Gay bars erie pa
TRIVIA WEDNESDAY
erie's queer exclude and dance club for over 25 years
TONIGHT at the ZoneWednesday, July 23rd
Doors Open at 8pm - No Cover
with Patrick and Josh and Brittany
Free to Play on Your Phone
Happy Hour: 8pm - 10pm
$1 Off All Bottles Beer & $2 Successfully Drinks
UPCOMINGEVENTS
SundayAug 10th9:00pm
Bricks & Booze
An Adult LEGO Building Night
Ready for a totally distinct kind of darkness out? We are so excited to partner with our friends at the Northwest Pennsylvania LEGO® User Group (NWPALUG) to bring you a brand novel, creative social event at The Zone!
Join us for Bricks + Booze, a casual meet-up for adults who love to develop, connect, and chill. This isn't a competition—it's just a relaxed space to hang out, own a drink, and let your imagination run wild. You can bring your own bricks for a project you're working on, or just come compete with the collection we'll have on hand!
This is a new monthly event happening on the 2nd Sunday of each month, perfect for winding down the weekend with great company.
Join us for the kickoff on our new night!
When: Sunday, August 10th, at 9 PM
Where: The Zone Dance Club, 133 W 18th S
LGBTQIA Travel
Inclusivity and Protections for the Gay Community in Erie, Pennsylvania
Perfect Score on MEI - Municipality of Erie
The Town of Erie has scored a flawless 100 out of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign's Municipal Equality Index (MEI) three years in a row. The MEI examines how inclusive municipal laws, policies, and services are of LGBTQ people who live, work, and visit there. The MEI considers several key factors including non-discrimination laws, LGBTQ+ employee resource groups, inclusivity of city services, law enforcement practices, and municipal leadership’s stance on equality.
Erie is one of only five cities in Pennsylvania to receive a flawless score. To learn more about the perform and advocacy creature done in the City of Erie on behalf of the LGBTQ+ society, click here.
Legal Protections - Erie County
Erie County offers protections through its Human Relations Commission protecting LGBTQ+ individuals from discrimination at businesses countywide. The Erie County Human Relations Commission Ordinance affords individuals reasonable access to any common property, recognizing civil rights based on race, color, familial status, religious creed, ances
Inside Erie's Beloved Gender non-conforming Club, The Zone
Amidst the slow decline of gay and gender non-conforming bars nationwide, The Zone Dance Club in Erie has been a lively hub for the LGBTQIA+ community since 1998. Well-known for its welcoming aura, The Zone provides guard and entertainment, including kingly performances and weekly programming. "We are the only Queer social space in the area," manager Anthony Gressley said. "While we target the Queer people, we welcome everyone."
Erie has been home to many gay and Queer bars throughout our history, including The City Squire, Embers, the Silver Slipper, Washington Grill, and the Midtown Lounge. "Erie has had its share of queer bars, usually three at a time. It's only since The Zone that there has been only one," said Harry Miller, a contributor to the Erie Gay News.
The Zone has a deep history in Erie, beginning when former owner Bob Regan, who passed away in 2018, opened the club in Nov. 1998. Regan transformed The Embe
Pittsburgh commission abstains on historic designation for gay bar
After a lengthy and sometimes tense public hearing and discussion, Pittsburgh’s Historic Review Commission took the rare step Wednesday of voting “no recommendation” on historic designation for Donny’s Place, a shuttered Polish Hill gay bar that could become the city’s first LGBTQ historic landmark.
The 3-1 vote sends the matter to the city’s Planning Commission, which is set to discuss it Protest 25. Final determination is up to City Council.
Donny’s Place, which opened as the Norreh Social Club in 1973, operated for 50 years and is considered Pittsburgh’s longest-running LGBTQ bar.
Jonathan Kamin, an attorney representing both the estate of the bar’s late owner, Donald R. Thinnes, and Laurel Communities, the housing developer with whom Thinnes signed a development agreement in 2019, appeared before the commission to oppose the nomination. Kamin argued the nomination was filed solely to prevent a planned 19-unit housing development on the site on Herron Avenue and surrounding parcels.
“We appreciate the commission thinking through the evidence that they were presented and realizing this was som