Puerto Rico's gay and hipster haven | LGBTQ+ Destinations | Scoop.it
I’ve hit the bars too early. Like, way too early. It’s a hot Thursday evening in San Juan, approaching midnight, and popular LGBTQ nightclub Circo is barely getting started. A millennial lesbian in clingy, velvety bell bottoms belts out a karaoke version of Celine Dion’s “Because You Loved Me” on a small stage while a handful of friends look on, supportively, nursing cocktails. Hoping for a glimpse of San Juan’s outrageously talented drag queens in action – two standouts, Rochelle Mon Cheri and Queen Bee Ho’, appeared in the excellent 2014 documentary, Mala Mala — I saunter across the street to Scandalo.