Lace on the Avenue: Lace opened in 2008 as a nightclub for LBTQ black women and women of color. (The changes prompted racist comments on Ga圜: “The clientel looked as though they just got off the bus from Anacostia. But after the DC Cowboys dance troupe disbanded, Remingtons tried to attract a more diverse LGBTQ clientele, hosting hip-hop nights, karaoke, and a Latino night with mixed success. Remingtons: For nearly 20 years, Remingtons’ large dance floor was filled with gay couples two-stepping and line dancing while others leaned on the wooden railings to watch the pseudo-country-western scene. One regular, Leo Sheridan, said he heard that “it wasn’t making enough money for rising rent costs” in its fast-gentrifying Brookland neighborhood.
1 gayest city by the Advocate? And weren’t we supposed to weather the recession better than any other major American metropolis? You wouldn’t know it by the health of the city’s gay nightlife-the past year alone has seen the shuttering of four gay bars and nightclubs.ĭelta Elite Social Club: Closed for good after 37 years, Delta Elite catered to black LGBTQ men and women, the kind of place where you’d dance to hip-hop and go-go music in a dark basement until the wee hours of the morning.
