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FolesNick9 t1_iz6ojzw wrote

Similar story - As an avid fan of the movie toy story, I visited this bar in Philly called Woody's assuming it was paying homage to Andy's favorite toy. You wouldn't believe what I walked into

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cdusttt t1_iz6p1ya wrote

I went in there sober (big mistake) and could literally feel the sweat in the air. I couldn’t stop imagining breathing in people’s sweat. Really fun bar when you’re drunk though.

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irishgambin0 OP t1_iz6qx9e wrote

when i went i wasn't totally convinced it was a gay bar. seemed like half women having the time of their lives and the other half guys who were looking around wondering if it was actually a gay bar.

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CerBerUs-9 t1_iz6ugtp wrote

As a gay, it's mostly a place for straight people to hang out and watch a few cis-gay men like a zoo. "Sorry bro, I'm straight" should be their slogan.

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AristaAchaion t1_iz71ojb wrote

women are also gay? there's only like 25 lesbian bars in existence in all of the US and none of them are in philly.

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loctastic t1_iz7ewmh wrote

What happened to Sisters?

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Gedunk t1_iz8dmtg wrote

Closed in I think 2012ish? Had my first kiss with a woman there, so many good times in that place. RIP Sisters

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AbsentEmpire t1_iz9a18f wrote

I can assure you that most of the woman in Woodys are straight.

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-DizzyPanda- t1_iz9nifi wrote

I had more luck picking up women at Woody's in my 20s than i did at any other bar in the city.

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AbsentEmpire t1_izanrhx wrote

Not supprised, stopped going there because the straight men in there would get overly aggressive if they so much as thought you were hitting on them; which was obnoxious as fuck. Motherfucker, you're the one who walked into a gay bar, what did you think would happen.

Not to mention it was off putting being treated like a zoo attraction by bridal showers. Every once in a while was tolerable, but it just got so frequent it was obnoxious and slightly dehumanizing.

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-DizzyPanda- t1_izaoe0o wrote

I'm bi so getting hit on by all involved parties was welcomed.

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L00per407 t1_iz9u14o wrote

Lesbians go to bed at 830. There’s just as many gays as lesbians in the US, yet your stat still exists. It’s not discrimination, it’s just business.

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AristaAchaion t1_iza7s1q wrote

i made no mention of discrimination; you brought that to the convo. i simply said a bar doesn’t cease to be a gay bar because there are women inside of it, which is what the comment i originally replied to implied.

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L00per407 t1_izaijxj wrote

I apologize if posting sources to underrepresented communities isn’t often immediately followed by claims of discriminatory behavior on Reddit.

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AristaAchaion t1_izb4t4z wrote

i posted that 21 hours ago; wouldn’t i have made my immediate claims of discrimination already by now instead of letting nearly a day pass?

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aenteus t1_izceaey wrote

Goddamn. Wildside West made it; The White Ho(rse) didn’t.

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universallybanned t1_iz7zscm wrote

So then what's the difference in the L and the G in lgbt?

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verguenzapato t1_iz85el7 wrote

G tends to have more disposable income and, therefore, more people willing to start, buy & invest in their bars.

https://www.cbs.nl/en-gb/news/2019/41/gay-male-couples-have-the-highest-incomes

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LeastCleverNameEver t1_iz9ukbw wrote

I disagree. I think it has a lot to do with gay culture as well as the loss of a couple generations of gay men.

Because of the AIDS crisis, for the last couple decades The median age of gay men has skewed much much younger than the median age of lesbian women. Younger men have more of a desire to go out and party, get drunk, hookup, etc. than women over the age of let's say 35.

Additionally, hookup culture is a massive part of the young gay lifestyle, while U-Haul culture is more associated with younger lesbians.

This means very few spaces have ever been created that cater to an older gay audience and the lesbian bars that have been created have primarily just been gay bars for girls.

Lesbians and older queer folks need to redefine what such a space should look like instead of trying to rebrand what young gay culture thrives in.

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verguenzapato t1_iza64ct wrote

This made me literally laugh out loud.

Oversimplified, stereotyping, poorly researched.

The topic of lesbian bars failing has been researched by marketing firms who work for the biggest corporations in the world, but your take is “Lesbians aren’t like every other normal human being in the world who likes to go to bars, dance, and hookup. And they shouldn’t get to, they should invent a new way to hang out that isn’t the way gay men hang out. “

Ugh. I really hate Reddit sometimes.

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flaaaacid t1_iz7j457 wrote

It was once. It basically isn’t anymore.

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greatbrownbear t1_iz9wgy0 wrote

there’s a sports bar in Cincinnati called (Uncle) Woody’s, and i thought it was a chain or something when i walked into the one in philly. i was so wrong. had a blaaaast though

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