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The Triumphant Return of Dark Rooms and Cruising
Cruising never went anywhere, but it’s everywhere in queer nightlife now—and often more inclusive than ever before.
Life Lessons Learned On Queer Dancefloors, According To Jen Winston
Queer nightlife helped the author of Greedy re-conceptualize her identity.
Nashville Gay Bars Are Receiving Threatening 'LGBT' Flyers with MAGA Return Address
At least five businesses have reported receiving the postcards, which swap the LGBT acronym for liberty, guns, beer, and Trump.
A Guide For Straight Women at Gay Bars, by a Queer Woman
Don’t let Rita Ora’s “Girls” fool you, drunkenly kissing girls “only for a night” is not a good look in 2018.
Philly Fans Watched Super Bowl in Minnesota Gay Bar Because It's Called 'Eagle'
"Yeah, that has to be a place where I can find some Eagles fans."
When Toxic Masculinity Infects Our Queer Spaces, We All Lose
I made a meme about how annoying "masc" gay parties are. But the response it got said more about the gay community than my joke ever could.
Since Pulse, LGBTQ Bars Have Upped Security and Activists Are Worried
At a time when police brutality is a top concern, this increase in security especially raises the concerns of trans and queer people of color.
How Abandoned Queer Kids Find the Strength to Love Their Families
I've heard enough stories of rejected queer children to last a lifetime. No two are alike, and none are as cut and dry as you'd think.
Sexual Harassment Is Pervasive and Under-Reported in Gay Bars
What can we do to counter an issue that too many sweep under the rug?
Roanoke's Gay Bar Scene Will Never Be the Same
It's the end of an era for a bar culture that survived a mass shooting and 35 years of social change.
I Found Out I Was HIV Positive at a Gay Bar
What it's like to emerge from a life-changing moment into the arms of strangers.
Cruising in Public Is Something It Could Never Be Online: Human
In praise of the old-fashioned joys of the flesh.