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Contents:

• THE BT GAY BARS LONDON
• THE 10 BEST LONDON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS LONDON
• A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
• LONDON'S LANDMARK BUILDG DOTTED WH STRIP CLUBS, GAY VENU TO TURN TO MOSQUE
• WISNS MIDDLE SCHOOL FEATUR 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' LIBRARY, STIRRG ONLE OUTRAGE
• GAY BARS AND CLUBS SOHO
• KEV SPACEY DEFENDS COMG OUT AS GAY AFTER BEG ACCED OF SEXUAL MISNDUCT: ‘I WAS UNR A LOT OF PRSURE’
• THE 10 BEST LONDON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS LONDON
• LONDON GAY MAP
• PARIS GAY CISE CLUBS
• THE WORLD'S BT GAY TRAVEL GUI

THE BT GAY BARS LONDON

24 plac sorted by traveler favorBars & Clubs • Gay BarsTrafalgar Square / EmbankmentGay Bars • Dance Clubs & DissTrafalgar Square / EmbankmentBars & Clubs • Gay BarsLeicter Square / Shaftbury AvenueWhat travelers are saygBier than expected but service was fast and iendly.

Loted the heart of London, Comptons is a mt-vis gay pub that guarante an credible experience.

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Brilliant staff (pecially Jack, the fabulo bar manager and cktail maker), fabulo cktails and a relaxed atmosphere for all whether gay, straight or somethg else. A beguilg, alternative London gay bar. Though the number of LGBT+ venu London has seen a cle the last or so, the cy's gay scene isn't ailg yet – fact, a handful of excellent new venu have opened recent years around the cy.

The hight ncentratn of LGBT+ spac n still be found around Old Compton Street Soho, a former red light district that's been heavily gentrified recent years, but remas London's gay heartland. This Soho stalwart tends to attract a slightly olr crowd of gay guys and has a reputatn for beg cisy. It’s closed on Mondays and Tudays, but hosts a r Sunday pub quiz and gets pretty packed on Friday and Saturday nights when the small dancefloor fills up wh a largely, though not exclively, gay male crowd.

Loted Clapham, a 15-20 mute tube ri om the cy centre, this tradnal gay pub-club is a perennial favoure wh LGBT+ Londoners who love an unpretent party. Keepg the gay flame burng out wt is this tradnal gay pub Ealg, a leafy suburb that’s about 25 mut by tube om central London. The spac beer garn — slathered the Pri rabow — mak this place somethg special, and the outdoor loft space is available to hire for anyone wantg to throw themselv a gay old birthday.

A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.

As early on as the 1940s, gay men were drawn to the venue — which is now a daily rt of baret, quizz clubbg — and the annual panto. The bsman and his wife, Melissa, first plaed to the Front Porch proprietors about pre-dawn vendor liveri 2019, not long after the nservative Christian uple moved their fancial firm right next door to the rtrant, which fli a gay Pri flag.

(Front Porch Market and Grill)What’s more, the Washers say, the ad rat was jt one more sult that the uple, who once planted an “all liv matter” sign their ont yard, have endured sce movg next door to a rtrant owned by a gay uple.

They married 2020, five years after they opened the Front Porch, which quickly beme a statn The Front Porch has been flyg a Pri flag on s pat sce 2016, not long after a gunman killed 49 people a gay bar Orlando. Waybourn was print of the Dallas Gay Alliance when sued Parkland Memorial Hospal for failg to provi readily available medic to AIDS patients. In 1991, he lnched the Gay and Lbian Victory Fund (now the LGBTQ+ Victory Fund) to elect openly gay policians to office.

LONDON'S LANDMARK BUILDG DOTTED WH STRIP CLUBS, GAY VENU TO TURN TO MOSQUE

He served as managg director of the Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn, or GLAAD, which he helped turn to a natnal group.

He owned gay newspapers Hoton, Atlanta, New York and Washgton. “I had so many threats agast me that even the Dallas police statned squad rs outsi our home, ” Waybourn an activist, Waybourn says, his goals were clear: same-sex marriage, gays and lbians the ary, accs to lifavg medic.

