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Most action sits near Zona Centro and along Revolución, so you can bar-hop on foot or by short taxi rides. YADIRAS BAR is your karaoke-and-pool stop with a friendly, neighborhood vibe, but it closes earlier.
As the rainbowcore would suggest, there are plenty of gay bars in Tijuana. In 1991, police raids on El Ranchero Bar and the now defunct bar Equipales, located in Calle 7ma, involved Mexican and American clients.
Mejía lived in San Francisco before arriving in Tijuana in 1990. La mayor parte de la acción se concentra cerca de la Zona Centro y a lo largo de la Revolución, por lo que puedes ir de bar en bar a pie o en trayectos cortos en taxi. These two magazines gathered the most important events of everyday life of the region's gay community for over 15 years, as well as chronicling artistic and cultural life on the border.
There are all-male bathhouses and strip clubs, some within a few blocks of the plaza. The street confrontation that followed between the gay community and police marked the historic beginnings of the struggle for LGBTQ rights in the city. Many will die trying to cross, or be separated from loved ones, or be disillusioned by a lack of opportunity. Latinos Bar across the street, meanwhile, can get downright raucous.
Julia brings us our drinks: a Tecate with extra lime for me, a tequila soda and a Dos Equis for my friends. “It’s safer, it’s cozier and it’s easier.” In the years since, she’s noticed marginal progress, as the neighborhood embraces new spaces that are “more friendly for trans, gay, lesbian and queer people.” Enclave Caracol, a new community center and café, is one of them.
En cuanto a eventos, la temporada del Orgullo es el principal atractivo. She attributes this to the culture of machismo that persists throughout Mexico—orienting public life, including the queer milieu, toward men.