Candida's (Allentown Gay Bar/1980-2017) Color:Black Heather offering both connection and continuity

offering both connection and continuity in an era when those spaces were limited

Stallions delivered big-night energy with hometown warmth

and East Village regulars into one of the city’s most vibrant queer spaces

and resistance—mirroring the rise of fascism in 20th-century history

Candida's (Allentown Gay Bar/1980-2017) Color:Black Heather offering both connection and continuityCandidas Allentown, PA (19802017) Opened in 1980 at 12th and Chew, Candidas was the vision of its owner, Candida Affawho built the bar into one of the longest running LGBTQ spaces in the Lehigh Valley. For 37 years, it wasnt just a place to go outit was a place people returned to, again and again. Alongside Stonewall Gay Club, Candidas helped define the local circuit: nights that moved between the two, familiar faces anchoring both ends. But where