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• THE BEST KENT GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS KENT
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• SECRET DRKER REVIEWS MEDWAY'S OLST GAY PUB, THE SHIP INN, ROCHTER HIGH STREET READ ALL MENTS | SECRET DRKER PUBLISHED: 06:00, 16 JULY 2021  | UPDATED: 07:31, 16 JULY 2021   | | | --> IT WAS THE BIGGT DAY FOR THE ENGLISH NATNAL TEAM FOR MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY BUT ONE PUB CLARED SELF A FOOTIE-EE ZONE, GAVE THE CHEF A DAY OFF AND IGNORED ALL THE HYSTERIA.POPPG TO THE SHIP INN AT THE CHATHAM END OF ROCHTER HIGH STREET FOR A LUNCHTIME LOOSENER BEFORE THE BIG MATCH I WALKED PAST A LOL ENJOYG A SMOKE ON THE DOORSTEP BEFORE REALISG WAS THE BARMAN.RIGHT ON THE BORR WH CHATHAM, I ALMOST MISSED THE SHIP INN ON ROCHTER HIGH STREET, BUT I’M GOOD PANY ACRDG TO THE BARMAN 'AS MOST PEOPLE MISS THIS ONE'BEN THE BARTENR FOLLOWED ME , SWCHED ON THE LIGHTS AND EXPLAED HIS BOSS HAT FOOTBALL SO TOOK THE CISN TO OPEN A LTLE LATER AT 1PM AS HE DIDN’T EXPECT MANY CTOMERS.I ORRED THE CLOST THG TO BTER ON TAP, A PT OF SHIPYARD PALE ALE WHILE BEN EXPLAED HIS BOSS HAS THREE OTHER PUBS AND ALWAYS PATS THEM THE SAME SHAS OF PURPLE.HOWEVER, APPARENTLY THE TOP MAN ISN'T LOVG THE LOUR HERE AND IS PLANNG TO CHANGE TO BLUE – I AGREED ANYTHG WOULD BE A HUGE IMPROVEMENT.A REAL ‘PURPLE PATCH’ – I MT HAVE HAD MY MD ON THE FOOTIE BEE TOOK ME SOME TIME TO NOTICE JT HOW MANY DIFFERENT SHAS OF LILAC, MVE AND VLET HAVE BEEN ED AROUND THE PUBAT THIS POT MY HOST, WHO’S WORKED AT THE PUB FOR FIVE YEARS, SHIFTED THE NVERSATN DRAMATILLY WHEN HE SPOTTED SOMEONE APPROACHG THE SYNAGOGUE ACROSS THE ROAD. HE EXPLAED CLOSED DOWN SOME TIME AGO AND NOW ONLY OPENS FOR SPECIAL OCSNS SO HE LIK TO BE NEIGHBOURLY AND KEEP AN EYE ON THE GS AND GOGS AROUND THE PLACE.IT’S A PY, HE SAYS, BUT THE MUNY ISN’T BIG ENOUGH TO JTIFY KEEPG THE SYNAGOGUE OPEN BUT THEY WON’T LET GO BEE OF THE CEMETERY AT THE BACK.THE LOUR SCHEME NTU THE DANCE BAR ON THE LEFT HAD SI OF THE PUB BUT IS BROKEN UP BY THE BRICK-LOOK WALLPAPER.HIS OBSERVATNS ON THE LOL JEWISH MUNY WERE TERPTED BY DIMUTIVE MOLLY WHO ENTERED THE BAR THROUGH A DOOR AT THE BACK WEARG A MASSIVE ENGLAND SHIRT AT LEAST SEVEN SIZ TOO BIG FOR HER THAT LOOKED MORE LIKE A DRS.ALTHOUGH MOLLY, AND BEN, AND THE BOSS, ALL LIVE ABOVE THE PUB SHE GENERALLY WORKS AT ANOTHER OF HIS PUBS, WHICH WAS PLANNG TO SHOW THE FOOTIE.SHE PROCEED TO ASK BEN’S OPN WHETHER HER SHIRT SHOULD BE WORN OFF THE SHOULR OR NOT, BUT WHEN HE CLAIMED IGNORANCE AND SUGGTED SHE ASK ONE OF HER MANY GAY IENDS SHE TURNED AND ASKED MY OPN?COCKTAILS ON TAP – THERE IS CURRENTLY A SELECTN OF THREE ON OFFER BUT BEN ASSURED ME A NEW FOURTH CKTAIL WILL BE ADD TO THE LIST VERY SHORTLYSLABBED WALL-TO-WALL, THE OUTSI AREA AT THE BACK OF THE PUB IS QUE EXTENSIVEWHETHER I WAS PRE-OCCUPIED WH NCERNS THE AZZURRI WOULD BEAT ON PENALTI OR WAS SIMPLY SLEEPWALKG AND FAILED TO NOTICE THE MASSIVE RABOW FLAG ON THE CEILG WHERE EVERYONE ELSE WAS FLYG ST GEE'S, SUDNLY DAWNED ON ME, THIS IS A GAY BAR. AS I WAS THE ONLY CTOMER , I TOOK THE OPPORTUNY TO EXPLORE THE PLACE MORE TAIL AND DISVERED A 100% PAVED OUTDOOR AREA, MORE RABOW FLAGS, A PURPLE POOL TABLE AND CKTAILS ON TAP.RETURNG TO THE MA BAR, BEN CID NOW I’D GOT THE MEASURE OF THE PLACE WAS TIME TO TE ME FURTHER.PHOTOS ON THE BAR WALL CLEARLY SHOW THE SHIP INN HAS A NSIRABLE HISTORY. BUT, ADDG THE TAIL AND LOUR OF THE PUB’S FASCATG PAST FALLS TO BEN BEHD THE BARAPPARENTLY HIS MATE RECENTLY PILED A HISTORY OF ROCHTER HIGH STREET AND PROUDLY RMED ME THE PUB IS OVER 500 YEARS OLD AND MEDWAY’S OLST GAY BAR – NOT ONLY THIS, BUT HE NFINTLY CLARED THAT THE PURPLE DANCE BAR ON THE LEFT, PLETE WH S BRICK-LOOK WALLPAPER, WAS THE SE OF THE FIRST ARRT AND NVICTN FOR BUGGERY WAY BACK THE DAYS OF HENRY VIII.NEVER AAID OF A SWIFT NVERSATN CHANGE, BEN NEXT EXPLAED THAT WHILST THE WHOLE PLACE HAD RECENTLY BEEN RERATED THE GENTS MISSED OUT AS THE BUILRS RAN OUT OF TIME.HE WAS ADAMANT NO EXPENSE HAD BEEN SPARED ON THE LADI AND, AS THEY ARE MUCH BETTER AND NO-ONE WAS AROUND, HE SISTED I TAKE A LOOK. HOWEVER, AS AN EX-PLUMBER, HE ALSO FELT NECSARY TO TELL ME LADI ARE MUCH LS REFUL WH THEIR TOILETS AND AT ONE POT THEY WERE GETTG THROUGH THREE SEATS A WEEK. I JT AGREED THEY LOOKED MUCH SMARTER.THE GENTS, WH S LENGTHY STALS STEEL URAL, MIGHT APPEAR A B TATTY NEXT TO THE RT OF THE PUB BUT I THOUGHT WAS OKAY. HOWEVER, PLUMBER/BARMAN BEN WAS TERMED I SHOULD TAKE A LOOK SI THE LADI AND I HAVE TO AGREE IS MUCH BETTER FISHED.TANTALISGLY THERE WAS A BLACKBOARD DISPLAYG SEVERAL MEALS – AND ROASTS ARE UALLY AVAILABLE ON A SUNDAY – BUT TO BE FAIR I HAD ALREADY BEEN RMED FOOD WASN'T BEG SERVED BEE OF THE BIG MATCH. I FOUND MY VIS FASCATG BUT I’M THE FIRST TO ACCEPT THIS WAS NO ORDARY DAY AT THE SHIP, WHICH APART OM A ‘NORMAL’ SUNDAY WHEN CLOS AT MIDNIGHT, HAS A 2AM LICENCE EVERY DAY.THURSDAY IS, I’M RELIABLY RMED, PARTICULARLY POPULAR AS ’S KARAOKE NIGHT. IT WAS AN TERTG EXPERIENCE TO BE THE ONLY CTOMER AND HAVE THE FULL ATTENTN OF A CHATTY BARMAN BUT I MIGHT NEED TO REVIS TO SAMPLE THE REAL SHIP INN. NB, I HAVEN’T HAD A CHANCE TO VERIFY BEN’S HISTORIL REFERENC... THE OWNER SISTED HIS POOL TABLE WAS REVERED PURPLE BAIZE AND WENT TO A FAIR B OF TROUBLE AND EXPENSE TO GET DONE. HOWEVER, HE’S NOT AS NCERNED ABOUT THE CLASH WH THE FIREPLACE SURROUNDSHIP INN, 347 HIGH STREET, ROCHTER ME1 1DA DER: INCREDIBLY PURPLE, THE PLACE HAS BEEN FULLY RATED, WH THE EXCEPTN OF THE GENTS, BUT THE HEAVY, DARK BEAMS DON’T DO THE SHAS OF VLET AND LILAC ANY JTICE. ** DRK: THE SHIPYARD WAS OKAY BUT I SWCHED ACROSS TO THE KRONENBOURG, WHICH WAS ALSO FE, THOUGH PERHAPS JT A LTLE ON THE FLAT SI. ** THERE IS A TV SCREEN THE DANCE BAR BUT, GIVEN THE PUB LIGHTS WEREN’T EVEN SWCHED ON WHEN I WALKED , I WASN’T SURPRISED TO SEE WAS NOT ONPRICE: EVERYTHG ON TAP SEEMED TO BE £4 A PT. THE FOSTERS WAS SLIGHTLY CHEAPER BUT MOLLY AND BEN ULDN’T CI BETWEEN THEM WHETHER ’S £3.80 OR £3.90. *** FOOD: SUNDAY ROAST WOULD UALLY BE AVAILABLE BUT THE BOSS WAS SO SURE NO-ONE WOULD BE EATG OUT BEE OF THE FOOTIE HE HAD GIVEN THE CHEF A DAY OFF. STAFF: BEN, ABLY SUPPORTED BY HIS IC SISHOW MOLLY, PROVID GREAT ENTERTAMENT AND WAS, BY SOME DISTANCE, THE BT THG ABOUT THIS HIGH STREET PUB. ****THE FOOD ON THE BLACKBOARD LOOKED REASONABLY PRICED, BUT WH THE CHEF NOWHERE TO BE FOUND I DIDN’T GET THE CHANCE TO SAMPLE SO MUCH AS A FISH FGER SANDWICHVIEWG THE BACK OF THE PUB OM THE OUTSI THE AGE, AND THE SIZE, OF THE BUILDG IS VERY CLEARREAD ALL SECRET DRKER'S REVIEWS HERECLICK HERE TO FOLLOW SECRET DRKER ON TWTERFISH AND CHIPS ROW SE UPLE ARRTED --> CHATHAM EAT SHOP DRK FOOD AND DRK KENT SECRET DRKER WHAT'S ON NEWS SECRET DRKER _PLUGMANAGER.SETTARGETVALUE("ARTICLEID", "250690"); VAR MENTS = NEW COMMENTS.COMMENTBOX({ TLE: "", SENAME: "KENTONLE", GROUPNAME: "KM GROUP", PAGEID: 575605, PAGESIZE: 20, PAGEPATH: "/SECRET-DRKER/SECRET-DRKER-ENDS-UP-THE-ONLY-PUNTER--THE-OLST-GAY-BAR--TOWN-250690/", LLAPSIBLE: TE, SHOWHEARCOUNT: FALSE, SHOWTOGGLECOUNT: TE, THEME: "CB-FLT-THEME", INS: { REPLY: NULL, REPORT: NULL } }); FOLLOW MOST POPULAR
