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U.S. Gay Bars Are Closing Their Doors at a Heartbreaking Pace
Them ^ | Feb 18, 2026 | Mathew Rodriguez

Posted on 03/12/2026 9:25:04 AM PDT by fwdude

When it comes to the queer bar in the wild, so many threats exist, and it's only gotten worse in the past few years. Higher upfront costs combined with lower foot traffic have caused a nationwide problem for the service and food industries, which is exacerbated in queer spaces, which deal with smaller demographics than the average bar or restaurant. And of course, there’s the fact that many people, especially younger people, just don’t go out or have a third space anymore.

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21 posted on 03/12/2026 9:34:26 AM PDT by Who is John Galt? ("...mit Pulver und Blei, Die Gedanken sind frei!")
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To: fwdude

Awww ... think of the poor monkeypox viruses! They’ll have trouble infecting new hosts!


22 posted on 03/12/2026 9:34:38 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: fwdude

LOL!


23 posted on 03/12/2026 9:34:40 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution.)
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To: MotorCityBuck

Yeah, I knew I’d better add that, LOL!


24 posted on 03/12/2026 9:34:47 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: fwdude

They’re only closing the front doors. The back ones are still wide open.


25 posted on 03/12/2026 9:35:28 AM PDT by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.)
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To: ansel12

My reaction exactly. It breaks my heart.

I’m supposed to mourn for a business that exists to get people drunk so that they will further reduce their inhibitions for behavior that will end up in their exploitation, humiliation, and death.


26 posted on 03/12/2026 9:35:32 AM PDT by conejo99
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To: pburgh01

What an odd reply.


27 posted on 03/12/2026 9:35:45 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution.)
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To: fwdude

“...queer spaces...smaller demographics than the average bar or restaurant.”

How can that be? I thought they had succeeded in making everybody queer or trans.


28 posted on 03/12/2026 9:36:03 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (…)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

Speaking of Scott, this is one of my favorite KITH routines.

“FAG!”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxMrWSTlvgg


29 posted on 03/12/2026 9:36:08 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: dfwgator

“Bars in general are struggling.”

So is the wine industry. And craft breweries and brew pubs are going out of business at a record clip.


30 posted on 03/12/2026 9:37:39 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (…)
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To: ansel12

They also have the grimy truck stops.

Their ultimate goal is legalize sex with children, any age, any place, any time. (NAMBLA)


31 posted on 03/12/2026 9:37:40 AM PDT by Flavious_Maximus (Tony Fauci will be put on death row and die of COVID!)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

“Odd. They have spare money-no kids.”

The high price of gas thankfully is not an issue for some folks.

Always look on the bright side of life :)


32 posted on 03/12/2026 9:37:43 AM PDT by MotorCityBuck (Keep the Change You Filthy Animal !)
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To: dfwgator

Hmm “or so l’ve been told” eh. 😆


33 posted on 03/12/2026 9:37:48 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: fwdude

Praise JESUS!


34 posted on 03/12/2026 9:38:44 AM PDT by Karliner (Heb 4:12 Rom 8:28 Rev 3, "...This is the end of the beginning." Churchill)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

Wanna hear something hilarious? Check out Norm MacDonald’s “gay pride” routine on the Dennis Miller show.


35 posted on 03/12/2026 9:38:54 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution.)
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To: fwdude

HOMOSEXUAL, because there’s nothing GAY about it.


36 posted on 03/12/2026 9:39:29 AM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Finish the damned WALL! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH! )
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To: pburgh01

Wow. You’re quite a piece of work.

Decent folk are tired of the homo agenda.

Run along back to the log cabin republicans meeting or DU or wherever it is poofters hang out these days.


37 posted on 03/12/2026 9:39:34 AM PDT by Augie
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Young people don’t socialize in the physical world as much as they once did.


38 posted on 03/12/2026 9:40:52 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution.)
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To: pburgh01

I think you’d be more comfortable with the other DUmpster DUmmies over at DU.


39 posted on 03/12/2026 9:40:56 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: KarlInOhio

When I mentioned “segregation,” I obviously implied SELF-segregation, you know, like the aggrieved groups do themselves in colleges for “black graduation,” “black dormitories” and such.

Nothing wrong with self-segregation, not imposed by a government.


40 posted on 03/12/2026 9:41:08 AM PDT by fwdude (Why is there a "far/radical right," but damned if they'll admit that there is a far/radical left)
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