Even when drag is off the menu, the space caters to SLC’s alternative crowd with a range of live events to suit almost everyone’s taste. Leave the long Mormon garments at home, this event is more Andrew Christian than Joseph Smith.Īlthough this midsize concert venue isn’t explicitly gay, Metro hosts the city’s best drag shows (it’s the number one place to find the girls of RuPaul’s Drag Race when they’re in town). The local crowd gets rowdy on the third Thursday of every month after checking their clothes for the Underwear Party. This laid-back bar is famous for cheap drinks, Thursday night karaoke, and Sunday BBQs on the patio between Mother’s Day and Labor Day. Mizuna Ultimately, this is an gay-friendly American-style restaurant heavy on French technique, influence, and philosophy with flawless service and an eclectic assortment of international wines. Expect live DJs, drag queens, go-go dancers, and a weekly party theme inviting you to dress up so you can get down in style. Colfax Ave., Denver The Lowdown: You have your choice of coffee, alcohol or lounging all the best elements for a gay romcom at Denver’s Blush & Blu.The bar has a small. Fruition Restaurant is a small, intimate gay-friendly neighborhood restaurant. This straight lounge becomes a queer dance club once every week for Revolution Fridays. The city is chock-a-block with hip coffee shops, international food options, artistic offerings, and enough outdoor activities to make you feel you’re living in a Patagonia clothing ad. You’ll find queer folks congregating in neighborhoods like Sugar House, the Marmalade District of Capitol Hill, and in the Avenues near Temple Square, but there’s no true gayborhood of which to speak.
In some ways, Salt Lake City is so gay it’s post-gay. That’s higher than both New York City and Los Angeles.
A whopping 4.7 percent of the population identifies as LGBT. Swing by with friends, a date, or just yourself. The same year Biskupski was elected, Gallup released a poll naming Salt Lake City the seventh gayest city in the United States. South of downtown in Denver’s Baker district, Li’l Devils Lounge is a low-key corner bar serving Colorado craft beers and seasonal cocktails. SLC is so queer-friendly that officials renamed a street in honor of the politician and gay rights activist Harvey Milk in 2016. She currently serves with three openly gay city council members: Amy Fowler, Derek Kitchen, and Chris Wharton. In 2015, Jackie Biskupski became the city’s first openly gay mayor. Nowhere is this change more pronounced than in Salt Lake’s flourishing LGBTQ+ community. Photo: Austen Diamond Photography/Visit Salt Lake