“We went home and we just started talking about it.
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Together, they were trying to figure out why there wasn’t already a beer positioned more for queer people, which led Moore and Pazmino to realize that gay beer was a project they could take on themselves themselves. “We were just having some beers, and you know, we’re beer drinkers and most of our friends are,” says Pazmino. The pair were inspired while drinking at Julius’, a historic gay bar in New York City that was the site of early “sip-in” protests, where gay men would drink at bars that refused to serve homosexuals. Gay Beer was created by Jon Moore and Jason Pazmino, business partners and boyfriends, in 2017. Instead, buyers will state clearly that they want a Gay Beer. This is not “Equality” beer or “Love Is Love” beer. The names are, as you can read, explicit and euphemism free. Gay Beer, Dyke Beer, and Queer Brewing are among the emerging group of beer producers that are centering queer identity and queer community, whether by highlighting queer brewers, donating some profits to queer charities, or creating queer third spaces - communal spaces distinct from home and work - at a time when they’re disappearing. Only now, some brewers are trying to change that.
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There’s nothing inherently queer about buying a drink. Yes, there may be cocktails with euphemistic names, but a shot is a shot and a vodka soda is a vodka soda. What you’ll rarely hear, though, is that a gay bar is a gay bar because of the drinks. Some might say it’s the atmosphere, prevalence of rainbow flags or queer performances.
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For some, it’s the people who make up the customers and staff, for others the history. Ask what makes a gay bar gay and the answers will vary.