Gay bars downtown nashville
Women outnumber men at the Lipstick Lounge ( Woodland St., /, Tues.-Sat. pm-3am, Sun. 11ampm, $ for events like karaoke and trivia night), one of two lesbian bars on the same East Nashville intersection. This is a laid-back club with a better-than-average sound system and karaoke selection. Live harmony, pool, and great meal attract a crowd nearly every night. The crowds are more mixed during the week than on the weekends, when it is mostly gay and lesbian.
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Right next door to club Tribe is Play ( Church St., / Wed.-Sun. 9pm-3am, $8 on drag present nights), the city’s highest-energy gay club, with performative shows and performances by adult-film stars. Though it is a gay prevent, everyone is welcome as long as they’re cheerful to be here. The drag shows are quality, but it is the dance floor (right next to the stage) that draws people in. On weekends that dance floor is packed. If you want more room to get your groove on, come on weeknights without drag shows.
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A Nashville gay bar is being forced out. That's one less safe vacuum for LGBTQ people
- David Plazas is the director of opinion and engagement for the USA TODAY Network Tennessee.
Greggor Mattson, an Oberlin College professor, traveled across the United States to do research for his book “Who Needs Male lover Bars? Bar-Hopping through America’s Endangered LGBTQ+ Places.”
He bluntly told readers in a guest opinion column for The Washington Post in “The data is clear: gay bars are closing.”
Mattson documented a 45% lower from to and provided a series of reasons, among them, dating apps that keep people at home, displacement because of rising rents and mainstream acceptance of the LGBTQ-plus community.
However, in Nashville, a city the author did not visit for his book, there is a vibrant gay bar scene. But establishments have come and gone. There are historical markers honoring defunct bars such as Juanita’s and The Jungle on Commerce Avenue in downtown and one to be unveiled on June 14 on Franklin Pike for Warehouse 28, a disco turned first home of Nashville CARES, the plus-year-old HIV/AIDS service nonprofit organization.
Now, another such business is organism forced from its loc
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The city’s first two recorded gay bars — the Jungle and Juanita’s — opened in Downtown Nashville in the s, where they served as havens for LGBTQ+ Nashvillians until the early s. A historical marker on Commerce Street and 7th Avenue memorializes their now-demolished buildings.
Today, you’ll find most LGBTQ+ establishments split between artsy East Nashville and the block of Church Street, located north of Music Row. A not many of the city’s low-key queer haunts are further afield, so plan on driving or taking a ride share if you want to see them all. Each offers something unique — be it Cheers-style camaraderie or high-level drag — making it worth exploring as much of the scene as possible. These are seven spots you won’t wish to miss.
Canvas
On October 31st, Canvas bid adieu to Church Street, where the quintessential queer space served an eclectic crew of Nashville’s alphabet mafia for the past 11 years. The new East Nashville location, which opened in mid-November, isn’t
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