And something that I found is a lot of cars would have like a ladies night, which was meant to be for lesbians, bisexual women, but it would always be on like a Wednesday or a Thursday, which for most people is not a practical nights like go out and about and like meet other women. Like what was expected, what should I be doing besides like just going out in West Hollywood? But that’s kind of like its own scene.
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So when I moved here I really had no clue how to get involved. Like everyone else had kind of been doing their like lesbian and gay scene for a while and I was kind of coming to the scene a little bit late.
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So something I used to always say is it felt like I was late to the party. No, actually I didn’t come out until the very end of college, like at the tail end. But one thing Kelly made clear is that finding other lesbians in a city that lacks designated spaces for them is not easy. And if you’re wondering, they were straight bars.
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If we sound a little out of breath, or the audio doesn’t sound that great, it’s because we were chatting while walking from one bar to another on the west side of los angeles. However, those are very heavily catered towards men. Everyone was very confused and said, Oh, the gay bars are in West Hollywood. I tried to ask her on seeing if anyone happens to have any lesbian bars. The second I moved out here, I had no clue what to make of it. Yeah, so that’s something that absolutely bothered me.
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I caught up with her a few days ago to figure out: why are there no lesbian bars? She’s blonde and has big blue eyes: she often gets comparisons to Amy Adams. Kelly was the only woman on our team, and she was one of the best players. But no matter what, I could always count on one person to cheer me on. And each saturday afternoon, I was by far the worst player on the team. Our names on the back were medical related. Our uniform looked like that of a lifeguard, with a big white cross on a red tank top. The name of my gay kickball team was called Thirst Aid. I’m Eric Cervini, and this is the Deviant’s World. But sometime over the past 2 years, I looked around, and asked: where are all the lesbian bars? And if you do the research, you’ll find that there are 34 gay bars in Los Angeles, almost completely owned, operated, and patronized by men.Īnd how many Lesbian bars? Zero. LA is one of the most bustling, exciting queer cities on earth. On a Saturday night, everywhere you look, you see hordes of gay men.
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If you’ve never been, it’s something like a gay disneyland: lights, music, drag queens, and gogo dancers, all packed in a tiny sliver of Los Angeles county, measuring less than 2 square miles. And with these connections, I’ve been able traverse a large part–but still just a fraction– of the vibrant gay world of this city, including the gay mecca of West Hollywood. From that team, I met dozens of other gay men in Los Angeles, and many of them now form the core of my social circle. Soon, he invited me to play on his gay kickball team. Within a matter of a few weeks, I joined a gym, where I met my first gay friend in the city. When I moved to Los Angeles, it was pretty easy to find a community.