Gay bar in oakland
A year-old self-identified gay man, Murphy has been coming to the White Horse for 17 years and working there, as needed, for The bar is his anchor, what gives him a sense of place and belonging in his adopted hometown. During his first week in Berkeley, newly arrived and without a place to stay, he found an apartment through the White Horse. A little after that, he found his husband there too. Gay bars have long been at the center of the movement for equality.


White Horse Inn (Oakland, California)
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Queer California – rare photos capture hidden LGBT history | California | The Guardian
The Port Bar is a blend of Oakland past and Oakland future where people from diverse lifestyles come together. Enter The Port Bar, where the walls are covered in recycled metal shipping containers from the Port of Oakland and rustic wood from the former Oakland Army Base. Even the corrugated metal on the bar once covered parts of the new Uber headquarters above the 19th Street BART station less than a block away. The BackSide lounge features weekly cabarets and dance parties and is available for private events.



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By Barbara Hoke. When a dyke goes into a town, she looks for a dyke bar to find her kind. The bar is to queers what the church is to Christians, the mosque to Muslims, the synagogue to Jews. More than one bar owner I interviewed for this article talked about wanting to create a place for the kids. The bar has traditionally been a great equalizer among us.





The White Horse bar is iconic. Possibly dating back to the s, this place is the oldest continuously operating gay-and-lesbian bar in the United States. Casual, unassuming, and diverse, the White Horse revels in its lack of trendiness. Tip: Tuesday Karaoke nights are a must.
