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Many decades ago, there was a tiny little women's bar located under a viaduct just about where The Gateway stands today. My friend Bucket and I were baby gays and really wanted to verb to the bar but were terrified for a few reasons—mainly because we weren't sure that our fake IDs would overtake muster there.
We were hanging out at the old Sun Tavern, which used to be at the northwest corner of where the Delta Center now stands, because our IDs did move through muster there. "The Sun," as we called it, was a great place to dance to disco, smoke on the patio and throw dollars at drag queens who performed there regularly. By the way, it was named—tongue in cheek—after the Heat Stone at the Nauvoo Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
When we did get the courage to go to "Perky's" one darkness, we learned from a minute love note on the door that the bar had "closed forever and [had] moved to Idaho. Thanks for your business!" Damn.
I've been out since the '70s and was the first out realtor in the Salt Lake Board of Realtors. I ran an ad in l
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Insider tip:If you love inexpensive drinks and dancing to club remixes of Whitney Houston and Ariana Grande, you'll probably find yourself becoming a regular. And definitely go often because Sun Trapp typically offers entry with no cover charge, although you might expect to wait a few minutes for bar service on weekends.
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Why Kiki is 'The Place for Everyone'
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The Name: What’s a Kiki?
A kiki is a gathering filled with fun, laughter, and connection—a space where people come together to celebrate, talk, dance, and be unapologetically themselves. We took that idea and made it bigger, bolder, and uniquely our own.
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Why Kiki? Because this is where the magic happens.
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