Gays shut out of Davie plan | Xtra Magaze

Contents:

• GAY SYDNEY HOTELS
• SEVEN-DAY GUI TO GAY AND LBIAN SYDNEY
• GAY SYDNEY: A GUI TO CLUBS, BARS, BARET AND CULTURE
• WHO OWNS GAY STREET?
• GAY MUNICH · CY GUI
• GAY MUNICH
• GAYS SHUT OUT OF DAVIE PLAN
• SYDNEY GAY MAP
• FEEL AT HOME AT THE BT GAY NEIGHBORHOODS SYDNEY

GAY SYDNEY HOTELS

While Oxford Street is still the se of many of the longt-nng gay clubs Sydney, the fun isn’t relegated to Darlghurst alone. If you’re keen to really make a night of , keep an eye on the lik of Heaps Gay, Poof Doof, Hoe of Mce, Honcho Disko and Birdge (as well as the social media-elive Kooky) to fd out when their next soiree start planng your next night out, read on for our gui to some of Sydney’s favoure gay clubs, pubs and bars.

Chg-a-lgsSure, ’s not officially a gay bar, but Chg-a-lgs draws a pendably queer crowd. The ColombianOpen 9am ‘til 6am every day — y, you read that right — this sprawlg Oxford St hnt n always be unted on for a tipple the early 117-125 Oxford St, DarlghurstYou n fd all the tails for this year's Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras here. 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.

SEVEN-DAY GUI TO GAY AND LBIAN SYDNEY

This former bank is one of Oxford Street’s more revered and historic gay bars. Photograph: Serge KrouglikoffWhether you're gay as a goose, bi as a farewell, or jt dropped the wife off at tennis and have a few cur hours to yourself, Sydney's men-for-men sex on premis venu have every Dick veredIf New York is the big apple, then Sydney is the bent banana.

Keep the party gog at one of Sydney's bt gay and queer clubs, and then rever at one of Sydney's bt queer-iendly beach. The bt gay and bi snas SydneySydney Cy Steam (357)Steamed dumplgs aren't the only juicy thgs on offer Chatown. Gay-owned and n, and loted the heart of Chatown, Sydney Cy Steam has an open policy of welg "all rac, ag and siz".

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

From Monday to Saturday the middle floor is open to a mixed crowd, cludg guys, gals and genr-nonnformg pals, and on Sundays, on the top floor only, gay guys n go nu. Open 7 days a week, this one is for the gay and bisexual men. Established 1991, Bodyle was the first lawfully tablished sex-on-premis gay venue NSW.

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gay & lbian acmodatn sydney. Thanks to years of effort by Gay and Lbian Rights Groups such as the Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras Associatn, Sydney has bee a well tegrated blend of cultur and liftyl. The old Gay Ghetto culture - wh s exclively gay or lbian hotels - no longer exists.

WHO OWNS GAY STREET?

Sydney now offers Gay Acmodatn that is more mixed as travellers e to expect a large gay populatn the cy center, pecially around Oxford street or the Newtown area. Oxford Street, Darlghurst and Surry Hills, offers gay-iendly acmodatn, ually 3 to 4 star hotels and apartments which market to the mastream but bee of their proximy to the Goln Gay Mile of Oxford Street, Oxford Street bars, rtrants and specialty shops, attract a very high proportn of Gay and Lbian clientele.

GAY MUNICH · CY GUI

Mastream, but gay-iendly hotels and apartments are somewhat removed om the Gay Strip but offer the lights of Sydney's favoure attractns to the Gay and Lbian traveller. Choic for the gay and lbian traveller.

A fantastic mix of gltery night life and sun drenched daytime has placed Sydney firmly on the Gay Plac To Vis map. Naturally, big Gay events such as the Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras and Sprg time Sydney Sleaze Ball offer too bright a flame for the gay moth to rist.

GAY MUNICH

Sydney however, is a year round gay place to vis.

Many regnal areas, om close-by untry towns to further a field New Zealand, South Pacific Islands and South East Asia have emptied much of their Gay and Lbian youth to Sydney's vibrant ner-cy Gay preccts. Suburbs such as Darlghurst, Paddgton, Surry Hills, Moore Park, Newtown, Glebe and Leichhardt engenr the eedom and fun of the morn Gay liftyle. The exclively Gay hotel has bee a victim of moratg muny attus and the clivens of the morn smopolan culture Sydney now reprents.

Gay acmodatn optns are endls, as almost everywhere Sydney's cy centre one would now nsir Gay-iendly. So, your choice is whether to seek out the Gay heart of Sydney among the sights and sounds of famo Oxford Street, or relish the Sydney experience embodied s many world renowned attractns.

GAYS SHUT OUT OF DAVIE PLAN

You n immerse yourself the Gay experience around Darlghurst and Surry Hills, take a twirl on the doorstep of the Gay Goln Mile amongst the burgeong bars and clamberg clubs. Sydney is one of the most gay iendly ci the world and has somethg on every day of the week to keep any guy or girl entertaed.

Tuday: ‘Bgay’ at the Imperial Hotel. That’s 88 at gay bgo, an nuendo-filled eveng wh sgg a relaxed pub atmosphere alongsi chatty Sydneysirs. This club ss halfway down Sydney's ma gay strip (85-91 Oxford Street, Sydney).

SYDNEY GAY MAP

A mixed gay, lbian and straight crowd perch on the stools of this polished bar. Gay dance hs aren’t for everyone. Even if the mic isn’t your favoure, you might still enjoy the young, fun and very mixed gay, lbian and straight atmosphere wh hipster leangs.

Wd down after a week of parti wh a stroll through the gay villag. From here head towards Darlgton, Erskeville and Newtown, where the gay and lbian vibe is much more about walkg the dog large parks, a nose rg hangg there om the 90s and maybe even a dreadlock or two. 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.

FEEL AT HOME AT THE BT GAY NEIGHBORHOODS SYDNEY

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. 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).