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Contents:

• THE BEST BRISTOL GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS BRISTOL
• THE BEST BRISTOL GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS BRISTOL
• BRISTOL GAY MEN'S SOCIAL
• THE RADNOR HOTEL: BRISTOL’S GAY SAFE HAVEN OF THE 20TH CENTURY
• THE BEST BATH GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS BATH
• GAYT PLAC IN PENNSYLVANIA FOR 2020
• THE 10 BEST LONDON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS LONDON

THE BEST BRISTOL GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS BRISTOL

What we’re aboutWe are a group maly for cis-genred gay and bisexual men lookg to make iends and expand our social liv and terts the Bristol area. At a time when homosexualy was still outlawed, a dimly l, smoky pub on St Nicholas Street was a haven for LGBTQ+ people Bristol and the surroundg areas. But, after dark, the Radnor Hotel was equented by gay people and those performg at the Bristol Old Vic and Hippodrome.

Durg World War Two, the pub was often vised by gay men the RAF and soldiers om the USA statned Clifton.

It is possible that the soldiers first troduced the Amerin term “gay” to the parlance of the Radnor Hotel, replacg the more mon “queer” which was e the 1940s. By the time homosexualy was partly crimalised 1967, the pub was already known as a safe space for gay people Bristol and beyond.

THE BEST BRISTOL GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS BRISTOL

“I n remember thkg how odd that was as the eveng vibe was always so laid back, never stck me until then that anyone uld have anythg agast the gay muny.

“It was jt such a strange suatn wh this nuclear 1960s fay om Frenchay/Downend, my dad was formerly an acuntant wh the TGWU and my mum a hoewife, takg over the more downbeat of the two gay pubs St Nicholas Street, ” says Jon.

BRISTOL GAY MEN'S SOCIAL

Image source, Andy Trigg/BBCImage ptn, The mural took the graffi artist eight hours to pleteA mural of Jt Fashanu, the first profsnal football player to e out as gay, has been pated on the si of a pub Norwich. Fashanu grew up Norfolk and signed for Norwich the late source, Getty ImagImage ptn, Former Norwich Cy striker Jt Fashanu me out as gay 1990 while still playg profsnal football"He means a lot to a lot of people, pecially Norfolk, " said Christian Hodgkson, landlord of the Fat Cat and Canary on Thorpe Road, close to the cy centre stadium.

THE RADNOR HOTEL: BRISTOL’S GAY SAFE HAVEN OF THE 20TH CENTURY

"Beg the first player to e out as gay, and obvly beg black as well, he faced a lot of adversy.

One of the cy's bt gay clubs, OMG offers some top-tier drag acts, alongsi a slew of creative nctns.

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Amongst the mt-attends: eccentric electronics and pornstar martis at Unntrollable Urge (Wedndays); cult-stat toilet rave at Happy Endgs (send Thursdays); and the big gay mobile strip club replete wh gogo boys on the bar at drag night A Man To Pet’s Basic Boys!

BBZWhere: Var venu, LondonBBZ is very much at the new wave of gay clubbg. Chapter 10Where: Var venu, LondonTake someone to their very first Chapter 10 and watch their ey win wh disbelief that a large “gay rave” playg somethg other than tech-hoe exists.

A slice of paradise for gay men the pal; the always unannounced programmg is as paramount as the eedom to exprs exuberant homosexualy.

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Eat Sleep Drag RepeatWhere: Var venu, BristolThe home of RuPl's Drag Race artists Bristol, ESDR was set up by the team behd the all-nquerg “unrground homo dis” Horseplay, and boundary-phg non-bary arts ftival Submerge. HomoelectricWhere: Var venu, ManchterEven before Queer As Folk was airg on Brish telly, Manchter stutn Homoelectric was throwg parti at the now funct Folli way back 1998.

THE 10 BEST LONDON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS LONDON

This is home to the Bear – gay men of genero proportns – although of urse their many admirers are equally wele. OMG are the UK’s bit and biggt gay venu, wh state-of-the-art sound & lightg systems, buzzg atmosphere and great pricg.