• HUFFLERS ARMS HYTHE STREET, DARTFORD REOPENS AFTER LGBT+ RELNCH READ ALL MENTS | SEAN DELANEY PUBLISHED: 10:14, 13 JANUARY 2022  | UPDATED: 10:15, 13 JANUARY 2022   | | | --> A TOWN'S NEWT GAY-IENDLY VENUE HAS REOPENED S DOORS AFTER RELNCHG AS AN LGBT+ PRI BAR.THE HUFFLERS ARMS HYTHE STREET, DARTFORD WELED BACK PUNTERS LAST WEEK AFTER SHUTTG TEMPORARILY DURG THE NEW YEAR PERD.THE HUFFLERS ARMS HYTHE STREET, DARTFORD HAS REOPENED AS AN LGBT+ IENDLY SAFE SPACE. PHOTO: HUFFLERS ARMSTHE PUB HAS UNRGONE A MAKEOVER SI AND OUT TO PROVI AN LGBT+ IENDLY SPACE.OTHER CHANG CLU A NEW CKTAIL MENU AND A HOST OF EXTRA EVENTS CLUDG DRAG NIGHTS AND "CAMP KAREOKE".THE RELNCH IS BEG LED BY A NEW MANAGEMENT TEAM, THE WOOLWICH PUB PANY, WHICH HAS TAKEN OVER BEHD THE SCEN DURG THE PANMIC. IT HAS RECENTLY RURRECTED AS A MUNY PUB AND HOSTS A STRG OF WEEKLY EVENTS, CLUDG PERFORMANC OM LIVE BANDS AND DJS.SOME STAFF ARE MEMBERS OF THE LGBT+ MUNY, WHILST OTHERS ARE ALLI AND HAVE THROWN THEIR SUPPORT BEHD THE CHANG.THE PUB IS UNR NEW MANAGEMENT AFTER BEG TAKEN OVER BY A LONDON-BASED PANY DURG THE PANMIC. PHOTO: HUFFLERS ARMSSPEAKG AHEAD OF THE RELNCH, GENERAL MANAGER CHRIS LEER, SAID: "WE WANT TO KEEP AS THE MUNY PUB THAT IS AND STILL OFFER EVERYTHG THAT WE OFFER NOW BUT JT HAVE THAT AS THE SAFE HUB WHERE THE LGBT+ MUNY WILL FEEL SAFE."THE 34-YEAR-OLD ADD: "WE ARE REALLY HAPPY, ALL THE STAFF ARE ON BOARD AND ALL THE LOLS ARE ON BOARD AS WELL."LAST FRIDAY THE PUB HELD S RELNCH PARTY AND SHARED PICTUR OF THE BASH ONLE. THE PUB SS OPPOSE THE UNCIL'S NEW LANGLEY SQUARE VELOPMENT, WHERE HUNDREDS OF NEW RINTS HAVE MOVED NEAR THE TRA STATN.IN ADDN TO THE VENUE'S UAL BILLG THERE'S A HOST OF DRAG QUEEN SHOWS, EDY OPEN MIC NIGHTS AND OTHER EVENTS THE WORKS.TO FD OUT MORE ABOUT UPG EVENTS CLICK HERE.THIS SUMMER GRAVEND HELD S FIRST EVER PHYSIL PRI EVENT.IT AMID A GROWTH SUCH SPECTACL GLOBALLY AND THE RURGENCE OF MUNY-LED EVENTS FOLLOWG CLOSUR DURG THE PANMIC. --> BS NEWS DARTFORD EAT SHOP DRK FOOD AND DRK TOURISM & HOSPALY SEAN DELANEY _PLUGMANAGER.SETTARGETVALUE("ARTICLEID", "260610"); VAR MENTS = NEW COMMENTS.COMMENTBOX({ TLE: "", SENAME: "KENTONLE", GROUPNAME: "KM GROUP", PAGEID: 625814, PAGESIZE: 20, PAGEPATH: "/DARTFORD/NEWS/TOWN-PUB-REOPENS-AFTER-LGBT-REBOOT-260610/", LLAPSIBLE: TE, SHOWHEARCOUNT: FALSE, SHOWTOGGLECOUNT: TE, THEME: "CB-FLT-THEME", INS: { REPLY: NULL, REPORT: NULL } }); FOLLOW MOST POPULAR
• LGBT HISTORY MONTH: VENU KENT CLUDG SUNDOWNERS AND COYOT AND THE RUPL DRAG RACE STARS THAT HAVE APPEARED THERE LAOISE GALLAGHER PUBLISHED: 05:00, 09 FEBARY 2022  | UPDATED: 18:58, 10 FEBARY 2022   | | | --> DPE THE CHANGG TIM, GAY BARS REMA A REFUGE FOR ALL SORTS OF PEOPLE WHO MAY BE IGHTENED TO REVEAL THEIR SEXUALY A NVENTNAL SETTG, OR DON'T WANT TO GO TO A PUB WHICH ULD BE FULL OF ROWDY REVELLERS.WH MANY ARGUG KENT IS NOTICEABLY SHORT OF SUCH VENU WE'VE PUT TOGETHER A LIST OF LGBTQ+ IENDLY BARS ACROSS THE UNTY OFFERG EVERYTHG OM KARAOKE TO DRAG PERFORMANC.RUPL'S DRAG RACE UK STAR SRLETT HARLETT AT THE SUNDOWNERS. PICTURE: THE SUNDOWNERSBOTH OF KENT'S RUPL'S DRAG RACE UK STARS HAVE SAID THE UNTY IS SHORT OF "QUEER VENU".WNER KRYSTAL VERSACE OM TUNBRIDGE WELLS TOLD : "I REALLY WANT TO E BACK TO KENT, I JT THK NEEDS MORE VENU."IT NEEDS MORE QUEER CULTURE, YOU KNOW? "THEY NEED TO JT CHANGE THGS UP A B AND TWEAK A FEW THGS."SOME VENU ARE NOW STARTG TO GROW A SIGNIFINT REPUTATN WH THE MUNY, BOOKG STARS OM ACROSS THE UNTRY TO SELL TICKETS.THE SUNDOWNERS IS THE ONLY GAY BAR THA. PICTURE: SUNDOWNERSSUNDOWNERS, MARGATE THE SUNDOWNERS BAR MARGATE IS CURRENTLY THE ONLY GAY BAR THA.THEY REGULARLY HOST DRAG PERFORMANCE EVENGS AND IS THE HUB OF ALL FTIVI DURG MARGATE PRI. RECENTLY, THE SUNDOWNERS HAS HOSTED PERFORMANC OM TERNATNAL STARS LIKE BAGA CHIPZ AND CHERYL HOLE.IT WAS ALSO FEATURED ON NETFLIX'S I LIKE TO WATCH UK TOUR.DUNN BAYL WH A DRAG PERFORMERDUNN BAYL, 60, WHO NS THE SUNDOWNERS SAID: "BARS ARE A LOT MORE THE OPEN NOW. IN THE PAST, BARS WERE HELD UNRGROUND."YOU HAD TO PH BUZZERS OR KNOW SOMEBODY TO BE ABLE TO GET TO THEM."WE AIM TO CREATE A SAFE SPACE FOR EVERYONE REGARDLS OF SEXUAL ORIENTATN A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE N BE WHO THEY ARE AND FEEL SAFE "WE OFFER A WARM WELE TO EVERYONE AND AS ONE OF ONLY A UPLE OF LGBTQ+ BARS KENT WE PLAY AN IMPORTANT PART OUR MUNY."THROUGHOUT LGBTQ+ HISTORY MONTH THEY HAVE PERFORMANC OM LOL PERFORMERS, DRAG STARS DIVA DE CAMPO AND SUM TG WONG AND THIS MONTH WILL SEE THE RETURN OF THEIR SUNDAY ROAST DNERS.THE LIM HAS JT REVEALED A NEW LOOK FOLLOWG A RENOVATN. PICTURE: THE LIMTHE LIM, CANTERBURY THE LIM LOUNGE ON ROSEMARY LANE CANTERBURY IS A RETRO GAY BAR WH RABOW BRANDG ACROSS THE ONT OF THE BUILDG AFTER A RENOVATN LAST MONTH. THE BAR IS WELL-KNOWN ACROSS THE UNTY FOR CKTAILS AND KARAOKE NIGHTS - OWNERS MIKEY AND ANTHONY ADVERTISE "GAYAOKE" REGULARLY ON THE FACEBOOK PAGE.HOWEVER, HAS AT TIM BEEN SUBJECT TO ABE, WH A AD PIGEON THROWN THROUGH THE DOOR AND THREATS OF AN ARSON ATTACK.ANTHONY SAYS BARS LIKE HIS ARE "A REFUGE TO EVERYONE WHO IS AAID TO E OUT" BUT THEY N KNOW THEIR SECRET WILL BE SAFE WH BAR STAFF.OWNERS MIKEY AND ANTHONY HOPE TO BE A REFUGE FOR THE MUNY. PICTURE: THE LIMANTHONY IS HOPEFUL FOR THE FUTURE, AS GAY BARS EVOLVE WH THE CHANGG TIM.HE SAID: “THE GAY MUNY IS NOT GOG BACK, THEY’RE GOG FORWARD BEE WE’RE GETTG BRAVER."I'VE WORKED HARD THIS DTRY FOR A VERY LONG TIME, 'S NICE TO KNOW THE BARRIERS ARE BREAKG DOWN AND PEOPLE