Gay bars in burlington vt
LGBTQ/Queer-friendly, tiny bar with space for maybe 30 people if you pack it in. The evening I was there (a Thursday), there was house song that was entertaining, loud enough to get lost in, and yet hushed enough to include a conversation over. I'd like to know how they managed that. Excellent bartender, extremely approachable and welcoming people. My guess is that at least 1/3 of the people there the night I stopped in were somewhere in the QUILTBAG spectrum, and the people there who appeared to be straight were also very cool. Youngish crowd, but it doesn't have the feel of a college bar or a twentysomethings-only hangout. Oh, and to give you an idea of what a friendly place I found this to be, at about 11:00 someone came out with a birthday cake and candles for the DJ's birthday, and the song stopped for a few minutes for us to perform and have some free cake. I walked in expecting to have a quiet drink and left having made new friends or at least approachable acquaintances, which isn't something that normally happens to me a bar. Slurp prices were (as an example), $5 for a pint of Heady Topper, $11 for a cosmo.
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Some call it the Portland of the east. Some phone it Brrrrlington (yes, it snows a lot here). But everyone who’s right calls it Grrrlington and there’s a reason. Burlington, Vermont is a mecca for queer ladies of all shapes, sizes, and Birkenstock style-preferences. It boasts all the huge city offerings with a small-town feel.
The Waterfront
Although I’ve been a tried and true Vermonter since exiting the womb 23 years ago, I’ve only lived in Burlington for just over a year now. Fine thing it’s a small city and it doesn’t accept long to gain to know your way around.
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Higher Ground
Burlington has got you covered. Some say there are no woman loving woman bars in town, but we declare there are ONLY lesbian bars in town. Walk into nearly any block in Burlington (or walk down any street or check in any farm or do any THING) and you will certainly see enough gay girls to make your top spin. That organism said, there are a few go-to spots for the savvy queers.
The Three Needs(185 Pearl St)
In spring 2006, Vermont’s last prevent catering to the LGBTQ+ society, Burlington’s 135 Pearl, closed its doors for good.
Shooka Dooka’s in Rutland closed weeks before. The Rainbow Cattle Company in Dummerston shut down years earlier, and the iconic Andrews Inn in Bellows Falls had faded away decades ago.
But when 135 Pearl announced its closure — the owner cited the struggles of owning a small business — no one knew it would take 15 years to stuff the gap it left for LGBTQ+ Vermonters.
In that time, the nature of LGBTQ+ rights and identity in Vermont shifted dramatically. In 2009, the state became the first to legalize queer marriage by legislative action and passed bills protecting LGBTQ+ people against discrimination.
Vermont now has among the highest rates of Diverse people in the nation, according to a University of California-Los Angeles survey, with those age 18 to 24 most likely to identify themselves as such, compared with other age groups in Vermont. Yet the state’s small well of bars catering to LGBTQ+ people ran barren — until 2021.
Eight months ago, Fox Market and Bar opened in the tiny, rural group of East Montpelier. The compact pub-and-store
Controversial gay bar opens in Winooski
WINOOSKI - Vermont's first gay bar in over a decade welcomed a steady stream of customers when it opened its doors Friday night, despite sparking controversy over the establishment's new name.
"All of the bars in Burlington own been really welcoming, but there hasn't been a place for us to call our own," owner Craig McGaughan said Friday evening, about half an hour after he opened Mister Sister for the first occasion. He added he was proud to be proficient to offer that place to the community and said the bar means "everything" to him.
He declined to comment further on the controversy regarding the designate. Some have criticized the choice because they notice the term as a slur against the transsexual community.
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The Pride Center of Vermont held a "trans town hall" to hear from the gender nonconforming community last week. After the meeting, the center issued a statement rebuking the name and calling it "hate speech." The statement was written by board member Bridget Barhight, who was identified as a transgender woman.
"We condemn the use of hate speech in promotional materials and especi