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Contents:

• GAY MALE SOCIAL GROUP GROUPS SYDNEY
• GAY SYDNEY: A GUI TO CLUBS, BARS, BARET AND CULTURE
• THE 5 BEST SYDNEY GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS SYDNEY
• WELE TO THE ‘GAY GAM,’ AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE OLYMPICS, WHERE ACTIVISM IS ENURAGED AND EVERYONE’S AN ATHLETE
• HERE'S EVERY 2020 SYDNEY GAY AND LBIAN MARDI GRAS FLOAT NNG ORR
• THE 5 BEST SYDNEY GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS SYDNEY
• SYDNEY GAY AND LBIAN MARDI GRAS AT SCG GETS THUMBS UP, BUT ANISERS SIGNAL RETURN TO OXFORD STREET
• STTO’S LATT: TUCKER, GAY, SUMNER, NOEL
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE COACH TO COME OUT AS GAY MAJOR U.S. SPORTS

GAY MALE SOCIAL GROUP GROUPS SYDNEY

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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.

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

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THE 5 BEST SYDNEY GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS 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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WELE TO THE ‘GAY GAM,’ AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE OLYMPICS, WHERE ACTIVISM IS ENURAGED AND EVERYONE’S AN ATHLETE

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. 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.

HERE'S EVERY 2020 SYDNEY GAY AND LBIAN MARDI GRAS FLOAT NNG ORR

Chg-a-lgsSure, ’s not officially a gay bar, but Chg-a-lgs draws a pendably queer crowd.

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

Pre-Registratn for participants Gay Gam 11 (Hong Kong Nov 2022) open. Team Sydney is a non-prof anisatn staffed by volunteers and, addn to anisg lol events such as the sports prence at Mardi Gras Fair Day and Para, and social events for member anisatns throughout the year, Team Sydney reprents their member anisatns to anisers of ternatnal clive sports events such as the Gay Gam and Outgam. His gay and lbian iends San Francis, though, had never experienced an event as thrillg or movg as the openg ceremony.

SYDNEY GAY AND LBIAN MARDI GRAS AT SCG GETS THUMBS UP, BUT ANISERS SIGNAL RETURN TO OXFORD STREET

And so Wadll created the Gay Gam – then lled the Gay Olympics, until the Internatnal Olympic Commtee sued over the name.

STTO’S LATT: TUCKER, GAY, SUMNER, NOEL

“The formula for succs was visibily and inty, ” Wadll said an terview followg the first Gay Gam 1982. That’s what the first Gay Gam were all about. Wadll died 1987, but the Gay Gam ntue to this day, growg to an ternatnal phenomenon sce their first eratn.

They draw over 10, 000 athlet and sometim seven or eight tim as many spectators, said Shiv Pl, vice print of external relatns for the Feratn of Gay Gam. You don’t have to be a profsnal athlete – even a proficient one – to pete the Gay Gam. You don’t even have to be gay.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE COACH TO COME OUT AS GAY MAJOR U.S. SPORTS

And unlike at the Olympics, activism is enuraged at the Gay Gam, as has been sce the begng when the HIV/AIDS crisis was ravagg LGBTQ muni. Above all, though, the Gay Gam are an event for queer and trans people to gather safely, play sports they love and be themselv whout fear of tolerance.