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Gay bars haven't disappeared - they've just gone guerrilla

Robert David Sullivan recently bemoaned the loss of gay bars in Boston. Drinkboston.com counters with an interview with Josh Gerber, co-founder of Boston Guerrilla Queer Bar Boston, a group that gathers once a month at a different "straight" bar to mix things up a bit:

... He intrigued me again when he told me that, on only its third meetup, the group attracted 120 people to the Hong Kong in Harvard Square. "I think we pretty effectively took over the bar," he said. Clearly, GQB-Boston is onto something. I wanted details, so I arranged a Q & A with Gerber over cocktails at one of his, and my, favorite bars, Green Street. ...

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let's see

By Anonymous (not verified) | Thu, 12/13/2007 - 7:09pm

you're subversive by purposefully excluding gays and lesbians over 40? Gee, now that's original.

response to "let's see"

By L Clark (not verified) | Fri, 12/14/2007 - 4:40pm

Neither drinkboston.com nor Josh intended to give the impression that Guerrilla Queer Bar - Boston excludes gays 40 and over. Anyone -- younger, older, even straight -- can sign up for announcements for the group's events.

20s, 30s, 40s, girls, guys, everybody

By Marcelo (not verified) | Sun, 02/03/2008 - 1:36pm

The main demographics happens to be 20-30s, but that's not due to exclusion. GQB works by word of mouth, e-mails, Facebook, etc., and is open to everyone. I've been to two, and the crowd is more diverse in every way (gender, race, age) than any gay bar in town. Mostly 20-30s, but plenty of people 40 and on, including many of my friends.

Gay Bars

By Anonymous (not verified) | Fri, 12/14/2007 - 3:25am

The Midway in JP is always full of homo's.

Homo's?

By SwirlyGrrl Not logged in (not verified) | Fri, 12/14/2007 - 4:56pm

Homo Erectus? Homo Sapiens? Homo Habilis? What species of hominid are we talking here?

full of their.... what?

By pierce | Fri, 12/14/2007 - 7:44pm

full of their.... what? Your sentence is unfinished.

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