When Potter came to Columbia in the late s, Styx and Three Cheers were the only gay bars in town. The two remaining gay bars in Columbia continue to sustain a healthy patronage, nevertheless.
SoCo's closing left a hole in the gay community. On a Thursday night two years ago, Richardson picked up a call from a friend who gave him the news. Dawn Hessler serves a patron a drink on Feb. Stephen Daw Missourian community reporter, spring Your notification has been saved.
Three Cheers, at the intersection of Business Loop 70 and College Avenue, operated mainly as a restaurant with a full bar and offered fewer nighttime attractions than Styx. While many see this generation as an age of tolerance, total acceptance for everyone in the gay community may still be a distant dream. Beaverhausen and the other performing drag queens are paid an evening rate by the night club and also receive tips from the crowd. Muffie Beaverhausen applies fake eyelashes before the drag show on Dec.
Muffie Beaverhausen applies a layer of foundation before the drag show on Dec.īeaverhausen has been performing as drag queen for 16 years. But when his financier and business partner learned they couldn't acquire a liquorthe plan died. City and County Government editor anklamf missouri. LGBT community finds a home in Columbia's gay bars. His idea was a restaurant during the day and a club at night staffed by local drag queens. After the SoCo Club opened inPotter said he wanted a less extravagant, more subdued gay bar to frequent.