ARE ENJOYG THEMSELV."ANYONE WHO LIK THE GAY MUNY IS WELE”THE BAR IS OPEN OM NOON EVERY TUDAY THROUGH TO SATURDAY AND OM 5PM EVERY SUNDAY.KENT'S NEWT GAY BAR DARTFORD. PICTURE: HUFFLER'S ARMSHUFFLER'S ARMS, DARTFORD THE HUFFLER'S ARMS ON HYTHE STREET DARTFORD IS THE UNTY'S NEWT GAY BAR, OPENG AS AN LGBTQ+ VENUE JANUARY.THERE'S A HOST OF DRAG QUEEN SHOWS, EDY OPEN MIC NIGHTS AND OTHER EVENTS THE WORKS, ADDN TO THE VENUE'S UAL BILLG.SOME STAFF ARE MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQ+ MUNY, WHILST OTHERS ARE ALLI AND HAVE THROWN THEIR SUPPORT BEHD THE CHANG.GENERAL MANAGER CHRIS LEER, 34, SAID: "WE WERE JT DISCSG NEW OPTNS FOR THE PUB GOG FORWARD AND IF WE MA TO SOMETHG THAT ISN'T AROUND THIS AREA AND WHAT WE THKS THIS AREA NEEDS."THE PRI BAR WILL HOST A VALENTE'S DNER. PICTURE: HUFFLER'S ARMSCHRIS NTUED: "WE WANT TO KEEP AS THE MUNY PUB THAT IS AND STILL OFFER EVERYTHG THAT WE OFFER NOW BUT JT HAVE THAT AS THE SAFE HUB WHERE THE LGBTQ+ MUNY WILL FEEL SAFE.""WE ARE REALLY HAPPY, ALL THE STAFF ARE ON BOARD AND ALL THE LOLS ARE ON BOARD AS WELL."A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE REACHED OUT TO , CLUDG NEW CTOMERS THAT ARE VERY HAPPY."THE HUFFLER'S ARMS WILL HOST VAR EVENTS THROUGHOUT LGBTQ+ HISTORY MONTH, CLUDG A S DOWN VALENTE'S DAY DNER THE PRI BAR.SCE THE REOPENG THE BAR HAS BEEN A HUGE SUCCS AND THEY ARE READY TO NTUE THE "BIG PRI PARTY".THIS LGBT+ NIGHTCLUB IS OPEN UNTIL 4AM. PICTURE: COYOTCOYOT, CHATHAM NEW ROAD AVENUE CHATHAM IS HOME TO THE GAY NIGHTCLUB COYOT.THE LATE NIGHT VENUE IS A SMALL BUT TABLISHED BAR FOR THE LGBTQ+ MUNY AND IS THIS YEAR CELEBRATG S 14TH BIRTHDAY.IT IS A BLAST OM THE PAST AND JT LIKE DUNN BAYL OM THE SUNDOWNERS MENTNED, IS PLETELY UNRGROUND, WH A STAIRSE TAKG YOU DOWN TO THE ONT DOOR.COYOT IS ONLY OPEN ON FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS BUT DON'T CLOSE UNTIL 4AM SO IF PERFECT FOR THOSE WHO LIKE TO PARTY UNTIL SUNRISE.THE SHIP INN HAS OVER 500 YEARS OF HISTORY ON ROCHTER HIGH STREETTHE SHIP INN, ROCHTER THIS PUB HAS A LONG HISTORY, STANDG FOR 500 YEARS ON ROCHTER HIGH STREET AND IS THE OLST GAY BAR MEDWAY.IN PLACE OF THE TRADNAL ST GEE'S FLAG MANY BEER GARNS, THIS PUB CELEBRAT S HISTORY WH A RABOW FLAG PRI OF PLACE.FOR THOSE WHO ARE A FAN OF HISTORY, THE PURPLE DANCE BAR WAS THE SE OF THE FIRST ARRT AND NVICTN FOR BUGGERY WAY BACK THE DAYS OF HENRY VIII.NOT ONLY IS THIS A GREAT PUB TO ENJOY A QUIET DRK WH IENDS, BUT THEY ALSO SERVE TRADNAL ENGLISH FOOD H OM THE KCHEN EVERY DAY.DRAG STAR ELLA VADAY PERFORMED AT THE CUBAN, PICTURE: GLTERBOMBTHE CUBAN, CANTERBURY (GLTERBOMB NIGHTS) THIS CANTERBURY BAR IS CREDIBLY POPULAR WH STUNTS, BUT HAS RECENTLY BEE HOST TO GLTERBOMB NIGHTS.TOKYO TEA ROOMS WAS PREVLY OCCUPIED EVERY TUDAY BY THE EXTERNAL PANY WHO PUT ON LGBTQ+ CLUB EVENTS.HOWEVER, THEY HAVE RECENTLY CHANGED LOTN AND NOW THE CUBAN IS TAKEN OVER EVERY TUDAY WH DRAG PERFORMANC AND THE GLTERBOMB DANCERS.FANS OF A GLTERBOMB NIGHT OUT WILL ALSO BE PLEASE TO HEAR THAT GLTERBOMB THE PARK IS SET TO RETURN TO MOTE PARK THIS SUMMER AFTER A SUCCSFUL BUT LAST YEAR.MU MU HAS TWO RINT DRAG QUEENS PROVIDG ENTERTAMENT. PICTURE: THE MADAMEMU MU: THE LNDRY ROOM, MAIDSTONE AGA, MUCH LIKE THE CUBAN, MU MU MAIDSTONE DON'T BRAND SELF AS A GAY BAR BUT IS VERY LGBTQ+ IENDLY.THE LNDRY ROOM IS HOME TO RINT DRAG QUEEN MADAME MUMU WHO HOSTS BGO AND BNCH - SHE IS ALSO THE DJ THE UPSTAIRS ROOM ON CLUB NIGHTS.THEY HAVE RECENTLY ADD ANOTHER DRAG QUEEN TO THE BOOKS - SHEBERT DIP NS KARAOKE EVENGS ON THURSDAY AND SUNDAYS NELLIE GERKS (THE IRISH PUB OWNED BY THE MU MU BRAND).MANY OF THE LGBTQ+ EVENTS ARE TICKETED, BUT THE UPSTAIRS ROOM ON CLUB NIGHTS IS EASILY ACCSIBLE THROUGH THE LNDRETTE ENTRANCE. --> KENT WHAT'S ON NEWS LAOISE GALLAGHER _PLUGMANAGER.SETTARGETVALUE("ARTICLEID", "262088"); FOLLOW MOST POPULAR
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• HUFFLERS ARMS HYTHE STREET, DARTFORD REOPENS AFTER LGBT+ RELNCH READ ALL MENTS | SEAN DELANEY PUBLISHED: 10:14, 13 JANUARY 2022  | UPDATED: 10:15, 13 JANUARY 2022   | | | --> A TOWN'S NEWT GAY-IENDLY VENUE HAS REOPENED S DOORS AFTER RELNCHG AS AN LGBT+ PRI BAR.THE HUFFLERS ARMS HYTHE STREET, DARTFORD WELED BACK PUNTERS LAST WEEK AFTER SHUTTG TEMPORARILY DURG THE NEW YEAR PERD.THE HUFFLERS ARMS HYTHE STREET, DARTFORD HAS REOPENED AS AN LGBT+ IENDLY SAFE SPACE. PHOTO: HUFFLERS ARMSTHE PUB HAS UNRGONE A MAKEOVER SI AND OUT TO PROVI AN LGBT+ IENDLY SPACE.OTHER CHANG CLU A NEW CKTAIL MENU AND A HOST OF EXTRA EVENTS CLUDG DRAG NIGHTS AND "CAMP KAREOKE".THE RELNCH IS BEG LED BY A NEW MANAGEMENT TEAM, THE WOOLWICH PUB PANY, WHICH HAS TAKEN OVER BEHD THE SCEN DURG THE PANMIC. IT HAS RECENTLY RURRECTED AS A MUNY PUB AND HOSTS A STRG OF WEEKLY EVENTS, CLUDG PERFORMANC OM LIVE BANDS AND DJS.SOME STAFF ARE MEMBERS OF THE LGBT+ MUNY, WHILST OTHERS ARE ALLI AND HAVE THROWN THEIR SUPPORT BEHD THE CHANG.THE PUB IS UNR NEW MANAGEMENT AFTER BEG TAKEN OVER BY A LONDON-BASED PANY DURG THE PANMIC. PHOTO: HUFFLERS ARMSSPEAKG AHEAD OF THE RELNCH, GENERAL MANAGER CHRIS LEER, SAID: "WE WANT TO KEEP AS THE MUNY PUB THAT IS AND STILL OFFER EVERYTHG THAT WE OFFER NOW BUT JT HAVE THAT AS THE SAFE HUB WHERE THE LGBT+ MUNY WILL FEEL SAFE."THE 34-YEAR-OLD ADD: "WE ARE REALLY HAPPY, ALL THE STAFF ARE ON BOARD AND ALL THE LOLS ARE ON BOARD AS WELL."LAST FRIDAY THE PUB HELD S RELNCH PARTY AND SHARED PICTUR OF THE BASH ONLE. THE PUB SS OPPOSE THE UNCIL'S NEW LANGLEY SQUARE VELOPMENT, WHERE HUNDREDS OF NEW RINTS HAVE MOVED NEAR THE TRA STATN.IN ADDN TO THE VENUE'S UAL BILLG THERE'S A HOST OF DRAG QUEEN SHOWS, EDY OPEN MIC NIGHTS AND OTHER EVENTS THE WORKS.TO FD OUT MORE ABOUT UPG EVENTS CLICK HERE.THIS SUMMER GRAVEND HELD S FIRST EVER PHYSIL PRI EVENT.IT AMID A GROWTH SUCH SPECTACL GLOBALLY AND THE RURGENCE OF MUNY-LED EVENTS FOLLOWG CLOSUR DURG THE PANMIC. --> BS NEWS DARTFORD EAT SHOP DRK FOOD AND DRK TOURISM & HOSPALY SEAN DELANEY _PLUGMANAGER.SETTARGETVALUE("ARTICLEID", "260610"); VAR MENTS = NEW COMMENTS.COMMENTBOX({ TLE: "", SENAME: "KENTONLE", GROUPNAME: "KM GROUP", PAGEID: 625814, PAGESIZE: 20, PAGEPATH: "/DARTFORD/NEWS/TOWN-PUB-REOPENS-AFTER-LGBT-REBOOT-260610/", LLAPSIBLE: TE, SHOWHEARCOUNT: FALSE, SHOWTOGGLECOUNT: TE, THEME: "CB-FLT-THEME", INS: { REPLY: NULL, REPORT: NULL } }); FOLLOW MOST POPULAR

