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In 1854 the Camden and Atlantic Railroad began prepare service between Philadelphia and the coast, and the first commercial hotel was built the similar year. The first boardwalk was man-made in 1870 and soon after half a million people were visiting each year. To manage the traffic more lines followed, including the Reading Railroad. Sound familiar? Landmarks and street names of this town are properties on the board game Monopoly. The city's golden age came in the 1920's when speakeasy liquor flowed freely despite prohibition, and gambling flourished in assist rooms between blocks of the large new hotels that had transformed the city. After the war the city's economic decline was a factor when voters approved gambling for Atlantic Metropolis in 1976.
The new Atlantic Metropolis of casinos and mega-resorts is again a gay-popular destination. The New Jersey Civil Union regulation of 2007 helped, and having your ceremony here is a good reason to visit. Atlantic City’s current mayor, Don Guardian, is gay and several resort hotels, along with the Convention & Visitors Leadership have courted the pink dollar market. Ga
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Correction: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated that the ByrdCage would be the first lgbtq+ bar in Atlantic City in 20 years. It will be the first full-service LGBTQ+ bar and restaurant in 20 years in the city. There have been multiple gay nightclubs, including the Rainbow Room and Prohibition Exclude, that were clear over the past two decades. This story has been updated.
The ByrdCage, which will be Atlantic City's first full-service queer bar and restaurant in 20 years when it opens in premature January, has been a longtime envision of Jason Tell. While the name is a slight nod to the 1996 movie starring Robin Williams and Nathan Lane, the owner said it was a different clip that gave him inspiration.
Tell said watching 2000 comedy "The Broken Hearts Club," which is centered around a group of queer friends in a West Hollywood restaurant, made him hope for to start his own place favor that. Now he has at 3426 Atlantic Ave.
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LGBTQ+ Affairs
Welcome to the Mayor’s Office of Lesbian, Lgbtq+, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ+) Affairs!
The Mayor’s Office of Queer Affairs was created in 2021 under Mayor Marty Small, Sr. to foster equitable living and working conditions for residents who identify as LGBTQ+ and to advocate for LGBTQ+ issues in all areas of City Government. The office aims to:
- Connect Atlantic City LGBTQ+ residents to the services and support they may need
- Help enact policies and programs to meet the City’s diversity, access, inclusion, and equity (DAIE) goals
- Coordinate among City departments to improve the LGBTQ+ community’s access to services
- Provide education on grants available to community-based organizations who serve the LGBTQ+ community
- Support the growth and development of the City’s LGBTQ+ communities and work as a liaison between the area’s LGBTQ communities/organizations and the City.
- Host events that enrich, promote, and bring together the Diverse community of Atlantic City
To absorb more about how the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ+ Affairs can help you navigate through Town government, please contact LGBTQ+ Liaison and Programs and Services Coordinato
Atlantic City plays to gays
For the first time in its 33-year history of legalized gambling, Atlantic Capital has a permanent lgbtq+ nightclub in one of its casinos.
Prohibition opened its doors Thursday at the Resorts Casino Hotel, marking the city's strongest offer yet in a yearslong effort to attract one of the tourism industry's most sought-after demographic groups.
"It's long overdue for Atlantic City to have a club like this," said Joel Ballesteros, the casino's new director of marketing for the lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender communities. "It filled right up and people danced until 3 o'clock in the morning. With the rainbow flag flying outside and all the energy in here, it felt enjoy a celebration."
Prohibition is housed in a 13th floor room that used to be a lounge for slots players. Its label is a play on the casino's new roaring '20s theme, inspired by the HBO series "Boardwalk Empire" about Prohibition-era Atlantic City.
Friday afternoon, a rare hours before the club would open for the night, the colored lights were flashing, four colossal palm trees scraped the ceiling and Right Said Fred's "I'm Too Sexy" played on a enormous video screen.
"I think it's going to work," said G