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Skivi (omwe kale anali Bokosi la Zida), Topeka, Kansas
chithunzi ndi Andrew Collins Zithunzi za zolaula, magulu a usiku, ma lounges, cabarets, ndi zina zomwe mungasankhe usiku usiku m'mapiriwa, kuphatikizapo Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, ndi South Dakota
Momwemo kumapiri a kum'maŵa kwa Kansas State Capitol Building, yomwe ili pafupi ndi malo ochepa chabe, mungapeze malo ochezera a Topeka okha, Skivies (921 S. Kansas Ave., 785-234-0482), akuwonetsedwanso kumbuyo komwe ankatchedwa Bokosi la Zida. Ndi malo otsika kwambiri, omwe amachititsa kuti akazi ndi abambo azisakanikirana, ambiri mwa iwo ochokera kumudziko - ndipo nthawi zina miyoyo yochepa yochokera ku koleji yapafupi ya koleji ya Lawrence (kunyumba ku Kansas University), ngakhale kuti khamulo likuyendayenda kumbali yina ku Kansas City.
Mzinda wa Topeka uli wodalirika kwambiri panyumba ya Westboro Church (komanso banja lodana ndi achiwerewere kumbuyo kwa tchalitchi, motsogoleredwa ndi mlaliki Fred Phelps). Kuyanjana ndi Phelps kwapangitsa Topeka kukhala mbiri yabwino kwambiri pakati pa amuna ndi akazi omwe sali oyenerera - pali gulu la GLBT pano, ndipo Topeka wakhala akugonana kwambiri nthawi yambiri (ngakhale kuti ndi ochepa kwambiri kuposa Lawrence ndi ola limodzi, Kansas City). Skivi ndi yabwino komanso yosasunthika, ndi zakumwa zotsika mtengo, kuvina pang'ono kumbuyo, komanso okondana ngati anthu ambiri akukhala mumzindawu, anthu ammudzi amakonda kudziwana bwino. Ngati mukuyang'ana kampando yowonongeka kwambiri, yikani ku KC. Iyi ndi malo amodzi oyankhulana mosadzichepetsa ndikudziwana ndi anzanu.
02 a 03
Ogulitsa Pub (poyamba anali Teller), Lawrence, Kansas
chithunzi ndi Andrew Collins Ngakhale kuti ndi mzinda wodzisangalatsa kwambiri mumzinda wa Kansas komanso umodzi mwa mizinda yambiri yopitilira koyunivesite, Lawrence alibe bayi lovomerezeka. Komabe, malo osungirako bwino komanso malo ogulitsa malonda a Merchant's Pub (746 Massachusetts St., 785-843-4111), omwe amagwira ntchito yamatabwa yamatabwa yamakono komanso okwera mawindo a arched, akhala akutsatira ndi gay community, omwe ali kumudzi mpaka pamene danga ili limadziwika kuti Teller's. Gastropub yokhala ndi masewera olimbitsa mchere komanso masewera olimbikitsa a m'madera akumidzi omwe amapezeka mkati mwa Midwestern fare, ndi njira yabwino yakumwa, kusangalatsana, kapena kukondana kwambiri.
Ali pamsewu, kotero kuti masiku otentha ndi malo abwino okondwera ndi anthu ambiri omwe akuyang'ana kumtunda waukulu wa mzinda wa Lawrence, Massachusetts Street - Teller ali kumapeto kwa chigawocho, pafupi ndi malo owonetsera mafilimu komanso pamtunda wa maulendo ambiri ya maiko ena okondweretsa ndi masitolo. Amayi akuluakulu a gay nightlife adzafuna kupanga mphindi 40 kumadzulo kumzinda wa Kansas , kapena pazitsulo, pali abwenzi amodzi ogonana pafupi ndi Easteka . Koma ngati mukuyang'ana kuti mulowe mu Lawrence, uwu ndi bedi lodalirika, lachiuno, ndi labwino.
03 a 03
Chipinda cha Fox, Overland Park, Kansas (chatseka)
chithunzi ndi Andrew Collins Zindikirani: Boma la Fox latseka
Pamalo ochepa omwe amapezeka ku Kansas City, omwe amagonana ndi amuna okhaokha, omwe amafunika ulendo wofupika kunja kwa mzinda, Fox Bar (7520 Shawnee Mission Pkwy, Overland Park, KS) pafupi ndi Overland Park, Kansas ndi amene amayenera kuchita. Ndizovuta ku tauni ya Mission, yovuta ya mphindi 10 kuchokera ku Westport gawo la Kansas City, ndipo imaphatikizapo kusakanizikana kwenikweni kwa amuna ndi akazi omwe ali ndi zaka zam'nyamata, kuchokera kumabwalo a suburban omwe awa ndi abambo omwe ali pafupi kwambiri ndi ena amene amangokhalira kukondwera ndi maubwenzi abwino, zamkati, ndi zakumwa zoledzeretsa. Bwalo la Fox lakhala likuyenda mwansangala usiku wamasewera komanso masewera okondweretsa a juke, ndipo pali malo atatu osambira m'mphepete mwazitali. Ogwira ntchito akulandira ndi okondweretsa, ndipo maganizo apa akulandiridwa bwino, ngati pang'ono chabe (mwachidule kuti ambiri mwa anthu oterewa akudziwana). Komabe, uwu ndi Mzinda wa Kansas, malo osangalatsa kwambiri kuti apange anzanu atsopano.