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Email ‘We’re still here’: Historic gay bars in Palm Springs see light at the end of the tunnel Despite more than a year of closures, many of the bars on Arenas Road are open again. These bars are more than just drinking places, one owner said. Story by Amanda Ulrich | Photos by Taya Gray Published 2:55 pm UTC May. 7, 2021 Bartenders at Chill Bar are slinging drinks a vodka soda here, a couple “margarita martinis” there beneath two glittering, life-size mannequins suspended from the ceiling. Outside, a group of women in all pink and matching cowboy hats arrive on the back of a bar bike. Up the street, a server at Hunters offers up a tray of neon Jello shots to customers sitting on the patio. Masks, occupancy limits and social distancing aside, it could be any pre-pandemic Friday night on Arenas Road, an entire block lined with gay bars and businesses in downtown Palm Springs. ....