To the activist, feels like a step backward after a lifetime of fightg for gay pack the seats at the Board of Zong Appeals hearg hosted at Grace Epispal Church. “I have que a few gay iends, clients and a fay member, and I have patronized a gay-owned rtrant for years, ” he whether the Washers are tryg to remake The Plas to their image of Ameri — Whe, nservative, Christian — Melissa said, “I n see where you’re g om. Adam* said was dangero to e out as gay his home untry and feared beg forced to an arranged marriage wh a said he was "so lucky" to wed his soulmate, Ray, Manchter and wish everyone uld marry who they love.

WISNS MIDDLE SCHOOL FEATUR 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' LIBRARY, STIRRG ONLE OUTRAGE

There are more than 60 untri wh laws that crimalise same-sex sexual acts acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn, cludg Sdi Arabia.

'Authentilly myself'Ray said he had also stggled growg up gay the 1970s and 80s England, which was "tough" said his relig school "dmmed to you, 'you are gog to hell'" Adam returned home to Sdi Arabia, spe beg more than 3, 000 apart and later rtricted by the Covid-19 panmic, they kept touch daily and the romance years ago, Ray proposed on a vio ll and after succsfully applyg for a UK fiancé visa, Adam moved to Manchter December 2022. Adam said he had been aaid to even wear lours his home untry so the first thg he did when he moved was start to "grow my mullet, got my ears pierced and booked appotments for tattoos" relled how, ntrast, one of his gay iends Sdi had been forced to marry a woman, addg: "It has ed not only his life but the life of his wife.

The uple, who live London, said a "really betiful memory" was on the way home when one of their sons shouted out of the black b wdow to Trafalgar Square, "My dads jt got married" and cheered "Yay, gay marriage". The area is also known for s ncentratn of bars, nightclubs, gay venu and strip jots – all of which are nsired sful Islam.

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Kev Spacey has addrsed his ntroversial 2017 statement which he me out as gay rponse to Anthony Rapp’s accatn of sexual misnduct.

He said some members of his team disagreed wh the urse of actn but they took a vote and ultimately released a statement which Spacey revealed he was gay. “The gay muny had been prsurg me for a very long time about g out, ” he said. The Glory pris self beg one of east London’s bt gay bars, drag hotho, LGBTQ+ performance venu, nightclubs, and curators of London shows, ftivals, ntts and battl.

KEV SPACEY DEFENDS COMG OUT AS GAY AFTER BEG ACCED OF SEXUAL MISNDUCT: ‘I WAS UNR A LOT OF PRSURE’

Comptons of Soho Photo:, Shutterstock Comprisg of two bars and a quieter lounge area, Soho’s Comptons pub has been a staple the cy’s gay scene sce 1986. Halfway To Heaven, Trafalgar Square Loted between Charg Cross Statn and Trafalgar Square, Halfway To Heaven is a tradnal gay pub and baret show bar wh a laid-back ground floor and club-like basement area.

Kgs Arms, Soho Loted on Soho’s Poland Street and open sce the 1700’s, the iendly Kgs Arms was one of the first spots Soho to serve the gay muny, billg self as a ‘gentlemen’s bar’ the 1970’s. Officially a gay bar sce 1981, ’s now a firm favoure wh the LGBTQ+ muny – ‘bears’ particular – om London and around the world.

From tablished legends of the gay scene to on that play baret and everythg between, there’s somethg for everyone here. Bars & Clubs • Gay BarsTrafalgar Square / EmbankmentGay Bars • Dance Clubs & DissTrafalgar Square / EmbankmentBars & Clubs • Gay BarsLeicter Square / Shaftbury AvenueLearn more about this ntentTours, activi and experienc bookable on Tripadvisor, ranked g exclive Tripadvisor data cludg reviews, ratgs, photos, populary, er preferenc, price, and bookgs ma through travellers are saygBier than expected but service was fast and iendly. I e a wheelchair and am wary of gay venu, which equently don’t have accsibily adaptatns are are often heavg so once I’m was quiet.

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London Gay MapOur teractive London gay map. Le MaraisFull MetalToday: Leather In Actn - Every WedndayTomorrow: Bear's Gam - bears & wolv - Every ThursdayPerhaps the most famo gay cise & fetish bar Paris.

