Hey Ariel! I just noticed this post. Welcome to Orange County! I’m a little further south than you , but I have a few tips for a newcomer. As far as Orange County gay bars the ones I know about are: Ibiza in Huntington Beach (having a ladies night this Sunday Mar. 25!), Velvet in Santa Ana (Wed is their all ages ladies night), and the Tin Lizzie in Costa Mesa. The Coffee Klatch in Laguna Beach is supposed to be the closet thing to a gay coffee shop around these parts. It’s been on my to visit list for far too long.

Otherwise, you should check out Orange’s super cute downtown and Santa Ana’s artist village. I imagine you should be able to reach those fairly easily by bus from Anaheim.

I am thinking about maybe trying to get some Orange County straddlers together at Velvet next Wednesday since we have some underage straddlers! I have some of their email addresses and I’ll post about it here and we can see if anyone is down!