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* "Uneasy Rider '88" by the Charlie Daniels Band, in which two cowboys get a flat and are forced to stop at a joint where one is asked to dance by a DragQueen, though [[DudeLooksLikeALady he doesn't realize it at first]]. (A stark contrast to their original "Uneasy Rider", which was about a hippie in a redneck bar.)
* The singer in the ''Music/ElectricSix'' song "Gay Bar" seem to have a fairly outrageous place in mind: most of the activities there described--being a superstar, physical penetration, starting a nuclear war--tend to be frowned upon in more sedate establishments, though these do *not* frown on spending all your money there.

* In ''Applause'', Margo's number "But Alive" winds up in a bar in Greenwich Village, where she is acclaimed by the quite flamboyant and exclusively male clientele.

* The first level of ''VideoGame/ActionDoom2UrbanBrawl'' ends in one of these. It's mostly an ordinary bar, if dark and empty, but it features bright disco lights and {{Expies}} of Music/VillagePeople attacking you. The bartender is a suave guy with an elaborate hairdo who wears pink and cries if you beat up his precious car.

* ''Webcomic/WrightAsRayne'' opens set in one called The [[IncrediblyLamePun Cocktail]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''

* One cutaway in ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' shows Stewie in a club full of hunky men all dancing shirtless with lasers and fog overhead.
-->"I know the guy that owns this place!"
** Oddly enough, it's also been subverted. In "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS3E4OneIfByClamTwoIfBySea One If by Clam, Two If bt Sea]]", when the fellas go looking for a new pub, they briefly try out "The Cherry Pit," which turns out to be a lesbian bar. And they're only tipped off by two girls making out at the bar (though that doesn't stop Quagmire from hitting on them with, "So, any of you girls ever been penetrated?" before getting kicked out).
* Subverted on ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark;'' the GayBarReveal in "[[Recap/SouthParkS11E6DYikes D-Yikes!]]" is more realistic because [[TheProblemWithPenIsland Les Bos]] seems like a pretty normal bar, except that its clientele are all women (with a good number, though not all of them, unusually "butch").
* Averted on ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}''. During an operation that requires him to seduce a gay Cuban operative in Miami, Archer visits a Latino gay bar called The Cockfight. It looks like any other bar, except that it has actual cockfighting. Most of the episode is about Archer gradually realizing that the Cuban operative doesn't really fit any of the stereotypes about gay men.
* ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'': In the episode "Father of the Bob", Big Bob's friend and neighbor runs a gay bar down the street from his diner. The bar actually looks like a typical, downscale bar would, emphasized by it being Western Night, with the patrons dressed like cowboys and line dancing to country music. Big Bob, while straight, frequents the bar himself because the drinks are good and the patrons and owner are both regular customers and friends of his.

* Averted in at least one episode of ''Series/BurnNotice''. A gay bar Sam and Fiona visit for information looks no different than any of the other drinking locations that the show visits besides the fact that Fiona's the only woman in it. Admittedly, though, nearly every bar in the show's version of Miami is pretty flashy.
* This place or something like it is extremely popular in the ''Franchise/LawAndOrder'' series.
* Similarly ''Series/NYPDBlue'' would occasionally visit a gay bar. The bars and their patrons were regarded by the detectives with varying degrees of bemusement, disdain and homophobia.
* Babylon in ''Series/QueerAsFolk'' is one of the more well known examples, which follows every bit of this to a "T". Note: Babylon is this to a T for a reason - this was an accurate portrayal of gay life in Manchester at the time. Although this was most certainly not the case for the Americanized show set in Pittsburgh. The city's and the state of Pennsylvania's fairly strict regulations for bars and clubs would not allow anything like the fictional bar to stay open. This led to some very confused and depressed visitors. Not to mention that Pittsburgh's gay community would not be large enough to support a club the size of Babylon. To clarify, there's a very big difference between the two versions of Babylon; one simply being a huge (if flashy) club while the other had even set up at back room for the more intimate dancing and, from time to time, featured elaborate show and strippers. Male strippers of course.

