarchives.org |date= |accessdate=2012-05-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120421175041/http://www.leatherarchives.org/exhibits/deblase/timeline1.htm#1964 |archivedate=2012-04-21 }}</ref> |- |[[This Is It! (bar)|This Is It!]] |Milwaukee |Wisconsin |United States |1968 |2025 |Prior to closing, oldest continually operating gay bar in Wisconsin<ref name=BottomsUp>{{Cite book |last=Dreager |first=Jim |year=2012 |title=Bottoms Up: A Toast to Wisconsin's Historic Bars & Breweries |publisher=[[Wisconsin Historical Society Press]] |pages=183 |isbn=978-0-87020-498-2}}</ref><ref name=changes>{{cite web|last1=Stingl|first1=Jim|title=Changes bring the demise of C'est La Vie|url=http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/29423294.html|website=jsonline.com|publisher=Journal Sentinel, Inc.|access-date=April 7, 2016|date=May 4, 2008}}</ref><ref name=horne>{{cite news |last=Horne |first=Michael |date=November 14, 2014|title=This Is It, Our Oldest Gay Bar |url=http://urbanmilwaukee.com/2014/11/14/taverns-this-is-it-our-oldest-gay-bar/ |newspaper=Urban Milwaukee|location=Milwaukee, WI|access-date=April 7, 2016}}</ref> |- |[[Three Sisters Tavern]] |Portland |Oregon |United States |1964 |2004 |Hub of Portland's gay nightlife<ref name=Beck2>{{cite news|last=Beck|first=Byron|author-link=Byron Beck (blogger)|title=The Other Jefferson Dancers|url=http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-5965-the_other_jefferson_dancers.html|access-date=July 14, 2015|work=[[Willamette Week]]|publisher=City of Roses Newspapers|date=August 23, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150715002707/http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-5965-the_other_jefferson_dancers.html|archive-date=July 15, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Secret>{{cite book|title=Secret Portland, Oregon: The Unique Guidebook to Portland's Hidden Sites, Sounds and Tastes|date=2003|publisher=ECW Press|page=161|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=58VK_IPHEGsC&pg=PA161|access-date=July 13, 2015|first1=Ann Carroll|last1=Burgess|first2=Linda|last2=Rutenberg|isbn=9781550225860|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160511134714/https://books.google.com/books?id=58VK_IPHEGsC&pg=PA161&lpg=PA161&dq|archive-date=May 11, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" |[[Toad Hall Bar]] | rowspan="2" |San Francisco, [[Castro District, San Francisco|Castro District]] | rowspan="2" |California | rowspan="2" |United States |1971 |1979 | rowspan="2" |Featured in the movie [[Milk (2008 American film)|Milk]] (2008), the bar reopened at a nearby location in 2009<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-19 |title=482 Castro Street |url=https://www.sfgayhistory.com/neighborhoods/castro/former-castro-gay-bars/482-castro-street/ |access-date=2025-09-16 |website=SF Gay History |language=en-US}}</ref> |- |2009 | |- |[[The Tool Box (bar)|The Tool Box]] |San Francisco, [[South of Market, San Francisco|South of Market]] |California |United States |1962 |1971 |Leather bar<ref name=":2">{{Cite magazine |last=Welch |first=Paul |date=1964-06-26 |title=Homosexuality in America |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qEEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA66 |magazine=[[Life (magazine)|Life]] |pages=66–74 |volume=56 |issue=26}}</ref> |- |[[Twin Peaks Tavern]] |San Francisco, [[Castro District, San Francisco|Castro District]] |California |United States |1935 | | |- |[[Union Seattle|Union]] |Seattle |Washington |United States |2018 | | |- |[[White Horse Inn (Oakland, California)|White Horse Inn]] |Oakland |California |United States |1933 | |Said to be the oldest continuously operating gay bar in the United States<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sfchronicle.com/lgbt/article/Oakland-s-White-Horse-gay-bar-turns-80-4503994.php|title=Oakland's White Horse gay bar turns 80|last=Jones|first=Carolyn|date=2013-05-09|work=San Francisco Chronicle|access-date=2017-03-23}}</ref> |- |[[Woody's (Toronto)|Woody's]] |Toronto |Ontario |Canada |1989 | |Featured in [[Queer as Folk (North American TV series)|Queer as Folk]]<ref name=open>"Woody's celebrates openly". ''[[National Post]]'', July 17, 2004.