The Cabaret is my favorite of the gay bars. Florida laws still allow smoking in bars, so expect a lung-full of cigarettes if you go to a bar here. The Roundup is mostly men and the others are mixed. Heinberg Street) are Pensacola’s gay bars. Jefferson Street), Emerald City/The Otherside (406 E. The community here is fairly close-knit, and many friendships span a decade or more.
There’re many queers in prominent careers in Pensacola, and a visibility of out LGBTQ people has increased in the last few years. While we play host to tens of thousands (some say more) of LGBT tourists on Memorial Day weekend, that weekend is not representative of everyday life. Pensacola is a complicated place for queers. That said, we’ve hosted a massive annual gay Memorial Day celebration for many years. Ward, in which a judge granted custody to a murderer rather than a lesbian. We’re the home of the court decision that inspired the documentary Unfit: Ward vs. Florida was a anti-gay-marriage state, and Pensacola is part of the conservative panhandle. I love Pensacola’s natural beauty - there’s water everywhere - and the progressiveness of the everyday gay scene has come a long way in recent years.
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I run, am a workout fanatic and spend most of my free time playing outside. But the beach and my family called me home, and I’ve been back here since 2006. As an out lesbian in high school, I hated everything about Pensacola and left for Atlanta after my junior year. I’ve lived in Pensacola for seventeen years, although there was a big gap between the first 10 and the latest 7. The 200 Best Lesbian, Bisexual & Queer Movies Of All TimeĬLICK HERE FOR OTHER QUEER GIRL CITY GUIDES.LGBTQ Television Guide: What To Watch Now.