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The locations of the first 3 are firm but my memory is shaky on the Zodiac. Genesee Street seems right but the cross street escapes me and its distance from the city line with Hamilton Township at Cedar Lane eludes me. These bars served different segments of the gay community with the Wooden Indian having a strong Lesbian slant, Club 21 tilting to older men, Casa Lido having a broader age range with a bit more macho vibe, and the Zodiac serving a younger, dancing clientele.

None of these establishments still exist and others took there places for differing periods of time. Please email me at queerTrenton gmail. Tags: Gay Bars. This entry was posted on October 20, at pm and is filed under Gay Bars. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.

You can leave a responseor trackback from your own site. I have nice memories of the Casa Lido. They struggled towards the end to stay open. The closing evening was a huge drag show, it was a blast.

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I went with my friend Jon. I had never seen it that packed. It was kind of like a fabulous wake for one of the last true gay clubs in Trenton. The first was the Stagecoach in the hotel across from the train station. Early 80s. Hi Don. The old 21, indeed owned by Charles Covell, who was known as Chaz when he was with Ralph — before he started introducing himself as Chad — was the bar directly across the street.

I was just 18 when I went into the Shamrock the first time. I tended bar at the Lido from — I also heard men were not welcome! A year later I moved to Trenton in December John Hopkins and I hung the Christmas trees upside down from the second floor of the Lido…. Floating in mid-air… and the Omni, oh my the Omni….

It is a damn shame that Trenton has no bars left for the gay population, but this is also a good thing, it means to me that we are accepted in more places and need less of a place to be ourselves as we once did……. My cousin Jeff Pearl found this blog about a year or so ago, but we thought it was inactive, since I messaged the guy who put it out there, but received no response.

Do you remember the Trenton Times put a picture of that tree in the paper?