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The Casino at 172 S Washington St (1930-1946) was nicknamed "Madame Peabody's Dancing Academy for Young Ladies" and was one of the few places on the West Coast where same-sex dancing was allowed. Perfect For: Drinking Good Cocktails First/Early in the Game Dates. From online reviews, it's unclear its current patrons recognize it as anything more than a sports bar. The Double Header at 407 Second Ave S (1934-present) is listed as the oldest continuously operating gay bar in the country. The photos in the slideshow above give a glimpse of that scene. E, 206/860-1130, 5pm-2am daily Sol Liquor was one of the first bars to capture cocktail cool in Seattle. Seattle's first gay-owned gay bar, it was frequented by men and women and featured female impersonators and vaudeville entertainment. One colorful bar from Seattle's past was called The Garden of Allah (1946-1956), at 1299 First Avenue. The map shows that, prior to the 1970s, Seattle's LGBT culture was centered not on Capitol Hill, but in Pioneer Square. The coalescence of yesterday's Supreme Court decision overturning DOMA and Seattle's Pride parade this weekend inspired University of Washington map specialist Matthew Parsons to describe for us a historical map showing LGBT-friendly establishments in Seattle from the 1950s to the 2000s. 526 Queen Anne Ave N Queen Annes Mecca Cafe is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and generally, those all-night spots are infamous for having the grossest, most ignored. In 1978, it was a place for protests and political organizing, ultimately blocking Initiative 13 to uphold gay and lesbian rights. Here's the premise: for every city, there's an infinite number of possible maps that tell an infinite number of stories. It was the location for the first Seattle Pride parade in 1974. The Central Phoenix LGBT Community is in the area that stretches North from Roosevelt Street to Northern Avenue and West from 24th street to 19th Avenue. Many bars and nightclubs are situated in this area as well.
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Right now, happening every Thursday through November 18, the Garden is hosting Las Vegas’s “Drag Superstar,” a drag race-styled competition featuring the Valley’s fiercest up-and-coming Queens, where attendees get to vote on who moves on to the next week and the grand prize winner will be invited to join the Garden’s famed residency lineup, which includes many RPDR alums.Today on KUOW Presents, we hear an episode of 99% Invisible about maps. However the Melrose District of Central Phoenix has a high concentration of LGBT-friendly businesses. They’ve also got great food-think upscale gastropub fare like angus beef sliders and cauliflower wings-great happy hour specials, DJs and bottle service on weekends, and they host Ru Paul’s Drag Race viewing parties. But despite the challenges of opening in the midst of a pandemic, the Garden quickly became the hottest gay bar in town, thanks in part to a sexy, stylish space in the super-hot, hip, and happening DTLV Arts District, as well as a Bottomless Drag Brunch every Saturday and Sunday. When exploring this neighborhood, you have a 1 in 14 chance of being a victim of any crime.
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It’s been a long time since a new LGBTQ bar opened in Las Vegas, and the Garden didn’t exactly have timing on its side-originally scheduled to open March 20, 2020, the date got pushed (for obvious reasons) into June of that still-not-a-great-year. Located in the Brighton area of Seattle, Othello has a crime rate that is 155-percent higher than the national average.