* GayBarReveal on the UK sketch show ''Series/GoodnessGraciousMe''. Two underage boys want to be served drinks in a pub, so to look older, they wear glasses (and can't see a thing.) When they remove the glasses, they realize it's actually a gay bar full of Music/VillagePeople lookalikes, and run away screaming.
* The main characters of ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' once went to one of these to accompany Barney as he tries to get a date for his gay brother. Robin and Lily like it because they don't have to worry about being hit on. Marshall likes it because he can order [[UmbrellaDrink fruity drinks with paper umbrellas]] and not be judged. Eventually Robin and Lily begin to hate it because they're ''not'' being hit on, and Ted and Marshall hate getting hit on by every guy in the place.
* Played straight in ''Series/NoahsArc'', where just about every gay bar seen is of the exceptionally wild variety, while the straight bars seen are far more tame.
* The first episode of ''Series/WireInTheBlood'' had a classic example, right down to the hapless straight cop getting hit on by ''two'' ManlyGay types in quick succession.
** Justified in that they deliberately went looking for that type of bar as Tony said (correctly) it would be the type of place the killer would hang out in
* An episode of ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' sees Frasier and Niles enter a Gay Bar in search of one of Roz's boyfriends, who they believe has entered the establishment. Tuesday night, apparently, is Leather Night, but the bar patrons we see are mostly men sitting at tables chatting and drinking beer.
** Rumor has it that part of this was out of respect to the cast: one actor was openly gay and the other was in a TransparentCloset.

* At one point in ''Series/TippingTheVelvet'', the protagonist Nan visits a historically implausible but still somehow believable lesbian bar in VictorianLondon.
* ''Series/ThirtyRock'': When Frank questions his sexuality, he winds up at a full-blown gay stereotype bar dancing with two Leathermen. The music is (of course) Jenna's "Muffintop." Amusingly, when one of the men gives Frank a CampGay goodbye, his partner chastises him for being a stereotype.
* Downplayed on ''Series/TheRealONeals'' as Kenny, being under 21, mostly hangs out in a quite calm yet friendly gay coffee shop.

