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Contents:

• FEEL AT HOME AT THE BT GAY NEIGHBORHOODS SYDNEY
• GAY SYDNEY: A GUI TO CLUBS, BARS, BARET AND CULTURE
• GAY SYDNEY GUI | AN LGBTQIA+ GUI TO SYDNEY
• GAY SYDNEY HOTELS
• GAY SYDNEY · MID-RANGE + BUDGET HOTELS
• SYDNEY: GAY & LBIAN TRAVELLERS
• SYDNEY GAY MAP
• GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS SYDNEY
• GAY SYDNEY SYDNEY CY GUI

FEEL AT HOME AT THE BT GAY NEIGHBORHOODS SYDNEY

Sydney has a thrivg gay scene and plays host to one of the world’s bt pri events: Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras.

GAY SYDNEY: A GUI TO CLUBS, BARS, BARET AND CULTURE

There are a range of gay areas (or “gayborhoods”) Sydney where the muny ngregat at amazg gay bars and clubs, as well as at more laid-back ffee ho and rtrants. Gay areas Sydney: Darlghurst. Darlghurst is one of Sydney’s ma gay neighborhoods and, back 2016, almost one five upl were men same-sex relatnships.

It’s home to Oxford Street, the center of Sydney’s gay scene wh clubs, bars and f n by and for Sydney’s LGBTQIA+ muny. Today, even though you n fd gay hotspots throughout the cy, Oxford Street remas a major hub for LGBTQIA+ activy and hosts Sydney’s famo Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras, ually held every March on Oxford Street.

Bt gay bars and clubs Darlghurst. Oxford Street is where you’ll fd most of the bt gay bars Darlghurst.

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The ADGE Apartment Sydney is only around five mut om some of Darlghurst’s bt gay neighborhoods and venu and has fully equipped apartments wh private balni and an excellent on-se rtrant.

Potts Pot has historilly been Darlghurst’s ma petn when to Sydney’s gay scene and this harborsi suburb is known for s bnch, boutique shoppg and cuttg-edge street fashn.

It also clus part of Kgs Cross, a non-official suburb that was historilly the center of Sydney’s nightlife and home to one of Sydney’s earlit gay bars, the Bottom’s Up Bar.

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In 2016, jt over 15% of upl Potts Pot were gay men. It’s not a gay bar per se but given s lotn, that’s often the way s clientele skews. Bloody Mary’s is an excellent gay-iendly rtrant Potts Pot’s inic Gazebo Buildg wh both door and outdoor areas.

On the other si of Kgs Cross li Elizabeth Bay, which has one of the hight nsi of gay rints Sydney. If you stay here you’ll be close to the harbor, Sydney’s CBD and many other gay districts, cludg Potts Pot and Darlghurst. Where Darlghurst has Oxford Street, and Elizabeth Bay and Potts Pot have Kg’s Cross, Surry Hills has Crown Street, a laid-back, village-que strip where you n fd vyl rerd shops, upsle eateri and thrivg gay bars all close to one another.

The Berford Hotel on Bourke Street was once solely a gay club and today ’s still very popular wh LGBTQIA+ clientele. It hosts a variety of events, cludg shows and themed nights geared toward gay patrons. The nsy of gay rints drops off after Potts Pot but there are still thrivg gay muni neighborhoods like Redfern, which has the fifth-hight proportn of gay upl Atralia (as of 2016).

GAY SYDNEY · MID-RANGE + BUDGET HOTELS

Another excellent gay neighborhood on the CBD’s doorstep is Chippendale, a betiful suburb wh a thrivg arts scene.

The suburbs of Newtown and Erskeville are popular wh both gay men and lbians wh the seventh-hight proportn of male same-sex upl and the send-hight proportn of female same-sex upl Atralia, as of 2016.

It’s about seven mut om The Bank and jt down the street om The Imperial Erskeville, so you’ll never be far om some of the area’s bt gay venu.

SYDNEY: GAY & LBIAN TRAVELLERS

If you’re lookg for a nu beach, the small and seclud Obelisk Beach is popular wh gay lols and tourists.

Meanwhile, the troductn of laws that rtrict late-night socialisg central Sydney’s party preccts has severely damaged Oxford Street, the cy’s tradnal gay strip. And, while Oxford Street is fely hurtg, a handful of Sydney’s “tradnal” queer venu ntue to thrive there spe of the challengg and mixedTokyo Sg Song basement Patrick Abboud, a documentary filmmaker and televisn prenter who -hosts and produc for the Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi GrasThe biggt challenge for visors who want to explore Sydney’s LGBTQI scene is that only the old, mastream optns tend to be listed travel guis.

On Sundays plays crowd-pleasg hoe, electro and two most mastream venu for gay guys are Stonewall and Arq. Lbian-iendlyThe Heaps Gay monthly rovg queer Geia Verkuylen, strategy and partnerships manager at Archer magaze, the Atralian journal of sexual diversyLbian-foced venu n be hard to fd Sydney.

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It’s also where the rovg queer party Heaps Gay has been held for the past uple of months. Heaps Gay is a massive event that draws queer folk of all ag, sexuali and genrs.

To fd out what is gog on across Sydney regards to arts events and queer culture, keep an ear out for the rad programm Canvas (on FBi), and Gay Panic and So Hot Right Now (both on 2SER). Thk 1970s performance art meets homoerotic dience teractn, wh a sprklg of straight at boys who’ve stumbled downstairs om the pub above.

GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS SYDNEY

The productn of Angels Ameri 2014 was heart-punchgly good, and I re-staged my turbo-gay one-man show, Blue Wizard, there durg Mardi Gras this year – so has fely supported this Wizard was part of the Mardi Gras Ftival, which ns the weeks leadg up to the para March. A gay gui to SydneyQueer eye on SydneyMeet the crew: Heaps GayWhether you're gay, straight or somewhere between, you'll have a heaps good time at one of Sydney's favoure queer and clive Beard TIf you want to see Sydney at her absolute bt, go for a drk at Redfern’s neighbourhood art bar, the Beard T.

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The Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras Para is one of the most inic LGBTQIA+ events the world. Self-Guid Gay and Lbian History Walkg Tour. Photograph: Anna Kucera | Miss 3D and Etcetera Etcetera at the Imperial Hotel, ErskevilleThe bt gay and queer pubs, bars and clubs SydneyHead to one of the popular LGBTQ+ spac for a good timeFrom a historil drag palace to subterranean digs – we've got you vered for where to go for a gay old time.

If you're after some outdoor fun, have a look through our list of gay-iendly beach. The upstairs night club, formerly known as the stalwart Midnight Shift, transforms to a sparklg pop-up dner theatre most weekends before the dancefloor heats up wh the biggt dance parti om GAYM Entertament.The Berford HotelIn a former life the Bero was a famo gay bar, and the gentlemen of Darlghurst are still well-reprented the crowd (pecially on Sunday nights). The basement of this inic gay bar, known as Unrgound, is a boutique bar and club.

This former bank is one of Oxford Street’s more revered and historic gay bars.