Gay new jersey bars

Jersey City forms the northernmost point with Pint and Six26, backing into the densely packed offerings of New York City across the river. Nothing — a gay Bermuda triangle where the bars that dare enter soon disappear. Club Feathers has been around since We regret the omission.

Text-to-speech Audio. It was supposedly the only gay bar in Newark in the s and s. The Tavern is no longer present today, but it is an important and rich part to Newark's queer history. The bar also worked with other gay bars in New Brunswick and Asbury Park, New Jersey to challenge antigay regulations on bars and taverns.

For years in the Garden State, the quacks like a duck, walks like a duck test was the standard by which police, inspectors and judges punished bars frequented by people who might have stood under the LGBTQ umbrella. While sodomy was against the law in much of the country — and often used to prosecute gay people — it was not against the law to be gay or lesbian in New Jersey. But it was forbidden, however, for bars and restaurants with liquor licenses to allow gays, lesbians, cross-dressers and the like to "congregate" — a rule that did not apply to other establishments like theaters and cafes. Before the internet and social media brought strangers together with a swipe of a finger, it was in bars and taverns, some seedier than others, where LGBTQ people could gather, although not always free from police harassment.

Each patron leaves feeling gayer than they did walking in, and now the Pub has an official title to boast. There is room for self-discovery, affirmative flirtation and spending time with your Queer besties. To celebrate the exciting victory of the new title being bestowed, the Pub will be hosting events this upcoming week. Wednesday will be Queer karaoke and Thursday will be a drag show, all leading up to a glow-in-the-dark rave on Friday.