LGBTQ Kev Qhia Ncig Tebchaws: Louisville, Kentucky

2024 Tus sau: Cyrus Reynolds | [email protected]. Kawg hloov kho: 2024-02-08 02:59

Txawm tias tej zaum paub zoo tshaj plaws rau May's Kentucky Derby thiab Qub Fashioned cocktail, Louisville kuj tau tsim nws tus kheej ua paj yeeb, qhov chaw loj hlob ntawm LGBTQ daim ntawv qhia kev mus ncig tsib xyoos dhau los. Qhov tseeb, Human Rights Campaign tau qhab nia Louisville qhov zoo tshaj plaws 100 ntawm nws qhov Kev Sib Tw Hauv Nroog txhua xyoo hauv 2019 (thiab kuj yog plaub xyoos dhau los, txij xyoo 2015 txog 2018, mus rau khau raj).

Lub nroog, hais tias "l oo-uh-ville," lossis tsuas yog "Lou" luv luv, ranked 11th nyob rau hauv 2015 Gallup daim ntawv ntsuam xyuas rau muaj cov LGBTQ-cov neeg feem ntau pom ib tug neeg nyob rau hauv lub teb chaws thiab yog lub tsev rau ob peb xyoos LGBT Pride xwm txheej. Kentuckiana Pride, uas ua kev zoo siab 20 xyoo hauv 2020, feem ntau tshwm sim thaum Lub Rau Hli ntawm Plaub Plaub Lawn ntawm Waterfront Park, thaum Louisville Pride Festival tshwm sim thaum nruab nrab Lub Cuaj Hli. Lub Cuaj Hli kuj pom Kentucky Black Pride, lub sijhawm uas suav nrog Kev Txaus Siab Hauv Chaw Ua Si Hnub Saturday tav su. Cov kiv cua yuav tsum nco ntsoov Louisville LGBT Film Festival txhua lub Kaum Hli, thaum Pandora Productions yog LGBTQ nyob ua yeeb yam thiab ua yeeb yam txhua xyoo.

Yog tias koj tab tom nrhiav ntau LGBTQ cov peev txheej hauv Bluegrass State, lub vev xaib Queer Kentucky nta LGBTQ xov xwm thiab POV ntau. Nyeem rau kom paub ntau ntxivyam ua, chaw noj mov, haus, seev cev, thiab lwm yam.

Pib nrog kev taug kev los ntawm kev sib tw, hipsterific Nulu koog tsev kawm ntawv. Ameslikas luv luv rau "New York Louisville" (raws li kev nom kev tswv New York ua yeeb yaj kiab-cum-Louisville tus tsim Gill Holland), hloov "New Louisville" daig ntawm cov neeg hauv zos, thiab qhov tsis ntev los no revitalized koog tsev kawm ntawv yog rife nrog zoo heev indie tsev noj mov thiab cocktail tuav (Decca, Rye, Garage Bar), breweries (Akasha, Goodwood), khoom siv tes ua kas fes (Quills, Thov & Ua Tsaug), thiab khw. Ob qhov yuav tsum tau mus ntsib suav nrog plaub-xyoos-laus, LGBTQ-tus phooj ywg zoo heev, poj niam txiv neej-ntxhais khaub ncaws khw Blofish-nws cov khoom sau suav nrog "Hlub Yog Kev Hlub" thiab "Pride," thaum 10 feem pua ntawm tag nrho cov muag khoom yog pub dawb rau cov koom haum tsis muaj txiaj ntsig-thiab Louisville -ua khoom siv tes ua-zoo boutique thiab kos duab kos duab, Revelry Gallery, uas yog khoom plig saum ntuj ceeb tsheej thiab zoo li cov khw muag khoom hauv zos uas Portland, Oregon yog tus hlub rau.

Kentucky lub tsev khaws puav pheej kos duab loj tshaj plaws, 92-xyoo-laus (thiab nquag hloov kho thiab hloov kho) Speed Art Museum, qhia meej txog nws txoj kev cog lus rau "kev sib txawv, kev ncaj ncees, kev nkag mus tau, thiab kev suav nrog," thiab tau kho cov rooj sib tham uas hais txog LGBTQ lub neej, ua yeeb yam, thiab sawv cev. Nws 2018 exhibition thiab series, "Breaking The Pwm," suav nrog kev ua haujlwm los ntawm Barack Obama tus thawj tswj hwm portraitist Kehinde Wiley thiab cov vaj huam sib luag ntawm kev sib tw thiab kev tawm tswv yim. Koj yuav tsum tau tshawb nrhiav hauv plawv nroog Tsev khaws puav pheej Kab, qhov chaw koj yuav pom Muhammad Ali Center,packed nrog exhibitions rau Louisville lub iconic haiv neeg tus tub, lub Frazier Keeb Kwm Tsev khaws puav pheej thiab Kentucky Bourbon Trail Txais tos Center, thiab lub Louisville Slugger Tsev khaws puav pheej & Factory, qhov twg cov kiv cua baseball tuaj yeem tuav puav tau siv los ntawm cov nyiam Mickey Mantle thiab tau txais cov qauv tshiab.

