With assimilation comes the very real risk of once-interesting subcultures exploding in a fiery conflagration of mediocrity and blandness. As American gay bars continue devolving into toothless iterations of their former selves, providing endless rosters of agonizing karaoke and bingo nights where once there were backrooms and brilliant music, itâs time to ask the tough questions and pull no punches: What exactly are the ground rules for those gaggles of oft-giggly, sometimes-gawking, occasionally stiff and awkward heterosexual people who are now flocking to the gay bars, taking advantage of our drink specials and white-label Britney remixes?
Related:Â Woman to gay men everywhere: âStop telling us we canât be in gay barsâ
To get to the very meat of the matter, professional funnyperson Michael Henry has taken it upon himself to create an insightful PSA that breaks down the various doâs and donât for all those straight people out there who may by happenstance suddenly find themselves carousing in their local gay watering hole. Â We assure you itâs the very last word on the subject.
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Giuseppe
The trend of women going to gay bars needs to STOP. Period.
Lazycrockett
Bridal Parties especially.
jsmu
Lazycrockett–Exactimundo. Are you perchance also on JMG?
Lazycrockett
@jsmu….maybe…. đ
Chris
Gay bars are our safe spaces.
paul dorian lord fredine
oh, grow up!
winemaker
Straight people have ‘straight bars’. What is the allure of going to a gay bar if you are straight.? We, the gay community seem to be losing the last bastions of being with our own kind, not having to put on ‘false airs’ and being able to be ourselves in our ‘safe places’. In San Francisco, where I live, over the last 28 years or so, the number
of gay bars has greatly diminished. Some might say this is due to changing demographics, AP’S like ‘Grinder’ and ‘Scruff’ allowing gay guys to meet and connect without having to go to a bar, deal with rude men, attitude, drunks, high drink prices and other unpleasantries. I remember when going to a gay bar, in San Francisco for example, was a pleasant experience for the most part. Over the years, the number of gay bars has shrunk, many have changed hands or have gone out of business all together. Oh well, progress as they say, what’s next?
Mandrake
This is all backwards. The gay bars are closing. There’s not the need for them like in the 50’s – 90’s and early 21st Century unless you live in the rural Deep South. Gays are going to bars and clubs that were previously “straight” now. Nobody cares! Gays, Bi’s, Lesbians, or however you define yourself can go pretty much anywhere now outside a redneck community.