Gay bars in slc
Salt Lake City&#x;s Rainbow Colors Fly Year Round
Don&#x;t lose out on everything that this vibrant city has to offer.
Written By Matcha
Salt Lake City &#; Austen Diamond/Visit Salt Lake
Utah's capital is among the superior 10 U.S. metro areas with the largest lgbtq+ populations, according to Gallup. In fact, Salt Lake City has a higher percentage of people self-identifying as gay than Los Angeles. If you're surprised, it might be that you haven’t spent much time lately in this gay-friendly town, which over the past two decades has become a destination for those who appreciate both a hip urban atmosphere and easy access to the great outdoors.
Known for its epic event parade held every June, Salt Lake City is welcoming to the gay community year-round. In , the city elected its first openly gay mayor, and in , 20 city blocks were renamed Harvey Milk Boulevard, in honor of the known gay rights activist and politician. While it has its share of LGBTQ-owned and operated businesses, Salt Lake City is also known for its bars and restaurants that are
Drink it In:
Salt Lake&#x;s Gay Bar Scene Is Growing, Thriving, and Never Looking Back
In a declare known for its religious zeal, Salt Lake City serves as a bastion of progressiveness, light-heartedness, and pride. In fact, the city&#x;s been listed by Advocate magazine as one of the Ten Queerest Cities in America. The metropolis holds one of the biggest and best-attended Pride parades and festivals around, with Pride Week festivities attracting tens of thousands of participants who soft up the downtown scene in complete rainbow-hued regalia. (There&#x;s even a Utah Gay Ski Week&#x;real thing, , watch you there.)
Of course, it doesn&#x;t contain to be a parade to observe pride and inclusivity. It&#x;s pretty simple for everyone of every orientation to jump in on the incredible pleasurable that is Salt Lake on a hot city overnight and the regular rotation of kingly shows keep the city sizzling all through the winter.
Check out a rare of our favorite officially
gay bars and gay-friendly bars&#x;keeping in mind that, in this town, it needn&#x;t be a gay bar
for everyone to fit right in
Salt Lake serves as a bastion of progressiveness, playfulness, and parade. In fact, the city's been listed by Advocate magazine as one of the Ten Queerest Cities in America! The metropolis holds one of the biggest and best-attended Pride parades and festivals around, with Pride Week festivities attracting tens of thousands of participants who light up the downtown scene in packed rainbow-hued regalia. Of course, it doesn't have to be pride week to celebrate pride and inclusivity as our gay bars do that year round.
So, check out a few of our favorite gay bars and gay-friendly bars&#x; because, in this town, it needn't be a "gay bar" for everyone to fit right in.
Insider tip:If you love inexpensive drinks and dancing to club remixes of Whitney Houston and Ariana Grande, you'll probably find yourself becoming a regular. And definitely go often because Sun Trapp typically applications entry with no cover ask for, although you might expect to wait a few minutes for bar service on weekends.
Insider Tip: The bar is normally famous for a chill vibe&#x;except
Many decades ago, there was a tiny little women's bar located under a viaduct just about where The Gateway stands today. My confidant Bucket and I were baby gays and really wanted to go to the bar but were terrified for a limited reasons—mainly because we weren't sure that our phony IDs would pass muster there.
We were hanging out at the old Star Tavern, which used to be at the northwest corner of where the Delta Center now stands, because our IDs did pass muster there. "The Sun," as we called it, was a wonderful place to dance to disco, smoke on the patio and throw dollars at drag queens who performed there regularly. By the way, it was named—tongue in cheek—after the Sun Stone at the Nauvoo Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
When we did get the courage to go to "Perky's" one night, we learned from a small treasure note on the door that the bar had "closed forever and [had] moved to Idaho. Thanks for your business!" Damn.
I've been out since the '70s and was the first out realtor in the Salt Lake Board of Realtors. I ran an ad in l