Even in Macon, the prior gay bar Synergy was in business 10 years long outlasting many of the other bars that came and went on Cherry St in that time. There are some mainstays that have lasted decades in many cities and others that fold in a year.just as you described.the bar business is tough and some make it while many do not. I dont think gay bars come and go more than others though. Of course I wouldnt use tasteful to describe anything but that is just me. Totally different and I would use a stronger adjective than tasteful to describe such a place if it is as extravagant as you describe. And to mask gay with tasteful does it even more unjust.įair enough.the bar you speak of is not a public place, it is an exclusive members only private place. But to throw in the word 'tasteful' does not dissipate the instability in the business. I am all for new business' opening downtown. This instability seems even more prevalent with gay bars. Restaurants and bars come and go often, sometimes they reopen with another name and sometimes they just disappear altogether. And certainly not in Macon.īut the real point I was making was that the food and beverage business is anything but stable. With a membership of around 300, of which the vast majority exist in the top 1% of wealthy in the entire world, no bar in the country could/would have the same furnishings. Once he stopped talking about, well, they let him in. Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, was denied membership to this club simply for publicly showing an interest in joining. The club I am referring to is about as tasteful and selective as any on the planet. A new bar could not have the same furnishings. but other than history, a new bar could have the same furnishings regardless of the personal lives of its patrons.that really doesnt have anything to do with it.Īlthough I recognize your point, I have to respectfully disagree. Your example in augusta still seems tasteful, but other than history, a new bar could have the same furnishings regardless of the personal lives of its patrons.that really doesnt have anything to do with it. Im pretty sure nobody has the market cornered on word choice to describe an establishment. Nothing more, nothing political, nothing cultural about it. The word tasteful was used by the applicant and the paper ran with it. This place, steeped with history and reeking of high society is no longer tasteful but a gay bar is? That is until I heard what the 'new' tasteful is. It very well might be the most tasteful building I have ever been in. every tasteful decorating medium that exists. Supreme woodwork, unbelievable stone flooring, glass, marble, copper. Surrounded by an awesome golf course (perhaps the best on the planet) it has three bars, five kitchens and a whole bunch of pictures on the walls from the 1940's, 50's, 60's, 70's, etc.
I really would like to know, as for the last two weeks I have been working on a project in Augusta that, right up until right now, I would have said was a tasteful 'club'. So, for the record, a gay bar is now called a "tasteful club"?
The Chattahoochee Valley Pride Celebration will be held Saturday, September 13 starting at 11 a.m.Straight up I am gonna tell you it is hard to keep up with these new PC code words. “We’re trying to get those people away from their cliques and out into the community and bring everyone out there to show people in Columbus just how powerful we can be,” Scruggs says.įunding for the center is currently all local donation-based, but CV Pride is looking into grants they would be eligible for, so with more funding and more volunteers they would be able to change the hours of the center from a needs basis only which it currently is, to being open seven days a week. Scruggs says since there are no gay bars or any other LGBT facilities in Columbus, people tended to only get together at house parties or other small get togethers at different houses around town.
The center currently has an HIV/AIDS support group that meets every other Wednesday and future plans include a transgender support group, movie nights, game nights and more. We’re going to try to provide a number of different things.” “There’s nothing local here for the Chattahoochee Valley so we felt there was a need for people that just want to come in and hang out or get support or meet new people, whatever they want. “The closest LGBT-friendly center is either in Macon or Atlanta,” CV Pride secretary Mark Scruggs tells the GA Voice. (photo courtesy CV Pride)Ĭhattahoochee Valley Pride hosted the grand opening of Columbus’ first LGBT community center Saturday, with organizers saying it will be a safe space for the community to come to for support groups, fun events and more. Door prizes were given away at Saturday’s grand opening.