Orange county california gay bars

P alm trees. Golden Coast. The anchor of the Blue Wall of the West. County and Orange County. And inOrange County voted for Hillary Clinton—the first time the county had voted blue in nearly a century. Then, inall county congressional seats were flipped by Democrats. As Gustavo Arellano wrote for The L. In general, a blue town is a safe town with more queer representation.

County has some of the most famous gayborhoods in the world, not to mention a long line of fictional and reality TV shows for better or worse based on L. But sandwiched between the two, Orange County has the No. Compared to larger counties in SoCal, Orange County seems like a queer ghost town.

The gay well looks dry. Orange County is teeming with gay gems, trans joy, and a fiercely loving community waiting for you. Just look for the creatives. But Travel Santa Ana is cranking the gay amp to Santa Who? Oh, that one. John Wayne Airport is no meet cute. Naming an international gateway after a homophobic white supremacist certainly sets the scene.

Many people in the O. The first celebrity name that should come to mind when you think of Santa Ana is Frida Kahlo—not because she lived in the O. Going strong for a decade, Frida features two big-screen theaters, each with more than seats, as well as a lobby with rotating art exhibits.

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To be so close to the film industry, Frida is the only nonprofit movie theater in Orange County. Crow was inspired by indie theaters, art houses, and even traditional museum programming—especially outreach. All of the big galleries have their monthly openings that night.

All the restaurants are open. It activates the downtown. Frida also partners with local schools, nonprofits, and cause-based groups for screenings, from a Pride Month series with O.