{"id":62127,"date":"2021-11-18T15:10:26","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T15:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/?p=62127"},"modified":"2021-11-18T15:10:26","modified_gmt":"2021-11-18T15:10:26","slug":"bardos-closure-spells-end-of-era-for-beiruts-queer-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/bardos-closure-spells-end-of-era-for-beiruts-queer-scene\/","title":{"rendered":"Bardo&#8217;s closure spells end of era for Beirut&#8217;s queer scene"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 75px;height: 75px;border-radius: 50%;background: url(https:\/\/nordot-res.cloudinary.com\/c_limit,w_200,h_200,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/ch\/units\/552711607512925281\/profile_1.jpg);background-position: center;background-size: cover;vertical-align: middle\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 5px;font-size: 14px;font-weight: bold;vertical-align: middle\">Published by <br \/>Al-Araby<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 10px\"><\/div>\n<p>The renowned Beirut bar Bardo closed its doors with a final party on October 31, after fifteen years of being open on Mexico Street in the Western part of the city. Far from being just another place closing down for financial reasons amid an intense economical crisis, Bardo was the symbol of a whole generation as well as a part of the queer community who had found a safe space to call home. \u201cBardo was a safe space where I\u2019ve been going since it opened in 2006, it\u2019s where I met everyone in the [queer] community,\u201d musician Vladimir Kurumilian told The New Arab. \u201cI could go there alone and there &#8230;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"nordot-read-more \" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nordot.app\/834081685644378112?c=819177386184916992\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Published by Al-Araby The renowned Beirut bar Bardo closed its doors with a final party on October 31, after fifteen years of being open on Mexico Street in the Western part of the city. 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