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Those spots and more sports bars, dance clubs, and cocktail havens are all included in Eater's round up of the District's gay-friendliest bars and hangouts. Stretch out in your seat or cross your legs and put your hands behind your head. But another historic bar, DC Eagle, recently made a big move to a gigantic space on Benning Road NE. where black gay bars once existed, said Skiba, the archivist. There have also been losses: Iconic Barracks Row lesbian bar Phase 1 shuttered its doors last year. I would still feel funny going into gay bars in Philadelphia, Ralston, now 46, recalled. Kiki will fill in the neighboring buildings left behind by iconic watering holes Velvet Lounge and Dodge City (915-917 U Street NW), which. Those new hangouts include Dirty Goose, Trade and Uproar. The U Street NW strip will welcome a new LGBTQ-friendly establishment by the end of the year that plans to eventually house a sprawling beer garden out back and four bars in all. In February 2016, the Washington Blade noted an "unusual flurry of activity" with the opening of four new gay bars, the majority of which landed in the U Street/Shaw/Logan Circle area. But D.C.'s evolving gayborhood has shifted towards Logan Circle and U Street.
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