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By Gabriela Iacovano - February 13, When it was razed for urban renewal, the owner opened a new bar called the Gaslight House, and the crowds followed. The Cadillac served as a social center for much of the Binghamton Gay Liberation Group, a group that consisted heavily of Binghamton University students. Binghamton community member John Cramer shared memories of hanging out outside the Cadillac before he was old enough to go inside.

To browse Academia. Despite the widely hailed importance of gay bars, what we know about them in the U. This essay explores the similarities of 52 small-city gay bars to each other, and their differences from big-city gayborhood bars. Small-city gay bars are surprisingly integrated with straight people in their often red-state communities and are as racially diverse than the counties in which they reside.

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This weekend, a nightlife fixture in downtown Binghamton will close its doors, living up to a prediction its owner made when the business opened. Owner Lauren Hering, 49, of Johnson City, opened the establishment as a welcoming space for those in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community 11 years ago. At the time, she said, people asked about her hopes for the venture. Merlin's — named for the dog of former Prism owner, the late Doug Guiles — opened in at State St.