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Salt Lake City’s Rainbow Colors Fly Year Round
Don’t miss out on everything that this vibrant urban area has to offer.
Written By Matcha
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Utah's capital is among the top 10 U.S. metro areas with the largest gay populations, according to Gallup. In fact, Salt Lake City has a higher percentage of people self-identifying as gay than Los Angeles. If you're surprised, it might be that you haven’t spent much time lately in this gay-friendly town, which over the past two decades has become a destination for those who enjoy both a hip urban atmosphere and manageable access to the great outdoors.
Known for its epic celebration parade held every June, Salt Lake City is welcoming to the lgbtq+ community year-round. In 2015, the town elected its first openly gay mayor, and in 2016, 20 city blocks were renamed Harvey Milk Boulevard, in honor of the famous gay rights activist and politician. While it has its share of LGBTQ-owned and operated businesses, Salt Lake City is also known for its bars and restaurants that are welcoming to everyone.
The anchor of the LGBTQ+ society is the Marmalade dist
Salt Lake serves as a bastion of progressiveness, playfulness, and self-acceptance. In fact, the city's been listed by Advocate magazine as one of the Ten Queerest Cities in America! The town holds one of the biggest and best-attended Pride parades and festivals around, with Pride Week festivities attracting tens of thousands of participants who light up the downtown scene in complete rainbow-hued regalia. Of course, it doesn't have to be procession week to celebrate pride and inclusivity as our gay bars do that year round.
So, check out a few of our favorite gay bars and gay-friendly bars— because, in this town, it needn't be a "gay bar" for everyone to fit right in.
Insider tip:If you love inexpensive drinks and dancing to club remixes of Whitney Houston and Ariana Grande, you'll probably find yourself becoming a regular. And definitely go often because Sun Trapp typically suggestions entry with no cover attack, although you might expect to wait a few minutes for bar service on weekends.
Insider Tip: The bar is normally acknowledged for a chill vibe—except during their theme events like Underwear Night or Leather Night, when you can expect an grand
Many decades ago, there was a tiny tiny women's bar located under a viaduct just about where The Gateway stands today. My ally Bucket and I were baby gays and really wanted to go to the bar but were terrified for a few reasons—mainly because we weren't sure that our fake IDs would pass muster there.
We were hanging out at the vintage Sun Tavern, which used to be at the northwest corner of where the Delta Center now stands, because our IDs did pass muster there. "The Sun," as we called it, was a superb place to boogie to disco, smoke on the patio and throw dollars at drag queens who performed there regularly. By the way, it was named—tongue in cheek—after the Sun Stone at the Nauvoo Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
When we did get the courage to go to "Perky's" one nighttime, we learned from a small passion note on the door that the bar had "closed forever and [had] moved to Idaho. Thanks for your business!" Damn.
I've been out since the '70s and was the first out realtor in the Salt Lake Board of Realtors. I ran an ad in local papers of me sitting on my motorcycle that read "If you won't cruise with me I don't want you as
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In a state famous for its religious zeal, Salt Lake City serves as a bastion of progressiveness, playfulness, and lgbtq+ fest. In fact, the city’s been listed by Advocate magazine as one of the Ten Queerest Cities in America. The city holds one of the biggest and best-attended Pride parades and festivals around, with Pride Week festivities attracting tens of thousands of participants who light up the downtown scene in full rainbow-hued regalia. (There’s even a Utah Queer Ski Week—real thing, utahgayskiweek.com, see you there.)
Of course, it doesn’t have to be a parade to celebrate pride and inclusivity. It’s pretty easy for everyone of every orientation to jump in on the incredible fun that is Salt Lake on a hot city nighttime and the regular rotation of drag shows retain the city sizzling all through the winter.
Check out a few of our favorite “officially” gay bars and gay-friendly bars—keeping in mind that, in this town, it needn’t be a “gay bar” for everyone to fit right in.
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