//On Election Day, Houston Icon Buddy’s Was the First LGBTQ Bar in Texas to Serve as a Polling Place

On Election Day, Houston Icon Buddy’s Was the First LGBTQ Bar in Texas to Serve as a Polling Place

A Montrose drinking establishment might have been the first LGBTQ+ bar in America to have served as a presidential polling place on Election Day.

Buddy’s, a gay bar at 2409 Grant Street, welcomed about 200 voters on Tuesday, said Christopher Barry, the bar’s owner. Voters were treated to music by DJ Melle Mel on the back patio, music on the jukebox inside, and an impromptu drag show by Joy to the Polls. Harris County Clerk Chris Hollins even stopped by