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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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To: TimSkalaBim

Trump’s fault!


61 posted on 03/12/2026 9:55:08 AM PDT by Churchillspirit (Pray for President Trump)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Young folks arent drinkin like they used to…..


62 posted on 03/12/2026 9:56:44 AM PDT by MrRelevant
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To: fwdude

More like a d—-breaking rate. Or a butt breaking rate.


63 posted on 03/12/2026 9:57:06 AM PDT by albie
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To: escapefromboston
I've always said that Grindr has made the whole world the fag's highway rest stop men's room.

If someone doesn't know how these "dating apps" work, do a little reading, but not on a full stomach. It's not just how to find willing anonymous sexual partners in public, but where to have sex in public. And the vast majority of fags are quite literally addicted to these apps.

64 posted on 03/12/2026 9:57:52 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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To: Biblebelter

As much as I enjoy supporting our local churches with their Friday Lenten Fish Fries, one of our area’s mom and pop bars has an awesome fish dinner during Lent at a great price. Homemade mac and cheese, homemade cole slaw, fresh cut fries, so good.


65 posted on 03/12/2026 9:59:22 AM PDT by pburiak (You really think we can vote our way out of this? That's so cute...)
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To: MrRelevant

Or socializing, in general, it’s all online now.


66 posted on 03/12/2026 10:00:02 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: Biblebelter
First: Home
Second: Work / School
Third: {fill in the blank}
67 posted on 03/12/2026 10:00:14 AM PDT by AF_Blue ("America is all about speed. Hot, nasty, bad ass speed." - Eleanor Roosevelt, 1936)
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To: fwdude

It’s not about segregation.

But I am wondering if promiscuity is losing its appeal.

PrEP isn’t the silver bullet it’s been sold as.


68 posted on 03/12/2026 10:00:32 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)
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To: pburgh01

“ Like keeping the Jews in the ghetto. Sorry, your masculinity is threatened, which makes me wonder when I hear men get all full of saltiness over stuff like this. ”

That’s a radical left comment , strange to see here.
Or you ok with homosexual men having sex in public?
That’s what they do, they think that’s ok .
It’s in reality sick and disgusting.


69 posted on 03/12/2026 10:02:54 AM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (“I don't really care, Margaret.””)
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To: fwdude

“or have a third space anymore.”

WTF??
I know I am an ill tempered olde curmudgeon, but is this some sort of gen-z thing?


70 posted on 03/12/2026 10:04:46 AM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: fwdude

I lived in a great apt at 3rd and arch in Philly for a few years. They had a parking lot adjacent to the friends meeting house where i kept my 1980 MGB. Down the street toward market on 3rd was a lesbian bar. No big deal it’s philly. One night coming home from my GF in south philly i drove up 3rd to my apt and the street was filled with gals fighting. Here i am sitting in my MG working my way slowly up the street thru the fight with the top down hoping they don’t go for the only guy around.


71 posted on 03/12/2026 10:05:57 AM PDT by kvanbrunt2
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To: fwdude

Why were you even visiting Them website?


72 posted on 03/12/2026 10:09:24 AM PDT by nevadapatriot
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To: simpson96
The author.


73 posted on 03/12/2026 10:09:58 AM PDT by fidelis (Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia!)
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To: fwdude

Everyone is sick of freaks.


74 posted on 03/12/2026 10:14:00 AM PDT by yldstrk
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To: dfwgator

“Or so, I’ve been told.”

Ummm, by whom?


75 posted on 03/12/2026 10:15:57 AM PDT by KrisKrinkle (c)
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To: fwdude

Well, they still have Hollywood and majority of movies and sitcoms.


76 posted on 03/12/2026 10:16:29 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: kvanbrunt2

I used to frequent a lesbian bar at Mission Beach (San Diego), by the roller coaster.


77 posted on 03/12/2026 10:19:04 AM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: fwdude

Gay bars were always expensive outlets where gays felt comfortable. Now they feel that way everywhere. Every gay bar owner I ever met was either a sociopath or a gangster. It was a great way to launder money through liquor and drugs.


78 posted on 03/12/2026 10:21:27 AM PDT by AppyPappy (They don't call you a Nazi because they think you are one. They do it to justify violence. )
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To: mewzilla

“””””But I am wondering if promiscuity is losing its appeal.”””””

Not in homosexulality, monogamy is antithetical to it.


79 posted on 03/12/2026 10:22:47 AM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: fwdude

80 posted on 03/12/2026 10:23:52 AM PDT by plain talk
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