Gay Bar

Why We Went Out

By: Jeremy Atherton Lin

strobing lights and dark rooms; throbbing house and drag queens on counters; first kisses, last call: the gay bar has long been a place of solidarity and sexual expression—whatever your scene, whoever you’re seeking. but in urban centers around the world, they are closing, a cultural demolition that has jeremy atherton lin wondering: what was the gay bar? how have they shaped him? and could this...