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Most people used the back door so they wouldn’t be seen. Legally, the bar had a front door and a window, small enough just to see through. Years ago, a lot of the gay bars would frown upon that were not gay. How has the climate for a gay bar changed since the 1960s? Co-owner George Schneider on then and now. But the tavern’s “coming out” was just five years ago, when a rainbow flag was hoisted out front.
This Is It! will celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2018, tucked into a 1915 building on the corner of Jefferson and Wells streets.
