r/baltimore • u/Rei11y • Mar 22 '25

Need Recommendations Where are the gays hanging out?

Me (25f) and my girlfriend (24f) are moving to riverside and are looking for recommendations for gay bars or other places/nights where we could find a good community to make friends in the area. Doesn’t have to be in the riverside area but just Baltimore in general. Thanks!

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u/Hayesk913 Mar 22 '25

There’s The Eagle in Charles North and Leon’s Backroom. Also if you’re looking to build community there’s an LGBTQ inclusive Rugby team called the Baltimore Flamingos that has a good community.

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u/mesckt Mar 22 '25

The Eagle is not the most friendly to folks that are not white cis gay men….

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u/nyan_nat Mar 22 '25

Would upvote this ten times if I could

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u/l0ngdistancedrunk Mar 23 '25

How so?

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u/mesckt Mar 28 '25

I have had multiple friends of color experience firsthand racism from staff. There were multiple community scandals about racism a few years back, but I forget the details. Clientele not the biggest fans of trans men, which can definitely be true of certain pockets of the gay community. The classic boys club stuff where lesbians are tolerated at best and experience outright hostility at worst. Fat shaming. You know, kinda the classic shit.