Gaggles of Bay Area queers, who thrust themselves upon a taproom in gay-wary ’hoods such as the Marina District, essentially said, “We’re here, we’re queer, now give us a beer.” The event has spawned siblings in L.A., Milwaukee and other cities. Guerrilla Queer Bar) began in San Francisco as a means of imbibing while making a political statement. In 2000, the original Guerrilla Gay Bar (a.k.a. The event was the second installment of Guerrilla Gay Bar–South Loop, a free monthly bar night in which gays gather at a traditionally straight watering hole. For the 200 gay men crammed into the saloon on February 13, however, the sentiment, uttered amid the jubilant chaos, couldn’t have been more fitting. “This is like faggotpalooza!” That’s not a phrase often heard at Grace O’Malley’s, a South Loop Irish bar where a mostly straight clientele comes to wash down bangers and mash with a pint of Guinness.
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