Why Gay Bars Are Dying
Across the country, gay bars — often a fixture of queer nightlife — have been shuttered at an alarming pace. More than 45% closed between and But the closing of gay bars is. My undergraduate research assistants and I built a dataset to try to figure out if, where, and why gay bars are closing. The first piece is short, snappy, and open access on Socius. Article
Abstract Widespread alarm over gay bar closures in the United States has occurred in a vacuum of data. This visualization depicts changes in gay bar listings from the only national guidebook of LGBT places, published annually between 19and again (and finally) in Trends in gay bar listings support perceptions of recent gay bar decline. They showed their largest five-year. As queer people feel more welcome in traditionally straight venues, the need for exclusively gay spaces may appear less urgent. Apps like Grindr and Tinder have also changed how people connect, shifting social life from physical spaces to digital ones. 
Amin Ghaziani on Long Live Queer Nightlife
Gay bars, gayborhoods, and queer spaces are disappearing fast. Discover what happens when the last gay bar closes and what LGBTQ+ communities are doing to survive. In the United States, an average of 15 gay bars closed every year from to , with 50 percent boarded up by the end of the period. AG: Not all gay bars are the same.
(PDF) Are Gay Bars Closing? Using Business Listings to Infer
“% of gay bar listings disappeared between and ,” Mattson tells Chicago’s ABC7 News. “So more than a third of gay bars closed in a year period.” According to the study. Across the country, gay bars — often a fixture of queer nightlife — have been shuttered at an alarming pace. But the closing of gay bars is prompting some to reimagine queer nightlife, argues Amin Ghaziani, a professor of sociology at the University of British Columbia. 
Are Gay Bars Closing? Using Business Listings to Infer Rates
Once the heart of LGBTQ+ nightlife and activism, gay bars have been slowly disappearing from cities across the world. These once-vibrant spaces were sanctuaries for queer people to meet, express themselves freely, and build community. But over the past two decades, a growing number of them have shuttered their doors. While the reasons are complex, the loss of these venues raises important. .
Gay bars are on the decline nationwide according to new study
The abstract is: “Widespread alarm over gay bar closures in the United States has occurred in a vacuum of data. This visualization depicts changes in gay bar listings from the only national guidebook of LGBT places, published annually between 19and again (and finally) in . 
Why The Closing of Wisconsin’s Oldest Gay Bar Matters More
Widespread alarm over gay bar closures in the United States has occurred in a vacuum of data. This visualization depicts changes in gay bar listings from the only national guidebook of LGBT places. .
As gay bars close, new parties fill the gaps in queer
The data is clear: gay bars are closing. In fact, there are 45 percent fewer of them than in Dating apps like Grindr and Tinder have broken bars’ monopoly on helping LGBTQ+ people meet one. .