* ''Series/TheSopranos'': Vito is spotted in a gay nightclub in full leather gear by two wiseguys there to collect protection money. [[spoiler:This ultimately gets him killed.]]
* ''{{Series/Southland}}'' used Officer John Cooper's presence at bars with all-male patronage as early clues that Cooper is gay. Surprisingly the clues were apparently so subtle that many viewers didn't pick up on them at all. In the last season Cooper takes his homophobic partner out for drinks at what turns out to be a gay bar. Initially his partner feigns being OK with it but shortly thereafter gets into a fist fight with Cooper.
* Surprisingly subverted in a first-season episode of ''Series/{{Cheers}}''. Rumors of a growing number of gay patrons lead the regulars at Cheers to worry about it becoming a gay bar, with the obviously underlying but unspoken fear that it will turn into this trope. The episode ends with the revelation that several of the [[RecurringExtra long-term background patrons/extras]] are the feared gays, and that they've been there all along.
** In a later episode, Norm pretends to be gay to lure a potential client for his painting/decorating business. He brings them to Cheers and they remark how "it looks just like a regular bar".
* There's an episode of ''Series/WillAndGrace'' where the titular duo go into what Grace insists is a gay bar. Will isn't sure, until "I Will Survive" starts playing. The signature drink is the Penis Colossus.
* In an episode of ''Series/{{Taxi}}'' Alex finds himself in a gay bar dancing with a man against his will and ends up disco dancing with all the patrons.
* ''Series/TheWire'': the extremely homophobic Lamar is trying to track down {{Gayngster}} Omar Little by scouting out local gay bars. One of the gay bars he looks through features shirtless patrons, guys coming on to Lamar, a thumping bass track playing through the speakers and gay porn playing on the monitors.
** And if you look closely enough, [[ArmouredClosetGay police commander Bill Rawls]].
** Subverted when Kima Greggs and her girlfriend go drinking with two other gay women. They might be in a lesbian bar or they might not be - you can't tell.
* In ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'' the gang is concerned that the patronage of Paddy's by African-Americans is less than nil. To solve this problem, they ask Sweet Dee's friend (who is black) to recommend the bar to his "friends." The man turns out to be gay and turns the bar into the hottest gay bar in Phily. Charlie is happy because of the increased business, and Dennis is happy for all the attention and tips he now receives. On the other hand, Dee is unhappy because she no longer gets tips, and Mac is unhappy because there are no girls to hit on.
* Averted in an episode of ''Series/{{Roseanne}}'' in which the main character and her sister visit a lesbian bar with a gay friend. Most if not all of the patrons are regular people having a fun night out at a bar; Roseanne dances with her friend, and the one person who does hit on an uncomfortable Jackie is simply a conventionally attractive woman who sees Jackie sitting alone at the bar, and backs off without incident when told that Jackie isn't interested.
* ''Series/ThirdRockFromTheSun'' had two gay bar appearances. They were relatively tame though, one suffering only from high-camp values, and the other having quite a lot of crossdressers, but otherwise mundane.
* Nicely subverted in ''Series/RescueMe'': Because the homophobic character entering the bar doesn't see any stereotypical gay indicators, he doesn't realize it's a gay bar until all the patrons stand up to defend the man he's harassing.
* Subverted in ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' with the Demon bar "Willy's Alibi": "It's a Demon bar! It's like a gay bar... with Demons!"
** And indeed, it's just your normal, average bar...with demons.
* Pretty much every single location mentioned by [[Series/SaturdayNightLive Stefon.]]
* ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'': Pawnee apparently has quite a large, active gay community, despite being a smaller midwestern town. The local gay bar is full of lights and loud pop music, but otherwise averts most of the CampGay stereotypes. while the gay bar in town fits this trope, most if not all of the bars in Pawnee seem to be more like dance clubs than little midwestern bars. There are hints that many of the bars have the same owner and that they may be fronts.

* ''Series/SexAndTheCity'' has a few of these featured, complete with men in gold Speedoes dancing in cages.
** And in one such gay nightclub it's stated that there's no ladies' restroom, with the heavy implication that The Girls are the first and only female visitors to this venue.
* Averted in ''Series/TheOfficeUS'', which features a gay bar in the episode ''Trivia''. It takes Andy a moment to realize it's a gay bar, and it's a very normal looking (if exceptionally nice looking) bar with average-looking gay clientele. The bar even holds a trivia night.

* ''Series/{{Glee}}'' has Scandals, where the gay boys of the cast go with fake ID's. However, it's realistic in appearance and size for a gay bar in small town Ohio.
* In ''Series/TeenWolf'', Scott and Stiles find themselves at a big and rather lively gay club, despite the show being set in a small town.
* ''Series/FakingIt'' gives us a brilliantly conceived 2-in-1 in The Twain.
-->'''Shane:''' Lesbian coffee shop by day, gay bar by night, and ne'er the twain shall meet.
* On one episode of ''Series/ModernFamily'', Mitchell and Cam are looking for somewhere to hang out for New Year's Eve. Their first stop is a gay club where they are ignored by the bartender, the second is an even worse club (that we don't see but that is implied to be some sort of fetish club) and the third is full of older gay couples.
* ''Series/HouseOfCardsUK'': Subverted in ''To Play the King''. Mycroft gets mugged outside a straight bar with thumping techno music and scary patrons, but then, in search of help, he ends up wandering into a very nice members' club where the people are friendly and ''[[SuspiciouslyAproposMusic Somewhere Over the Rainbow]]'' is playing in the background.
* One of these is featured in a Halloween episode of ''Series/RaisingHope''. Burt particularly likes it as a "guy's night out" destination, though Virginia does come in, disguised as a man dressed as Creator/CharlieChaplin with a cucumber shoved down her pants.
* "The Enchanted Forest" is revealed to be one in ''Series/{{Galavant}}''. Apparently King Richard's father and his "friend" went there and the friend never came back. Also, its owner calls herself the Queen of the Enchanted Forest and is portrayed by the one and only Music/KylieMinogue.

