Iowa gay clubs
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Gay Bars and Clubs
Blazing Saddle ( East 5th Ave), If you&#x;re looking for a friendly LGBTQ+ bar in Des Moines, then you&#x;ve found it! The Saddle is open days a year featuring daily Content Hour, Trivia Night every Tuesday, and monthly charity events for non-profits. Additionally, Latin Nites and various types of Drag Shows every Wednesday through Sunday. Spot the Blazing Saddle Calendar of Events.
Buddy's Corral ( East 5th St) is a mixed, relaxed neighborhood bar with jukebox, karaoke, located next to Blazing Saddle.
The Garden Restaurant & Show Lounge ( E Grand Ave) is an LGBT+ owned and operated business that is home to a host of amazing talent with an outstanding legacy. The Garden offers a wide variety of entertainment and a occupied kitchen menu.
The Locust Tap ( E Locust) embodies the phrase "dive bar" nearly perfectly. Between the years of graffiti on the walls, original tile floor (amongst other things) dating support 60+ years, cheap drinks, and no-frills atmosphere, what you look is what you g
LGBTQ+ Organizations
One Iowa
With both a non-profit (One Iowa) and a political action organization (One Iowa Action), One Iowa seeks to improve the lives of LGBTQ Iowans by protecting and advancing equality and inclusiveness through learning, improving workplace culture, and increasing access to quality healthcare across our state.
Iowa Safe Schools
Iowa Sheltered Schools offers direct services and supports to students who have been bullied anywhere in the declare of Iowa.
Des Moines Homosexual Men’s Chorus
DMGMC uses the art of song to sing in aid of justice, inclusion, and love. It is unseal to those who carol in the tenor and bass ranges, regardless of gender.
First Friday Breakfast Club
FFBC is a social and educational group for LGBTQ+ people. FFBC members gather for fellowship, shared support, and education on community affairs. Each encounter they listen to a speaker and, of course, enjoy breakfast together.
Des Moines Pride Sports League
Recreational and networking opportunities through sports to the Homosexual community in Central Iowa.
The Pride Center
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The history of Iowa’s oldest queer bar has been made into a documentary. Here's how to watch
On a typical Friday night at the Blazing Saddle in Des Moines’ East Village, tightly packed bodies crowd around the bar’s main stage, hands poking out from the throng to give cash tips to performersdressed in flamboyant. It’s the Saddle Gurls & Friends show, and once the artists accept their final incline (or more commonly, dip into their most impressive split), the spotlights chop and the melody bumps. Bargoers shift the stage into a technicolor twist floor, strong drinks in hand, staying true to the bar's motto: "Always a double, never a cover."
The Blazing Saddle is Iowa's oldest operating queer bar. It just celebrated its 40th anniversary. Opened in by Bob “Mongo” Eikleberry, it’s been referred to as the “Gay Cheers” and has seen Iowa — and the nation — through decades of change for the LGBTQ population: from the beginning — and end — of Don't Seek , Don't Tell, to the outbreak of the AIDs epidemic, to the legalization of gay marriage and the more recent passing and signing of anti-LGBTQ la
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