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Contents:

• THE BT LGBTQI + AND GAY BEACH SYDNEY
• THE 5 BEST SYDNEY GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS SYDNEY
• NSW POLICE LOSE URT BID TO EXCLU STT JOHNSON KILLG OM GAY HATE QUIRY
• GAY SYDNEY: A GUI TO CLUBS, BARS, BARET AND CULTURE
• EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS SYDNEY
• TOP 11 GAY FRIENDLY HOTELS IN SYDNEY
• SYDNEY MAN GETS 12 YEARS FOR MURRG GAY AMERIN 1988
• THE 5 BEST SYDNEY GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS SYDNEY
• SYDNEY SNANEW GAY SNA WH MORN FACILI; OPEN 24 HOURS.SYDNEYMENUHOTELS · LUXURYHOTELS · MID-RANGE + BUDGETHOTELS · DISUNTSON TODAYBARSDANCE CLUBSCISE CLUBSSNASBEACH SERVICTOURSCY GUIGAY MAPSYDNEY SNA
• GAY SYDNEY HOTELS

THE BT LGBTQI + AND GAY BEACH SYDNEY

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". 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. Spectacular SydneyGay Mardi Gras.

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Cise through Sydney Harbour to lunch at the famo Doyle’s wateront rtrant, then stroll to Lady Jane, a gay clothg-optnal beach hidn below the cliffs.

NSW POLICE LOSE URT BID TO EXCLU STT JOHNSON KILLG OM GAY HATE QUIRY

Gay Mardi Gras. Attus are different Atralia, where the entire Sydney Gay & Lbian Mardi Gras para is shown on natnal televisn. Gyms, gay swim teams, and other groups outdo one another wh elaborate floats and choreographed marchg bands.

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The extravaganza that rults is easily the most entertag gay para the world.

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Once here, we disvered that Oxford Street is the qutsential gayborhood of Sydney and Universal is the only major gay bar open 7 days a week. A bid by New South Wal police to exclu a high-profile killg om a gay hate quiry has been ath of US mathematician Stt Johnson is one of dozens of s unr the spotlight at a special missn of quiry to spected gay hate crim Sydney between 1970 and 27-year-old died after he was punched at a gay beat on Sydney’s northern beach. A 2017 qut termed his ath was a homici, wh fdgs that he “died as a rult of a gay hate attack” viewed by some police as a “feat”.

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In the latt velopment, Stt Phillip Whe plead guilty to throwg the punch that ultimately ed Johnson to fall to his month, jtice Robert Beech-Jon dismissed “what appears to be an absurd suggtn [by police] that Dr Johnson killed himself” when sentencg Whe to ne years past newsletter promotnafter newsletter promotnNSW police had argued Johnson’s ath was outsi the current quiry’s terms of reference on the basis the matter was not unsolved, the man rponsible for his ath intified as gay and a sentencg judge did not fd the ath to be motivated by gay the quiry’s missner, jtice John Sackar, on Tuday led s terms of reference were much wir and answers to qutns such as how and why Johnson died were still not urt did not make a fdg beyond reasonable doubt that Whe was motivated by gay hate, but did not le out the possibily, he is due to hand down his fal report next month. "We n see the impact of preventn strategi like creasg HIV ttg, treatment as preventn, and pre-exposure prophylaxis particularly among gay and bisexual men, for whom new diagnos have been droppg signifintly sce 2014.

They show that the majory (57%) of new HIV s ntue to be diagnosed among gay and bisexual men. Atralia's world-leadg HIV rctns gay and bisexual men. Atralia has achieved a remarkable 57% rctn new HIV diagnos among gay and bisexual men sce 2013, showsg the succs of prehensive approach to HIV preventn wh this populatn.

SYDNEY MAN GETS 12 YEARS FOR MURRG GAY AMERIN 1988

“We n see the impact of preventn strategi like creasg HIV ttg, treatment as preventn, and pre-exposure prophylaxis particularly among gay and bisexual men, for whom new diagnos have been droppg signifintly sce 2014. They show that the majory (57 per cent) of new HIV s ntue to be diagnosed among gay and bisexual men. Atralia has achieved a remarkable 57 per cent rctn new HIV diagnos among gay and bisexual men sce 2013, showsg the succs of prehensive approach to HIV preventn wh this populatn.

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.

THE 5 BEST SYDNEY GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS SYDNEY

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). Thk 1970s performance art meets homoerotic dience teractn, wh a sprklg of straight at boys who’ve stumbled downstairs om the pub above.

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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. 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.

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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.