* ''Series/FatherBrown'': Father Brown and Mrs [=McCarthy=] visit a underground bar for crossdressers in "The Missing Man". Father Brown works out what sort of club it is fairly quickly, but Mrs [=McCarthy=] remains in the dark.
* In ''Series/FreshOffTheBoat'', Jessica is unable to tell that someone is gay even when the evidence is right in front of her face. Her usual hangout besides Honey's house is a lesbian bar.
* ''Series/ShakespeareAndHathawayPrivateInvestigators'': In "The Fairest Show Means Most Deceit", the team discover that one of their suspects has been visiting a transvestite bar. Sebastian goes in undercover to gain the man's confidence. Averts most of the trope, as the bar is just an ordinary pub whose clientele happens to be men dressed as women.
* ''Series/TheManInTheHighCastle'': Subverted in "Kasumi". Nicole takes Thelma to an underground lesbian bar in New York City where the clientele are all {{Lipstick Lesbian}}s, fitting with the retro 1940s aesthetic of the series.
* Averted in ''Series/TheWire''. The lesbian bar or bars where Kima hangs out aren't all that unusual[[note]]she even takes her male coworker [=McNulty=] to one, although she has to remind him not to try [[TheCasanova picking a woman up]][[/note]], and the gay bar seen in one episode during the third season is so vanilla, other than the slightly CampGay patrons and bartender, that [[spoiler:a senior police official hangs out there]].

* ''Series/BabylonBerlin'': Many night clubs in Berlin are shown to have drag performers and open same-sex affection among patrons (although they don't have ''exclusively'' LGBT+ patronage). This is TruthInTelevision: Berlin at the time was something of the queer mecca, because the local government refused to enforce Germany's law then criminalizing same-sex activity and let such clubs operate unmolested there. As a result LGBT+ people from all over Germany came there.

* ''Series/ControlZ'': Gerry visits two gay bars in Season 2 as part of embracing his attraction to men.
* ''Series/FortyFourHundred'': Doc and his partner (both transgender-he's a trans man, she was a trans woman, though none of the terms even existed at the time) went to an LGBT+ club in 1920s Harlem, with other queer people there.
* ''Series/TheLWord'': Several LGBT+ bars or clubs show up in the series which characters visit, such as The Planet, the [=SheBar=] and The Hit Club. In ''Generation Q'' Shane also buys a former lesbian bar that has since become a more general establishment, remaking it as such renamed Dana's [[spoiler:after her friend who died from breast cancer]]. A couple of the new supporting characters work there with her. Mostly they're vanilla, though on special occasions they have wild music and drag performances.
* ''Series/TheBisexual'': Leila takes Gabe to a gay bar where she tells him there will be no straight guys but him (he doesn't mind, but it's slightly awkward).
* ''Series/ALeagueOfTheirOwn2022'': Carson follows Lupe to one, unaware what it is initially. Lupe, Jess and Jo are already hanging out inside. She takes Greta another, but they have to flee as it's raided by the police, with Jo being arrested.
* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': Louis de Pointe du Lac and Daniel Molloy met in a San Francisco gay bar named Polynesian Mary's c. 1973. Louis and Rashid were there to do GayCruising.

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** ''American Virgin'' had one of these while the cast were visiting Australia. People were in fetish gear or cross dressing, though it was only for men, since on seeing the main character's step-sister kissing another girl, one of the patrons asked aloud "Who let the vagina crowd in?"

