This gay-friendly discotheque opened in 2017 in André Meunier square in Bordeaux and can hold up to 500 people. Ultra Klubs, Bordeaux’s biggest gay-friendly nightclub 33 Rue Piliers de Tutelle, 33000 Bordeaux.Its small terrace, located across the street and sheltered from the chaos of Sainte-Catherine street nearby, is a great meeting spot to start your evening… and finish it! This gay bar also hosts themed parties. Not to mention that the Trou Duck opens early, at 2pm. With such a name, it’s hard to forget such a spot. The Trou Duck, the gay bar that opens earliest This bar/nightclub’s cozy and festive atmosphere make for a pleasant meeting spot. It’s the only women’s bar in the Bordeaux metropolitan area! The LS café, created in 2007, is open every Friday and Saturday night, and on evenings before holidays from 9:30pm to 2am, and one Thursday a month for happy hour and a karaoke session. 3 Rue Duffour Dubergier, 33000 Bordeaux.The resident party host, Mlle Coco, regularly invites drag stars to perform from around France. In addition to the upper pop-themed room, a second room plays more electronic music. “We see this as a meaningful opportunity to improve community engagement and build trust.The Coco Loko offers unparalleled entertainment: tantalizing happy hours, singles nights, trivia, DJ sets, not to mention Thursday night parties set up to facilitate amicable and/or romantic encounters. “It is our hope that law enforcement participants clearly identify themselves with a banner, float, T-shirts or the like. “It is not our intention that anyone hide anything about who they are or what they do,” the press release read. In its statement, Aurora Pride leaders acknowledged that the Aurora Police Department is “absolutely ahead of many other departments,” but maintained “there’s still work to be done.” “There have definitely been a vast number of politicians that have worked diligently over the years to squash the interests and legitimacy of the LGBTQ+ community.” “Maybe you should forbid politicians to display (at the parade) that they are elected officials,” she wrote.
“The irony of asking anyone to shield their identity, in any way, at a parade that celebrates people being able to proudly show who they are cannot be lost on you,” she continued. So “imagine my shock when I found out that police were not welcome to wear their uniform, a uniform they trained and sacrificed to be able to wear proudly as law enforcement officers,” she wrote in a letter to the Pride committee. Linda Holmes, D-Aurora, has long been a supporter of the LBGTQ+ community, pointing not only to a beloved family member but to her role as cosponsor of the gay marriage bill in Illinois. “To not be invited to be visible as to who they are doesn’t make sense to me.”
These officers, she pointed out, “will be visible on every corner providing protection and crowd control at the Pride Parade” in Aurora on June 12. Which is why, she insisted, “when one marginalized community is leaving out another marginalized community, it is not OK … I have to speak up.” Over the years, she told me, gay officers in Aurora were frequent targets of discrimination among the ranks. Several local leaders also expressed disappointment - bordering on outrage - at this decision, including Kane County Board member Michelle Gumz, who comes from a family of police officers and spent her career as an Aurora Police Department dispatcher. So it comes as no surprise that the APD “is extremely disappointed with Aurora Pride’s decision.” Pointing to the department’s history of participation in Pride events, as well as its large LGBTQ+ staff, APD spokesman Paris Lewbel said “while we are saddened to hear” about being banned from wearing uniforms at an event that is “focused on inclusion and acceptance, our officers will stand strong in uniform and provide security for the parade.”Īnd, he added, they “will continue our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion for all.”