“The pandemic really made people prioritize what was important for them,” said tara jae, founder/executive director of the nonprofit Youth Seen and co-founder of Black Pride. Owners and organizers said the increase in the number of queer spaces recently seems more coincidental than anything, but also acknowledged that now, more than ever, there’s a need for them. “I was just so excited about the project that I got into and had this aha moment like, ‘Oh my God, what am I doing?’ ”Īlix persevered, and in April 2021 opened the city’s first gay sports bar, Tight End, one in a wave of new, LGBTQ-focused establishments and events to come on the scene since the pandemic began. ![]() ![]() “Here I was opening a bar when COVID wasn’t over and neither were the restrictions,” Alix said. The bar has an outdoor patio, nine televisions, and a full beer and cocktail menu. Kathryn Scott, Special to The Denver PostTodd Brown, left, Aaron Scoresby, and Seth Koonce, right, join other patrons at the newly-opened Tight End, Denver’s first gay sports bar on Apin Denver. ![]() Sunday, February 4th 2024 Home Page Close Menu
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