* Counter example, the ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' special ''Batman and the Ultimate Evil'' features a nice, friendly gay bar called the Lavender Dragon, to contrast the wholesomeness of consenting adult homosexuals with the sleazy business of paedophilia (the Ultimate Evil of the title).
* The ''ComicBook/SecretSix'' ongoing series opened with a scene in a gay bar called The Bear Trap, which was apparently owned by the ArcVillain.
* Subverted in ''ComicBook/TheBoys'', when Butcher has to reassure Hughie that the place is perfectly normal (this after Hughie tells off Butcher for using terms like "poof" and "bender").
-->I doubt we're gonna walk in there and it's gonna be wall-to-wall arse sex.
* Subverted in ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo'' where Renee Montoya is drinking in a sparsely attended lesbian bar. The bartender and some of the patrons are pretty butch but otherwise it looks like a regular bar with no men in it.

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* In the ''Manga/DeathNote'' fic ''FanFic/AlternativeGods'' this is where Light goes to unwind.
* The Blue Cat Club in the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' is expanded upon here ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5010302/1/Amateur-Night Amateur Night]]'' and here ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5423509/1/Moving-Pictures-Part-Two-The-Sequel Son of Moving Pictures Part II]]'' as a place not unlike the central setting of ''Theatre/{{Cabaret}}'', with suspiciously similar songs, performers and compere. The works are by Creator/AAPessimal.

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* There's one of these in ''Film/ButImACheerleader''. Though the bar in question is called the Cocksucker, the most that really happens there is relatively tame dancing. At least until Andre gets down on the floor.
* The infamous 1980 movie ''Film/{{Cruising}}'' is made of this trope, with an emphasis on the depraved and scary nature of the gay club scene. The main problem was the movie presented the gay S&M scene members it ''specifically searched for and hired'' as representatives of the entire gay scene.
** According to director William Friedkin, 40 minutes of footage from the bars was excised and lost. James Franco and Travis Matthews's film ''Interior. Leather Bar.'' is a "re-imagining" of that lost footage.
* The Blue Oyster in the ''Film/PoliceAcademy'' series. Parodied in that the patrons love to tango in the classic style and dance with practiced skill, but played straight in that all patrons are stereotypical [[{{Leatherman}} leathermen]] who'll grab the first guy that walks in as a dance partner. The fact that the guys who walk in are almost always [[StripperCopConfusion dressed in police uniforms]] probably helps. Or in at least one case, [[NakedPeopleAreFunny in the nude]].

* ''Film/ThePinkPantherStrikesAgain'' contains a [[ValuesDissonance moderately offensive]] example.
* In the movie ''Film/{{Eraser}}'', a mob informant is relocated to working as a bartender at just such an establishment. It looks pretty flashy and bizarre, but not very scary. The informant asks Schwarzenegger to please not let on that he's straight, to avoid breaking any hearts.

* In the ''Film/DowntonAbbey'' movie, Thomas meets a man at a bar who takes him to a gay nightclub. It's 1927 in rural England so the gay nightclub is hidden in a warehouse. Not hidden well enough however, as Thomas barely gets a chance to dance before the local cops raid it and arrest everyone there.
* In ''The Killing of Sister George'', one scene was filmed in a real and extremely famous lesbian bar, Gateways. Perhaps due to the time period (1969), it's not as wild as your stereotypical gay venue. Most of the extras were regulars -- and many lost their jobs as a result.
* Probably the earliest depiction of a gay bar in film is in the 1919 German silent film ''Different from the Others''. It looks pretty much like any other German beerhall, except that the men are waltzing with each other rather than with women.

* ''Film/AdviseAndConsent'' (1962) was one of the first American movies to show a gay bar.
* ''Film/BellBookAndCandle'' has a scene in a bar that you don't realize is coded as a gay bar until about halfway through. Heck, that whole ''film'' can be seen this way, as can [[Series/{{Bewitched}} the TV show it inspired]].

