I don’t know if they’re disappearing because they’re unprofitable, it’s just that everything is becoming integrated, and you have to offer something really cool or unique to draw people into your space. Calgary has opened two gay bars in the past year for a total of five. One is a lesbian joint and the other is a fancy underground cocktail and burlesque club with bi-nightly drag shows. It’s nothing like the heyday when the city had 10 or more gay bars and they were all the same except one of them was a full on drugged out twink club (Twisted) and another was a bear/leather bar (The Eagle), but it’s not bad for 2020.
But to the point about integration, there isn’t really a single place I can think of that I wouldn’t kiss/make out, grind on, or otherwise show affection to a guy I was with in this day and age. That is why gay bars existed, and they’re closing because we can live our lives like everyone else in most places in Canada now.
It’s weird how Kelowna never had a gay bar but Lethbridge still does. Both have considerable sized universities so it’s weird. I remember when I lived in Kelowna, they had a bar that did gay night like every Friday or every other Friday, something like that. Is that not a thing anymore?
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Last edited by Chadillaccc; Jun 29, 2020 at 8:45 PM.
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