The State Bar (Flint, Michigan/Flint's Oldest Gay Bar/1948-2013) liberace and vintage poster collectors

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and charged with desire

and glory holes that defined pre-internet gay nightlife

it was a place where men found connection through shared codes of strength

The State Bar (Flint, Michigan/Flint's Oldest Gay Bar/1948-2013) liberace and vintage poster collectorsThe State Bar Flint, Michigan Sweatshirt Before downtown Flint saw any hint of revival, The State Bar was already doing the real work giving the citys LGBTQ community a place to breathe, flirt, dance, and exist without apology. Part neighborhood tavern, part drag den, part refuge from Michigan winters and Midwestern judgment, the State Bar became one of Flints longest running gay landmarks from the 40's through the 80s, 90s, and 2000s. It wasnt fancy,