New Portland LGBTQ Bar Stands Proud on Old Town’s Bro-iest Block

On the outside, Rebel Rebel — a compact Old Town bar boxed between Tube and Dixie’s Tavern — could be just a hole in the wall, a doorway one might miss if not for the drag artists in fetish gear outside. Within the bar, men sport ornate Easter-inspired floral headdresses, club kids arrive dripping in luxury fashion accessories, tech gays chat with stylish lesbians. The interior amounts to a sometimes claustrophobic hall bathed in neon hues and shadow, with a corner stage and booths further inside for watching drag shows or setting up base camp before dancing to local queer DJs.

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