Tag: gay bars
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New data: gay bars and the impact of the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S.
This report is currently undergoing peer review but the preprint with data table is freely available at SocArxiv. Abstract: “What was the impact on gay bars of COVID-19 public closure orders? Gay bars were already quite vulnerable, retaining only 63.4% of their business listings from 2007 to 2019. Historic data from printed business guides were […]
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Chapter: The changing role of gay bars in American LGBTQ+ life
In Introducing the New Sexuality Studies 4th Edition, released June 2022. “Gay bars are iconic in part because they are the most common and accessible LGBTQ+ places, but they are in decline. About one third of gay bars closed in the 2010s, but new ones continued to open to serve their communities as one of […]
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Interview: Fox Market is Vermont’s 1st LGBTQ+ bar in 15 years. What took so long?
Erin Petenko interviewed me for a piece about Vermont’s newest LGBTQ+ bar-cum-grocery store, the first of that kind I’ve ever heard of, and for which I apparently said something about “skipping through the maple trees.”
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Interview: Cleveland’s gay bars fought to survive the pandemic. Will patrons return?
Peter Kusnic interviewed me for a very comprehensive look at the challenges facing Cleveland’s gay bars as the COVID-19 pandemic drags on.
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Interview: The number of gay bars has dwindled. A new generation plans to bring them back
An interview with Casey Parks of the Washington Post
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Interview: James Bond walks into a gay bar. But should he?
An interview with Matt Lavietes for NBC News https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-life-and-style/james-bond-walks-gay-bar-rcna3115
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Interview: Gay Barchives Ep. #45
Honored to be included in Art Smith’s fantastic series on gay bars gone by, Gay Barchives. Our conversation included The City Nightclub (Portland, Oregon); Tracks (Washington, D.C.), The Garden of Allah (Seattle, Washington); and still-going-strong bars like The White Horse (Oakland, California) and DTM (Helsinki, Finland).
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NPR conversation: Why Gay Bars Matter
On August 16th I was a guest on KERA’s program Think with Krys Boyd to discuss “Why Gay Bars Matter,” along with reporter Miguel Perez.
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Interview: Chasing ‘Phantoms of the Past’: 8 Gay and Lesbian Bar Archivists on Preserving LGBTQ+ Nightlife History
Interview with Dave Infante for VinePair
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Interview: COVID Didn’t Kill the Gay Scene. But It May Change It
Interview with Alex Reimer of The Daily Beast
Greggor Mattson, PhD 