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Despite the ‘success’ of keeping these spaces open, many worry about the uncertainty surrounding the delta variant

As the effects of the pandemic unfurl, lesbians are worried about losing their few brick-and-mortar spaces.

The West Village bar reopened on a spring day where more than 100 guests — regulars and tourists — showed up

Owner Alexi Minko must come up with $12,000 by March 31 to secure the bar’s lease renewal

West Palm Beach's oldest LGBTQ bar, H.G. Roosters, up for historic landmark status, third in nation to be so honored for contribution to gay community

The Gill Foundation — one of the nation’s leading funders of efforts to secure full equality for LGBTQ people — today announced it will match contributions up to $25,000 to protect NYC’s historic Julius’ Bar, which is under threat of closure due to the economic impact of COVID-19. The support is earmarked to support rent and utility costs. The foundation previously made a $20,000 contribution to Julius’ Bar in 2020.

The bar owners were accused of homophobia in October. It reopens in mid-December and will be operated by a member of the LGBT community.

The coronavirus pandemic is just one of many headwinds facing the few remaining Black-owned LGBTQ bars across the country.

Pearl Bar on Washington Avenue is Houston's only lesbian bar. The Human Rights Campaign and SHOWTIME have named the bar as one of ten businesses in the country to receive funding through the "Queer to Stay: An LGBTQ+ Business Preservation Initiative."

Look for a Halloween opening of ICONS at 3 E. Bijou St. in the former Bella’s Bakery space that was last a bar back in the 1920s according to the...

Gay bars, which have been seen as a safe space for the 2SLGBTQ+ community for some time, are slowly becoming a casualty under COVID-19. Several have closed in both the United States and in Canada. Ontario's only gay bar north of Toronto says it is doing what it can to survive the economic slow down.

Nic Grzecka, who owns Club Q with his business partner Matthew Haynes, discovered that in the ’70s, people from Denver and Pueblo made the drive to the Springs for gay bars.

COVID-19 fallout changing “the cultural life of our city,” advocates say. “This is a queer-affirming street that brings people here from all over the world..."

As the Lehigh Valley's LGBT community braces for the closure of Allentown's Stonewall, those who frequented the iconic gay bar say such establishments still fill a crucial role even in a society that's more connected and accepting of queer culture.

Business remains steady for Slammers, a Downtown establishment which received funding from a national campaign to preserve lesbian bars.

The new book, Gay Bar, by Jeremy Atherton Lin looks at the history of queer spaces and what happens to them next.

Always a hustler, bartender Christian Suzuki-Orellana maintains a rigorous schedule a year after a competition helped kickstart his passion project.

The interactive tool allows readers to explore how queer social life has changed over time.

Developer of Joiners Arms site in east London pledges cash to find the LGBTQ+ community a new home.

Luis Octavio, co-owner of Noa Noa Place, gets things ready for the opening of the LGTBQ Latinx restaurant-bar in Boyle Heights.

The board of the Albuquerque Social Club has a little over a month to save what’s widely known as the longest-running LGBTQ bar in New Mexico’s largest...

Even if bars are not allowed to reopen next week here in South Florida like the rest of the state, Hunters Nightclub Wilton Manors figured out a work-around. The gay club culled together a curated menu of dishes from nearby Wilton Manors eateries, morphing itself from a mere bar into something more akin to a bo\u00eete. It’s only been two weeks, but management estimates they are doing 30-60

The pair started the space after experiencing homophobia in nightlife. 

Nightclubs are still not permitted to be open due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. Concerned for the future, Twisted’s co-owner and operator, Keon Brawn, took matters into his own hands

Richard Ramey has been a customer at the Atlanta Eagle for 33 years and its owner for 23 years. The bar is where he first felt welcomed as a young gay man and it continues to be safe space for many LGBT people. He fears that history could end.