Big cy gaybourhoods: where they e om and why they still matter

Contents:

• GAY SYDNEY GUI | AN LGBTQIA+ GUI TO SYDNEY
• EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS SYDNEY
• THE BT LGBTQI + AND GAY BEACH SYDNEY
• THE 5 BEST SYDNEY GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS SYDNEY
• DRAMATIC GRDR ENUNTER AT A PARK ADDS CHAPTER TO SYDNEY’S GAY HISTORY
• SYDNEY GAY TOURS

GAY SYDNEY GUI | AN LGBTQIA+ GUI TO SYDNEY

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 parti.The Beard TIf you want to see Sydney at her absolute bt, go for a drk at Redfern’s neighbourhood art bar, the Beard T.SlyfoxCome here for regular queer nights, h band gigs, and the legends om Bad Deep dog a bi-monthly party.Sydney's nightlife, nowSydney’s nightlife scene has shifted dramatilly sce the ntroversial lockout laws were first imposed March of 2014. 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 climate.Male-foced and mixedTokyo Sg Song basement bar.By 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 die-pop.The two most mastream venu for gay guys are Stonewall and Arq.

EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS SYDNEY

The mic here is trance and dance anthems.Lbian-iendlyThe Heaps Gay monthly rovg queer party.By 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).A scene om Nrosex II, at November’s Perv Film FtivalNick CoyleCare? Thk 1970s performance art meets homoerotic dience teractn, wh a sprklg of straight at boys who’ve stumbled downstairs om the pub above.

THE BT LGBTQI + AND GAY BEACH SYDNEY

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

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. 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.

DRAMATIC GRDR ENUNTER AT A PARK ADDS CHAPTER TO SYDNEY’S GAY HISTORY

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.

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

SYDNEY GAY TOURS

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. In 2016, jt over 15% of upl Potts Pot were gay men.

From private rooms and apartments to LGBTQ-iendly hotels, you have the optn to stay the heart of gay districts as well as other neighborhoods the plac you vis. A loft Soho, a shared room Barcelona or the Castro, a gay-iendly hotel Le Marais or Chelsea, experience misterb&b all gay travel statns!