Queer suab paj nruag, lub sijhawm no, yuav tsum sim ntes Louisville tus kheej "scream pop" band GRLwood (cov tswv cuab hu lawv tus kheej "Kentucky kib queerdos") thiab dais sonic zoo li queercore icons Team Dresch thiab Le Tigre.

Qhov Zoo Tshaj LGBTQ Bars thiab Clubs

Kentucky lub LGBTQ + hmo ntuj loj tshaj plaws, Ua Si, pom tau yooj yim ua tsaug rau lo lus "Hlub," pleev xim rau hauv cov ntawv zaj sawv, nrog rau sab nrauv. Nyob rau hauv NuLu-nyob ib sab Butchertown (npe ua tsaug rau nws yav dhau los ua ib cheeb tsam meatpacking), Ua si yog ib qho chaw 18-thiab-up nrog peb tuav, ib qho chaw seev cev, thiab patio, ntxiv rau kev lom zem ntawm kev ua yeeb yam-los ntawm ob qho tib si. Poj huab tais hauv zos thiab mus saib "Drag Race" superstars zoo li Tatiana, Yvie Oddly thiab Adore Delano. Ua si kuj tseem muaj lub rooj noj mov themed hmo.

Tshaj tawm hauv cheeb tsam Highlands uas muaj sia nyob (tseem muaj lub tsev noj mov miv ntawm no!), Chill Bar Highlands muaj xya xyoo muaj cov khoom noj tshwj xeeb martini, seev cev, undies-clad go-go tub, nyob suab paj nruag, thiab ob lub lis piam showtune hu nkauj-ib-ntev. Loj Bar, ib zaug muaj npe hu ua nws qhov 728 square feet, loj hlob hauv 2019 nrog lub patio loj dua, thaum nthuav dav tam sim no tab tom ua. Cov kab ke txhua lub lim tiam suav nrog TV saib ob tog (qee tus tuav los ntawm tus cwj pwm hauv zosZsa Zsa Gabortion), cov tub mus-mus, thiab haus dej tshwj xeeb xws li $ 6 "Frozen Lizzo Juice."

Downtown's Tryangles sib xyaw ua ke nrog kev sib tw ntawm cov tog neeg, suav nrog dais thiab tawv ("Rawhide 'n Furr"), ris tsho hauv qab, thiab karaoke (txhua hnub Tuesday), luag cov yeeb yam, thiab cov phom sij pheej yig thiab zoo siab teev tshwj xeeb. Qhib rau xyoo 1987, Teddy Bears Bar yog Louisville qhov ntev tshaj plaws-khiav gay bar, thiab nyiam coj cov txiv neej raws caij nyoog (hnub nyoog 30-65), muab kev lom zem karaoke rau hnub Wednesdays thiab Sundays ntxiv rau kev lom zem txhua hli, "Beauties of the Xyooj."

Alas, Louisville tus poj niam nyiam poj niam ib leeg, Purrswaytions, kaw rau xyoo 2019. Tseem, Highlands 'Nowhere Bar muaj kev txais tos thiab seev cev rau EDM suab paj nruag rau txhua tus poj niam txiv neej thiab poj niam txiv neej thiab tuav cov xwm txheej txaus siab thiab tom qab tog.

Qhov chaw noj mov zoo tshaj

Marketplace Tsev noj mov yog ib feem ntawm Lub Zos Louisville, qhov kev vam meej thiab LGBT-phooj ywg hauv cheeb tsam Smoketown redevelopment project uas suav nrog gay spa thiab boutique vaj tse, Vu Guesthouse. Lub tsev noj mov ua haujlwm rau tus kws ua zaub mov Zac Young lub ntiaj teb kev tshoov siab rau yav qab teb tus nqi, suav nrog xiav crab hushpuppies, rub duck ceg lauj kaub ncuav qab zib, thiab kib ntsuab lws suav caesar zaub xam lav nrog nyias nyias lub teb chaws nqaij npua. Ib tug tswv cuab ntawm Kentucky's Urban Bourbon Trail, Marketplace kuj muaj kev xaiv ntau ntawm bourbons thiab yuav tsum-sim Old Fashioned.

