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Best Gay Bars in Newport Beach, CA - Strut Bar & Club, Tin Lizzie Saloon, WTF Events, The SRO Lounge, Men's Room Bar, The Boulevard, Hamburger Mary's - Long Beach, Chico, The Silver Fox, The Menagerie. Gay Bars in Orange County, CA: The Complete List () This is one of the shortest blog posts on the site because, well, Orange County just doesn’t have many gay bars.

But don’t fret—we have the details on the few that are here! 1. The Tin Lizzie (Costa Mesa, CA) Address: St Clair St, Costa Mesa, CA OC’S LONGEST STANDING LGBTQ+ BAR Tin Lizzie Saloon The saloon décor emulates a swanky lounge, dimly lit with deep red pin tucked banquettes, velvet embossed walls, avant-garde photography, and dark hardwood floors creating an intimate vibe for guests of our home.

ClubFly provides a gay bar, club, nightlife, and GLBT center mapper for Newport Beach, California and the rest of the US. Newport Beach gay bars and clubs are mapped in the gayborhood with an overview, tags, contact details, site, social media links, transit/walking directions, and driving directions. Gay bars in Newport Beach serve as vital platforms for local LGBTQ+ artists and performers to showcase their talents.

These venues provide a safe and welcoming space for LGBTQ+ artists to express themselves, build their careers, and connect with their audience. To start But that definitely has not always been the case. So in this blog we want to talk about the history of gay bars in Newport and possibilities for the future. But as a small organization, we can only do so much. A anecdote from last year to illustrate: In the fall of , we partnered with the Top of Pelham for a NewportOUT night at the dueling piano bar.

One of our favorite dueling piano players, Davina , was scheduled to perform. We hung a big rainbow flag on the third floor window facing Thames Street. On the night of the event, we saw friends from the local community that we knew, as well as folks who had just moved here for training at the naval base. But it was a couple of lesbian women daytripping from Massachusetts who wandered up during the event delighted to have spotted a rainbow flag and to find a gay event in town.

So when did any kind of formalized gay nightlife start? Surely there are colonial tales and much Gilded Age queer life to unpack did you know Cliff Walk was historically a cruising ground for trysts and hook ups between all manners of Newport residents and visitors? And the scene with gay men certainly took off during U. It was a hang out for the local theater company Newport Players Guild. Finally, in , ownership changed and it temporarily became a straight bar catering to the college crowd Club Craz.

What the locals have to say: One patron who responded to a post on Facebook about the history of gay bars in Newport recalled seeing Gloria Vanderbilt with her son Anderson Cooper getting a drink there. The Looking Glass. What the locals have to say: I used to go there when I was in the Navy and first coming out. I used to tape over the Department of Defense sticker on my bumper so that when I was parked in the bars lot, the Navy detectives wouldn't copy the license plate and drag me in for questioning.

It was a common practice. Castaways, too, is the site of many good memories shared by the local community to the team at NewportOUT. Gay Nights on the Town. Others may say that having a queer gathering space matters, not just for drinks but for social gatherings of other kinds. A place for our local community and where visitors from Providence, New York, or wherever know that they can dance and have a great time.

What do you think? We want to hear from you. Add to the conversation on our Forum , or to the comments below. Or you can always email us at info newportout. Just let us know!

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Hello, I came out at David's in I was a corpsman in the Navy stationed at the Naval hospital in Newport. David's was a Godsend to many of us. I am now 72 and celebrating my 48th anniversary with my husband and living in my hometown of Boscobel Wisconsin. This is such an awesome article!