Gay bars nashville downtown
A Nashville gay bar is being forced out. That's one less safe space for LGBTQ people
- David Plazas is the director of perspective and engagement for the USA TODAY Network Tennessee.
Greggor Mattson, an Oberlin College professor, traveled across the United States to do explore for his novel “Who Needs Gay Bars? Bar-Hopping through America’s Endangered LGBTQ+ Places.”
He bluntly told readers in a guest opinion column for The Washington Post in “The data is clear: gay bars are closing.”
Mattson documented a 45% drop from to and provided a series of reasons, among them, dating apps that keep people at home, displacement because of rising rents and mainstream acceptance of the LGBTQ-plus community.
However, in Nashville, a city the author did not visit for his book, there is a vibrant gay bar scene. But establishments have come and gone. There are historical markers honoring defunct bars such as Juanita’s and The Jungle on Commerce Avenue in downtown and one to be unveiled on June 14 on Franklin Pike for Warehouse 28, a disco turned first home of Nashville CARES, the plus-year-old
Women outnumber men at the Lipstick Lounge ( Woodland St., /, Tues.-Sat. pm-3am, Sun. 11ampm, $ for events fancy karaoke and trivia night), one of two lesbian bars on the adj East Nashville intersection. This is a laid-back club with a better-than-average sound system and karaoke selection. Live harmony, pool, and amazing food attract a crowd nearly every night. The crowds are more mixed during the week than on the weekends, when it is mostly gay and lesbian.
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Right next door to club Tribe is Play ( Church St., / Wed.-Sun. 9pm-3am, $8 on drag show nights), the city’s highest-energy gay club, with drag shows and performances by adult-film stars. Though it is a gay bar, everyone is welcome as extended as they’re adj to be here. The drag shows are quality, but it is the dance floor (right next to the stage) that draws people in. On weekends that gyrate floor is
The Jungle and Juanita's
Downtown in Nashville in Davidson County, Tennessee &#; The American South (East South Central)
First Gay Bars in Nashville
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, April 4,
1. The Jungle and Juanita's Marker
The Jungle and Juanita's. First Gay Bars in Nashville. Warren Jett opened The Jungle, a restaurant and cocktail bar, at Commerce Street in Next door, Juanita Brazier opened Juanita's Place, a beer bar, in By the early s, both were known as the first gay bars in Nashville. Jett sold The Jungle in , after his brother, Leslie E. Jett, was elected sheriff. In , 27 men were arrested for "disorderly behavior" in a raid at Juanita's. Gay men continued to gather at both bars until , when the block was leveled. . This historical marker was erected in by The Historical Commission of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County. It is in Downtown in Nashville in Davidson County Tennessee
Warren Jett opened The Jungle, a restaurant and cocktail bar, at Commerce Street in Next door,Hours:
Monday: Closed
Tuesday: Closed
Wednesday–Thursday: 3pm–1am
Friday-Saturday: am–2am
Sunday: 12pm–1am
Parking:
FREE PARKING on Church Street, 15th Ave. N, 16th Ave. N, Hayes Street, and directly behind Tribe (limited spots available) (via the alley off of 15th Ave. North)
PAID PARKING available in designated spots at Williams Medical Supply. Please follow instuctions on pay machines to ensure your wagon will not be booted or towed.
DO NOT PARK AT THE FOLLOWING:
Jack Morris Auto Glass
Midtown Corkdorks
ANY Private Lot on McMillan Street
In Front of Garage Doors
North Side of Hayes Street (Designated No Parking-Tow Zone)
YOU WILL BE TOWED. Parking areas patrolled by marked security
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