Since the shooting in Orlando many have taken to Twitter with the hashtag #MyFirstGayBar. The tragedy in Orlando underscores a conversation that the gay community has been having with itself for nearly a decade about the relevance or need for “community” and in particular the role of gay bars as one of the foundations of the gay community.
Boston watched their LGBT bookstores close one by one, followed by many popular gay bars in the early 2000s as the traditional enclave – the South End – saw more men leaving and more heterosexual couples moving in. In light of the Orlando shooting, which in my mind was both an act of terrorism and a hate crime, it reminds me how important it is to retain businesses that are here first and foremost to serve the local LGBT community.
#MyFirstGayBar was Neighbours Nightclub in Seattle. What was yours?
BosGuy 
Silverado in Portland!
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Hillbury Ranch -72 – then I became a gin slinger at Playland 21 Essex Street for many years – we had our Monday fundays where we would meet up and go to dinner – we would go to South Boston on Mondays at the Cork and Bull — it was just us telling no secrets – telling no lies. The gents from Jacques and buddies helped us keep it real.
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