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It’s Always Sunny In
Queeradelphia
• Overview of Philadelphia
• The Gayborhood
• LGBTQIA Resources
– Gayborhood
– Drexel
– Greater Philadelphia community
• Annual Events
• Bars & Nightclubs
• Queer-Friendly Neighborhoods for Off-Campus
Living
Philadelphia
The Gayborhood
• Located in the Washington
Square West
neighborhood of Center
City
– East to West: 11th St to
Juniper St
– North to South: Chestnut St
to Pine St
• Rainbow street signs
added in 2007
The Gayborhood
• LGBTQIA
health/wellness, youth,
and community centers
• Queer-friendly businesses
• Gay bars & nightclubs
• Super cute restaurants
• Adorable older gay
couples holding hands
• Cha ching! $$$
Gayborhoods in the Burbz?
• New Hope, PA
• Lambertville, NJ
• Collingswood, NJ
• Rehoboth Beach, DE
• Asbury Park, NJ
• Cape May, NJ
• Northwest Philly (40+
minutes away)
– Manayunk
– West Mount Airy
William Way Community Center:
1315 Spruce St
• Community service &
events, educational &
cultural programs
• Founded in 1976
• Named after William Way
– Opened first LGBT
community center in
Philly, AIDS Walk
– Died prematurely of
AIDS
Mazzoni Center: 21 S. 12th St
• Philly’s LGBT health &
wellness center
• Founded in 1979 (oldest
AIDS service organization
in PA)
• Primary health care
• Mental health services
• LGBT legal services
• HIV/STD testing
• Food bank & housing
subsidies for people
affected by HIV/AIDS
• Outreach & education
The Attic Youth Center: 255 S.
16th St
• Youth center for kids ages 14-21
• Youth programming
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Life Skills Center
Mental Health Counseling
Supportive Services
Community engagement
• The Bryson Institute
– LGBTQ sensitivity training for all
professions that interact with queer
youth
• Attic Graffix
– Youth design & create their own tshirts, pillows, posters, etc.
Drexel Student Health Center:
3201 Arch St
• Confidential STD testing
• Free condoms
• Women’s Care Clinic: 1427 Vine St
– Well-Woman Care
– Rapid HIV testing
– Pregnancy testing
– Emergency contraception
Drexel Counseling Center:
Creese Student Center
• General counseling
• Treatment for previously diagnosed
psychological conditions
• LGBTQIA-specific counseling
Other Drexel Resources
• Student Center for Inclusion and Culture
– Intercultural Center: 33rd & Chestnut
– Provides multicultural programming in the form of
educational events, social events, & sensitivity training
• Victim Support & Intervention Services
– Creese Student Center, Suite 215
– Provides support for victims of harassment, physical &
sexual assault, rape, robbery, etc.
• Office of Equality & Diversity
– Intercultural Center
– Offers conflict resolution in cases of harassment &
discrimination, among other services related to diversity at
Drexel
• FUSE e-board!
• Details of LGBTQA Resource Office coming soon
LGBT Center at the University of
Pennsylvania: 3907 Spruce St
• Established in 1982
• Outreach & education
• Support services
• Library of LGBTQIArelated media
Philadelphia Black Gay Pride:
April
• Week of events to
promote pride among
black queer
individuals
• Usually the third or
fourth week of April
Equality Forum: May
• Weeklong LGBT civil rights
summit with an
international focus
• Panel discussions, art
exhibits, social events,
parties, International
Equality Dinner
• SundayOUT at the Piazza:
fun block party in Northern
Liberties
Drexel Pride Days: May
• Week of LGBTQIA-related
events on & around
Drexel’s campus
• Events created &
facilitated by FUSE,
Student Center for
Inclusion & Culture, and
other LGBTQ-related
organizations
• Movie screenings, drag
shows, networking, etc.