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Although Molly, and Ben, and the boss, all live above the pub she generally works at another of his pubs, which was planng to show the proceed to ask Ben’s opn whether her shirt should be worn off the shoulr or not, but when he claimed ignorance and suggted she ask one of her many gay iends she turned and asked my opn? Cocktails on tap – there is currently a selectn of three on offer but Ben assured me a new fourth cktail will be add to the list very shortlySlabbed wall-to-wall, the outsi area at the back of the pub is que extensiveWhether I was pre-occupied wh ncerns the Azzurri would beat on penalti or was simply sleepwalkg and failed to notice the massive Rabow flag on the ceilg where everyone else was flyg St Gee's, sudnly dawned on me, this is a gay I was the only ctomer , I took the opportuny to explore the place more tail and disvered a 100% paved outdoor area, more rabow flags, a purple pool table and cktails on tap. But, addg the tail and lour of the pub’s fascatg past falls to Ben behd the barApparently his mate recently piled a history of Rochter High Street and proudly rmed me the pub is over 500 years old and Medway’s olst gay bar – not only this, but he nfintly clared that the purple dance bar on the left, plete wh s brick-look wallpaper, was the se of the first arrt and nvictn for buggery way back the days of Henry aaid of a swift nversatn change, Ben next explaed that whilst the whole place had recently been rerated the gents missed out as the builrs ran out of was adamant no expense had been spared on the ladi and, as they are much better and no-one was around, he sisted I take a look.

