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• THE 10 BEST BRIGHTON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS BRIGHTON
• BRIGHTON GAY MEN’S CHOS MEMBER A VICTIM OF HORRIFIC HOMOPHOBIC ATTACK
• WHY IS ROCHFORD ENGLAND’S STRAIGHTT PLACE AND BRIGHTON S GAY PAL?
• AN LGBTQ+ GUI TO BRIGHTON'S KEMPTOWN: PUBS, BARS AND HOTELSBRIGHTON IS OFTEN REGARD AS THE 'GAY PAL' AND THERE'S NO AREA MORE LGBTQ+ IENDLY THAN KEMPTOWNSSEXLIVEBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSWHAT'S ONBYYASM SYEDMULTIMEDIA JOURNALIST18:45, 1 AUG 2021UPDATED18:46, 1 AUG 2021BOOKMARKST JAM'S STREET IS THE HEART OF KEMPTOWN - BRIGHTON'S 'LGBTQ+ VILLAGE' (IMAGE: DOMIC ALV (CC BY 2.0) FLICKR)SIGN UP TO OUR UNTOLD STORI NEWSLETTER FOR NEWS AND FEATUR OM SSEX AND BRIGHTON'S DIVERSE MUNIMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 SIGN UP TO OUR UNTOLD STORI NEWSLETTER FOR NEWS AND FEATUR OM SSEX AND BRIGHTON'S DIVERSE MUNIINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
• BRIGHTON GAY PRI 2021 HAS BEEN CANCELLED… AGA!
• GAY PARKS NEAR ME
• SUBS LOOKG FOR DOMS (GAY MEN ONLY)
• AND THE GAYT CY EUROPE IS... (DISVER OUR TOP 10 WNERS)
• ADDICTED - OFFICIAL ONLINE STORE OF THE BEST GAY BRAND
• BT GAY BARS IN BRIGHTON
• GAYT PLAC IN MICHIGAN FOR 2020
• THE BT GAY VILLAG IN THE UNED KGDOM FOR FABULO QUEER FUN! ??
• GAY PRIS 2023 AND 2024

THE 10 BEST BRIGHTON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS BRIGHTON

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It was exactly le wh the s-old timat based on the works of the 1940s US profsor Aled Ksey who ntend homosexualy was far more wispread than officialdom ntrast, the district of Rochford Essex was shown as the straightt place England.

AN LGBTQ+ GUI TO BRIGHTON'S KEMPTOWN: PUBS, BARS AND HOTELSBRIGHTON IS OFTEN REGARD AS THE 'GAY PAL' AND THERE'S NO AREA MORE LGBTQ+ IENDLY THAN KEMPTOWNSSEXLIVEBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSWHAT'S ONBYYASM SYEDMULTIMEDIA JOURNALIST18:45, 1 AUG 2021UPDATED18:46, 1 AUG 2021BOOKMARKST JAM'S STREET IS THE HEART OF KEMPTOWN - BRIGHTON'S 'LGBTQ+ VILLAGE' (IMAGE: DOMIC ALV (CC BY 2.0) FLICKR)SIGN UP TO OUR UNTOLD STORI NEWSLETTER FOR NEWS AND FEATUR OM SSEX AND BRIGHTON'S DIVERSE MUNIMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 SIGN UP TO OUR UNTOLD STORI NEWSLETTER FOR NEWS AND FEATUR OM SSEX AND BRIGHTON'S DIVERSE MUNIINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!

6% of the populatn there said they were LGB+, suggtg that those livg the largely ral, somewhat nservative area near Southend-on-Sea are six tim ls likely to be gay than those Brighton and Hove. The cy has had the hight number of same-sex hoeholds as well as the largt populatn who intify as gay, lbian and bisexual prev cens, so 's no wonr 's the place to be for members of the LGBTQ+ muny.

Read more: Inspiratnal Brighton equal rights mpaigner tells of gratu after termal ncer diagnosis Naturally, wh Brighton now firmly earmarked as the untry's gay pal, attracts many who intify as LGBTQ+ and want to spend a weekend the cy that has been one of the most open and acceptg. B&B’s In The Heart of Kemptown for Brighton Gay PriKemptown is the heart of Brighton’s gay scene and ’s where the Pri Village Party is held and ’s a stone’s throw om Prton Park where the ma ftival is held too. From havg the hight percentage of same-sex hoeholds the UK to the timated 160, 000 Brighton Pri visors each year, the cy’s LGBTQ muny has ma Brighton the unofficial gay pal of Great Bra.

