Category: Places Dates: 1970s Address: 239 Second Avenue North The Watch Your Coat and Hat Saloon, owned by Jerry Peek, was Nashville’s biggest drag bar in the early 1970s. It was the site of the first Miss Gay America Pageant, an event attended not only… Read More »Watch Your Coat and Hat Saloon
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Category: Places Dates: 1990s Address: 1700 4th Avenue South, Nashville, TN Ynonah’s Saloon was a popular spot for food and drinks that claimed to have Nashville’s largest party deck. The restaurant and bar often placed full-page advertisements in Xenogeny News, inviting the LGBTQ+ community in… Read More »Ynonah’s Saloon
Category: Places Dates: 1977-? Address: Corner of 5th & Lea Avenue, Nashville, TN The Other Side Disco and Ye Olde Playhouse were operated by Wayne Caldwell of Caldwell Diversified Systems, Inc. According the June 1977 issue of The Barb, Caldwell renovated the piano bar section of… Read More »Ye Olde Playhouse
Category: Places Dates: 1978-? Address: 2529 Franklin Pike, Nashville, TN Warehouse 28 was a much beloved dance club space started by Steve Smith and his partner Michael “Dolly” Wilson on April 13, 1979. The 28 in the name represents the date in October that Smith… Read More »Warehouse 28
Category: Places Dates: 1970s Address: Corner of 5th & Lea Avenue, Nashville, TN The Other Side Disco and Ye Olde Playhouse were operated by Wayne Caldwell of Caldwell Diversified Systems, Inc. Advertisements for The Other Side Disco claimed it was one of the largest gay… Read More »The Other Side Disco
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Category: Places Dates: 1952-1983 Address: 715 Commerce Street, Nashville, TN Warren Jett, a straight man, opened The Jungle in 1952. He also owned the place next door, The Leopard, which he hired Juanita Brazier to run. After she got her liquor license, she renamed the… Read More »The Jungle
Category: Places Dates: 1955-1983 Address: 713 Commerce Street, Nashville, TN Juanita Brazier renamed The Leopard after herself once she earned her liquor license in 1955. Established next door to The Jungle, the two bars quickly became hot spots for gay men in the 1960s until… Read More »Juanita’s
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