Gay club shreveport
In the crisp fall of I was a strapping and husky year-old. A close (and closeted) elevated school friend of mine decided we should verb the “Florentine” Night Club; the premiere, and only, gay bar in our conservative city of Shreveport, Louisiana. Due to my size, I appeared to be of legal drinking age of the period in Louisiana…
While I was at “the club” as we called it, I ran into the hair dresser who cut my mother’s and my hair. He was a flawlessly beautiful man with radiant white teeth, chiseled features and exquisitely manicured facial hair. I always loved the feeling of his fingers in my hair as he washed it. GOD was he hot! He was a fantasy of mine since we began going to his salon. I always looked forward to our weekly visits to get our hair trimmed.
When I noticed him, my heart started pounding in my chest. I tried to earn by him without him seeing me. Unfortunately, not being so “slinky”, I bumped into the guy standing next to him. Then he noticed me and asked what I was doing there. I racked my brain trying to think quickly on my feet. In what was what I later realized to
The Korner Lounge: Serving the LGBTQ community for 85 years and counting
The Korner Lounge will commemorate the Stonewall Uprisings with a candlelight vigil on the year anniversary of the incident that sparked a nationwide movement.
On June 28, , police officers raided the Stonewall Inn gay bar and in Greenwich Village in Adj York City. Patrons and residents were harassed, assaulted, and arrested sparking riots that continued over several days.
The Stonewall riots were the catalyst for Pride Month – observed annually in June. The month is a time of remembrance for those lost in the LGBTQ community, reflection for the events that transpired at Stonewall Inn, as well as to acknowledge and celebrate the LGBTQ community and its accomplishments.
In Shreveport, a Stonewall 50th Anniversary Candlelight Vigil/Pride Karaoke event will commence at 8 p.m. Friday, June 28 at The Korner Lounge, Louisiana Ave. LGBT community members and allies are invited to the free event.
History in the making
Establishments such as Stonewall Inn remain significant as they are scarce places where LG
Gay Lynn Marchand Jones
A Mass of Christian Burial for Gay Lynn Marchand Jones will be held at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Shreveport, Louisiana at a.m. on Friday, February 21, , with Father Duane Trombetta officiating.
A reception will be held at Shreveport Club immediately after the funeral Mass.
Private interment will follow at a later time.
Gay Lynn was born September 29, , in Alexandria, Louisiana, and passed away on Monday, February 17,
Educated at Bolton High School, Northwestern Express University, and Our Lady of the Lake Nursing School, Gay Lynn donated her time to Grace Home in Shreveport. As a lifelong Roman Catholic, Gay Lynn taught Catechism in Bossier City, Shreveport, and Tulsa, OK, and served as a Lay Eucharistic Minister.
Gay Lynn proudly served as First Lady of the United States Jaycees and the Metropolis of Bossier City in support of her husband, Don E. Jones.
After raising her two sons, the joys of her life derived from the five grandchildren that followed and the many nieces and nephews in the Jones, Marchand, Benjamin, and Ginsburgh families.
Gay Ly
LGBTQ+ Guide to Shreveport-Bossier
The Shreveport-Bossier LGBTQ+ community is thriving. From nightlife to church life, there are places where queer people can be themselves.
The Korner Lounge (or The Korner as people call it) is one of the oldest continuously operating gay bars in the USA! It opened in the adv s and is still hosting drag shows, drag bingo and parties.
Central Station is Shreveport&#x;s largest LGBTQ+ venue / nightclub, and Bear&#x;s is a excellent place to dance, swig and grab some great grub.
ShrevePride is an excellent resource for people thinking of moving here, and the organization puts on fun events like Field Gay and Q-Prom. Robinson Film Center is always proud to host the OUTnorthLa Film Festival presented by PACE (People Acting for Alter and Equality).
Some family-friendly things to do include feeding the ducks at East Kings Highway Park, strolling the Shreveport and Bossier City farmers markets, or stopping to smell the roses at the American Rose Center. The Shreveport Aquarium and Sci