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Coyot is the only gay club Chatham.

Addrs: 12B New Rd Ave, Chatham, UK, ME4 6BB Coyot is the only gay club Chatham, operatg on Fridays and Saturday.

The event hosts a number of activi to take part and help celebrate Pri, one night saw visors takg part a gay in fancy drs petn. Addrs: 1 Albert Terrace, Margate, UK, CT9 1UJ Found Margate, Sundowners is the only gay bar the Tha district, and has been scribed as “quirky, mp and tons of fun”.

SECRET DRKER REVIEWS MEDWAY'S OLST GAY PUB, THE SHIP INN, ROCHTER HIGH STREET READ ALL MENTS | SECRET DRKER PUBLISHED: 06:00, 16 JULY 2021  | UPDATED: 07:31, 16 JULY 2021   | | | --> IT WAS THE BIGGT DAY FOR THE ENGLISH NATNAL TEAM FOR MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY BUT ONE PUB CLARED SELF A FOOTIE-EE ZONE, GAVE THE CHEF A DAY OFF AND IGNORED ALL THE HYSTERIA.POPPG TO THE SHIP INN AT THE CHATHAM END OF ROCHTER HIGH STREET FOR A LUNCHTIME LOOSENER BEFORE THE BIG MATCH I WALKED PAST A LOL ENJOYG A SMOKE ON THE DOORSTEP BEFORE REALISG WAS THE BARMAN.RIGHT ON THE BORR WH CHATHAM, I ALMOST MISSED THE SHIP INN ON ROCHTER HIGH STREET, BUT I’M GOOD PANY ACRDG TO THE BARMAN 'AS MOST PEOPLE MISS THIS ONE'BEN THE BARTENR FOLLOWED ME , SWCHED ON THE LIGHTS AND EXPLAED HIS BOSS HAT FOOTBALL SO TOOK THE CISN TO OPEN A LTLE LATER AT 1PM AS HE DIDN’T EXPECT MANY CTOMERS.I ORRED THE CLOST THG TO BTER ON TAP, A PT OF SHIPYARD PALE ALE WHILE BEN EXPLAED HIS BOSS HAS THREE OTHER PUBS AND ALWAYS PATS THEM THE SAME SHAS OF PURPLE.HOWEVER, APPARENTLY THE TOP MAN ISN'T LOVG THE LOUR HERE AND IS PLANNG TO CHANGE TO BLUE – I AGREED ANYTHG WOULD BE A HUGE IMPROVEMENT.A REAL ‘PURPLE PATCH’ – I MT HAVE HAD MY MD ON THE FOOTIE BEE TOOK ME SOME TIME TO NOTICE JT HOW MANY DIFFERENT SHAS OF LILAC, MVE AND VLET HAVE BEEN ED AROUND THE PUBAT THIS POT MY HOST, WHO’S WORKED AT THE PUB FOR FIVE YEARS, SHIFTED THE NVERSATN DRAMATILLY WHEN HE SPOTTED SOMEONE APPROACHG THE SYNAGOGUE ACROSS THE ROAD. HE EXPLAED CLOSED DOWN SOME TIME AGO AND NOW ONLY OPENS FOR SPECIAL OCSNS SO HE LIK TO BE NEIGHBOURLY AND KEEP AN EYE ON THE GS AND GOGS AROUND THE PLACE.IT’S A PY, HE SAYS, BUT THE MUNY ISN’T BIG ENOUGH TO JTIFY KEEPG THE SYNAGOGUE OPEN BUT THEY WON’T LET GO BEE OF THE CEMETERY AT THE BACK.THE LOUR SCHEME NTU THE DANCE BAR ON THE LEFT HAD SI OF THE PUB BUT IS BROKEN UP BY THE BRICK-LOOK WALLPAPER.HIS OBSERVATNS ON THE LOL JEWISH MUNY WERE TERPTED BY DIMUTIVE MOLLY WHO ENTERED THE BAR THROUGH A DOOR AT THE BACK WEARG A MASSIVE ENGLAND SHIRT AT LEAST SEVEN SIZ TOO BIG FOR HER THAT LOOKED MORE LIKE A DRS.ALTHOUGH MOLLY, AND BEN, AND THE BOSS, ALL LIVE ABOVE THE PUB SHE GENERALLY WORKS AT ANOTHER OF HIS PUBS, WHICH WAS PLANNG TO SHOW THE FOOTIE.SHE PROCEED TO ASK BEN’S OPN WHETHER HER SHIRT SHOULD BE WORN OFF THE SHOULR OR NOT, BUT WHEN HE CLAIMED IGNORANCE AND SUGGTED SHE ASK ONE OF HER MANY GAY IENDS SHE TURNED AND ASKED MY OPN?COCKTAILS ON TAP – THERE IS CURRENTLY A SELECTN OF THREE ON OFFER BUT BEN ASSURED ME A NEW FOURTH CKTAIL WILL BE ADD TO THE LIST VERY SHORTLYSLABBED WALL-TO-WALL, THE OUTSI AREA AT THE BACK OF THE PUB IS QUE EXTENSIVEWHETHER I WAS PRE-OCCUPIED WH NCERNS THE AZZURRI WOULD BEAT ON PENALTI OR WAS SIMPLY SLEEPWALKG AND FAILED TO NOTICE THE MASSIVE RABOW FLAG ON THE CEILG WHERE EVERYONE ELSE WAS FLYG ST GEE'S, SUDNLY DAWNED ON ME, THIS IS A GAY BAR. AS I WAS THE ONLY CTOMER , I TOOK THE OPPORTUNY TO EXPLORE THE PLACE MORE TAIL AND DISVERED A 100% PAVED OUTDOOR AREA, MORE RABOW FLAGS, A PURPLE POOL TABLE AND CKTAILS ON TAP.RETURNG TO THE MA BAR, BEN CID NOW I’D GOT THE MEASURE OF THE PLACE WAS TIME TO TE ME FURTHER.PHOTOS ON THE BAR WALL CLEARLY SHOW THE SHIP INN HAS A NSIRABLE HISTORY. BUT, ADDG THE TAIL AND LOUR OF THE PUB’S FASCATG PAST FALLS TO BEN BEHD THE BARAPPARENTLY HIS MATE RECENTLY PILED A HISTORY OF ROCHTER HIGH STREET AND PROUDLY RMED ME THE PUB IS OVER 500 YEARS OLD AND MEDWAY’S OLST GAY BAR – NOT ONLY THIS, BUT HE NFINTLY CLARED THAT THE PURPLE DANCE BAR ON THE LEFT, PLETE WH S BRICK-LOOK WALLPAPER, WAS THE SE OF THE FIRST ARRT AND NVICTN FOR BUGGERY WAY BACK THE DAYS OF HENRY VIII.NEVER AAID OF A SWIFT NVERSATN CHANGE, BEN NEXT EXPLAED THAT WHILST THE WHOLE PLACE HAD RECENTLY BEEN RERATED THE GENTS MISSED OUT AS THE BUILRS RAN OUT OF TIME.HE WAS ADAMANT NO EXPENSE HAD BEEN SPARED ON THE LADI AND, AS THEY ARE MUCH BETTER AND NO-ONE WAS AROUND, HE SISTED I TAKE A LOOK. HOWEVER, AS AN EX-PLUMBER, HE ALSO FELT NECSARY TO TELL ME LADI ARE MUCH LS REFUL WH THEIR TOILETS AND AT ONE POT THEY WERE GETTG THROUGH THREE SEATS A WEEK. I JT AGREED THEY LOOKED MUCH SMARTER.THE GENTS, WH S LENGTHY STALS STEEL URAL, MIGHT APPEAR A B TATTY NEXT TO THE RT OF THE PUB BUT I THOUGHT WAS OKAY. HOWEVER, PLUMBER/BARMAN BEN WAS TERMED I SHOULD TAKE A LOOK SI THE LADI AND I HAVE TO AGREE IS MUCH BETTER FISHED.TANTALISGLY THERE WAS A BLACKBOARD DISPLAYG SEVERAL MEALS – AND ROASTS ARE UALLY AVAILABLE ON A SUNDAY – BUT TO BE FAIR I HAD ALREADY BEEN RMED FOOD WASN'T BEG SERVED BEE OF THE BIG MATCH. I FOUND MY VIS FASCATG BUT I’M THE FIRST TO ACCEPT THIS WAS NO ORDARY DAY AT THE SHIP, WHICH APART OM A ‘NORMAL’ SUNDAY WHEN CLOS AT MIDNIGHT, HAS A 2AM LICENCE EVERY DAY.THURSDAY IS, I’M RELIABLY RMED, PARTICULARLY POPULAR AS ’S KARAOKE NIGHT. IT WAS AN TERTG EXPERIENCE TO BE THE ONLY CTOMER AND HAVE THE FULL ATTENTN OF A CHATTY BARMAN BUT I MIGHT NEED TO REVIS TO SAMPLE THE REAL SHIP INN. NB, I HAVEN’T HAD A CHANCE TO VERIFY BEN’S HISTORIL REFERENC... THE OWNER SISTED HIS POOL TABLE WAS REVERED PURPLE BAIZE AND WENT TO A FAIR B OF TROUBLE AND EXPENSE TO GET DONE. HOWEVER, HE’S NOT AS NCERNED ABOUT THE CLASH WH THE FIREPLACE SURROUNDSHIP INN, 347 HIGH STREET, ROCHTER ME1 1DA DER: INCREDIBLY PURPLE, THE PLACE HAS BEEN FULLY RATED, WH THE EXCEPTN OF THE GENTS, BUT THE HEAVY, DARK BEAMS DON’T DO THE SHAS OF VLET AND LILAC ANY JTICE. ** DRK: THE SHIPYARD WAS OKAY BUT I SWCHED ACROSS TO THE KRONENBOURG, WHICH WAS ALSO FE, THOUGH PERHAPS JT A LTLE ON THE FLAT SI. ** THERE IS A TV SCREEN THE DANCE BAR BUT, GIVEN THE PUB LIGHTS WEREN’T EVEN SWCHED ON WHEN I WALKED , I WASN’T SURPRISED TO SEE WAS NOT ONPRICE: EVERYTHG ON TAP SEEMED TO BE £4 A PT. THE FOSTERS WAS SLIGHTLY CHEAPER BUT MOLLY AND BEN ULDN’T CI BETWEEN THEM WHETHER ’S £3.80 OR £3.90. *** FOOD: SUNDAY ROAST WOULD UALLY BE AVAILABLE BUT THE BOSS WAS SO SURE NO-ONE WOULD BE EATG OUT BEE OF THE FOOTIE HE HAD GIVEN THE CHEF A DAY OFF. STAFF: BEN, ABLY SUPPORTED BY HIS IC SISHOW MOLLY, PROVID GREAT ENTERTAMENT AND WAS, BY SOME DISTANCE, THE BT THG ABOUT THIS HIGH STREET PUB. ****THE FOOD ON THE BLACKBOARD LOOKED REASONABLY PRICED, BUT WH THE CHEF NOWHERE TO BE FOUND I DIDN’T GET THE CHANCE TO SAMPLE SO MUCH AS A FISH FGER SANDWICHVIEWG THE BACK OF THE PUB OM THE OUTSI THE AGE, AND THE SIZE, OF THE BUILDG IS VERY CLEARREAD ALL SECRET DRKER'S REVIEWS HERECLICK HERE TO FOLLOW SECRET DRKER ON TWTERFISH AND CHIPS ROW SE UPLE ARRTED --> CHATHAM EAT SHOP DRK FOOD AND DRK KENT SECRET DRKER WHAT'S ON NEWS SECRET DRKER _PLUGMANAGER.SETTARGETVALUE("ARTICLEID", "250690"); VAR MENTS = NEW COMMENTS.COMMENTBOX({ TLE: "", SENAME: "KENTONLE", GROUPNAME: "KM GROUP", PAGEID: 575605, PAGESIZE: 20, PAGEPATH: "/SECRET-DRKER/SECRET-DRKER-ENDS-UP-THE-ONLY-PUNTER--THE-OLST-GAY-BAR--TOWN-250690/", LLAPSIBLE: TE, SHOWHEARCOUNT: FALSE, SHOWTOGGLECOUNT: TE, THEME: "CB-FLT-THEME", INS: { REPLY: NULL, REPORT: NULL } }); FOLLOW MOST POPULAR

