brewpubs in Colorado, has permanently closed 4 of its 5 Colorado locations. Yet venues like Pride and Swagger have still struggled to stay afloat. It will be taken over by Steven Alix, who owns the gay nightclub X Bar. As of this week, their GoFundMe has raised over $46,000. A gay village (also known as a gay neighborhood, gay enclave, gayvenue, gay ghetto, gaytto, gay district, gaytown, or gayborhood) is a geographical area with generally recognized boundaries that is inhabited or frequented by many lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people. In hopes of combating negative economic impacts, Ga圜ities recently launched a relief fund for LGBTQ restaurants and bars. LGBTQ venues have been hit especially hard during the pandemic. “To all our loyal patrons, allies, staff, and entertainers, we hope this provides some insight and explanation into what we faced in trying to keep our bar running and supporting shows almost seven days a week.” At these local tasting rooms, passionate sommeliers and wine enthusiasts are pouring. “But we have faced an additional challenge, one that shocked us to be experiencing on 17th Avenue in Denver, in this day and age: we feel we were the targets of discrimination for being a bar that caters to the LGBTQ+ community,” the letter states. Expertly curated wine lists are no longer sideshows to meals at upscale restaurants in Denver, thanks to the city’s growing roster of stellar wine bars. They also revealed that they had faced anti-LGBTQ discrimination at their location on 17th Avenue. The spacious warehouse-like yet atmospheric interior combines the sleekest of bars with a quirky collation of chandeliers, live plants, and. The management posted a letter on their website to announce the decision, acknowledging the devastating impact COVID-19 has had on the bar and restaurant industries. Li’l Devils Lounge isn’t the only place in Denver that is able to offer its patrons either drag performances or an outdoor patio, with X-bar offering both these attractions and a lot more besides. Customers gather at the newly-opened Tight End, Denver’s first gay sports bar, on April 24. We are in the heart of the very popular Golden Triangle neighborhood. Pride and Swagger will serve its last drinks on April 30, 2021. VYBE is a family-owned gay bar located on 10th and North Broadway in Denver, CO. The bar first opened in 2017, with hopes of strengthening the LGBTQ community in Denver’s Uptown neighborhood. Pride and Swagger, one of Denver’s premier LGBTQ bars, has joined the growing list of LGBTQ venues that have been forced to close their doors during the pandemic.