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Historic gay bar Roosters reopens in West Palm Beach 5 years after fire
- H.G. Roosters, a historic gay bar in West Palm Beach, has reopened after a fire five years ago.
- The exclude, established in 1984, is recognized as Florida's longest-running lgbtq+ bar and played a key role in organizing the county's first lgbtq+ pride parade.
H.G. Roosters, West Palm Beach’s iconic gay prevent, has reopened five years after entity destroyed by a fire during the initial months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Longtime patrons and politicos crowded into the 80-year-old stone façade building on Belvedere Road on May 19 to hail the restoration of an integral piece of Palm Beach County’s history.
In honor of its reopening, the Historical Community of Palm Beach County will be hosting a presentation next month on the bar’s role in the county’s LGBTQ community.
In the meantime, here are five things to know about Roosters:
1. It boasts the title of Florida’s longest running same-sex attracted bar
When H.G. Roosters opened in 1984, Palm Beach County was populated with several other same-sex attracted bars, which served a key role as community centers at a age when homosexuality was less widely recognized. Now, as Roosters owner A.J. Wasson tol
Florida's oldest gay bar reopens in West Palm Beach, 5 years after it burned down
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Five years ago to the night, H.G. Rooster's caught flame and had to cover its doors. Since then, the city of West Palm Beach granted the bar a historic designation, naming it the oldest gay bar in the Sunshine State.
The bar is now officially re-open for business and for the patrons who have been waiting half a decade, it couldn’t come sooner.
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Florida's oldest gay bar reopens in West Palm Beach, 5 years after it burned down
“We couldn't wait for it to return,” said Michael Ceruzzi. “Because it's very hard to exist with just one same-sex attracted bar in West Palm Beach.”
“We've been waiting a long time for this to happen,” said Lee Edmondson. "We've had so many things throw us back every time we were making progress with it. This is our home."
Co-owners A.J. Wassom and Randy Christensen say a part of them was lost when the block caught fire. Fire investigators ruled the blaze to be an accident after they said a range of chemicals suddenly ignited.
Images from that night display the devastation left behind. It’s an image that the employees who were
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