What to expectfrom a gay bar

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Queer People Describe Their First Time in a Gay Club

By and large, gay bars completely flip every dynamic that straight bros are used to when they go out drinking, so the experience is a welcome, if not temporary, relief from the typical hustle of your local frat lounge. As always, the best advice is just to go in with no expectations and have fun. But this should guide you along the way.

But if it does happen, understand that this is a gay bar, and if you were at a straight bar you would be doing the same thing to a poor girl just trying to make it in this lonely world. Remember getting shot down all those times at the straight bar? Drag queens are the most popular subculture in the gay community, and most gay bars have drag shows at least once a week.

In fact, they thrive off of it. Some of them pull off the look better than others, but keep in mind that you are in a place that welcomes everyone. I get where the nervousness comes from, and a few of my straight friends were definitely more than apprehensive about going to the restroom in a crowded gay bar.

But rest assured that your fears amount to nothing. Because of the stereotype of gay people as morally deprived heathens and the gay club as a proverbial den if sin, most gay bars take it upon themselves to be very strict with IDs. The key to having fun is being there with people you like and knowing why you went out in the first place.

Dylan Connell is a college bromo who aspires to be the next Don Draper. Find his blog hereand follow him on Twitter. Follow Us. Audio By Carbonatix.