For nearly a decade, Denton has lacked an open late bar that officially calls itself a queer or gay bar. Now, filling “beer alley” with rainbows and LGTBQ+ flags, The Bearded Monk is officially “coming out” as one in celebration this Pride Month. While the bar was already an LGBTQ+ hotspot, hosting queer events in the past, such as their regularly occurring “Lesbian/Sapphic Hangout,” this move makes the bar, which opened in 2015 and is located at 122 E. McKinney St., more “open” about it.