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Collected om the 19th century, the archive — curated by the imable Stef Dickers — brims wh prs cuttgs, lbian pulp fictn, 90s gay mags, necsary documentatn of the HIV/AIDS crisis and Sectn 28 — and everythg between. Gay's the word.

Bookshop extraordaire: Gay's The Word. The first of s kd, Gay's The Word Soho opened as the UK’s first dited LGBTQ+ bookshop 1979. Persecuted Irish poet Osr Wil has a ff-shaped cigarette-holdg statue jt off Trafalgar Square (and plaqu around town, cludg one at Clapham Junctn statn), while gay breaker Alan Turg has a steel 'statue' Paddgton.

The first-ever gay rights monstratn, Highbury Fields 1970, is memorated wh a plaque too. Keep an eye on their socials for nights llaboratn wh Gay Tim or Pengu Books, too. Unniably one of the most ccial parts of London's gay history, the men's pond on Hampstead Heath is the clost Londoners get to a gay beach.

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The wild swimmg pond on Hampstead Heath is a summer mec for gay men. The bt gay bars Soho. The bt gay bars Vxhall.

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The bt gay bars the East End. Sce homosexual acts were illegal, Polari enabled folx to talk safely mixed pany and intify as queer. Polari was wily spoken the LGTBQ+ muny until 1967 when homosexualy was crimalized the UK.

Tune to Ru Pl’s Drag Race UK or vis one of the cy’s gay barets, and you’ll hear remnants of old London’s unrground LGBTQ+ legacy. Soho is the ont-and-center premier neighborhood of gay London.

This upsle gay bar looks like a Rtoratn Hardware showroom. The show is rip-roarg hilar and shows some of the bt drag talent gay London.

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Village is a morn gay club wh a mix of chill and party vib. Jt like the name, what you see is what you get: a classic, no-ills gay bar. It’s London’s origal queer neighborhood, gog back to when homosexualy was illegal the UK.

The si feels like a gay Amerin der, if such a thg exists. Regal name only, The Queen Alai is a strip club turned gay pub Cambridge Heath.

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It’s a straight-up dive that attracts artsy typ and gays lookg for a good al — a pt of beer is only $5 and change. History buffs, both gay and straight, will enjoy. London Gay Men’s Chos.

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No gay London gui is plete whout at least mentng Brighton. On the sandy shor of the English Channel, Brighton is to London, as Fire Island is to New York: It’s where the gays go when the sun out. LGBTQ+ venu blanket this area, but virtually every place around here is gay-iendly at the very least.

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Follow on om a swim wh a drk at the nearby Kg William IV, one of the cy’s olst gay pubs.

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Gay Amerin artist Dennis Severs spent 20 years turng his home to a livg mm, wh the townhoe’s 10 rooms reprentg snapshots the life of an imagary fay between 1724 to 1914.

Addrs: Gay’s the Word, 66 Marchmont Street, London, WC1N 1ABWebse:! Where to go at nightRoyal Vxhall TavernOne of London’s olst survivg gay venu, the Royal Vxhall Tavern has been an entertament statn sce the 1860s. Heaven, Charg CrossHands down the biggt and most famo gay club central London.

Highlights clu the John Waters-spired lbian theme night Female Trouble; the d-visual queer spectacular Outré Voyage, the male-centric mic nights Homodrop and Dissodoma, the by-femm/for-femm monthly Femmi-Errect, and the hedonistic Happy Endgs, which turns Superstore’s unisex loos to a pop-up rave. In Hackney Wick, near the Olympic Park, the monthly gay rave Chapter 10 is at Bloc and Pxssy Palace tak place at Mick’s you need fuel on your night out, Dalston is packed wh late-night eateri.

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