Hookup apps such as the gay-specific Grindr and Scruff - not to mention the omnisexual Tinder, Bumble and OkCupid - are also changing the way queer folk meet and party. Getty Images Apps are the new hookup spot “That has changed the climate.” Patrons celebrate at the Stonewall Inn on June 26, 2015, the day the US Supreme Court ruled that same-sex couples have the right to marry in all 50 states. “There’s a lot of that in Bushwick, or Williamsburg even,” he says of the limited-time ventures. After 20 years in the neighborhood, Excelsior will shutter at the end of July, and Nayden blames the ephemeral “pop-up” venue trend. “We’re finding that with the younger generation of LGBTQ clients, their attention span is shorter,” Mark Nayden, co-owner of Park Slope gay bar Excelsior, tells The Post. The reasons behind the closures are myriad - and not entirely negative - from a growing acceptance of LGBTQ people and changing attitudes about alcohol consumption to the rise of dating apps. This 23 percent drop hit one segment of the community the hardest: There are only three self-identifying lesbian bars left in NYC. By 2018, Pride guide Metrosource could find only 49 to round up. In 1991, OutWeek, “the lesbian and gay news magazine,” listed 64 gay bars across the five boroughs. In the decades since the riots, the gay-rights movement has made huge strides in the US, from the legalization of same-sex marriage to openly gay candidates being elected to public office.īut, ironically, as the city remembers the 1969 riots that are credited with catalyzing the strides made toward equality, it’s home to fewer gay and lesbian bars than it has been in decades. On Friday, New York City - and the world - is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising. Political donations lead Stonewall Inn to ban some beers How 'Drag Race All Stars' Jan and Scarlet Envy celebrate Pride weekend
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