What is the GLBT community in Long Beach like??

[+ carlos45]

I've never been there, opinions??

[bigvalboy]

I've never been there, opinions??

 

My knowledge of the community is fairly limited. I have only visited. I do have several friends who live in Long Beach. I made the insane drive down the 710 at least once a month. So from a visitors stand point, I have always found the gay bars and clubs very friendly. It is more spread out, a bit dated perhaps, and lacking the excitement of an area like WEHO or the Castro in SF. That being said, and since there is so much more to a gay community than the bars and clubs, I just love the attitude of the Long Beach gay community. I have been to pride twice, and had an amazing time. I found the people to much more friendly than WEHO, with a greater sense of community. My favorite "Lesbeons" live there and they say that by and large the gay community in LB is more accepting of women than in WEHO. Both are very involved with the LB GLBT community. When I was in LA, I would go to LB to see friends, but never had one of those wild memorable nights like I did in WEHO, because the hike home was brutal.

 

Some quick advice, if you want to check it out, I would make a nice long weekend of it. If you live in LA, driving down just for the night can be challenging.

[+ Chris Eisenhower]

It's slightly different from the LGBT community in LA.

[bigvalboy]

It's slightly different from the LGBT community in LA.

 

Sorry to the OP for this brief Hijack, but I just wanted to tell Chris that I love love love the new avatar...

[+ friendofsheila]

Sleepier than Weho, which was welcome.

[+ Chris Eisenhower]

Sorry to the OP for this brief Hijack, but I just wanted to tell Chris that I love love love the new avatar...

 

Thank you, sir. Working on the website now.