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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: fwdude

Restaurants closing. Women, minorities, and gays hardest hit.


81 posted on 03/12/2026 10:24:35 AM PDT by Angelino97
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To: nevadapatriot

I was researching articles on the recent Texas requirement to list your true sex on driver licenses and Them popped up, of course, as the adversarial position. This related article on the website caught my eye.

You have to know what the enemy is talking and thinking about to hone your strategy.


82 posted on 03/12/2026 10:24:46 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: pburgh01

script


83 posted on 03/12/2026 10:28:19 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: escapefromboston

Some of the issue with gay bars might be that they simply are not dangerous enough.

Part of being homosexual is the mixture of daring, risk, and attention getting, lots of game playing and predatory behavior and psychology, it may be that the gar bar scene is not very fulfilling and not worth the prices when compared to being afield and in play outside of the monotony and sameness of the expensive gay nest, as the gay bar novelty wears off.


84 posted on 03/12/2026 10:30:36 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

CRY ME A RIVER


85 posted on 03/12/2026 10:32:44 AM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: pburgh01

Could be that “those other folks” are simply disgustingly gross.


86 posted on 03/12/2026 10:34:41 AM PDT by GingisK
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To: fwdude

This is not mew trend. “Gay bars” have been trending down for at least 20 or more years in which they have declined by 45%.

Gay bars in the United States have experienced a significant long-term decline, with the total number of establishments dropping by over 45% between 2002 and 2023.

Those statistics may not mean that “Gays”, as a group, are going out to bars less. It may mean they are going out less to “gay specific” bars, restaurants and places of entertainment.


87 posted on 03/12/2026 10:35:55 AM PDT by Wuli ( )
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To: plain talk

Ginsberg was an outspoken NAMBLA member.


88 posted on 03/12/2026 10:36:00 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: Wuli

See post 84.


89 posted on 03/12/2026 10:36:55 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: ansel12

National Association of Marlon Brando Look Alikes?


90 posted on 03/12/2026 10:39:42 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: fwdude

This is great news. One small step at a time back to sanity.


91 posted on 03/12/2026 10:40:51 AM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: ansel12

Yeah he was a fruitcake.


92 posted on 03/12/2026 10:41:49 AM PDT by plain talk
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To: kvanbrunt2

I’m sitting here laughing because my mind just made a picture of the whole thing you just described!


93 posted on 03/12/2026 10:42:05 AM PDT by Nik Naym (It's not my fault... I have compulsive smart-ass disorder. )
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To: plain talk

Paul Lynde was a fruitcake. Ginsberg was an evil man.


94 posted on 03/12/2026 10:42:45 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: Skwor
History has always had homosexuality as a deviancy, it has only been viewed as slightly more or less deviant, never fully normalized.

I’ve never been able to understand what drives homosexuality…what is it about a prefernce to choose another man’s anus over a woman’s vagina as a place to deposit one’s erect penis.
Can anyone here explain this?
95 posted on 03/12/2026 10:44:44 AM PDT by Reynoldo (BurnLootMurder)
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To: fwdude

Being gay seems to consume EVERY waking moment, thought, deed and breath. So. Much. Work! So. Much. Self-Involvement!

I’m too lazy for all that, LOL!


96 posted on 03/12/2026 10:48:07 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: fwdude

Gay Bars are closing? Great! Now take that crap off of TV too! It’s not just child abuse, airing that filth abuses everybody who happens on to it while watching the tube. The Drag shows are disgusting and repulsive. Cancel all of it and don’t allow gay scenes on TV commercials either. If you want to live like that, fine, keep to yourself but get it out of our faces!


97 posted on 03/12/2026 10:49:46 AM PDT by drypowder
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To: fwdude

Heartbreaking???


98 posted on 03/12/2026 11:04:37 AM PDT by exinnj
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To: fwdude

Flame throwers (Bouncers) hit hardest.


99 posted on 03/12/2026 11:05:38 AM PDT by Vaduz (NEVER TRUST A DEMOCRAT)
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To: plain talk

Always was a dork.


100 posted on 03/12/2026 11:05:52 AM PDT by Regulator (It's fraud, Jim)
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