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Contents:

• THE 5 BEST SYDNEY GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS SYDNEY
• GAY MEN GROUPS SYDNEY
• THE BT LGBTQI + AND GAY BEACH SYDNEY
• GAY SYDNEY: A GUI TO CLUBS, BARS, BARET AND CULTURE
• GAY SYDNEY · CY GUI
• GAY PARTI AND EVENTS SYDNEY
• NSW POLICE LOSE URT BID TO EXCLU STT JOHNSON KILLG OM GAY HATE QUIRY

THE 5 BEST SYDNEY GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS SYDNEY

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.

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). 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.

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. 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.

GAY MEN GROUPS SYDNEY

Tue, Aug 8 · 09:30 UTCQueer Tango Improver Class /Gay Tango Class / Gay Partner Dancg Group name:Queer Tango Class/Gay Tango/ Same Sex Partner Dancg • Sydney, AUGroup name:Queer Tango Class/Gay Tango/ Same Sex Partner DancgSydney, AUTue, Aug 1 · 08:30 UTCQueer Tango Begner Class/Gay Tango Class/ Gay Partner Dancg Group name:Queer Tango Class/Gay Tango/ Same Sex Partner Dancg • Sydney, AUGroup name:Queer Tango Class/Gay Tango/ Same Sex Partner DancgSydney, AUTue, Aug 1 · 09:30 UTCQueer Tango Improver Class /Gay Tango Class / Gay Partner Dancg Group name:Queer Tango Class/Gay Tango/ Same Sex Partner Dancg • Sydney, AUGroup name:Queer Tango Class/Gay Tango/ Same Sex Partner DancgSydney, AUTue, Aug 8 · 08:30 UTCQueer Tango Begner Class/Gay Tango Class/ Gay Partner Dancg Group name:Queer Tango Class/Gay Tango/ Same Sex Partner Dancg • Sydney, AUGroup name:Queer Tango Class/Gay Tango/ Same Sex Partner DancgSydney, AUFri, July 28 · 09:30 UTCYoung'uns Gay Gals & Queer/NB Pals Friday Night Dner and Drks at The UnnGroup name:The Sydney Gay Gals • Sydney, AUGroup name:The Sydney Gay GalsSydney, AUFri, Aug 11 · 09:30 UTCYoung'uns Gay Gals & Queer/NB Pals Friday Night Dner and Drks at The UnnGroup name:The Sydney Gay Gals • Sydney, AUGroup name:The Sydney Gay GalsSydney, AUThu, July 27 · 09:00 UTCMatilda’s and dner at the Goln BarleyGroup name:Queer Lbians • Sydney, AUGroup name:Queer LbiansSydney, AUThu, July 27 · 09:00 UTCDner, drks and Trans Glamoré Group name:Queer Lbians • Sydney, AUGroup name:Queer LbiansSydney, AUThu, Aug 10 · 08:30 UTCDner at ExotikGroup name:Queer Lbians • Sydney, AUGroup name:Queer LbiansSydney, AUOnle EventTue, Aug 15 · 24:00 UTCReverg From Relig Trma wh Mary ClarkGroup name:Consc Lbian - Queer Datg and Love Sydney • Sydney, AUGroup name:Consc Lbian - Queer Datg and Love SydneySydney, AUSat, Aug 12 · 24:00 UTCWter Collage Makg: Arts, Crafts & CommunyGroup name:Sydney Bi+ Social Club • Sydney, AUGroup name:Sydney Bi+ Social ClubSydney, AUThu, Aug 24 · 08:30 UTCQueer Screen Film; Lie Wh MeGroup name:Fabulo Gay Super Men Over 40+ Sydney and NSW • Sydney, AUGroup name:Fabulo Gay Super Men Over 40+ Sydney and NSWSydney, AUTue, Aug 1 · 08:00 UTCTuday Badmton - 4 Courts, 2 HoursGroup name:Sydney Hotshots (LGBTQ+ Badmton) • Sydney, AUGroup name:Sydney Hotshots (LGBTQ+ Badmton)Sydney, AUTue, Aug 8 · 08:00 UTCTuday Badmton - 4 Courts, 2 HoursGroup name:Sydney Hotshots (LGBTQ+ Badmton) • Sydney, AUGroup name:Sydney Hotshots (LGBTQ+ Badmton)Sydney, AUThu, Aug 3 · 09:00 UTCWeekly Thursday Night Botany Badmton SocialGroup name:Shuttle Swgers Women's Badmton Club for LGBTIQ & Alli • Sydney, AUGroup name:Shuttle Swgers Women's Badmton Club for LGBTIQ & AlliSydney, AUThu, July 27 · 09:00 UTCWeekly Thursday Night Botany Badmton SocialGroup name:Shuttle Swgers Women's Badmton Club for LGBTIQ & Alli • Sydney, AUGroup name:Shuttle Swgers Women's Badmton Club for LGBTIQ & AlliSydney, AUThu, Aug 10 · 09:00 UTCWeekly Thursday Night Botany Badmton SocialGroup name:Shuttle Swgers Women's Badmton Club for LGBTIQ & Alli • Sydney, AUGroup name:Shuttle Swgers Women's Badmton Club for LGBTIQ & AlliSydney, AUSun, July 30 · 08:00 UTCSWEENEY TODD: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. A mil thriller.Group name:Fabulo Gay Super Men Over 40+ Sydney and NSW • Sydney, AUGroup name:Fabulo Gay Super Men Over 40+ Sydney and NSWSydney, AUSun, Aug 6 · 05:30 UTCAugt - Sunday Ssn at The Beacham Group name:Fabulo Gay Super Men Over 40+ Sydney and NSW • Sydney, AUGroup name:Fabulo Gay Super Men Over 40+ Sydney and NSWSydney, AUSun, Aug 6 · 05:30 UTCSunday Social Group name:Rabow Social Sydney • Sydney, AUGroup name:Rabow Social SydneySydney, AU. 402members1groupFd out what's happeng LGBT hangout Meetup groups around the world and start meetg up wh the on near LGBT hangout groupsRelated topics:LGBT Social GroupLGBT LGBT++LGBTLGBTQLGBT: Lbian Gay Bisexual TransgenrGLBT; LGBT; LGBTQ; GLBTQ; LGBTQIA; GLBTQIALGBT FriendlyFriends & Supporters of LGBT/GLBTLbianGayLargt LGBT hangout groups1Queers and iends Newstle402 Members | Newstle, AtraliaSophie CampbellOrganized by Sophie CampbellSophie CampbellOrganized by Sophie CampbellShow allNewt LGBT hangout groupsQueers and iends Newstle402 MembersStarted 1 Oct Newstle, Atralia.