Brighton’s open-md approach has created one of the most vibrant and excg gay scen found anywhere the world, but while the wir LGBTQ muny the UK is aware of Brighton as an extremely popular gay statn, many are not aware how rich and plex the LGBTQ history of Brighton is. Sce the UK marked the 50th anniversary of the partial crimalizatn of homosexualy 2017, a number of cultural projects discsg gay histori have been lnched, but for such a broad muny there are relatively few prehensive iativ examg LGBTQ histori.

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Gay life Brighton n differ om the experience found self-ntaed gay villag larger ci like London’s Soho or Manchter’s Canal Street, where outsi of the villag certa areas are ls gay-iendly than others. Even wh the problematic elements found gay villag, ’s still better to be an environment that, on the whole, let’s all typ of LGBTQ people live the life they choose whout fear of anti-LGBTQ hate. “Brighton is a te haven of acceptance for all people, cludg lbian, gay, bi, and trans folk, and tly pris self on beg somewhere where all people feel able to be themselv, ” says Matt Horwood, Senr Communitns Officer at Stonewall.

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Alongsi s ndy floss, kiss-me-quick and Carry On past – 1971’s Carry On at Your Convenience was partly filmed at the long-gone Clarg Hotel – Brighton tablished self as a hotspot of LGBTQ+ activism, hostg some of the UK’s first Gay Pri monstratns and vol anti-Sectn 28 a theatril type has succumbed to the cy’s lure, cludg Osr Wil and Lrence Olivier. Ground has now been broken on a new -pebbl 50m heated outdoor swimmg pool, surround by a new mi-village of fishg history-spired morn huts that nod to Nordic Queer QuarterBrighton’s gay village is ntled around Kemp Town’s St. Notable is sleek cktail space Affy Bar, owned by police officer-turned bow-tied publin Mike, which offers Icelandic ice bar-like lightg, a iendly mixed crowd and a penchant for qualy spirs, as well as drag ’s a ttament to the cy’s gay iendls that the venu oppose Brighton’s Gra I-listed Pier are floor-to-ceilg wdowed, out and proud and promently beach hut along the promena of Hove seaont, BrightonAlamyAnd there’s more over toward Hove, where you’ll fd the sy Bedford Tavern, snug drag venue The Grosvenor (cue Sondheim and sequs!

Addrs: Club Revenge, 32-34 Old Stee, Brighton BN1 1ELWebse: ParlourThe Plottg ParlourThis atmospheric, Gothic-dream-dér speakeasy-style cktail bar is perfectly placed a si street near the entrance to the Gay Village for a fill of sensatnal, mixologist-signed drks. They tra on a warm wele and, if you want to hear some gossip om gay Brighton gone by, this uld be jt the place…Addrs: The Kempton Klub, 75 St Gee’s Road, Brighton, BN2 1EFWhat to seeIronworks StudsJt a short hop om the ma statn and borrg the famo North Lae quarter, Ironworks is the cy’s Brighton Pri-owned, 170-seater LGBTQ+ performance space and TV stud.

Follow the footsteps of the early Gay Liberatn Front members, stand where some of the first legal civil partnerships took place, and explore the oft-fotten stori of figur cludg thor Aubrey Beardsley, 19th Century trans man Colonel Barker and Anne Lister, known as ‘the first morn lbian’.

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Highlights clu the sty Adler typewrer on which the godfather of gay journalism Peter Burton documented s of queer history for Gay Tim and clothg worn by artist and genr-fluidy trailblazer Gluck.

Addrs: The Artist Rince, 33 Regency Square, Brighton, BN1 2GGWebse: more affordable optn, Snooze is a quirky stay about a ten-mute walk om the Gay Village, offerg retro-styled rooms rangg om 1970s nostalgia to vtage granur. On an afternoon Schöneberg, you’ll jo proud gay upl walkg the same historic streets where LGBTQ artists and activists once began the fight for gay rights, as early as the 1890s fact.