</ref><ref name="WAPO1">{{cite news |last1=Nguyen |first1=Mai |title=A guide to local favorites in Church-Wellesley Village |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/canada/church-wellesley-village-neighborhood-toronto/ |access-date=2 October 2019 |newspaper=[[Washington Post]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=LGBTQ Toronto Nightlife Guide: Bars & Clubs |url=https://www.seetorontonow.com/toronto-diversity/bars-and-clubs/ |website=Tourism Toronto |access-date=2 October 2019}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" |[[Ziegfeld's]] | rowspan="2" |Washington, D.C. | rowspan="2" | | rowspan="2" |United States |1980 |2006 | rowspan="2" |Dual-themed nightclub with drag queens and male strippers. Closed in 2006 and reopened in a new location in 2009.<ref>Hank Stuever, "Ballpark Blues," "[[The Washington Post]]," April 4, 2006</ref><ref name="Blade2020">{{cite web | title=Ziegfeld's-Secrets 'closed for good' at current site | website=Washington Blade | date=2020-05-01 | url=https://www.washingtonblade.com/2020/05/01/ziegfelds-secrets-closed-for-good/ | access-date=2020-07-19}}</ref> |- |2009 |2020 |}
== South America == {{Expand section|date=September 2025}} {| class="wikitable sortable" !Bar !City !Country !Year opened !Year closed !Notes |- |[[Amerika (nightclub)|Amerika]] |Buenos Aires |Argentina |2000 | |Largest LGBT nightclub in Buenos Aires<ref>[http://www.revista-noticias.com.ar/comun/nota.php?art=412&ed=1588 Gay tourist circuit (in Spanish)] Revista Noticias, Accessed on April 16, 2008. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071225030517/http://www.revista-noticias.com.ar/comun/nota.php?art=412&ed=1588 |date=December 25, 2007 }}</ref><ref>[http://travel.nytimes.com/travel/guides/central-and-south-america/argentina/buenos-aires/attraction-detail.html?vid=1154654662900 Buenos Aires Nightlife] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090121154843/http://travel.nytimes.com/travel/guides/central-and-south-america/argentina/buenos-aires/attraction-detail.html?vid=1154654662900 |date=January 21, 2009 }}, [[The New York Times]].</ref> |- |[[Nueva Cero]] |[[San Miguel, Chile|San Miguel]] |Chile |1998 | |Formerly known as Paradise, and Cero |- |[[Theatron]] |Bogotá |Colombia |2002 | |Complex of LGBT nightlife, the largest gay nightclub in Latin America<ref>Mercer Human Res Consulting, Inc. The Global Manager's Guide to Living and Working Abroad: Western Europe and the Americas. ABC-CLIO, March 20, 2009 – 350 pages</ref><ref name="cool">{{ cite web |url=http://www.lan.com/onlyinsouthamerica/partying-with-the-cool-kids-in-chapinero/ |title=Partying with the Cool Kids in Chapinero |last=Southwick |first=Natalie |date=July 22, 2013 |website=Only in South America |access-date=July 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170422100514/http://www.lan.com/onlyinsouthamerica/partying-with-the-cool-kids-in-chapinero/ |archive-date=April 22, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://off2colombia.com/bogota-bars-clubs/theatron-nightclub-chapinero-bogota |title=Theatron Nightclub Bogota |website=...Off2Clombia |access-date=July 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306131743/http://off2colombia.com/bogota-bars-clubs/theatron-nightclub-chapinero-bogota |archive-date=March 6, 2014}}</ref> |- |[[The Week International]] |São Paulo |Brazil |2004 | | |}
==See also== *[[List of lesbian bars]] *[[The Eagle (bar)#List of Eagle bars|List of gay bars called The Eagle]] *[[Leather subculture#Locations|List of leather bars]] *[[:Category:Leather bars and clubs|Leather bars and clubs]] *[[LGBTQ-owned business]]
==References== {{reflist}}
== Further reading == * Mattson, Gregor (2023). ''Who Needs Gay Bars? Bar-Hopping through America's Endangered LGBTQ+ Places''. Stanford University Press. {{ISBN|9781503629202}}
<!-- Categories --> [[Category:LGBTQ drinking establishments]] {{portal bar|Drink|LGBTQ}}