Gay Bar

SAN FRANCISCO -- In the pages of Sports Illustrated, many readers will get a glimpse into a Bay Area 49er fan celebration they may not be familiar with. [ Read more → ]

INDIANAPOLIS, Inc. -- The owner of a gay bar in Indianapolis said he is certain that a blown out window at his establishment is more than a random act of violence, he thinks it may be a hate crime. [ Read more → ]

OAK PARK, Ill. — A fire destroyed The Velvet Rope Ultra Lounge, an Oak Park, Ill., gay nightclub in what the owner suspects as an anti-gay arson early Sunday morning, according to a report by the Chicago Tribune. [ Read more → ]

The Abbey, the iconic West Hollywood gay bar twice-named the “Best Gay Bar in the World,” has banned bachelorette parties until same-sex marriage becomes legal. [ Read more → ]

The only openly gay and lesbian Bar in Uganda has been forcibly closed, according to its owner. The landlord padlocked by the property and said the bar was noisy and attracted “strange” persons frequenting it. [ Read more → ]

Six Atlanta police officers have been fired following an investigation into the botched raid of an Atlanta gay bar in 2009. [ Read more → ]

Police in Elmira, N.Y. have arrested Louis Duffy, 20, in the murder of Clinton "Billy" Lewis, the owner of Club Chill, a local gay bar just blocks from his home. [ Read more → ]

Police in Shanghai raided a popular gay over the weekend, taking more than 60 people into custody for several hours. [ Read more → ]

A woman is now charged with a hate crime, after a New Year's Day stabbing outside a gay and lesbian bar in Buffalo, NY. Suzanne-Deanna Grover, 21, was charged with assault and a bias-motivated crime -- or a hate crime -- for a stabbing outside... [ Read more → ]

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. -- A Redwood City man wanted for allegedly beating up a man because of his sexual orientation turned himself in to the Sheriff's Office around noon Wednesday, reports the Mercury News. Cole White, 24, surrendered a day after a judge signed a... [ Read more → ]

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. -- A judge signed a $50,000 arrest warrant Tuesday for a Bay Area man suspected of attacking a gay man at a downtown nightclub early Sunday because of his sexual orientation. Watch the report from KGO-TV: Cole White, 24, is wanted for... [ Read more → ]