gay bar

See also: gaybar

English

Noun

gay bar (plural gay bars)

1. A tavern or similar nightclub whose primary clientele are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people.
   • 1975, “Ain't Nobody Straight in L.A.”, in City of Angels, performed by The Miracles:

     Hey, but wait a minute, man, that's a gay bar

   • 2014 April 11, Charlotte Meredith, “The Palace of Sexminster”, in Huffington Post: United Kingdom:

     One unidentified man spoke of how he was approached to "go to the Gents" with an MP at an event for young political activists while another man described how an MP invited his entire office staff to a gay bar.

2. (Philippines) A gay strip club

Translations

nightclub whose primary clientele are LGBT people

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 同性戀酒吧／同性恋酒吧 (tóngxìngliàn jiǔbā), 同志酒吧 (tóngzhì jiǔbā)

• Danish: bøssebar c
• Finnish: homobaari (fi)
• French: bar gay m
• German: Gay-Bar f, Schwulenbar (de) f
• Greek: γκέι μπαρ n (gkéi bar)
• Hungarian: melegbár
• Icelandic: hommabúlla f
• Japanese: ゲイバー (geibā)
• Korean: 게이바 (geiba)
• Malay: bar gay
• Norwegian: homsebar m
• Portuguese: bar gay m
• Russian: гей-ба́р (ru) m (gej-bár)
• Slovak: gay bar, gay klub
• Spanish: bar gay m, bar de ambiente m
• Swedish: gaybar (sv) c, bögbar c
• Thai: บาร์เกย์ (baa gay)
• Turkish: gey bar
• Welsh: tafarn hoyw (cy)

See also

• gay club