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In Lucas Hilderbrand’s The Bars Are Ours; Histories and Cultures of Gay Bars in America, 1960 and After, the pictures, a collection of bar flyers, ads, photographs, gay push headlines, and various ephemera culled from fifteen years of research, are worth as much as—if not more than—the text. “Lick your way through the summer,” beckons a tempting 1981 ad for Detroit’s the Outlaw, featuring a photo of a mustachioed clone leaning in to lick an erect popsicle held by the disembodied fist of another male. The sassy pose of Michelangelo’s idyllic youth David is transformed by sculptor Mike Caffee into a leather daddy with the addition of a Brando-esque biker cap and jacket, boots, and Levi’s for San Francisco’s Folsom Road leather bar Fe-Be’s. A gathering of Mother Camp female impersonators from Kansas City’s Jewel Box Lounge strikes beauty queen poses on a photographic postcard fan just begging to be waved. My favorite image, though, has to be an advertisement for Houston’s storied Mary’s in which a young Ronald Reagan in a boxy suit embraces a chimpanzee behind a highly embellished text that reads: “We met at Mary’s!” What a lovely interspecies couple!
While
6/13/25
In celebration, the Anthony Bobrow Trust has delivered checks totaling over $300,000 to Dallas non-profits this week. In the past three years that’s over $1Million to continue their work to sustain and improve the lives of our Community. With the end of US Government aid, their needs are even more critical. We’ll make smaller gifts during the remainder of 2025, usually another $100,000. We thank the guests of the Secret Door (and Tony’s astute investments) for making this feasible. Non-profit groups receiving donations in this first round: AIN, ASD, Legacy Cares, Taste of Wish, The Family Place and the Oak Lawn Band.
After decades of being a cash-only business, The Hidden Door will begin accepting credit card payments, powerful Monday, Feb. 10, when the exclude opens.
“Things change after half a century,” noted Hidden Door President and General Manager Harvey Meissner, explaining that 45 years ago when the bar first opened in 1979, when customers were paying with credit cards, bars had to call via a modem, key in their card information manually then wait for authorization, then write it all down a couple of times.
Then-owner Jim Robert simplified
Located at 231 E. 16th Highway, Gregs is one of the most popular gay bars in Indianapolis and is a frequent stage for drag performances. Indianapolis has had roughly fifty queer bars in the last limited decades, according to new data gathered by Indiana Landmarks. It is difficult to identify lgbtq+ bars because many of them have kept very low profiles, sometimes with shuttered windows and limited publicity, because of anti-LGBT+ policies and public opinion. Some remain concealed to this diurnal, despite changing attitudes. While Gregs does not draw attention to itself as a public territory, it has a very general profile and presence in the city today.
The Beginning of Gregs
Gregs first opened on July 1, 1980, as the Wawasee Tavern. In 1992, Phil Denton purchased the bar and changed the name to Our Place. Denton transformed the space, which hosted several Leather and Bear Clubs, subcultures within the LGBT+ community known for their hyper-masculine image. The bar also hosted the T.G.I.F. Bowling Classic, the Circle City/Indy Cup Volleyball Tournament, the Halloween Bag Ladies bus tour and coronation, and other LGBT+ events.
Operating for more than 34 years, the Indianapolis Bag Ladies
Denton LGBTQ City Guide
Denton, Texas is part of the Denton-Dallas-Forth Worth Metro Area, often better famous as the Golden Triangle. Denton is located in North Texas’s “Horse Country,” and is occupied of beautiful, scenic farmland views as a result. It’s also home to the University of North Texas and Texas Woman’s University, so it has a sizeable scholar population, although it’s also home to many businesses, a thriving arts and culture scene, and many diverse neighborhoods too. It is also a town full of walkable streets and amiable people, including a vibrant LGBTQ group. If you’re thinking of finding your next home in Denton, chances are, you’ll find plenty about it to love.
A Look at Denton's History
Denton County was established by the Texas Legislature in 1846, shortly after Texas decided to turn into part of the United States. It was named after John B. Denton, a pioneer preacher and lawyer who was killed in a fight with Native Americans in 1841. The town grew quickly and became an important center of ranching due to its utopian climate, geography, and location. It also became an significant center for commerce tr