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{{Short description|Drinking establishment catered to LGBT clientele}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}{{For|the song|Gay Bar (song)}} {{pp-pc}} [[File:Comptons-Of-Soho.jpg|alt=|thumb|[[Comptons of Soho]], [[London]], UK. Taken during [[Pride in London|London Pride]] 2010.]] A '''gay bar''' is a [[Bar (establishment)|drinking establishment]] that caters to an exclusively or predominantly [[lesbian]], [[gay]], [[bisexual]], [[transgender]] or [[queer]] ([[LGBTQ+]]) clientele; the term ''[[gay]]'' is used as a broadly inclusive concept for LGBTQ+ communities. Gay bars once served as the centre of gay culture and were one of the few places people with [[homosexuality|same-sex]] orientations and [[gender-variant]] identities could openly socialize. Other names used to describe these establishments include ''boy bar'', ''girl bar'', ''gay club'', ''gay [[Public house|pub]]'', ''queer bar'', ''[[lesbian bar]]'', ''drag bar'', and ''[[Dyke (slang)|dyke]] bar'', depending on the niche communities that they serve. With the advent of the Internet and an increasing acceptance of LGBTQ+ people across the Western world, the relevance of gay bars in the [[LGBTQ+ community]] has somewhat diminished.<ref>{{cite news | first=Geoff | last=Williams | title=10 Businesses Facing Extinction in 10 Years | url=http://www.entrepreneur.com//startingabusiness/article184288.html | work=Entrepreneur | date=19 September 2007 | access-date=2008-11-26}}</ref> In areas without a gay bar, certain establishments may hold a [[gay night]] instead.
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