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Fake news, mis information? The oldest gay bar in Reno
Emperor XVI Ray Martin provided this picture of a Pops 99 Club t-shirt
There was the article on &#;gay bars&#; in the Reno News and Review last Thursday (July 19) and today (July 23) there were stories on two of the local television stations about a particular “gay” bar saying it was the oldest. That statement about existence the oldest is mis-information or what people would refer to today as “fake news”. Likely those who own the lock currently are simply unknowing, having only owned the establishment for the past several years.
As the RNR article pointed out, the Reno Bar, long closed, was one of the first gay bars in Reno. There were others of course, but not located in town. They were out on West Fourth Street (Old Hwy 40) near the first Mayberry. Pops 99 Club opened about on South Virginia. It did not identify as a “gay” bar when it opened. In /71, it officially became a gay exclude not too much before Paul&#;s Lounge (now the 5Star Saloon) opened in downtown. The oldest currently operating gay bar in Reno is the 5 St
Queer history is Reno history—from internationally known events appreciate the Reno Gay Rodeo to the establishment of local institutions like Our Center, the Silver Dollar Court, and any number of queer bars and clubs.
However, centuries of pervasive homophobia and legal discrimination have kept much of Northern Nevada’s gender non-conforming history out of the public eye. But in September, which is when our area celebrates Northern Nevada Pride, we’re spotlighting a few historical milestones with the help of some locals—a scholar, an activist, a publisher and a volunteer.
This timeline draws on insights from Jeffery Auer, creator of the Nevada LGBT Archive; Paco Lachoy, founder of the Reno Gay Pagenewspaper; Meredith Tanzer, who works in Northern Nevada HOPES’ philanthropy department and is a co-director of Northern Nevada Pride; and Janet Mackie, a volunteer for Our Center whose serve on chronicling the Gay history of Nevada spurred the RN&R to construct this timeline.
This list is by no means comprehensive, but in the service of sharing the true history of Northern Nev
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Northern Nevada Pride takes place annually in Wingfield Park. Each year there is a parade through downtown Reno, concluding at Wingfield Park where the dwell entertainment and festival will take place. Northern Nevada Event is produced by and supports the efforts of Our Center - the local LGBTQ+ collective center.
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Each September, The Wonderful Reno Balloon Race sends more than 80 beautiful hot-air balloons into the skies over Reno.
Roy Quilici had already managed several bars in Reno when he had the brick building at East 4th Street constructed in to house his namesake Quilici Bar. The building had a prime location. Fourth Street was the main east-west thoroughfare through town, having been designated the Lincoln Highway and then U.S. The Savage Building next door (now known as the Morris Hotel) had opened in with a hotel upstairs and retail below. And the corridor was rapidly becoming a thriving commercial district.
Roy (born Romolo Mansueto Quilici) was an Italian immigrant who lived in a home right next door to the bar with his wife Mary Matilda and their four daughters. In , Quilici sold the bar to George Mross, who renamed it the Reno Prevent and claimed “We serve the largest glass of beer or whiskey in town at accepted prices.”
In , the Quilicis had a small building designed between their house and the Reno Bar, and opened it as a little coffee shop called the Green Cup Café, with Mary Quilici as the proprietor. Longtime Louis’ Basque Corner owner Louis Erreguible later remembered that the coffee sh