Gay bars in halifax nova scotia

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Current Halifax Queer Bars

Current Halifax Queer Friendly Bars

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History Of Queer Bars In Halifax

There is a history as of in the issue of TheVoice.

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• TheStockade, early '70s, approx. Windsor Street near Almon1
• ThePiccadilly, mid '70s.
• PeppermintLounge in the '60s, in the block of Barrington Street (across from where Scotia Square is now.)
• Cameo or Candlelight Lounge was a hangout possibly starting in the tardy '60s
• TheHeidelberg was a hangout just off Spring Garden in the s.
• NewServiceRestaurant?2
• LobsterTrap Cabaret3
• Two consecutively in the GreenLantern Building on Barrington St in the early s:
• The Turret on Barrington St, from to Owned by the queer community, GaeGala, moved and renamed:
• Rumours - Granville St across from the Texpark from to , then the to Gottingen from to January,
• [[Fantasias?]] in Scotia Square, registered (owned?) by DanielJoseph from May 14, (had its own entrance off Duke St) which in was moved and renamed TheStudio
• Three bars, consecutively, at Barrington, a half a
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  ROBIN METCALFE

  A look inside The Turret on a rare hushed night.

  
  Halifax is a city with a vibrant history, and that extends into its queer society. Since the first gay bar opened in , Halifax’s queer community has found a abode in nightlife.
  
  The first “officially gay” gay bar in Halifax was Thee Klub. It opened in in the Green Lantern Building on Barrington Lane. Details about Thee Klub and other historical venues can be found on the website, where the majority of information in this story was sourced.
  
  Gay bars weren’t always about big nights out—they were also a tool social change. The Male lover Alliance for Equality opened and operated The Turret block on the third floor of the former Khyber building. The money earned at The Turret went to fund the ’s social justice work in the early days of the lgbtq+ rights movement.
  
  The Turret was succeeded by Rumours, located in what is now the Global Halifax headquarters on Gottingen Street. Rumours closed in when the GAE—renamed the Gay And Queer woman Alliance—went bankrupt.
  
  It was in the ’90s and preliminary s that bars sta

  Rumours Cabaret: a new gay block for Halifax

  Interview by Dan MacKay • Halifax • Originally published , updated

  June 7, the bar is open! Wayves writer Kevin Dadouses attended opening night; here's his report!

  Social media links for Rumours are at the bottom of this article.

  Here's the interview from mid-March,

  "On May 1, Rumours Cabaret officially opens as a gay, transitioned, women safe space which is inclusive for everyone," says owner Gerald McCowan.

  A couple weeks ago, McCowan announced (via the Facebook group Gays In Halifax) that he'll be opening on Rain Street, and Wayves publisher Dan MacKay sat down with him a couple of days later. McCowan immediately took charge of the interview:

  "I moved here when I was 18 years senior, was a cook in the army for years and when I retired, I went advocate to school to take Tourism Management and ran a petty hospitality company called Metro Hospitality Services," he says. "For a while, I was a bartender at the gay bar, Buddies, in Edmonton — that was a lot of fun!"

  Frankly, this city is a little scary sometimes. We need a spa