Possibly the most famous gay bar in the world set to close on Sept. 4

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On edit:
Oops - sorry, just read that the lease was extended for one more year.

http://savetheboom.com/

[meegbear]

1. I thought Stonewall was the most famous?

[foreigncorrespondent]

3. I agree with you!

It would have to be.

Even here in Oz we do stuff around the date of the Stonewall riots to celebrate the beginning of the queer movement in the U.S. and around the world. And I know other countries do stuff as well.

[One Sweet World]

4. Stonewall...

is definitely the most famous. There are two great documentaries about it. "Before Stonewall" and "After Stonewall".

[La Lioness Priyanka]

11. it is. without a doubt

[foreigncorrespondent]

2. Never heard of it. n/t

[William769]

5. I never heard of it.

:shrug:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

6. Geez...I saw that and thought the Stonewall was closing. nt

[La Lioness Priyanka]

12. me too!

[meegbear]

7. So what makes this place "The Most Famous Gay Bar in the World"?

:shrug:

[Sapphocrat]

8. Can't resist...

Never heard of it.

[xchrom]

9. n-o-o-o-o-o! that bar is fabulous!

and many a didn't wanna be seen hollywood type has been in and out of there.

i can still remember johnny carson making boom-boom room jokes.

[readmoreoften]

10. Hard to get upset about it when the Stonewall was a laundromat

or something until someone recently turned it back into the Stonewall.