Philly Pride: June
• Nation’s first LGBT
pride parade
• Started in 1970
• Parade from the
Gayborhood to Penn’s
Landing
• Outdoor festival in
Penn’s Landing
QFest: July
• Film festival featuring
LGBTQIA-related short
films, feature films, &
documentaries
• Runs for two weeks in
mid-late July
Philly Trans* March: October
• Annual rally and
demonstration for the
rights of trans,
genderqueer, gendervariant, and gender
non-conforming
individuals
• Takes place on the
Saturday before Outfest
• Features performances
by local trans* artists
• March starts at LOVE
Park, works its way up
& down Broad and
through the Gayborhood
Outfest: October
• Huge block party in
the Gayborhood
• Takes place the
Sunday closest to
National Coming Out
Day
• Food, drinks, dancing
ICandy
• 12th & Spruce
• Boy bar (becoming
increasingly more
diverse)
• Dance floor has wall of
mirrors, hot dancers,
lights, lasers, fog
machine
• Approx. 1,000 degrees
• Frat House Fridays: 18+
• Watch out for old guys
& extreme Philly queer
voguers
Woody’s
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13th & Walnut
Boy bar
Really loud!
Dance floor has cool lights
18+ on Wednesday nights
Helpful hint: don’t
pregame too hard; you’ll
throw up a lot and then
miss your 9 AM lecture.
Voyeur
• Camac & St. James
(between 12th & 13th, just
below Walnut)
• Boy bar
• Awesome DJs
• Drag show every
Wednesday
• Pricey
• Drugs are bad
• No under 21 nights
Sisters
• Juniper St &
Chancellor (near Broad
& Walnut)
• Girl bar
• Open mic night on
Thursdays
• No under 21 nights
Stir Lounge
• 17th & Chancellor
• Girl bar, becoming
more mixed
• Ladies’ Night on
Fridays: no cover!
• No under 21 nights
Stimulus & Arouse
• Women’s parties
thrown every month
• Time and locations
change every month
• Check their Facebook
pages for more info
Clubs Your Straight Friends Will
Try to Drag You To
• The Roxxy (Frankford & Delaware)
– 18+ Thursdays
– 17+ Fridays & Saturdays
– Kenny can get you $5 off your cover
• Shampoo (8th Street, between Callowhill & Spring
Garden)
– 18+ some Fridays & Saturdays
– Beware: sometimes they have nights for high schoolers
• Blurr (Bank & Market, between 2nd & 3rd)
– 18+ Thursdays
• Helpful hint: don’t go to any of these.
Fairmount – Lower North Philly
• Between Fairmount Ave &
Girard, from Corinthian to the
Schuykill
• Behind the Art Museum
• Families & young professionals
• Super-cute traditional
rowhomes
• Lots of shops, restaurants, bars
along Fairmount Ave
• 15-30 minute commute to
campus (walk/bike/SEPTA)
Northern Liberties – Lower
North Philly
• Front St to 6th, from
Spring Garden to
Girard
• Yuppie hipster Mecca
• Home to the Piazza at
Schmidts
• Getting super
expensive
(gentrification sucks)
• Lots of new
construction,
warehouse & loft-style
apartments
• 20-30 min commute
(SEPTA/bike)
Fishtown – Northeast Philly
• Triangle formed by
Frankford Ave, York St,
& Delaware Ave
• Right next to Northern
Liberties
• Small rowhomes &
warehouse apartments
• Lots of cool
neighborhood bars (also
loud drunks)
• Turning into Hipsterville
• 25-30+ min commute
(SEPTA/drive/bike if
you like a workout)
Bella Vista & Queen Village–
South Philly
• Two adjacent
neighborhoods in South
Philly
• Front St to Broad, South
St to Washington Ave
• Historically strong
Italian American
populations, becoming
LGBT-populated
• Cute houses & dive bars
• Getting pricey
• 30 min commute
(SEPTA & bike)
East Passyunk Crossing –
South Philly
• Broad to 8th, Tasker to
Snyder
• “East Pashyunk”
• Rising LGBTQIA population
• Lots of LGBTQIA-owned
businesses
• Dubbed “The New
Gayborhood”
• 30+ min commute
(SEPTA)