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Contents:

• GAY LONDON, LGBTQ+ CLUBS AND EVENTS
• THE BT LGBTQ+ AND GAY CLUBS LONDON
• THE BT GAY BARS LONDON
• GAY BARS AND CLUBS SOHO
• THE 10 BEST LONDON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS LONDON
• THE 10 BEST LONDON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS LONDON
• LONDON'S LANDMARK BUILDG DOTTED WH STRIP CLUBS, GAY VENU TO TURN TO MOSQUE
• KEV SPACEY DEFENDS COMG OUT AS GAY AFTER BEG ACCED OF SEXUAL MISNDUCT: ‘I WAS UNR A LOT OF PRSURE’
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT COACH KEV MAXEN COM OUT AS GAY HISTORIC ANNOUNCEMENT

GAY LONDON, LGBTQ+ CLUBS AND EVENTS

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THE BT LGBTQ+ AND GAY CLUBS LONDON

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THE BT GAY BARS LONDON

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. Whether you're lookg for a big night out at an inic gay club, a quirky bnch wh the gang or the chance to meet and mgle wh some potential match, we've got you vered our list of queer parti London.

Get volved wh one of SpeedDater's gay, lbian or mixed meet-ups and you uld be makg ey wh your match no time. If you're lookg for some of the olt gay events London, Cir is the place to h. Wed, Nov 29, 5:30 PMPosive EastLGBTQ+ Coworkg SpaceWednday at 09:00 + 20 moreLondon LGBTQ+ Communy CentreLGBTQ+ Coworkg SpaceWednday at 09:00 + 20 moreLondon LGBTQ+ Communy CentreAoYanga 2023 - A Livg Free UK Pri EventFri, Aug 18, 4:00 PMThe Common Prs BookshopAoYanga 2023 - A Livg Free UK Pri EventFri, Aug 18, 4:00 PMThe Common Prs BookshopLGBTQ+ Collagg Workshop - LGBTQ+ Art WorkshopSat, Aug 26, 11:30 AMNew Hoe art SpaceLGBTQ+ Collagg Workshop - LGBTQ+ Art WorkshopSat, Aug 26, 11:30 AMNew Hoe art SpaceLGBTQ+ Social - Barkg and DagenhamThu, Aug 24, 5:30 PM + 18 moreMAKE ITLGBTQ+ Social - Barkg and DagenhamThu, Aug 24, 5:30 PM + 18 moreMAKE ITGravham Pri 2023 - FORT GARDENS ONLY TICKETSat, Aug 12, 12:00 PMNew Tavern FortGravham Pri 2023 - FORT GARDENS ONLY TICKETSat, Aug 12, 12:00 PMNew Tavern FortBlack Out & ProudThu, Aug 31, 2:00 PMCy HallBlack Out & ProudThu, Aug 31, 2:00 PMCy HallSpeed PatgSat, Sep 2, 3:00 PMLondon LGBTQ+ Communy CentreSpeed PatgSat, Sep 2, 3:00 PMLondon LGBTQ+ Communy CentreGay Barnsbury & Holloway Walkg TourSun, Aug 6, 2:00 PMCaledonian Park Clock TowerGay Barnsbury & Holloway Walkg TourSun, Aug 6, 2:00 PMCaledonian Park Clock TowerQueer Cak CompetnSun, Aug 6, 5:00 PMLondon LGBTQ+ Communy CentreQueer Cak CompetnSun, Aug 6, 5:00 PMLondon LGBTQ+ Communy CentreSummer Day Party 2 Hot 2 HandleSun, Aug 6, 4:00 PMTOLASummer Day Party 2 Hot 2 HandleSun, Aug 6, 4:00 PMTOLATrendg search London, Uned KgdomThgs to do around LondonThgs to do Brighton and HoveThgs to do CambridgeThgs to do GuildfordThgs to do Milton KeynThgs to do ReadgThgs to do Southend-on-SeaThgs to do WatfordThgs to do ChelmsfordThgs to do LutonThgs to do BracknellThgs to do High WybeThgs to do Worthg.

GAY BARS AND CLUBS SOHO

22 Augt 2023 to 9 September 2023 Dumbledore Is So Gay TicketsWner of the VAULT Ftival Origs Award, Dumbledore Is So Gay is about g of age, g out, and the joys and trials of beg a fan boy. Until 16 September 2023 Sleepg Bety Tak A Prick TicketsSleepg Bety Tak A Prick at Charg Cross Theatre 23 November 2023 to 13 January 2024 Strangers Between TicketsThe Goln Goose Theatre is revivg classic Atralian drama Strangers Between by Tommy Murphy, which looks at the highs and lows of growg up gay morn Atralia.

While London’s queer nightclub scene has seen some sad, untimely partur, such as the Coleherne (briefly the Pembroke), London’s olst gay bar until s closure, and the Joer’s Arms, there are still some long-standg venu and new-ers to the scene workg hard to keep London’s queer nightlife alive. Heaven, Charg Cross Cred: Lda Brdley, via Heaven One of the bt-known, most historic gay clubs London statned up s inic Charg Cross spot. Royal Vxhall Tavern, Vxhall The Royal Vxhall Tavern is a te slice of LGBTQ+ history London – a Gra II Listed venue that was famoly raid by police 1987 amidst over-policg of London’s gay muny.

BJ’s Whe Swan, Limehoe Another longstandg London gay bar, which has been gog strong for over 30 years, is BJ’s Whe Swan East London.

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

The Glory, Haggerston 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. 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. 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.

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

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.

This is home to the Bear – gay men of genero proportns – although of urse their many admirers are equally wele. 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.

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

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.

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

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. 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.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT COACH KEV MAXEN COM OUT AS GAY HISTORIC ANNOUNCEMENT

However, the cisn to build the mosque has also sparked a bate, wh crics qutng s lotn, also known for s bars, nightclubs, gay venu and strip jots. The area is also known for s ncentratn of bars, nightclubs, gay venu and strip jots – all of which are nsired sful Islam. Geni Pictur (“Mrs Lowry & Son, ” “Good Luck To You, Leo Gran”) has optned Emmett Monterey’s acclaimed memoir “Go the Way Your Blood Beats” – about growg up gay and disabled 1980s London – for TV adaptatn.

At his mastream school, teachers refe to schle his class on the ground floor, and at his llege for disabled stunts, he’s told he will be expelled if the mors are te, if he’s gay. 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.