JB’s was recently revamped, addg a new sound system, pat job and two new dancg pol when beme Kent’s first gay bar.

HUFFLERS ARMS HYTHE STREET, DARTFORD REOPENS AFTER LGBT+ RELNCH READ ALL MENTS | SEAN DELANEY PUBLISHED: 10:14, 13 JANUARY 2022  | UPDATED: 10:15, 13 JANUARY 2022   | | | --> A TOWN'S NEWT GAY-IENDLY VENUE HAS REOPENED S DOORS AFTER RELNCHG AS AN LGBT+ PRI BAR.THE HUFFLERS ARMS HYTHE STREET, DARTFORD WELED BACK PUNTERS LAST WEEK AFTER SHUTTG TEMPORARILY DURG THE NEW YEAR PERD.THE HUFFLERS ARMS HYTHE STREET, DARTFORD HAS REOPENED AS AN LGBT+ IENDLY SAFE SPACE. PHOTO: HUFFLERS ARMSTHE PUB HAS UNRGONE A MAKEOVER SI AND OUT TO PROVI AN LGBT+ IENDLY SPACE.OTHER CHANG CLU A NEW CKTAIL MENU AND A HOST OF EXTRA EVENTS CLUDG DRAG NIGHTS AND "CAMP KAREOKE".THE RELNCH IS BEG LED BY A NEW MANAGEMENT TEAM, THE WOOLWICH PUB PANY, WHICH HAS TAKEN OVER BEHD THE SCEN DURG THE PANMIC. IT HAS RECENTLY RURRECTED AS A MUNY PUB AND HOSTS A STRG OF WEEKLY EVENTS, CLUDG PERFORMANC OM LIVE BANDS AND DJS.SOME STAFF ARE MEMBERS OF THE LGBT+ MUNY, WHILST OTHERS ARE ALLI AND HAVE THROWN THEIR SUPPORT BEHD THE CHANG.THE PUB IS UNR NEW MANAGEMENT AFTER BEG TAKEN OVER BY A LONDON-BASED PANY DURG THE PANMIC. PHOTO: HUFFLERS ARMSSPEAKG AHEAD OF THE RELNCH, GENERAL MANAGER CHRIS LEER, SAID: "WE WANT TO KEEP AS THE MUNY PUB THAT IS AND STILL OFFER EVERYTHG THAT WE OFFER NOW BUT JT HAVE THAT AS THE SAFE HUB WHERE THE LGBT+ MUNY WILL FEEL SAFE."THE 34-YEAR-OLD ADD: "WE ARE REALLY HAPPY, ALL THE STAFF ARE ON BOARD AND ALL THE LOLS ARE ON BOARD AS WELL."LAST FRIDAY THE PUB HELD S RELNCH PARTY AND SHARED PICTUR OF THE BASH ONLE. THE PUB SS OPPOSE THE UNCIL'S NEW LANGLEY SQUARE VELOPMENT, WHERE HUNDREDS OF NEW RINTS HAVE MOVED NEAR THE TRA STATN.IN ADDN TO THE VENUE'S UAL BILLG THERE'S A HOST OF DRAG QUEEN SHOWS, EDY OPEN MIC NIGHTS AND OTHER EVENTS THE WORKS.TO FD OUT MORE ABOUT UPG EVENTS CLICK HERE.THIS SUMMER GRAVEND HELD S FIRST EVER PHYSIL PRI EVENT.IT AMID A GROWTH SUCH SPECTACL GLOBALLY AND THE RURGENCE OF MUNY-LED EVENTS FOLLOWG CLOSUR DURG THE PANMIC. --> BS NEWS DARTFORD EAT SHOP DRK FOOD AND DRK TOURISM & HOSPALY SEAN DELANEY _PLUGMANAGER.SETTARGETVALUE("ARTICLEID", "260610"); VAR MENTS = NEW COMMENTS.COMMENTBOX({ TLE: "", SENAME: "KENTONLE", GROUPNAME: "KM GROUP", PAGEID: 625814, PAGESIZE: 20, PAGEPATH: "/DARTFORD/NEWS/TOWN-PUB-REOPENS-AFTER-LGBT-REBOOT-260610/", LLAPSIBLE: TE, SHOWHEARCOUNT: FALSE, SHOWTOGGLECOUNT: TE, THEME: "CB-FLT-THEME", INS: { REPLY: NULL, REPORT: NULL } }); FOLLOW MOST POPULAR

Edd Johnson, a sophomore munitn studi major and creator of the new club, is workg alongsi the owner to give the bar a new theme and feel.

