Gay bar mississippi
In 2006, Malcolm Ingram’s award-winning documentary Small Town Gay Bar (Frameline30) explored queer bars in rural Mississippi. Gay bars are often the only safe communities for small-town LGBTQ people in the Deep South’s Bible Belt, and bigoted forces—Fred Phelps, Tim Wildmon, and more—have long tried to shut them down. Now, after the election of Donald Trump has emboldened anti-LGBTQ hatred in the region, Ingram returns to document the travails of running a lgbtq+ bar in Mississippi, with a profile of lesbian lock owners in Biloxi and Hattiesburg.
Lynn Koval, the white owner of Just Us Lounge, the oldest gay bar in the state, and Shawn Perryon, Sr., the black owner of the nine-year-old Club Xclusive, choose separately to grip their cities’ first Pride celebrations in 2017, as a rebuke to the “open-season” mentality encouraged by Trump, as well as to Mississippi’s Religious Liberty Accommodations Act, the Pulse nightclub terrorist attack, and the murders of three Gulf Coast gender nonconforming women shortly after the 2017 inauguration. Just Us Lounge restored their group after Hurricane Katrina leveled Biloxi and nearly destroyed the bar. Can they and Club Xclusive organize a Self-acceptance even
A Gay on the Mississippi Gulf Coast: Ambush on the Road
Family time can always go one of two ways, either fun-filled bliss, or a check of your patience and tolerance (or in most cases a little of both).
Every Thanksgiving, I do a highway trip with Mama Dawn to somewhere fun. Past trips have included Branson, Natchez, Nashville, Natchitoches, Mobile, Pensacola, Memphis, San Antonio and Houston.
As she has gotten a petty older (81 years young) and less mobile, we moved closer to place in our trips. Thus, this year, we decided to get an AirBnB along the Mississippi Gulf Coast and off we went to Bay St. Louis for a long weekend of drinking, eating, shopping and gambling.
Here is my adventure tale of a Homosexual on the Gulf.
The house we rented, one block off Main Street, was aptly entitled Le Petit Retreat. It was an adorable two bedroom home with quaint decor, an extremely easy sofa and beds, and an extra large television. It is perfect for a chill time. After getting settled, immediately we were off to our first casino, the Silver Slipper located in Waveland.
The Mississippi Gulf Coast basically st
Gay Starkville, Mississippi Guide
Starkville might surprise you. Right in the heart of Mississippi, this college town of 25,000 has quietly get one of the state's most LGBTQ+-friendly destinations, earning its place in history as the first municipality in Mississippi to hand over a resolution showing assist for its lesbian, same-sex attracted, bisexual and transgender residents back in 2014. While that resolution faced political challenges over the years, it also attracted a lot of support, largely driven by the steady energy of Mississippi Articulate University and its more than 40,000 students.
The city's LGBTQ+ scene is more understated than larger metropolitan areas - there are currently no gay venues. Starkville Pride, founded in 2018 by student leaders, serves the entire Golden Triangle area and hosts an annual Pride Weekend celebration that has grown significantly since its contentious beginnings. After initial resistance from city officials in 2018, community advocacy and legal action led to the city reversing its decision and allowing the first-ever gay pride parade.
LGBTQ+ Community & Events
Starkville's compact LGBTQ+ community centers around Mississippi State Un
Jackson LGBTQ City Guide
Jackson, Mississippi, is the capital of the declare and also its largest city. It is situated on the Pearl River and is most well-known for its many musicians, particularly those in the jazz, gospel, and blues genres. The city is also known as a very affordable place to live, one full of walkable streets and unique neighborhoods, and no shortage of friendly people, including a smaller, but welcoming LGBTQ community. If you’re thinking of finding your next abode in Jackson, chances are, you’ll find plenty about it to love.
A Look at Jackson's History
Jackson initially began as a settlement on the Pearl River called LeFluer’s Bluff, so named for the French-Canadian trader Louis LeFleur, who founded a trading send on the site. It remained that way until 1821, when, four years after Mississippi became a state, the legislature chose the city to be the state capital. It was then renamed after President Andrew Jackson. The town grew quickly because of its importance as the capital city, and also as an important place for commerce and trade, with many businesses establishing themselves there. Today, Jackson is a diverse and thrivi