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In California: Palm Springs' historic gay bars see brightness at end of tunnel
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'We're still here': Palm Springs' historic gay bars see not heavy at the end of the tunnel. Despite more than a year of pandemic-related closures, many of the bars located in the Southern California destination are open again.
The town has long been one of the most trendy LGBTQ destinations in the country.
"These bars are more than just drinking places," Rob Giesecke, owner of Chill Bar Palm Springs, told Desert Sun reporter Amanda Ulrich. "This is where the community comes together.”
In other parts of California, some gay bars haven't been as lucky. San Francisco and Los Angeles, for example, have seen several famed establishments go under. The Stud, San Francisco's oldest LGBTQ bar, was one of the first to announce it was shuttering last May.
Giesecke partially credits his business’ survival to the tight-knit community that came together and “formed ranks” around the historic street. Customers sat in outdoor pa
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Bartenders at Chill Bar are slinging drinks — a vodka soda here, a couple “margarita martinis” there — beneath two glittering, life-size mannequins suspended from the ceiling.
Outside, a team of women in all pink and matching cowboy hats arrive on the back of a prevent bike. Up the lane, a server at Hunters offers up a tray of neon Jello shots to customers sitting on the patio. Masks, occupancy limits and social distancing aside, it could be any pre-pandemic Friday evening on Arenas Road, an entire block lined with gay bars and businesses in downtown Palm Springs.
“Some people we haven’t seen for about a year and a half,” said year-old Tony Lawrence, sitting with his partner and two friends outside Quadz bar. “It’s like, ‘My god, you're still alive.’”
Palm Springs has long been one of the most popular LGBTQ destinations in the country. Despite more than a year of on-and-off closures and fluctuating health mandates, at least six of the seven bars on Arenas Road are unseal again. The only question identify is Stacy's Palm Springs, which has been clear intermittently, but appears to have been closed
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