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Gay Minneapolis | Bars, Businesses, Sports, Organizations
Where to find the Gay bars in Minneapolis. Also, where to Stay, Dine, Shop, and Chill at gay owned spots in Minneapolis. Just to clarify, these are not LGBTQ+ or lgbtq+ friendly. These are gay owned Minneapolis gay bars and other businesses.
Minneapolis is a haven for the LGBTQ+ group, blending inclusivity with a wide range of attractions, events, and gay-friendly spots. Whether you’re looking for an invigorating nightlife, community-centered events, or LGBTQ+ owned businesses, gay Minneapolis has something for everyone.
1st and Oldest Gay Bar: 19 Bar
Opened in1952 the 19 Bar is the OLDEST continually running and queer owned gay exclude in the Joined States. It is well worth making a pilgrimage to the cornerstone lock in the Minneapolis gayborhood. 19 Block is still antique school. No website, cash only. This is their and the address is 19 W 15th St. The exclude has pool tables and other block games and a neighborhood gay block feel. This lock has recently been damaged by blaze and has a pop-up location at the Eagle Prevent for a period of time.
Eagle MPLS gay bar
The BEST gay lock for men who want to be around gay men in Minneapo
The Pride Behind Pride
It’s the year 2020. Pride is cancelled. This is very hard to state out loud. It feels appreciate saying we’re cancelling joy and progress. Of course, the cancelling of Pride—the festival, the celebration, the week when tens of thousands of far-flung LGBTQ peeps come streaming home—represents an operate of love to keep people healthy.
But its absence presents us with an opportunity to consider all the profound and important local LGBTQ landmarks that built Pride—and often disappeared. Living in a city is complicated. Each of us lives in a different Twin Cities: We share the Foshay Tower and the Mississippi, but we go home to different bars and bedrooms.
LGBTQ cultures have, historically, needed to cover their bars and bedrooms for fear of eviction, firing, imprisonment, or worse. As Ricardo J. Brown put it in his St. Paul memoir, The Evening Crowd at Kirmser’s—one of the best mid-20th century looks at American gay experience—the LGBTQ experience was “a ruse that kept all of us safe,” conducted in “a fort in the midst of a savage and hostile population.”
Hiding in forts was useful, important, necessary. But what was long veiled is easy to
In the Twin Cities and around the country, gay bars are dying.
But—and perceive us out here—maybe that’s not entirely a bad thing?
In his new manual Long Live Gender non-conforming Nightlife: How the Closing of Queer Bars Sparked a Revolution, sociologist Amin Ghaziani argues that the decline of the gay exclude has been the start of a renaissance, ushering in an era of pop-up parties and dance nights that offer an trial that’s more evolving, more inclusive, and more interesting than the brick-and-mortar bars that predated them. Greggor Mattson, in his 2023 novel Who Needs Lgbtq+ Bars?, makes a similar case, asking for whom these bars exist and exploring whether they’re actually disappearing so much as evolving.
In many communities, and the Twin Cities is certainly one of them, you can get a sense for what that evolution looks like. Minneapolis and St. Paul are home to an ever-changing underground network of queer tradition and events; ad hoc dance parties and alternative club nights like The Klituation, GRRRL Scout, Daddy Issues, and Cyber City Disco are as reliably fun and, in many circles, as popular as the cities’ gay bars. You might not have a lgbtq+ bar on your street, but track a few Instag
Lex's Guide to Queer Minneapolis Nightlife | LGBTQ+ Bars
Explore queer nightlife in Minneapolis with this city guide! We’re compiling lists of queer bars and parties in major cities so you don’t have to 💅
Minneapolis has developed into a queer hub in the midwest, featuring pleasurable LGBTQ+ clubs like Stonewall Sports and more. The LGBTQ+ nightlife scene is small but mighty, featuring friendly bars and joy dance parties so you can mix and mingle with local queer friends, whether you’re a local or just visiting. Let’s get into our list!
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1. The Saloon
One of the largest LGBTQ+ bars in the Midwest, The Saloon bids multiple levels of business, from dance floors and drag shows to pool tables and patio seating. With its vibrant atmosphere and diverse crowd, The Saloon is a must-visit for anyone exploring Minneapolis' LGBTQ+ nightlife or looking for a fun bedtime out during Pride.
The Saloon
830 Hennepin Ave
Minneapolis, MN 55403
2. LUSH
Known for its packed events schedule, LUSH bids drag shows, dance nights, drag brunch, and themed parties throughout the week. Enjoy some classic exclude fare or a kind cocktail whi