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Neart statn: Rambute, Hôtel VilleFeatur:Adults-onlyBarCise / FetishDark RoomMicWeekday: 19:00 - 04:00Weekend: 19:00 - 06:00; 17:00 - 04:00Last updated on: 23 Aug 2023Last updated on: 23-Aug-2023Le DépôtToday: XXL - night for the "larger" guys - Every WedndayTomorrow: Kky Room - Every ThursdayWell-known gay cise club Le Dépôt wh large cisg area, dark room and cubicl the basement. Neart statn: Étienne MarcelFeatur:Adults-onlyBarCise / FetishDancgDark RoomMazeMicWeekday: 14:00 - 08:00Weekend: 14:00 - 08:00Last updated on: 8 Aug 2023Last updated on: 8-Aug-2023SectrXGay cise club Le Marais, the gay centre of Paris.

Discreet entrance close to the ma gay area.

Neart statn: RambuteFeatur:Adults-onlyBarCise / FetishDark RoomMicWeekday: 15:00 - 04:00Weekend: 15:00 - 06:00Last updated on: 8 Aug 2023Last updated on: 8-Aug-2023L'ImpactTomorrow: Tie Party - Every ThursdayStrictly naked gay cise club and bar on two levels wh regular parti. Neart statn: Étienne Marcel, Rémur - SébastopolFeatur:Adults-onlyBarCise / FetishDark RoomMazeMicWeekday: 19:00 - 02:00Weekend: 22:00 - 06:00; 15:00 - 02:00Last updated on: 8 Aug 2023Last updated on: 8-Aug-2023KrashGay fetish-oriented cise club Le Marais district.

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Relatively small, but rnchy gay cise club wh regular parti and events. Metro - Sat-Sébastien – FroissartFeatur:Adults-onlyBarCise / FetishDark RoomMicWeekday: Thu 17:00 - 02:00Weekend: Fri-Sat 21:00 - 06:00, Sun 17:00 - 23:00Last updated on: 8 Aug 2023Last updated on: 8-Aug-2023E20 Entre Dx ExToday: Lights Off - Every WedndaySmall, 100% gay nudist cise club that ed to be a bar, loted right on the north of Le Marais gay district.

Neart statn: OberkampfFeatur:Adults-onlyBarCise / FetishMicWeekday: 17:00 - 01:00Weekend: 17:00 - 05:00; 15:00 - 01:00Last updated on: 8 Aug 2023Last updated on: 8-Aug-2023Latt Paris Hotel OffersFabulo als, amazg hotelsParis · gay cise clubs other areasBUNKER Paris- CLOSEDToday: Anythg Go - no drs - Every WedndayThis venue has been reported as CLOSED- October 2021. Popular gay cise club the east of Paris, for fetish fans of leather, unrwear, nim, etc.

Neart statn: Gonurt, Belleville, ParmentierFeatur:Adults-onlyBarCise / FetishDark RoomMazeRelaxg CabsWeekday: 16:00 - 02:00Weekend: 16:00 - 02:00 / 23:00Last updated on: 8 Aug 2023Last updated on: 8-Aug-2023Le TransfertGay cise club that's been around for over 30 years. Metro - Tuileri, PyramisFeatur:Adults-onlyBarCise / FetishDark RoomMicRelaxg CabsWeekday: 23:30 - 07:00Weekend: 23:30 - 07:00Last updated on: 18 Aug 2023Last updated on: 18-Aug-2023Le NEXTGay cise club on two floors that is open non-stop on the weekend.

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Neart statn: Louvre - Rivoli, L HallFeatur:Adults-onlyBarCise / FetishDark RoomMazeMicRelaxg CabsWeekday: 12:00 - 03:00Weekend: 24 hoursLast updated on: 8 Aug 2023Last updated on: 8-Aug-2023Le KellerHardre gay cise & fetish club.

Neart statn: Bastille, Voltaire, Led-RollFeatur:Adults-onlyBarCise / FetishDark RoomLast updated on: 22 Aug 2023Last updated on: 22-Aug-2023Mec ZoneTomorrow: Sneaker Party - Every ThursdayGay cise bar wh play zone and XX room the back.

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