Cotton Street, Shreveport, Louisiana
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Cotton Street in Downtown Shreveport
Cotton Street runs along the south side of DowntownDowntown
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Shreveport. One of the oldest Gay bars in Louisiana, the "The Korner Lounge", is located at the corner of Cotton and Louisiana Avenue. The Korner Lounge has been continuously operating as "The Korner Lounge" since the late 1930s. On Marshall Street near the terminus of Cotton Street is the largest of Shreveport's gay & lesbian bars, "Central Station". This club is located in the Central Railroad Station of Shreveport built in 1909, and features a country and western bar, a dance club, a video bar, and a drag queen
Drag queen
A drag queen is a man who dresses, and usually acts, like a caricature woman often for the purpose of entertaining. There are many kinds of drag artists and they vary greatly, from professionals who have starred in films to people who just try it once. Drag queens also vary by class and culture and...
showroom upstairs.