
La Vie en Queer
Paris's Dirty Lemon aims to redefine the lesbian bar.
- story: Rebekah Peppler
- photo: Dirty Lemon
Paris's Dirty Lemon aims to redefine the lesbian bar.
The District's largest gay dance club, Town Danceboutique (known as “Town” to locals) is the place meet someone new. Like a gay-American Moulin Rouge, Town is a glittering maze of cabaret,…
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In the basement of an Italian restaurant off the very-gay 17th Street, in Dupont Circle, is Dito’s Bar. Barely bigger than a king-sized bed and tucked down a flight of…
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