Until government officials allow bars to welcome guests.
The annual walk has been featured in The New York Times, The Advocate, and Paper Magazine. On Saturday, Hughes and Solomon will officially open Lambda Lounge in Harlem, only the second Black-owned LGBTQ+ bar in New York City. All of a sudden, we had no revenue, no income, no activity. This is primarily due to the coronavirus pandemic. Unfortunately, that fact is looking a little rocky as the Alibi Lounge is currently struggling to stay open. Your hosts for this walking tour are Kyle Supley & Michael Ryan, creators of “Gay Bars That Are Gone,” an annual walk through downtown NYC honoring LGBTQ spaces of yesteryear. Alibi is currently the only openly gay bar in Harlem and it is also the last LGBTQ bar in NYC to be owned by a black person. You’ll bar hop through stories of community, protest, artistic achievement, and plain old intrigue.Īll this, in the name of sparking a conversation about how to properly preserve and celebrate New York City’s “lavender landmarks” during one of the hardest times for nightlife venues in recent memory. Long the center of cultural evolutions and political activism, gay bars are critical locations to understand Queer history in America. TikTok video from chidozie ekwensi (chidofauxreal): 'new black owned gay bar in brooklyn getintoit black gay queer nightlife brooklyn nyc blackowned clublambda'. Special Pride Week Edition! Gay Bars That Are Gone Tourįrom discos and dive bars to piano bars and cabarets, this tour looks at the shifting typology of the gay bar in New York City.
