Merchant Gallery – Glasgows Favoure Gay Bar

Contents:

• BT GAY BARS IN GLASGOW
• THE WATERLOO, THE VTNERS AND THE OTHER GO-TO GLASGOW GAY SPOTS OF YTERYEARWE LOOK BACK AT SOME OF THE PLAC THAT BEME WELL KNOWN HNTS FOR THE CY'S GAY MUNY THE 70S AND 80S - WH SPECIAL MENTN TOO TO THE LEGEND WHO WAS BETTY HUTTONGLASGOWLIVEBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSNEWSBYCRAIG WILLIAMS14:15, 1 JAN 2019UPDATED19:38, 29 MAY 2020BOOKMARKTHE WATERLOO BAR IS GLASGOW'S OLST GAY PUB (IMAGE: FACEBOOK)GET THE LATT NOSTALGIA FEATUR AND PHOTO STORI OM GLASGOW STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOXMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 GET THE LATT NOSTALGIA FEATUR AND PHOTO STORI OM GLASGOW STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOXINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
• THE BEST GLASGOW GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS GLASGOW
• GLASGOW GAY DISTRICT: MERCHANT CY
• THE 14 BT GAY BARS GLASGOW
• TOP GAY CLUBS & BARS MERCHANT CY (GLASGOW)GAY CLUBS & BARS MERCHANT CY
• MERCHANT PRIGLASGOWMENUHOTELSBARSDANCE CLUBSSNASGAY SHOPSCY GUIGAY MAPGAY WEDDGSMERCHANT PRI
• GAY GLASGOW
• GLASGOW GAY DISTRICT: MERCHANT CY

BT GAY BARS IN GLASGOW

Jt make sure to check out our gui to Glasgow's gay bars, as they really have got the cy's LGBTQ+ nightlife ssed.

If you're lookg for the bt gay bars Glasgow's Merchant Cy, Speakeasy really is a top spot. Katie's Bar offers an utterly mixed bag to the cy's gay nightlife.

AXM is a gay club that's garnered a solid reputatn and a loyal crowd of regulars.

THE WATERLOO, THE VTNERS AND THE OTHER GO-TO GLASGOW GAY SPOTS OF YTERYEARWE LOOK BACK AT SOME OF THE PLAC THAT BEME WELL KNOWN HNTS FOR THE CY'S GAY MUNY THE 70S AND 80S - WH SPECIAL MENTN TOO TO THE LEGEND WHO WAS BETTY HUTTONGLASGOWLIVEBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSNEWSBYCRAIG WILLIAMS14:15, 1 JAN 2019UPDATED19:38, 29 MAY 2020BOOKMARKTHE WATERLOO BAR IS GLASGOW'S OLST GAY PUB (IMAGE: FACEBOOK)GET THE LATT NOSTALGIA FEATUR AND PHOTO STORI OM GLASGOW STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOXMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 GET THE LATT NOSTALGIA FEATUR AND PHOTO STORI OM GLASGOW STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOXINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!

Dr Meek plotted a number of maps published on his webse Queer Stland by terviewg gay men as part of his PHD. He pored though archiv, legal rerds and gay magaz datg back to the 1980s, which listed bars, clubs, rtrants and cemas where people uld vis. Same-sex sexual activy wasn't legalised Stland until 1981 but there were many bars, rtrants and hot-spots across the cy for gay men and women to meet.

Gay and bisexual men were forced to refully partmentalise their liv to keep their sexualy unr wraps and avoid beg exposed – as the nsequenc on their workg liv, fai and reputatns would be grave.

Dr Meek's terviewe also told how officers would also e to pubs at closg time on Friday and Saturday night for a drk to timidate patrons and staff, g homophobic language.

