Julius, Bar

Julius, Bar New York’s oldest Gay bar and Greenwich Village’s oldest bar. Landmarked, December 6, 2022. They then moved on to Julius’ and were joined by Randy Wicker.
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HISTORY
There has been a bar on the corner of Waverly Place and West 10th Street since the mid-19th century. The name “Julius’ dates from c. 1930 when the bar began to become popular with sports figures and other celebrities. By the 1960s, Julius’ began attracting gay men, although it was not exclusively a gay bar. On April 21, 1966, members of the Mattachine Society, an early gay rights group, or

ganized what became known as the “Sip-In.” Their intent was to challenge New York State Liquor Authority (SLA) regulations that were promulgated so that bars could not serve drinks to known or suspected gay men or lesbians, since their presence was considered de facto disorderly. The SLA regulations were one of the primary governmental mechanisms of oppression against the gay community because they precluded the right to free assembly. This was particularly important because bars were one of the few places where gay people could meet each other. The Sip-In was part of a larger campaign by more radical members of the Mattachine Society to clarify laws and rules that inhibited the running of gay bars as legitimate, non-mob establishments and to stop the harassment of gay bar patrons. Dick Leitsch, Craig Rodwell, and John Timmons, accompanied by several reporters, went to a number of bars, announced that they were “homosexuals,” and asked to be served a drink. At their first stop, the Ukrainian-American Village Restaurant, the bar had closed, while at their next two attempts, at a Howard Johnson’s and at the Hawaiian-themed Waikiki, they had been served. However, at Julius’, which had recently been raided, the bartender refused their request. This refusal received publicity in the New York Times and the Village Voice. The reaction by the State Liquor Authority and the newly-empowered New York City Commission on Human Rights resulted in a change in policy and the birth of a more open gay bar culture. Scholars of gay history consider the Sip-In at Julius’ a key event leading to the growth of legitimate gay bars and the development of the bar as the central social space for urban gay men and lesbians. LANDMARK DESIGNATIONS FOR LGBT SIGNIFICANCE
In April 2016, the NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project’s nomination of Julius’ to the National Register of Historic Places was approved by the National Park Service, following the site’s listing on the New York State Register of Historic Places in December 2015. Read more about Julius' Bar and other important LGBT history here.... https://www.nyclgbtsites.org/site/julius/

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📸 About last Saturday at "Sip and Dance!"... Thanks for livening up the party! 🕺🪩🥳

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Remembering all who gave the ultimate sacrifice. Thank you.

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Thank you for your patience. Xoxo

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Happy Birthday in heaven my dear friend! We all miss you

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159 W 10th Street
New York, NY
10014

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Monday 4pm - 2am
Tuesday 4pm - 2am
Wednesday 4pm - 2am
Thursday 4pm - 2am
Friday 4pm - 4am
Saturday 12pm - 4am
Sunday 12pm - 2am

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