![]() ![]() But I’d come early in the night and the place was quiet. Lafitte in Exile, in New Orleans’ French Quarter, is the oldest continuously operating gay bar in New Orleans, and a must-stop for LBGTQ+ tourists looking for the famed city’s gay scene. I settled into a seat at the bar and ordered an Aperol spritz, reassured I’d come to the right place. Then I caught sight of the rainbow flag, and a series of framed plaques lining the interior walls, each defining “ Queer” in creative and empowering ways. I looked around for a quick exit, fearing I’d stumbled into a straight bar by mistake. In my experience - admittedly, mostly limited to Boston’s Club Cafe - gay bars played Anderson Cooper on CNN, followed by music videos, if they broadcast anything at all.īut football? In a gay bar? No way. Yet there it was, the Thanksgiving showdown between the New Orleans Saints and the Buffalo Bills, blasting on the screen above the bar at Lafitte in Exile. I hadn’t expected to see a football game televised in a gay bar.
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