There are a range of LGBTQ areas (or “gayborhoods”) Sydney where the muny ngregat at amazg LGBTQ bars and clubs, as well as at more laid-back ffee ho and rtrants. Today, even though you n fd LGBTQ hotspots throughout the cy, Oxford Street remas a major hub for LGBTQI+ activy and hosts Sydney’s famo Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras, ually held every March on Oxford Street.

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 BT LGBTQI + AND GAY BEACH SYDNEY

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. 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). 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.

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

You'll get a taste of the cy's buzzg new energy at this month's World Pri, a para of drag shows, cultural programs, and general cheer that celebrat Sydney's thrivg gay muny and s impact on LGBTQ+ culture around the world.

Elise HasseyBelow Ben Graetz, -creative director of World Pri 2023, weighs on his favore LGBTQ+ spots for the celebratns and beyondUniversal: “This long-standg pub is on Oxford Street, the spirual home of Sydney's LGBTQ+ rights movement, where the cy's first Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras was held 1978. The cy is unique s range of environments and districts, om the sun-soaked beach of Bondi to the skyle of sheer glass skyscrapers that is the Downtown area, no two plac this btlg cy are the one of the world’s biggt and most famo pri celebratns, a plethora of gay venu and a liberal atmosphere, Sydney is an absolutely unmissable statn for any gay traveler.

