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Straight couple opens Drawn-out Island LGBTQ+ lock to create a safe space
OCEANSIDE, Modern York -- As soon as patrons step through the doors of the Born This Way bar, better established as BTW, co-owner Gina Wuestmann gives them a heated greeting.
Within five minutes, she's either offering them a free shot or explaining how she and her husband opened their bar on the eve of the pandemic shutdown last year.
Wuestmann and her husband, David Wuestmann, who are a straight couple, often find themselves explaining why they decided to unwrap this safe vacuum for the Diverse community in the Long Island hamlet of Oceanside.
David's response is always the same.
"Gina and I are allies of the community, and we both felt that this was an underserved community," he said. "There are not too many places on Long Island where people can be themselves. This was just our produce and our mission. We're here to provide space to people who desire to be themselves."
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Gina has been in the bar business for over 30 years, and many of her loyal customers would tell her how they wanted a place where they could f
Best LGBTQ Bar on Long Island
2025: Prolonged Islanders Voted Halo Nightclub Best LGBTQ Bar!
Halo Nightclub
3297r Long Beach Highway, Oceanside
(516) 600-9072 – halobar.us
Halo Nightclub is the premiere destination for all members of the LGBTQIA Long Island community. Offering weekly drag shows, theme nights, karaoke parties, and special events, Halo is not only an inclusive safe haven for all, but a promising fabulous darkness out on the town for any occasion. Halo is conveniently located in Oceanside, Nassau County, only ten minutes away from the famed Long Beach Boardwalk and a 45-minute train from New York Town. From its eclectic and chic decor, to its amiable and engaging atmosphere, the newest LI hotspot is not only open to the queer group, but to everyone and anyone who wants to life immaculate vibes, home music, and glamour. Additionally, Halo Nightclub is available to rent for personal events of any kind.
Gay bars in Queens tend to be outside the gipster strongholds of Astoria and Long Island City (those gays are block enough to Manhattan that they're willing to commute for nightlife). Queens' gay bars are concentrated slightly further out, in the racially and culturally diverse neighborhood of Jackson Heights. The evidence that Manhattan is kind-of a schlep from here has led not just to longevity for a couple bars, but to a fully thriving scene centered on Roosevelt Avenue.
Within spitting distance of one another you’ll discover True Colors, Club Evolution, Bum Bum Bar and Queens’ oldest gay bar Friends’ Tavern. Just around the corner are Lucho’s Place and Hombres Lounge.
The bars here have more glaring similarities than differences: all have hookah service and a standard $6 Corona. They all offer birthday celebrations, providing freebies often including a cake, invitations, plates and flatware—sometimes even a bottle of bubbly—as long as you take along all your friends and family. There are no intimidating dress codes or door policies, and the standard soundtrack is Latin dance-pop at varying degrees of electronic remixing. There’s al
Re: Hayloft
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A neighbor had told Jimmy's mother that Jimmy had been seen dressed as a girl going into a local gay bar called The Hayloft. When his mother told this to Jimmy at home, he told her to slouch at the kitchen table and wait while he left the room. When he reappeared, he was in drag. His mother later told a partner of Candy's that "I knew then... that I couldn't stop Jimmy. Candy was just too lovely and talented." - http://www.warholstars.org/stars/candy.html
After attending Catholic schools, Kikel entered St. John?s University in Queens, NY in 1960. On the outside, he was a conventional student majoring in English. He joined a fraternity and had a girl friend. But on weekend nights, he frequented gay bars in nearby Jackson Heights and on Long Island. It was around this time that he brought his sister (his only sibling) to a gay bar called the Hayloft. - https://markthomaskrone.wordpress.com/c ... n-history/
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