Edburgh’s Broughton Street has been named an official ‘Gayborhood’ alongsi areas New York, San Francis and Ibiza | Edburgh News

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• GAY EDBURGH, STLAND | THE ESSENTIAL LGBT TRAVEL GUI!
• EDBURGH’S BROUGHTON STREET HAS BEEN NAMED AN OFFICIAL ‘GAYBORHOOD’ ALONGSI AREAS NEW YORK, SAN FRANCIS AND IBIZA
• GAY EDBURGH: DISVER THE CY’S BT LGBTQ HOTSPOTS
• GLASGOW OR EDBURGH IF YOU’RE GAY? - STLAND FOM
• GAY AREA EDBURGH
• GAY NEIGHBORHOOD EDBURGH
• THE BEST EDBURGH GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS EDBURGH
• SIE MCCABE: ‘THE WORST ADVICE I’VE HAD? DON’T BE TOO GAY YOUR MATERIAL – MEN WON’T LIKE ’

GAY EDBURGH, STLAND | THE ESSENTIAL LGBT TRAVEL GUI!

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EDBURGH’S BROUGHTON STREET HAS BEEN NAMED AN OFFICIAL ‘GAYBORHOOD’ ALONGSI AREAS NEW YORK, SAN FRANCIS AND IBIZA

Wh thoands of members of the public across the globe sendg their suggtns, the teemed panel of judg named Broughton Street among s 33 officially regnised ‘Gayborhoods’ alongsi other statns such as Lisbon’s Bairro Alto, New York’s Chelsea, The Marais Paris, Calle la Virg Ibiza, Johannburg’s Melville and The Castro San Francis.

Lnched earlier this year, hundreds of areas om a range of untri were suggted as Gayborhoods by members of the public, wh the 300-strong panel of tste - ma up of proment LGBTQI+ advot, lawyers and members of the media om every ntent - reviewg a range of factors and whtlg down the areas to an exclive list of officially regnised Gayborhoods. Factors the panel of judg take to nsiratn clu a higher-than-average populatn of LGBTQI+ people livg the area, a lol ditn to LGBTQI+ rights and issu among rints, proud and visible support for the muny, a lower risk than the natnalBroughton Street has been named an official ‘Gayborhood’Average of homophobic crime and the vibrancy of the lol LGBTQI+ cultural programme. Those submtg a suggtn are asked to provi a wrten statement to outle their Broughton Street’s cln, a spokperson for the Gayborhood Foundatn said: “We were undated wh submissns by thoands of people around the world for our gural list of Gayborhoods.

GAY EDBURGH: DISVER THE CY’S BT LGBTQ HOTSPOTS

Broughton Street Edburgh stood loud and proud alongsi our other Gayborhoods for s credibly vibrant LGBTQI+ muny, and we’re lighted to officially regnise wh our 2021 ntgent. ”A study missned earlier this year by the Gayborhood Foundatn revealed that officially regnised gay areas have seen a range of benefs brought to the lol muny, not least an 11 per cent crease average hoe pric wh three years and as much as a 55 per cent crease wh ten years. Factors taken to nsiratn clu a higher-than-average populatn of LGBTQI+ people livg the area, a lol ditn to LGBTQI+ rights and issu among rints, proud and visible support for the muny, a lower risk than the natnal average of homophobic crime and the vibrancy of the lol LGBTQI+ cultural programme.

Regnn as an official Gayborhood alongsi such ternatnally-renowned areas, and the soon-to-be pleted velopment of the St Jam Quarter is likely to crease the appeal of this sought-after area.

GLASGOW OR EDBURGH IF YOU’RE GAY? - STLAND FOM

"Entri for the 2022 Gayborhoods will open later this year, and anyone wishg to subm a suggtn n do so by visg msage om the Edor:Thank you for readg this article. It’s a warm, welg cy, filled wh some of the most breathtakg sights Stland, om the famo Royal Mile the betiful Old Town to the by shoppg district of Prc Street where Edburgh’s gay neighbourhood, The Pk Triangle, is loted.

If you’re a fan of drag, you’ll fd plenty of opportuni to wns drag performanc, play bgo, and partake siar activi at many of the cy’s most popular gay tablishments.