* The nightclub that Armand and Albert own in ''Film/TheBirdcage''.
* Israeli film ''Film/WalkOnWater'' features two gay bars, one in Tel Aviv and one in Berlin (two cities known for their LGBT scene). The one in Tel Aviv is pretty wild, and is populated mainly with shirtless men.
* Downplayed in the German movie ''Der Staat Gegen Fritz Bauer''. One of the main characters, who is a very closeted gay or perhaps bisexual man, visits an LGBT joint that is fairly reserved by contemporary standards, but quite wild by the standards of 1950s conservative society. Note that this movie is set at a time when all same-sex relations were ''illegal'' in Germany.
* ''Film/FuneralParadeOfRoses'': The Genet, a gay bar where businessmen in suits and ties come to pick up flamboyant cross-dressing "gay boys" like Eddie. One older man comments that "gay bars have changed."

* ''Film/{{Dumplin}}'': Willowdean and her friends find a flyer for a bar that does a performance of Music/DollyParton's music every week, and decide to check out, not realizing until they get there that it's a gay bar. The bouncer cards them, sees they're only in high school, and almost sends them home, but when they explain that they're just here for the music, and he realizes Willowdean's aunt used to be a regular patron and close friend of several of the performers, he relents, firmly instructing them that they are only to drink soda. They're happy to comply, head inside, and... find out it's a [[DragQueen drag show]]. After the initial shock, they wind up having a great time.

* ''Film/ForbiddenLoveTheUnashamedStoriesOfLesbianLives'': The gay bars of the 40's-50's are discussed, and stock footage is shown of them. Laura in the story also goes into one, where she's hit on by Mitch, a woman there, before going home with her.
* ''Film/Bound1996'': Early on, Corky visits a lesbian bar, which establishes her orientation (you know, assuming anybody [[ButchLesbian didn't already guess]]).
* ''Film/MaggieAndAnnie'': Maggie and her lesbian friends take Annie to a bar that has a lesbian night. Dancing together spurs Maggie and Annie to act on their feelings for each other.
* ''Film/GirlsLikeMagic'': Jamie takes Maggie to the LGBT+ bar where she works. It's owned by her friend Nick, frequented mostly by queer people. Maggie gets hit on there by a string of women before Jamie says they're involved to shoo the admirers away.
* ''Film/Adam2019'': Casey takes Adam to a club where queer women and trans men all hang out with her friends. Later, while dating Gillian, they go to a queer female/trans male BDSM club too.
* ''Film/CutToTheChase'': The Man runs a gay club named Central Station, which is also his base of operations, and it's seen briefly though not during working hours.
* ''Film/DatingAmber'': Amber and Eddie off in Dublin party at a gay club. Eddie has his {{first kiss}} with a man there, and Amber meets Sarah, who becomes her girlfriend. A {{drag queen}} performing there also gives Eddie kind comfort.
* ''Film/CassanovaWasAWoman'': Lola invites Cassanova to a party at a lesbian club she visits after coming out to her as being bisexual. The two dance there, with the event making Cassanova realize that she's attracted to Lola. Appropriately enough it's an event for sapphic women, though queer and straight men can attend too.
* ''Film/StraightUp'': At one point, Booze lures Kevin into a bar in an attempt to get him to drink alcohol. Judging by the lighting, the attire of the customers, and the sweaty men doing pommel-horse exercises, Booze has chosen the gayest bar this side of San Francisco to use for this effort.
* ''Film/DuckButter'': Nima meets Sergio in a gay bar where she's taken a friend for a date. They hit it off and things develop from there.

* Amusing parody of the trope: In Creator/StephenKing's ''Literature/{{It}}'', the landlord of a failing bar, the Falcon, is relieved when business picks up, in the form of quiet, youngish men who start patronizing his establishment. It takes him weeks to work out that his bar has become the unofficial gay bar of the town, but once he's aware of it, he starts listening to gossip and begins to hear about all the orgies and perversions that straight men who would never dare set foot in the place ("In case all their wrist muscles went instantly limp") just ''know'' are going on there on a nightly basis. He also finds that his bar now suffers fewer breakages and less violence between patrons, making it more profitable to run.