A town's newt gay-iendly venue has reopened s doors after relnchg as an LGBT+ pri Hufflers Arms Hythe Street, Dartford weled back punters last week after shuttg temporarily durg the New Year Hufflers Arms Hythe Street, Dartford has reopened as an LGBT+ iendly safe space.

Dpe the changg tim, gay bars rema a refuge for all sorts of people who may be ightened to reveal their sexualy a nventnal settg, or don't want to go to a pub which uld be full of rowdy many argug Kent is noticeably short of such venu we've put together a list of LGBTQ+ iendly bars across the unty offerg everythg om karaoke to drag 's Drag Race UK star Srlett Harlett at The Sundowners. "Some venu are now startg to grow a signifint reputatn wh the muny, bookg stars om across the untry to sell Sundowners is the only gay bar Tha.

LGBT HISTORY MONTH: VENU KENT CLUDG SUNDOWNERS AND COYOT AND THE RUPL DRAG RACE STARS THAT HAVE APPEARED THERE LAOISE GALLAGHER PUBLISHED: 05:00, 09 FEBARY 2022  | UPDATED: 18:58, 10 FEBARY 2022   | | | --> DPE THE CHANGG TIM, GAY BARS REMA A REFUGE FOR ALL SORTS OF PEOPLE WHO MAY BE IGHTENED TO REVEAL THEIR SEXUALY A NVENTNAL SETTG, OR DON'T WANT TO GO TO A PUB WHICH ULD BE FULL OF ROWDY REVELLERS.WH MANY ARGUG KENT IS NOTICEABLY SHORT OF SUCH VENU WE'VE PUT TOGETHER A LIST OF LGBTQ+ IENDLY BARS ACROSS THE UNTY OFFERG EVERYTHG OM KARAOKE TO DRAG PERFORMANC.RUPL'S DRAG RACE UK STAR SRLETT HARLETT AT THE SUNDOWNERS. PICTURE: THE SUNDOWNERSBOTH OF KENT'S RUPL'S DRAG RACE UK STARS HAVE SAID THE UNTY IS SHORT OF "QUEER VENU".WNER KRYSTAL VERSACE OM TUNBRIDGE WELLS TOLD : "I REALLY WANT TO E BACK TO KENT, I JT THK NEEDS MORE VENU."IT NEEDS MORE QUEER CULTURE, YOU KNOW? "THEY NEED TO JT CHANGE THGS UP A B AND TWEAK A FEW THGS."SOME VENU ARE NOW STARTG TO GROW A SIGNIFINT REPUTATN WH THE MUNY, BOOKG STARS OM ACROSS THE UNTRY TO SELL TICKETS.THE SUNDOWNERS IS THE ONLY GAY BAR THA. PICTURE: SUNDOWNERSSUNDOWNERS, MARGATE THE SUNDOWNERS BAR MARGATE IS CURRENTLY THE ONLY GAY BAR THA.THEY REGULARLY HOST DRAG PERFORMANCE EVENGS AND IS THE HUB OF ALL FTIVI DURG MARGATE PRI. RECENTLY, THE SUNDOWNERS HAS HOSTED PERFORMANC OM TERNATNAL STARS LIKE BAGA CHIPZ AND CHERYL HOLE.IT WAS ALSO FEATURED ON NETFLIX'S I LIKE TO WATCH UK TOUR.DUNN BAYL WH A DRAG PERFORMERDUNN BAYL, 60, WHO NS THE SUNDOWNERS SAID: "BARS ARE A LOT MORE THE OPEN NOW. IN THE PAST, BARS WERE HELD UNRGROUND."YOU HAD TO PH BUZZERS OR KNOW SOMEBODY TO BE ABLE TO GET TO THEM."WE AIM TO CREATE A SAFE SPACE FOR EVERYONE REGARDLS OF SEXUAL ORIENTATN A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE N BE WHO THEY ARE AND FEEL SAFE "WE OFFER A WARM WELE TO EVERYONE AND AS ONE OF ONLY A UPLE OF LGBTQ+ BARS KENT WE PLAY AN IMPORTANT PART OUR MUNY."THROUGHOUT LGBTQ+ HISTORY MONTH THEY HAVE PERFORMANC OM LOL PERFORMERS, DRAG STARS DIVA DE CAMPO AND SUM TG WONG AND THIS MONTH WILL SEE THE RETURN OF THEIR SUNDAY ROAST DNERS.THE LIM HAS JT REVEALED A NEW LOOK FOLLOWG A RENOVATN. PICTURE: THE LIMTHE LIM, CANTERBURY THE LIM LOUNGE ON ROSEMARY LANE CANTERBURY IS A RETRO GAY BAR WH RABOW BRANDG ACROSS THE ONT OF THE BUILDG AFTER A RENOVATN LAST MONTH. THE BAR IS WELL-KNOWN ACROSS THE UNTY FOR CKTAILS AND KARAOKE NIGHTS - OWNERS MIKEY AND ANTHONY ADVERTISE "GAYAOKE" REGULARLY ON THE FACEBOOK PAGE.HOWEVER, HAS AT TIM BEEN SUBJECT TO ABE, WH A AD PIGEON THROWN THROUGH THE DOOR AND THREATS OF AN ARSON ATTACK.ANTHONY SAYS BARS LIKE HIS ARE "A REFUGE TO EVERYONE WHO IS AAID TO E OUT" BUT THEY N KNOW THEIR SECRET WILL BE SAFE WH BAR STAFF.OWNERS MIKEY AND ANTHONY HOPE TO BE A REFUGE FOR THE MUNY. PICTURE: THE LIMANTHONY IS HOPEFUL FOR THE FUTURE, AS GAY BARS EVOLVE WH THE CHANGG TIM.HE SAID: “THE GAY MUNY IS NOT GOG BACK, THEY’RE GOG FORWARD BEE WE’RE GETTG BRAVER."I'VE WORKED HARD THIS DTRY FOR A VERY LONG TIME, 'S NICE TO KNOW THE BARRIERS ARE BREAKG DOWN AND PEOPLE ARE ENJOYG THEMSELV."ANYONE WHO LIK THE GAY MUNY IS WELE”THE BAR IS OPEN OM NOON EVERY TUDAY THROUGH TO SATURDAY AND OM 5PM EVERY SUNDAY.KENT'S NEWT GAY BAR DARTFORD. PICTURE: HUFFLER'S ARMSHUFFLER'S ARMS, DARTFORD THE HUFFLER'S ARMS ON HYTHE STREET DARTFORD IS THE UNTY'S NEWT GAY BAR, OPENG AS AN LGBTQ+ VENUE JANUARY.THERE'S A HOST OF DRAG QUEEN SHOWS, EDY OPEN MIC NIGHTS AND OTHER EVENTS THE WORKS, ADDN TO THE VENUE'S UAL BILLG.SOME STAFF ARE MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQ+ MUNY, WHILST OTHERS ARE ALLI AND HAVE THROWN THEIR SUPPORT BEHD THE CHANG.GENERAL MANAGER CHRIS LEER, 34, SAID: "WE WERE JT DISCSG NEW OPTNS FOR THE PUB GOG FORWARD AND IF WE MA TO SOMETHG THAT ISN'T AROUND THIS AREA AND WHAT WE THKS THIS AREA NEEDS."THE PRI BAR WILL HOST A VALENTE'S DNER. PICTURE: HUFFLER'S ARMSCHRIS NTUED: "WE WANT TO KEEP AS THE MUNY PUB THAT IS AND STILL OFFER EVERYTHG THAT WE OFFER NOW BUT JT HAVE THAT AS THE SAFE HUB WHERE THE LGBTQ+ MUNY WILL FEEL SAFE.""WE ARE REALLY HAPPY, ALL THE STAFF ARE ON BOARD AND ALL THE LOLS ARE ON BOARD AS WELL."A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE REACHED OUT TO , CLUDG NEW CTOMERS THAT ARE VERY HAPPY."THE HUFFLER'S ARMS WILL HOST VAR EVENTS THROUGHOUT LGBTQ+ HISTORY MONTH, CLUDG A S DOWN VALENTE'S DAY DNER THE PRI BAR.SCE THE REOPENG THE BAR HAS BEEN A HUGE SUCCS AND THEY ARE READY TO NTUE THE "BIG PRI PARTY".THIS LGBT+ NIGHTCLUB IS OPEN UNTIL 4AM. PICTURE: COYOTCOYOT, CHATHAM NEW ROAD AVENUE CHATHAM IS HOME TO THE GAY NIGHTCLUB COYOT.THE LATE NIGHT VENUE IS A SMALL BUT TABLISHED BAR FOR THE LGBTQ+ MUNY AND IS THIS YEAR CELEBRATG S 14TH BIRTHDAY.IT IS A BLAST OM THE PAST AND JT LIKE DUNN BAYL OM THE SUNDOWNERS MENTNED, IS PLETELY UNRGROUND, WH A STAIRSE TAKG YOU DOWN TO THE ONT DOOR.COYOT IS ONLY OPEN ON FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS BUT DON'T CLOSE UNTIL 4AM SO IF PERFECT FOR THOSE WHO LIKE TO PARTY UNTIL SUNRISE.THE SHIP INN HAS OVER 500 YEARS OF HISTORY ON ROCHTER HIGH STREETTHE SHIP INN, ROCHTER THIS PUB HAS A LONG HISTORY, STANDG FOR 500 YEARS ON ROCHTER HIGH STREET AND IS THE OLST GAY BAR MEDWAY.IN PLACE OF THE TRADNAL ST GEE'S FLAG MANY BEER GARNS, THIS PUB CELEBRAT S HISTORY WH A RABOW FLAG PRI OF PLACE.FOR THOSE WHO ARE A FAN OF HISTORY, THE PURPLE DANCE BAR WAS THE SE OF THE FIRST ARRT AND NVICTN FOR BUGGERY WAY BACK THE DAYS OF HENRY VIII.NOT ONLY IS THIS A GREAT PUB TO ENJOY A QUIET DRK WH IENDS, BUT THEY ALSO SERVE TRADNAL ENGLISH FOOD H OM THE KCHEN EVERY DAY.DRAG STAR ELLA VADAY PERFORMED AT THE CUBAN, PICTURE: GLTERBOMBTHE CUBAN, CANTERBURY (GLTERBOMB NIGHTS) THIS CANTERBURY BAR IS CREDIBLY POPULAR WH STUNTS, BUT HAS RECENTLY BEE HOST TO GLTERBOMB NIGHTS.TOKYO TEA ROOMS WAS PREVLY OCCUPIED EVERY TUDAY BY THE EXTERNAL PANY WHO PUT ON LGBTQ+ CLUB EVENTS.HOWEVER, THEY HAVE RECENTLY CHANGED LOTN AND NOW THE CUBAN IS TAKEN OVER EVERY TUDAY WH DRAG PERFORMANC AND THE GLTERBOMB DANCERS.FANS OF A GLTERBOMB NIGHT OUT WILL ALSO BE PLEASE TO HEAR THAT GLTERBOMB THE PARK IS SET TO RETURN TO MOTE PARK THIS SUMMER AFTER A SUCCSFUL BUT LAST YEAR.MU MU HAS TWO RINT DRAG QUEENS PROVIDG ENTERTAMENT. PICTURE: THE MADAMEMU MU: THE LNDRY ROOM, MAIDSTONE AGA, MUCH LIKE THE CUBAN, MU MU MAIDSTONE DON'T BRAND SELF AS A GAY BAR BUT IS VERY LGBTQ+ IENDLY.THE LNDRY ROOM IS HOME TO RINT DRAG QUEEN MADAME MUMU WHO HOSTS BGO AND BNCH - SHE IS ALSO THE DJ THE UPSTAIRS ROOM ON CLUB NIGHTS.THEY HAVE RECENTLY ADD ANOTHER DRAG QUEEN TO THE BOOKS - SHEBERT DIP NS KARAOKE EVENGS ON THURSDAY AND SUNDAYS NELLIE GERKS (THE IRISH PUB OWNED BY THE MU MU BRAND).MANY OF THE LGBTQ+ EVENTS ARE TICKETED, BUT THE UPSTAIRS ROOM ON CLUB NIGHTS IS EASILY ACCSIBLE THROUGH THE LNDRETTE ENTRANCE. --> KENT WHAT'S ON NEWS LAOISE GALLAGHER _PLUGMANAGER.SETTARGETVALUE("ARTICLEID", "262088"); FOLLOW MOST POPULAR

