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Given that it's June 28, the anniversary of Stonewall, I found this article from Slate on the Death of the Gay Bar particularly poignant.
While I'm glad to see queer culture move a from a heavy emphasis on drinking, those social connections, and the transmission of queer cultures will suffer.
There are still gay bars—but they are rapidly disappearing. The only lesbian bar in this area I know of that's still specifically lesbian (well, technically, it's a dyke bar) is The Wild Rose in Seattle, and its moved toward professional large-scale party nights. Not so much a local hangout. The leather bars are still alive, in Seattle, anyway.
But are we losing that local neighborhood hangout, where "everyone knows your name"?
While I'm glad to see queer culture move a from a heavy emphasis on drinking, those social connections, and the transmission of queer cultures will suffer.
There are still gay bars—but they are rapidly disappearing. The only lesbian bar in this area I know of that's still specifically lesbian (well, technically, it's a dyke bar) is The Wild Rose in Seattle, and its moved toward professional large-scale party nights. Not so much a local hangout. The leather bars are still alive, in Seattle, anyway.
But are we losing that local neighborhood hangout, where "everyone knows your name"?