Whether you’re here for a month or jt a weekend, if you’re an LGBTQ traveller visg Edburgh, read on to disver the bt ways to explore the cy’s vibrant gay scene. You’ll fd gay bars, pubs, and clubs mostly ncentrated on Broughton Street and towards the top of Leh Walk. Edburgh’s bt gay bars and clubs have relaxed atmospher, welg staff, and iendly patrons.

GAY AREA EDBURGH

Open om 1:00 pm to 1:00 am, Habana Edburgh is the perfect venue to beg your night out around Edburgh’s gay scene. CC Blooms, named after the lead of the 1988 film Beach (played by Bette Midler), is one of the biggt gay clubs Edburgh. This sy bar is one of Edburgh’s longt-nng gay bars, known for s iendly atmosphere and reasonably priced drks (and also sponsors the Hot Sts, Stland’s first-ever LGBTQ football team).

Paradise Palms isn’t exactly a gay bar, but attracts a lot of LGBTQ patrons wh s funky r, creative dg optns, and drag baret.

This is another tablishment that isn’t specifilly a gay venue but is very gay-iendly and popular wh LGBTQ lols. It has s roots march, celebratns, and monstratns of the late 1980s and 1990s, cludg the Lark the Park events that began as a prott agast Sectn 28, a seri of laws across Bra that prohibed promotns of homosexualy.

GAY NEIGHBORHOOD EDBURGH

Gay-owned, gay-iendly or gay-popular, you’ll be given the most exquise service all the tablishments.

THE BEST EDBURGH GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS EDBURGH

While ’s not specifilly a gay hotel, the lotn is nvenient for those headg to the Pk Triangle, and you’ll likely n to other LGBTQ travellers here and strike up a nversatn. Tigerlily isn’t jt a hotel popular among LGBTQ travellers – s downstairs bar and rtrant is also a known hotspot for LGBTQ lols (even though ’s not technilly a gay bar). Life for LGBT+ young people Stland is “worse now than has been for a long time”, acrdg to a report that highlights growg ncerns about homophobia public spac, bullyg schools and transphobic media five-yearly report om the mpaigng and advocy group LGBT Youth Stland found a sharp crease rponnts who believe that Stland is a good place for LGBTI young people to live, fallg om 81% 2017 to 65% 2022 and the first drop the figure for 15 was also a signifint crease those who believe that homophobia and transphobia is a “big problem” Stland sce the last survey was unrtaken 2017 – risg om 11% to 25% and 49% to 69% Life Stland report, first veloped 2007 and fund by the Sttish ernment, offers a snapshot of how young LGBT+ Sts experience a range of issu and servic, and this year showed an pecially strong reprentatn of participants who intify as transgenr.

The ag of rponnts ranged om 13 to 25 and of the total, 35% intified as gay or lbian, 31% as bisexual and 19% as queer. But polil engagement remaed extremely high: 94% of those eligible to vote said they did up to First Edn, our ee daily newsletter – every weekday morng at 7amPrentg the rults, Dr Kathleen Cronie, rearch officer for LGBT Youth Stland, said: “Rpons dite that homophobia and transphobia are on the rise and that biphobia remas a problem, for example wh upl holdg hands public attractg star and ments, feelg unsafe public areas like public transport, and the difficulty faced navigatg a plex onle environment.

Homosexualy wasn’t crimalised Stland until 1981, and gay men were often the targets of police raids. In the 1920s and 1930s, a police officer lled William Merrile nducted numero raids on public bath ho Edburgh, where the sgle-sex facili were popular meetg spots for gay men. Calton Hill by night was (and remas) another known cisg spot, and another place where William Merrile hunted for gay men to arrt Edburgh.

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He also closed down several dance halls for “male prostutn” – shuttg down the cy’s gay social scene was an ongog csa. Although ’s grim to read about William Merrile and his men raidg clubs and persecutg gay men (and trans and genr non-nformg people they perceived as men), also shows that an LGBTQ+ social scene existed the cy.

Although would be difficult or impossible to live openly a gay or lbian relatnship, there were always people who found a way. Every attractive Gay Area Edburgh largely remas an unknown LGBT hotspot and this is maly due to s slow price of growth service that ter to them parison to other ci exactly where there have been explosns of the gay muni are ubiquo the key populo ci of the world wh several gay areas velopg the exact same cy to ter to the optn life style mands of the LGBT muny. An attractive Gay Area Edburgh is not hoehold-oriented wh solutns beg set up for adult upl and sgl lookg to grow to be upl which is a thg that many visors of the cy but particularly the regns lote agreeable.