* ''Literature/TheCoronation'': In this novel set in 1896 Moscow, Afanasii the Romanov court butler is horrified when the investigation into the kidnapping of a prince leads to him being dragged into a gay nightclub. He's even more horrified when a drag queen starts feeling him up, causing him to protest out loud and giving the whole operation away.
* ''Club Pettanko'' from ''Literature/TheManyHorrorsOfBeingATokyoWaitress'' is a very relaxed and inviting place. Non-gays are more than tolerated. The same cannot be said about ''The Tropical Palms'' club across the street.
* ''Literature/YouKnowMeWell'' opens in a gay bar in San Francisco called Happy Happy. Being the first night of Pride Week, the place is as wild and extravagant as they come.

* ''Literature/JustJuliet'': Juliet takes Lena to an underground LGBT club, The Rainbow Room, after they start dating, where they dance. Lena is surprised by being in a place with ''only'' same-sex couples.
* ''Literature/LastNightAtTheTelegraphClub'': The Telegraph Club of the title is the lesbian nightclub which Lily sees an ad for, specifically a drag king act there. Kath has already visited herself with her lesbian friend Jean before.
* Aziraphale in ''Literature/GoodOmens'' is mentioned to have learned the gavotte in a 'discreet gentleman's club' at Portland Place in the 1800s, later confirmed to be a real-life molly house known as the 100 Guineas Club.

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': Louis de Pointe du Lac and Daniel Molloy met in a San Francisco gay bar named Polynesian Mary's c. 1973. Louis and Rashid are there to do GayCruising.

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* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': Louis de Pointe du Lac and Daniel Molloy met in a San Francisco gay bar named Polynesian Mary's c. 1973.

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': Louis and Daniel met in a San Fransisco gay bar named Polynesian Mary's c. 1973.

* The Blue Cat Club in the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' is expanded upon here ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5010302/1/Amateur-Night Amateur Night]]'' and here ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5423509/1/Moving-Pictures-Part-Two-The-Sequel Son of Moving Pictures Part II]]'' as a place not unlike the central setting of ''Theatre/{{Cabaret}}'', with suspiciously similar songs, performers and compere.

* ''Series/AshesToAshes2008'' has very stereotypical one of these, [[spoiler:though it's more of a nightclub, in one episode. Alex takes Gene, Ray and Chris to it when she's undercover and they follow her, she doesn't tell them what type of club they are going to and freak out. Ray then has to pretend to be interested in a suspect and plays along till the suspect [[BerserkButton whispers something in his ear that makes him flip out]] so he starts a BarBrawl. We never find out what he said.]]

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* In the 1989 East German film ''Coming Out'', the closeted protagonist goes to a gay bar full of men in drag and various outrageous costumes, dancing enthusiastically. There's also a lesbian in a man's suit. This was shot in an actual East Berlin gay bar with the real regulars.

* ''Webcomic/TigerTiger'' has The Starfall, which Remy is directed to after confessing to his openly gay sword-fighting instructor. When Remy eventually gets to see The Starfall for himself, he's surprised to see it's a perfectly average looking tavern-- as well as empty, apart from the owner, Arno. For a time he wonders if he managed to go to the wrong place, until, after a bit of light conversation, Arno suggests they "move upstairs."

* ''Film/GirlsLoveMagic'': Jamie takes Maggie to the LGBT+ bar where she works. It's owned by her friend Nick, frequented mostly by queer people. Maggie gets hit on there by a string of women before Jamie says they're involved to shoo the admirers away.

* ''Series/TheLWord'': Several LGBT+ bars or clubs show up in the series which characters visit, such as The Planet, the [=SheBar=] and The Hit Club.

* In the 18th century there were Molly Houses. Taverns that were notorious for housing men who would partake in orgies, cross dressing, and gay marriages. Though how much of this ''actually'' happened in the gay bars may be uncertain, as most details of them were in trial cases and undercover informants looking for reasons to hang sodomites.