THE BEST GLASGOW GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS GLASGOW

” There were gay or gay-iendly bars such as Vtners on Cly Street, At's and The Strand on Hope Street, while the bars at the Cizen's Theatre and the Central Hotel beme safe spac for the muny to socialise the 1950s and 1960s – even if they were not advertised as such. By the 1980s, there were more openly gay and mixed bars on the scene such as Delmoni's, Guys Bar, the Waterloo Bar and Bent's (now AXM) which attracted a typilly younger, more affluent crowd.

The historian argu ltle has been done to regnise the cy's rich LGBTQ herage: One example was the Glasgow Gay Centre at 534 Schiehall Street, where the Charg X Hostel now stands. Unsurprisgly, there was some hostily om nservative uncillors, lols and neighbourg anisatns at the time, cludg a bld veterans group next door to 'The Club', set up by the Homosexual Rights Group for social functns at 4 Queen's Crcent the wt end.

GLASGOW GAY DISTRICT: MERCHANT CY

“The volunteers reportedly received plats that patrons would be ‘terfered’ by homosexuals. (Image: Gay Stland (via Queer Stland)).

Thanks to plac such as Delmoni’s, Katie’s Bar, AXM and nights such as Hot Ms and Shoot Your Shot, Glasgow pre-lockdown had a thrivg gay pub and club scene. From a time when Glasgow uld be nsired a hostile place for the gay muny - and not jt bee the participatn homosexual acts was emed a crimal offence.

This meant that bars the 1960s were fairly discreet, until a gay scene appeared almost overnight the cy the early 1970s. Before then Glasgow’s gay scene was effectively centred around hoe parti - the most famo of which took place regularly at Novar Drive the Hyndland area.

THE 14 BT GAY BARS GLASGOW

In the early 1970s, The De of Wellgton Argyle Street was one of the first pubs that was taken over by Glasgow’s LGBT+ muny, wh the Waterloo Bar next door also havg a reputatn of beg both gay (and prostute) iendly.

TOP GAY CLUBS & BARS MERCHANT CY (GLASGOW)GAY CLUBS & BARS MERCHANT CY

The Waterloo on Argyle Street, Glasgow's olst gay pub.

"Betty was a larger than life character on the gay scene Glasgow when I first took my tentative steps onto the scene the early 1990's.

Meanwhile, 1980, the Sttish Homosexual Rights Group bought a premis at Queen’s Crcent to form a licenced Gay Club. Wh a fé and functn sue, was succsful for some time, but uld not pete wh other new gay venu which had recently e on the scene Glasgow.

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The Court Bar on Hutchon Street (which shut 2015) would "turn gay" at 8pm om the mid 1980s onwards, wherpon is said that not only the staff changed, but an alternative and higher price list was fetched om unr the unter and affixed to the wall.

GAY GLASGOW

And the 1970s and early 80s also saw the appearance of gay iendly diss the cy, such as the Great Wtern Hotel along Gt Wtern Road and Fire Island at Crs on Partick Bridge St. Glasgow is gay all over, but there are also specific gay neighborhoods wh a high ncentratn of fantastic gay bars and clubs the prettit part of the cy.

The majory of gay venu are...

The majory of gay venu are around Virgia Street, the pretty Merchant Cy district.

GLASGOW GAY DISTRICT: MERCHANT CY

The Merchant Cy district is the heart of Glasgow's gay actn, wh the Pk Triangle boastg some of the most fun gay hangouts the cy. Across our ci you’ll fd a range of gay bars and rtrants, offerg a fun and lively scene for your break away.

UNDERGROUND This gay bar Glasgow’s Merchant Cy is a rehg addn to the LGBTQ+ night life. Vis Unrground DELMONICA’S Offerg a welg LGBTQ+ place sce 1991, this boozy gay bar serv up a range of fun and uy cktails and hand-fished pizzas.

Vis Delmoni’s THE WATERLOO Triple award-wng and the olst gay bar Glasgow, the Waterloo don’t disappot! Vis The Waterloo AXM Glasgow Brand ‘Stland’s biggt and bt LGBTQ+ nightclub’, this gay bar and club has gaed a signifint reputatn for beg a iendly, fun and attu-ee place to be Glasgow.