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Cocktails

The Cocktail Bar Is Queer

Once existing in parallel to popular drinking culture, queer bars are now helping define it.

  • story: Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner
  • photos: Brian Finke
Jacob Riis Gay Beach NYC
Places

Day Drinking at the “Gay Beach of New York”

What does summer drinking look like at Jacob Riis? Six groups of beachgoers offer a glimpse inside their coolers.

  • story: Christian Rodriguez
  • photos: Christian Rodriguez
Places

How Wayne Smith Becomes Cher

For more than 40 years, the Dallas native has impersonated the Goddess of Pop at gay bars across the country, garnering legions of fans all his own.

  • story: Alex Gonzalez
  • photo: Chris Rusanowsky
Queer Bars Tijuana
Places

“Shots, Shots, Shots!” in Gay Tijuana

A swirling site of transience and transformation, the border city has become a place to experience an LGBTQ+ scene as it’s evolving.

  • story: Emma Glassman-Hughes
  • photo: Carlos Moreno
Queer Bars Tiny Pony
Places

Tiny Pony Is the Gayest Bar in Yucca Valley

Meet the regulars who make the gun-shop-turned-queer-bar a desert oasis.

  • story: Rax Will
  • photos: Dylan + Jeni
Cocktails

A Tour of Seattle’s Queer Cocktails

Bartender and nightlife icon Adé A Cônnére leads a crawl through the signature drinks at Pony, Kremwerk and Cherry.

  • story: Mark Van Streefkerk
  • photos: Amber Fouts
Queer Bars Nobody's Darling
Places

Nobody’s Darling Is Chicago’s Queer Cheers

Founded by two queer Black women, the cocktail lounge is an inclusive antidote to the city’s cis-centered bars. Meet the regulars who have found a home there.

  • story: Abby Keller
  • photos: Clayton Hauck
Places

Carla Rossi Is Portland’s Premier Drag Clown

The pasty-faced, White Claw-slinging queen of PDX nightlife takes her name from the jug of cheap wine favored by art students.

  • story: Andrew Jankowski
  • photo: Rak Salt
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