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The honest summary: Orlando has about ten genuinely queer bars and clubs, but they are spread over four neighbourhoods rather than one strip. Plan a night around one cluster (Milk District, Ivanhoe Village, Edgewater Drive or downtown) and take a rideshare to the next. Most bars close at 2am.

Where the scene is

Out x Out, Visit Orlando and Watermark all describe the same map, four clusters a short rideshare apart:

• Milk District (East South Street at Bumby Avenue): the biggest club, Southern Nights, plus its sister bars District Dive and Stiffy's.
• Ivanhoe Village (North Orange Avenue by Lake Ivanhoe): Savoy, Ivanhoe 1915 next door, and the Renaissance Theatre a few blocks away.
• College Park / Edgewater Drive: two long-running neighbourhood bars, Hank's and Barcodes.
• Downtown, Thornton Park and Mills 50: Anthem on Orange Avenue, the queer-owned Outpost tavern by Lake Eola, the LGBT+ Center and Zebra Youth on Mills Avenue, and the new Sapphire Lounge in Parramore, west of the Kia Center.

The old gay strip on North Orange Blossom Trail, home of Parliament House, is gone. More on that below.

The bars, venue by venue

• Southern Nights (375 S Bumby Ave, Milk District). Out x Out and Visit Orlando both call it the city's biggest LGBTQ+ club: several rooms, drag shows late in the evening, themed nights through the week and a Latin night. It used to be called Revolution. Google reviews are mixed (3.7), but on a Saturday this is the big room.
• District Dive (2401 E South St). Same owners as Southern Nights, next door. Pool, darts and a Sunday Funday with Bloody Marys.
• Stiffy's (2405 E South St). The bear and leather bar in the same complex, with go-go dancers and theme nights.
• Savoy (1913 N Orange Ave, Ivanhoe Village). A gay club with several rooms, drag most nights, a Thursday Latin night called Calor, and drag brunch at weekends. Out x Out says there's no cover.
• Ivanhoe 1915 (1915 N Orange Ave). Savoy's quieter neighbour, run by the same team: karaoke, pool, trivia and bear nights.
• Anthem (100 N Orange Ave, downtown). A bar, restaurant and club that opened in 2025. Its founders told WFTV and Fox 35 they wanted to fill the gap Pulse left. The calendar is the fullest in town: a Thursday Latin night with a salsa and bachata lesson around 8:30pm, Sapphic Fridays, Harmony Saturdays, drag shows and daytime happy hours.
• Hank's (5026 Edgewater Dr). A gay bar since 1987, cash only, open noon to 2am every day according to Out x Out. Pool tournaments on Thursdays and a back patio. The crowd is local and grown-up.
• Barcodes (4453 Edgewater Dr). A bear, leather and pup bar, owned by a gay couple since 2009. It runs Leather Night, Jock Night and underwear nights. Open from 3pm on weekdays and 2pm at weekends until 2am. Out x Out mentions a one-drink minimum.
• The Sapphire Lounge (741 W Church St, Parramore). It opened on September 4, 2026 in the old Stonewall space and bills itself as Orlando's only sapphic+ lounge and restaurant. Orlando Weekly notes the city hadn't had a lesbian-focused bar since Faces closed in 2007. It has a patio, an open-air upstairs lounge, Mexican-inspired food, drag, live music and DJs.
• Outpost Neighborhood Tavern (227 N Eola Dr, in the EO Inn building). A queer-owned tavern that Watermark covered before it opened. Southern food, sports on the screens and drag bingo.
The Sapphire Lounge

Latin nights

Thursday is the big Latin night: Anthem runs a salsa and bachata lesson around 8:30pm before its party, and Savoy has Calor. Southern Nights adds its own Latin night early in the week. Check each club's socials, because themed nights move.

Gone but still Googled

• Parliament House: closed November 2020, demolished 2021.
• Hamburger Mary's: left Church Street in June 2024 and reopened in Kissimmee in 2026.
• Stonewall (W Church St): closed 2022; the Sapphire Lounge now uses the space.
• Boots: a queer country-western night at the Renaissance Theatre, not a standalone bar.
• BETA, The Other Bar, Tier: mainstream downtown clubs, sometimes mislisted as gay.

For the bathhouse, Pride dates and practical tips, see the full Gay Orlando guide.

Last verified: October 2026. Sources: Out x Out, Visit Orlando, Watermark, Orlando Weekly and the venues' own sites.