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In the early 1970s, Jacques and The Other Side were the subjects of many police reports of prostitution, drugs, and violent crime in the area. The bars became a point of contention within the gay community.
Jacques Cabaret, which opened in 1938 and is still in operation, is now Boston's oldest surviving "LGBT establishment." It became a gay bar in the mid-1940s, a lesbian bar in the 1960s, and a venue for drag performers in the 1970s.
By the 1970s, the disco scene served to bring gay lifestyles into the mainstream, as disco-owners recognized the buying-power of the gay community and sought to encourage gay patronage.
After serving as the city's only lesbian bar from the late 1960s to the early 1970s, Jacques evolved into a venue for drag performers, which remains its focus to today.
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Tucked into a corner of Bay Village, along with drag bar Jacques Cabaret, Napoleon’s, and a handful of other restaurants and bars, the Other Side offered a safe haven for many young LGBT people—including street kids, who might sit at the booths downstairs for hours, waiting for the disco to open.
Vicki’s, a butch lesbian bar, was located in the Hotel St. Moritz on Tremont Street for several decades before its demolition in the 1970s. Jacques Cabaret on Broadway in Bay Village has served as a popular spot for gender expression and experimentation from its opening in 1938 to today, challenging criticism from local neighborhood ...
