Gay bars and clubs

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If dinner and a drag show is your thing, Dupont Italian Kitchen has you covered. Think you’ve got what it takes to “out lip synch” the competition? A multi-room megaclub with cheap drinks and awesome drag shows.

The brainchild of DC LGBTQ+ nightlife veteran Dave Perruzza, the 10,000-square-foot space features plenty of room for games as well as two patios.

Check out the Say Gay Sundays! Housed at the Waikiki Grand Hotel, Hula’s offers specialty frozen cocktails with a tropical flair and bites like sliders and mezze plates. Sorry ladies, Johnsons caters exclusively to men. The sound system plays classic house music that’s so vintage it’s back in style.

Gaythering Bar

1409 Lincoln Rd, Miami Beach

The self-proclaimed “gayest club in Miami Beach, with the most entertainment,” Gaythering Bar is considered by some to be the epicenter of the gay community.

Drag Brunch at this hotel with five other bars and multiple performance venues, where everyone is not only welcomed, but also celebrated.

Alan Cumming took over the former Eastern Bloc bar in 2017 and reimagined it as a cabaret, comedy and party hub evocative of NYC's golden era of downtown nightlife. Weekly karaoke brings out some of the best amateur voices and costumes in the Keys.

Aqua Key West

711 Duval Street, Key West

Voted Best Bar by the South Florida Gay News and the Key West Bubba Awards, Aqua Key West  is another bar to put on your list.

Put on your cowboy boots and hat every Monday for Full Moon Mondays for some two-steppin’ and country line dancing. 

Hank’s Bar

5026 Edgewater Drive, Orlando

One of the oldest gay bars in Orlando, Hank’s Bar is that friendly, neighborhood, no-frills bar where “everybody knows your name.” Leave your plastic at home, Hank’s is a cash only bar with no cover.

It’s a beer and wine bar with DJs, special theme nights, game nights, and karaoke, where everyone fits in. The Lucky Star Lounge, which has been mistaken for a social club, is really nothing more than your friendly neighborhood gay bar with a happy hour seven days a week.

Pro Shop Pub

840 Cleveland Street, Clearwater

If you didn’t know better, you might think a bar with the name Pro Shop Pub is the 19th hole on one of the local golf courses.

daily specials, and great music.

LuvHer Lounge

Various Locations

The LuvHer Lounge is mixing it up in St. Pete with lesbian pop-up parties in partnership with local LGBTQ-welcoming venues. It’s not quite Cheers-worthy, but it’s close. 

926 Bar & Grill

926 W Tharpe Street, Tallahassee

The capital city of Florida is where you find 926 Bar & Grill.

You can also opt to head upstairs to the cabaret to enjoy the biggest and best drag shows on the island.

This world-famous gay bar in West Hollywood has been around for more than three decades and playfully adopts a religious theme with its “Sunday Service Drag Brunch” and events in its Chapel. Slurp down the signature spiked slushies while getting down to divas like Beyoncé, Mariah Carey and Tina Turner or sing along to musicals on Monday nights when the TV screens and floors are taken over by movies like Rent and Priscilla Queen of the Desert.

Hula’s always welcomes a heavy flow of fun-loving gay, lesbian, queer and transgender visitors from all over the world, as well as straight folks who just want to grab a drink with a view of Diamond Head and Waikiki Beach.

Those aren’t all the tricks of the Trade, but you’ll have to visit to encounter the rest.

A two-level lounge and nightclub off U Street proudly serves as DC’s only Black-owned LGBTQ+ bar, created to quench the community’s thirst for an inclusive space. Look out for your first newsletter in your inbox soon!