I am graduating from med school/residency and the VA in WV has made me a very good offer because, using their own words, "nobody wants to relocate here."
I consider living in WV would be nice but, as a gay male, am wondering if there is any type of homosexual (professional) community, gay bars, et cetera there..
Thanks in advance
10-05-2009, 06:39 PM
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Ask GHO, as he is our resident expert...last year of college and has seen the scene...
I think their might be a gay bar in Morgantown, but Pittsburgh is right up the road...Cleveland a little farther...Columbus and DC over the hills...
10-06-2009, 05:47 AM
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There are actually two gay bars in the Morgantown area. Vice Versa is the biggest/main bar which is located downtown, there is also a bar calle
What was the first male lover bar you went to, and what did you think of it?
I went to The Dock in Cincinnati.
I was nervous as hell when I went in. And pretty posthaste realized how nice it was to be 20 something, new and gay.
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The Stud, San Francisco. Loved it.
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The Bell in Hackensack, N.J.
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Interbelt in Akron, OH for their Tops & Bottoms party. The first time I ever made out with a random guy, too.
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Class Act in Morgantown, WV.
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The San Antonio Country. The experience confirmed everything I already knew about myself. I was home.
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Heaven, under the arches at Charing Cross. London
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“Soho” in Amsterdam. Back when smoking inside was totally normal.
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Murphy's in Newark, NJ
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For more than 30 years, the space at 335 High Street in Morgantown, West Virginia has been a gay bar, serving the state’s LGBTQ+ society and providing them a space to meet each other, perform, and articulate themselves.
The establishment is currently known as Vice Versa, but in the commencement of its history as an LGBTQ+ space, when it was first called The Class Act, patrons had to navigate a world that was freezing and violent to them before entering the protected haven of the bar.
“[The entrance] was in an alleyway, and there was no lighting in the alleyway. You snuck into the gay bar and you snuck out of the gay bar,” Vice Versa co-owner Montaz Morgan recalled from his period at The Class Proceed. “You didn’t wear ‘gay clothes.’ You brought homosexual clothes, and you changed into them, and then you’d put your clothes on when you left.”
The same rule applied to the entertainers, because the police were not on their side, even if they were attacked on their way home.
“The kingly queens didn’t come here already ready, they all came here to acquire ready, and didn’t depart until they changed out of their clothes [and makeup],” said Vice Versa co-owner James Yost.
Morgan and Yost’s histo
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Appalachia and inclusive aren’t two words that often travel hand and hand, but Morgantown is different. For most heterosexual people living in West Virginia, they might not know that Morgantown is one of the more socially inclusive towns in WV for the LGBTQ community. This is partly due to the efforts of the university to provide an inclusive campus and the popular gay club in town, Vice Versa.
Some people might not even grasp that Vice Versa exists, especially if they aren’t in the LBGTQ society. The nightlife experience for gay people in Morgantown vastly differs than that of someone who only attends straight bars. The atmosphere is “different.”
If you walk into a block like Fat Daddys or Joe Mamas around 12:30 a.m. on a Friday you’ll probably see men and women dressed in button downs and dresses/skirts. They might be listening to music or playing pool. It’s your representative college “bar” scene.
Walking into Vice Versa at 12:30 a.m. on a weekend you’re much more likely to see something enjoy this..
There is a flip at 45 seconds.
Drag Queens/Kings
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