Ib qho ntawm Cov Khoom Noj Khoom Noj "Zoo Tshaj Plaws Cov Tsev Noj Mov Hauv Lub Zos," lub Le Moo niaj hnub ua haujlwm rau kev tsim qauv, decadent omnivorous zaub mov (Mizayaki Wagyu!), thiab lom zem, nrov heev luag brunches thiabnoj hmo. Txhua qhov kev lom zem noj mov yog themed (2020 twb pom "Star Wars" thiab "Dolly Parton & Lub Tebchaws Divas"), thiab koj tuaj yeem tshawb xyuas cov kab ntawm cov txuj ci hauv zos sassy online thaum txiav txim.

Ntawm NuLu qhov zoo tshaj plaws Decca, kws ua zaub mov Annie Pettry ua haujlwm rau cov khoom noj qab haus huv yav qab teb uas muaj txiaj ntsig zoo nrog rau cov nplej tshiab, txiav tes txiav, cov nqaij ci thiab cov zaub mov, thiab cov tais diav raws caij nyoog, hauv lub tsev kho kom zoo nkauj xyoo 1870s dai kom zoo nkauj nrog kev ua haujlwm los ntawm cov neeg ua yeeb yam hauv zos-ua tib zoo saib rau cov duab kos los ntawm Sweden-yug, Louisville-based Hawk Alfredson, uas nws txoj haujlwm txaus ntshai ua rau nco txog Salvador Dali thiab Hieronymous Bosch. Nws lub studio thiab lub tsev yog nyob rau hauv lub up-and-coming, artsy Portland zej zog, uas yog zoo tsim nyog saib-saib thiab noj mov ntawm nws them-dab tsi-koj-yuav tau, non-profit thiab zej zog-centric The Table Cafe, qhov twg Koj yuav pom cov neeg nyob hauv zos thiab mus ntsib cov neeg tsiv teb tsaws chaw thiab cov neeg shakers, cov kws tshaj lij, thiab cov neeg ua nom ua tswv loj hlob zuj zus tuaj ntawm cov zaub mov ua liaj ua teb, cov qhaub cij, thiab ntau dua.

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A fusion ntawm edgy contemporary art tsev cia puav pheej thiab boutique tsev so loj, 21c Tsev khaws puav pheej Hotel yug hauv Louisville, thiab nws 91-chav flagship yog smack dab hauv plawv nroog. Tsis muaj peev xwm nco tau ua tsaug rau qhov siab tshaj plaws, golden ob-loj replica ntawm Michelangelo's David kos nws qhov chaw 7th thiab Main, thiab ib lub nkoj ntawm fuchsia toned penguin sculptures (uas txuas ntxiv mus thoob plaws hauv lub tsev so, nrog rau cov chav qhua thiab lub ru tsev), cov cuab yeej yog tsim nyog mus xyuas txawm tias tsis siv lubhmo. Cov neeg tuaj saib tuaj yeem tshawb txog nws qhov 9,000 square-foot tsim nyog ntawm kev hloov pauv kev nthuav qhia thiab kev teeb tsa thiab kev ua liaj ua teb-rau- rooj noj mov Zoo Tshaj Plaws ntawm Main, uas muaj kev xaiv ntau dua 120 Kentucky bourbons.

A 2018 qhib (ntawm tus nqi tshaj tawm ntawm $ 330 lab), hauv plawv nroog sleek 30-zaj dab neeg, 612-chav Omni Louisville Hotel yog qhov chaw ua haujlwm puv ntoob hauv nws tus kheej ua tsaug rau ib feem ntawm nws txoj kev lag luam hauv nroog, Lub Nroog Falls Kev ua lag luam: cov neeg muag khoom suav nrog Mexican-influenced noj tshais thiab noj su tom khw Con Huevos Craves, organic fair-trade kas fes khw Heine Brothers, thiab Bourbon Barrel Foods, soy sauce microbrewery.

Cov neeg lag luam hauv zos thiab tus tsim tawm thiab LGBT activist George Stinson thiab tus khub Ed Lewis qhib Louisville thawj lub koom haum gay hauv 1970 (thiab The Connection, uas muaj 27-ntxiv rau xyoo ua ntej kaw hauv 2016). Tsis ntev los no, nkawm niam txiv tau nthuav tawm Vu Guesthouse, LGBT-phooj ywg, 34-chav tsev so boutique, teeb tsa hauv lub tsev khaws khoom Smoketown hloov dua siab tshiab. Nws yog ib feem ntawm lub complex, Lub Zos Louisville, uas suav nrog peb-zaj dab neeg gay txiv neej lub spa thiab sauna, Vapor, thiab 1, 500-tus neeg muaj peev xwm tshwm sim qhov chaw, C2.