The ma gay district of Darlghurst, and particular the lively Oxford Street, is home to a vibrant and energetic selectn of gay bars, clubs and Rights SydneyAtralia has been nsired as one of the gay-iendlit untri the world. Sce the late twentieth century there have been rapid and dramatic improvements the rights afford to LGBT+ people Atralia and the untry is now regard as one of the most gay-iendly the world.

GAY SYDNEY · CY GUI

Same-sex adoptn is now legal natnwi and LGBT+ dividuals have been allowed to serve openly the ary sce Scene SydneySydney has emerged as the gay pal of the Southern Hemisphere and one of the most multicultural the world. The most gay-popular venu and shops are on and around Oxford Street Street has bee more mixed the last , but is still the most popular area for partyg the night away.

GAY PARTI AND EVENTS SYDNEY

It is the ma drag for the annual Sydney Gay & Lbian Mardi Gras which draws visors om around the Stonewall Hotel is an inic venue on the Sydney gay nightlife circu and routely draws spectacular crowds. Loted close to the gay scene and btlg Oxford Street, the Kirketon Boutique Hotel is the ial lotn for travelers wantg a nvenient and elegant base om which to explore the boasts an imprsive variety of hotels across a range of budgets. The sna boasts a range of facili cludg a maze, dry sna, steam room and a fully licensed such as Sydney Cy Steam n be found easily the cy and tend to be welg and beach SydneySydney has exceptnal beach, many of which are among the 'gayt' Atralia has to offer.

Slightly off the beaten track, Obelisk Beach n be hard to reach, but once there 's well worth the Jane is a small and seclud beach that is popular amongst the lol gay muny for s soft whe sand and by cisg atmosphere. However, the most important attractns clu:Explore Sydney HarbourWatch a performance at the Opera HoeStroll around the Royal Botanic GarnsAppreciate the views om the Sydney Harbour BridgeImmerse yourself the culture of the Art Gallery Of NSWSoak up the sun on Bondi BeachTry one of Sydney's gay beachHike the trails of the Blue MountasRead More: Disver Sydney Like a Lol.

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Even wter, the temperature rarely falls below 10°C and is not ual for highs to be around 20° said that, high season for tourists is the Summer months (om December 1st to end of Febary), wh the peak perd for gay travelers beg durg the ternatnally renowned Mardi Gras ftival (ually held durg the last two weeks of Febary).

From drag palac at the Gay Goln Mile to queer-ky digs, here are 10 bars and clubs Sydney that will wele you wh a warm embrace:UniversalThe Beard TSecret GarnChg-a-lgsThe ImperialPalmsStonewall HotelThe ColombianThe Berford HotelRed Rattler1. As a treasure trove of live performanc, drag and beret shows, DJs and parti hosted by groups such as Honcho Disko, Canned F and Heaps Gay, the Imperial Erskeville is the perfect spot for a good feed and boogie. Today, even though you n fd gay hotspots throughout the cy, Oxford Street remas a major hub for LGBTQ activy and hosts the famo Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras, ually held every March.

The ADGE Apartment Sydney is only five mut away om some of Darlghurst’s bt gay venu and has fully furnished apartments wh private balni and an excellent on-se rtrant. It also clus part of Kgs Cross, a non-official suburb that was historilly the centre of Sydney’s nightlife and home to one of the cy’s earlit gay bars, the Bottom’s Up Bar.

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 nsy of gay rints drops off after Potts Pot, but there are still thrivg gay muni suburbs like Redfern, which has the fifth hight proportn of gay upl Atralia (as of 2016).

The suburbs of Newtown and Erskeville are famo among 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 back 2016. Unver plenty of stori of how this me to be, startg om New South Wal' gay ernor, the gay bhranger at Darlghurst Gaol, to the notor lbian crimal, turned "the most vlent woman Sydney".