Copacabana is a second outing, not a walk from Posto 9. Visit Rio and Riotur name Pink Flamingo on Rua Raul Pompéia 102, La Cueva on Rua Miguel Lemos 51, and Tau Bar Club on Avenida Nossa Senhora de Copacabana 1417. Pink Flamingo occupies the old Le Boy door. QG Pub / Mais Q Pub is named on the Riotur LGBTI tour without a street, so it is not mapped. The 31ª Parada uses the Copacabana orla.
Queer life spills across Rio de Janeiro. This page simply groups places that are easy to combine in one outing.
Getting there
MetrôRio Cantagalo or Siqueira Campos (Linha 1) for Raul Pompéia and Nossa Senhora de Copacabana. Cardeal Arcoverde is closer to Miguel Lemos. Night buses and taxis along Avenida Atlântica after the last metro.
Accessibility
Street, building, lift, toilet, seating, and sensory access vary by venue. Check the exact venue when access is important.
Visit Rio and Riotur name this Copacabana LGBTQIA+ room. Visit Rio says it moved to Rua Raul Pompéia 102. That number is the former Le Boy door. Programming is drag, Treta, and themed nights on Instagram; confirm the night on the day you go.
Visit Rio calls La Cueva one of Brazil’s oldest LGBT+ rooms, 61 years on, for maduros, ursos, and friends, with pop nights until dawn and a neighbouring bar for a shorter drink. The listing prints Rua Miguel Lemos 51.
Visit Rio and Riotur name Tau Bar Club on Avenida Nossa Senhora de Copacabana 1417. Visit Rio says it runs every day with funk, pop, and electronic nights and a younger crowd.
Dancing
Late night
Other areas in Rio de Janeiro
Compare these parts of the city before choosing a base or planning an outing. They may be spread out, so check each area’s travel details.
Ipanema is the walkable first evening in this census. Visit Rio names Posto 9, between Farme de Amoedo and Teixeira de Melo, as the LGBTQIAP+ beach meeting point. Riotur calls Rua Farme de Amoedo one of the city’s main LGBTI+ streets. Galeria Café on Teixeira de Melo 31 closed in February 2026; do not treat Visit Rio’s still-live Galeria line as an open door. Silêncio Ipanema is the remaining Teixeira de Melo listing.
Riotur names Rua Farme de Amoedo as a main LGBTI+ street: restaurants, hostels, hotels, and bars behind Posto 9. It is a street cluster inside Ipanema, not a second city. Booze Bar prints number 47 on its own site and does not call itself an LGBTQ room, so it is not a second public listing here. Community lead-gen still names Bar da Dado at number 49 without a first-party traveler page.
Lapa is the Centro night in this census, around the Arcos. Riotur’s festas page places Street Lapa at Rua do Riachuelo 15, Portal at Rua do Lavradio 163, and Festa Agyto at Avenida Mem de Sá 66. OpenStreetMap still names a different Portal da Lapa on Avenida Gomes Freire 559; that is not a second public listing. Selina’s rooftop appears on the Riotur LGBTI tour as a mixed hotel terrace and is not mapped as a gay club.
Botafogo is a third outing: bars and rooms named on Riotur or Visit Rio, not a beach crawl. Macuna Bar is on Rua Fernandes Guimarães. Oscar Selvagem is on Rua Paulo Barreto. Mãe Joana is on Rua Rodrigo de Brito. Femme Club Rio is named as an itinerant lesbian party, not a standing Botafogo door.
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