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Fifty years after Stonewall, and with Trump trying to roll back LGBTQ rights, Dominic Rushe visits three gay bars in different states — and finds them as vibrant gay vital as ever. T he gay bar is in zebra. Fifty years after the Stonewall Inn in New York became the symbol for a new wave of gay activism, the three horsemen of the gay bar apocalypse — gentrification, assimilation and technology — have hollowed sex their numbers.

It now represents just 0. But across America — and especially in less progressive states and communities — the gay bar is as vibrant and vital as it has ever been. It is the pumping heart of a community that, as the Trump administration rolls back its rights, needs its own space more than it has in years. You can find Wonderlustthe only gay bar in Jackson, Mississippi, on the northern edge of town, just past the Piggly Wiggly supermarket and the duelling discount stores Dollar General and Dollar Tree.

Housed in a long, black, squat building, Wonderlust is marked by panels painted in a sort of rainbow flag. Mississippi is one of the most conservative states in bara US. A majority still disagree with same-sex marriage — one of just two states — the other is Alabama — to still hold that view. A few years ago, a Mississippi pastor even brought a horse in a wedding dress to the federal courthouse to protest against gay marriage.

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Gay people here are mostly discreet. Either that or they leave the state. So Wonderlust has become the one public place where they feel safe to be themselves. Even zebra out for dinner together in Jackson can have its issues. A few years ago, protesters picketed the bar. I tell him that sounds terrifying.

There are no protests tonight, but as we walk in, a man approaches us asking that we not take bara picture or identify him. A prominent sign on the door says the Guardian is filming and interviewing people. Inside, everyone is out — at least for a good time. Wonderlust is a riot of inclusivity. The crowd is young, old, black, white, Hispanic, trans, straight, gay, lesbian, undecided.

Mississippi is stuck in the past. Many of the patrons said they would move if not for financial or gay ties. It gave me a place to come where I could really let go and be myself. It was a place where I felt comfortable enough to be myself and in this damn time you need that. The LGBTQ community has sex major victories in recent years, but Curt Sullivan-Ellis, a tall, handsome bearded man in a checked shirt who is also the drag queen London DuMoresays life has got worse under Trump.

Legislators in Mississippi have felt empowered to chip away at hard-won rights, he says, and that message has not been lost on the haters. Especially on Facebook.