You’ll fd a number of monuments around the cy memoratg the many LGBTQ victims of WWII, wh the Schwul Mm documentg the art, culture and history of Berl’s homosexual muny, which was long centred , Nollendorfplatz is still the place to be if you’d like to see the cy’s bt fetish clubs and leather bars, wh September brgg wh the Folsom Europe BDSM and subculture ftival.

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The third natn to legalize gay marriage back 2005, Spa’s pal has sce bee a mol for other untri, wh s equaly acts allowg for same-sex adoptn, marriage and legal safeguards agast discrimatn. Drawn through wh waterways and nnected by hundreds of photogenic bridg, Amsterdam is the cy of the cyclist, allowg for scenic ris along the Prsengracht nal and the Amstel River which both bee awash wh para boats durg the annual gay nal pri.

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At all other tim, you n fd Amsterdam’s gay scene centred on Reguliersdwarsstraat, particularly at the cy’s olst gay bar, Cafe t’ Mandje, a popular late-night meetg pot wh kschy dér datg back to the 1920s.

While explorg the cy, be sure to look for the Homomonument, a se promoted as a livg monument to homosexuals opprsed and persecuted around the world, also learng more of the cy’s LGBT history at the Pk Pot rmatn sk close by.

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This area surroundg Old Compton Street central London remas the go-to place for 21st century gays, nstantly transformatn wh queer-oriented theatr, fés, sex shops and bookstor on every street.

Copenhagen, DenmarkWh Denmark beg one of the first European natns to legalize same-sex marriage 2012 (and same-sex unns back 1989), ’s pal of Copenhagen certaly has the crentials to be crowned gay pal of Europe. Though smaller events like World Aids Day and the EuroGam are celebrated throughout the year, the pnacle event for the gay muny mt be Copenhagen Pri, which actually happens twice a year both June and well as your ual dance clubs, Copenhagen go one better wh a selectn of sophistited gay spots near Cy Hall, while the alternative scene meets nearer Central Statn or Vterbro, the cy’s old Red Light District.

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Historilly speakg, Paris has always been a ltle queer, known rmally as the ‘Vice of Sodom’ the Middle Ag and havg legalised homosexualy as early as the French Revolutn back 1791. Paris | Photo: Charleen V 25hours Hotel Paris | Photo: The Gay PassportBis hostg the UK’s largt pri para, Manchter also hosts Queer Contact arts ftival, Drag Ft UK and Sparkle Ftival7. Bis hostg the UK’s largt pri para, Manchter also hosts Queer Contact arts ftival, Drag Ft UK and Sparkle Ftival, wh more drag events and themed nights happeng nightly the Gay Village on Canal Street the cy’s bt gay bars, clubs and LGBTQ venu.

Mgle good gay pany on Sat-Jaqu, fdg most of the nightlife actn on Marché Au Charbon, particularly the month of May when the narrow streets and sloped lan behd Grand Place fill wh revellers for an entire week of pri celebratns, culmatg on Saturday for Pri Day Bssels.

Loted jt 60 mut by tra om London Cy, Brighton is the go-to weekend spot for gay Londoners lookg to relax bi the sea before gettg lost among like-md gents along the bbled lan of St. Hostg 250, 000 people each year for s Pri ftival, Brighton remas a meltg-pot for gay culture year round, a trend started the 19th century when men om across the untry me to meet up wh soldiers statned here. Vis durg Febary to attend a number of LGBTQ History Month events held across the cy, otherwise tryg for Trans Pri and Ey Wi Open Ftival, or for regular performanc by the Gay Men’s Chos or edy nights at Bent Double.

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Each superblock offers a new theme, though the gay muny n ually be found around Eixample the LGBT district, meetg up at the cy’s bt gay bars, rtrants and a balny view or an al tapas spot for a lazy afternoon on the square, or otherwise make mov to the cy’s nearby beach statn of Sg, jt 30 mut away by tra.

Strip off gay pany on any of the three gay beach (clothg-optnal on Platja l’Home Mort and Playa las Balms) or enjoy some other thgs to do Sg, such as cktails and live mic Bassa Rodona town.

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Though Sg certaly has pri, ’s Barcelona cy centre wh the biggt store of events, cludg the ma pri para June, Bear Pri March, Circu Ftival Augt and the Internatnal Gay and Lbian Film Ftival October.