Picture: SundownersSundowners, Margate The Sundowners bar Margate is currently the only gay bar regularly host drag performance evengs and is the hub of all ftivi durg Margate Pri.

Picture: The LimThe Lim, Canterbury The Lim Lounge on Rosemary Lane Canterbury is a retro gay bar wh rabow brandg across the ont of the buildg after a renovatn last bar is well-known across the unty for cktails and karaoke nights - owners Mikey and Anthony advertise "Gayaoke" regularly on the Facebook page. Picture: The LimAnthony is hopeful for the future, as gay bars evolve wh the changg said: “The gay muny is not gog back, they’re gog forward bee we’re gettg braver. "Anyone who lik the gay muny is wele”The bar is open om noon every Tuday through to Saturday and om 5pm every 's newt gay bar Dartford.

Picture: Huffler's ArmsHuffler's Arms, Dartford The Huffler's Arms on Hythe Street Dartford is the unty's newt gay bar, openg as an LGBTQ+ venue 's a host of drag queen shows, edy open mic nights and other events the works, addn to the venue's ual staff are members of the LGBTQ+ muny, whilst others are alli and have thrown their support behd the chang.

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Picture: CoyotCoyot, Chatham New Road Avenue Chatham is home to the gay nightclub late night venue is a small but tablished bar for the LGBTQ+ muny and is this year celebratg s 14th is a blast om the past and jt like Dunn Bayl om The Sundowners mentned, is pletely unrground, wh a stairse takg you down to the ont door. Coyot is only open on Fridays and Saturdays but don't close until 4am so if perfect for those who like to party until Ship Inn has over 500 years of history on Rochter High StreetThe Ship Inn, Rochter This pub has a long history, standg for 500 years on Rochter High Street and is the olst gay bar place of the tradnal St Gee's flag many beer garns, this pub celebrat s history wh a rabow flag pri of those who are a fan of history, the purple dance bar was the se of the first arrt and nvictn for buggery way back the days of Henry only is this a great pub to enjoy a quiet drk wh iends, but they also serve tradnal English food h om the kchen every star Ella Vaday performed at The Cuban, Picture: GlterbombThe Cuban, Canterbury (Glterbomb nights) This Canterbury bar is credibly popular wh stunts, but has recently bee host to Glterbomb Tea Rooms was prevly occupied every Tuday by the external pany who put on LGBTQ+ club events. Picture: The MadameMu Mu: The Lndry Room, Maidstone Aga, much like The Cuban, Mu Mu Maidstone don't brand self as a gay bar but is very LGBTQ+ Lndry Room is home to rint drag queen Madame MuMu who hosts bgo and bnch - she is also the DJ the upstairs room on club have recently add another drag queen to the books - Shebert Dip ns karaoke evengs on Thursday and Sundays Nellie Gerks (the Irish pub owned by the Mu Mu brand) of the LGBTQ+ events are ticketed, but the upstairs room on club nights is easily accsible through the lndrette entrance.

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Amazg atmosphere and betiful owner named Casey:)I don't thk this is a gay bar2 Photos. THIS IS NOT A GAY BAR JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE A RAINBOW FLAG DOES NOT MAKE YOU A GAY BAR. It’s a shame Canterbury has no real Gay n do wh given the place a good clean, om a dirty floor to dirty tabl and to dirty glass how is this place opened?

It's a massive shame that Canterbury's only gay bar has a bad reputatn for nstant trouble on a monthly basis. Read our transparency report to learn 2018 • SoloI went this bar thkg this was a gay bar. A shame as is the only gay barWrten 26 December 2018This review is the subjective opn of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC.

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