The Studio City gay bar has been serving lots of local character since 1968. Harry’s is known for its line dancing night on Fridays which even includes lessons on how to do the dance, if you get there early enough.

A Silver Lake Mexican staple, Casita has been open since the sixties and gradually attracted an Eastside LGBTQ audience. As if Mexican comfort food and stellar margaritas weren’t appealing enough, Casita also houses the Cavern Club Theater, an alternative performance space with frequent LGBTQ programming.

Like The Abbey’s scruffy 22-year-old brother, Akbar is an Eastside LGBTQ right of passage. With frequent, entertaining programming — from the Full Frontal Disco Saturday dance party to Tuesday night’s comedy show Drunk On Stage — Akbar always has something for you, including a few alternative celebrities or two.

Revolver’s first arrived in Boystown in 1984, but East West Lounge replaced it in 2006. Tthe video bar reopened in 2012 and reestablished itself as one of LA’s most iconic with drag competitions and celebratory screenings of Rupaul’s Drag Race.

One of the only 18 and over bars on the map, Rage hosts themed parties nightly, including the Haus of Starr Drag Show, Game Boi which might be LA’s only Asian pop dance video night, along with show tune Mondays.

Perhaps the most iconic bar in the city — not to mention the definitive WeHo bar — The Abbey is like gay Disneyland. It’s a hybrid restaurant and bar that serves both a gay male and female audience, and is undoubtedly the most welcoming LA gay bar.

This MacArthur Park bar is known for being a safe party space for members of the Latina trans community. The bar has it all: $4 glasses of champagne, an eager dancefloor, and a documentary endorsement by local artist Wu Tsang.

The original Downtown gay bar, Jalisco is a dive bar that caters to the Latino and Mexican LGBTQ community. The bar is known for fairly strong drinks and it’s quaint, homey feel. Where else in the city can you watch a go-go boy dance on a coffee table stage?

The mostly Latino clientele appreciates the low cover charge at this longstanding club. But The Plaza cover goes for something special with a lineup of sequined female impersonators who dance to Marieh Carey, rancheras, Jennifer Lopez, and the queen of them all, Selena.

Fans wept when Roosterfish closed in 2016. As the Westside’s oldest gay bar, the neighborhood felt Roosterfish’s absence until new owners Mario Vollera and Patrick Brunet brought it back from the dead. It’s no longer a dive, and they’ve had to increase prices to stay competitive, but it still has the same charm.

A gay bar since the early seventies, the Long Beach staple is readying for some changes since its owners of over thirty years have placed the bar on the market. While the future is uncertain for Ripples, one fact remains: this club is Los Angeles’s closest gay bar to the ocean.

This 38-year-old Long Beach bar is a treat for the eyes. Housed in a stunning art deco building, the owners host live VJ’s on Fridays and Saturdays, and Karaoke on Sundays.

One of the tiniest bars on this map, The Boulevard Bar is stationed in the eastern side of Pasadena. Complete with a pool table and stage, this LGBTQ friendly bar turns the karaoke up to eleven with LCD projectors and video monitors for every karaoke hog.