The crackdown on Gay Village 'darkroom sex' that mpaigners say is part of a bid to gentrify Canal Street - Manchter Eveng News

Contents:

• THE DOS & DON'TS OF GAY CLUBBG
• THE BT LGBTQ+ AND GAY CLUBS LONDON
• GAY BARS AND CLUBS SOHO
• THE BT GAY BARS LONDON
• THE CRACKDOWN ON GAY VILLAGE 'DARKROOM SEX' THAT MPAIGNERS SAY IS PART OF A BID TO GENTRIFY CANAL STREET'FROM THE TOP DOWN THERE IS A PLAN TO DRIVE OUT THE SEEDIER SI OF THGS AND MAKE THE VILLAGE A DISNEYLAND PASTICHE OF WHAT WAS'MENBOOKMARKSHARENEWSBYSTEVE ROBSON08:12, 11 FEB 2020UPDATED14:35, 11 FEB 2020BOOKMARKTHE WEEKLY EMAIL BRGS YOU ALL THE LATT NEWS OM THE LGBTQ+ MUNY PL EXCLIVE TERVIEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOXMORE 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 THE WEEKLY EMAIL BRGS YOU ALL THE LATT NEWS OM THE LGBTQ+ MUNY PL EXCLIVE TERVIEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOXINVALID 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!
• LONDON'S LANDMARK BUILDG DOTTED WH STRIP CLUBS, GAY VENU TO TURN TO MOSQUE

THE DOS & DON'TS OF GAY CLUBBG

Though the number of LGBT+ venu London has seen a cle the last or so, the cy's gay scene isn't ailg yet – fact, a handful of excellent new venu have opened recent years around the cy.

The hight ncentratn of LGBT+ spac n still be found around Old Compton Street Soho, a former red light district that's been heavily gentrified recent years, but remas London's gay heartland. This Soho stalwart tends to attract a slightly olr crowd of gay guys and has a reputatn for beg cisy.

It’s closed on Mondays and Tudays, but hosts a r Sunday pub quiz and gets pretty packed on Friday and Saturday nights when the small dancefloor fills up wh a largely, though not exclively, gay male crowd. Loted Clapham, a 15-20 mute tube ri om the cy centre, this tradnal gay pub-club is a perennial favoure wh LGBT+ Londoners who love an unpretent party.

THE BT LGBTQ+ AND GAY CLUBS LONDON

Keepg the gay flame burng out wt is this tradnal gay pub Ealg, a leafy suburb that’s about 25 mut by tube om central London.

There are gay venu most ci and towns. ’s most remote gay bar) you uld probably fd one place to wet your whistle. Chanc are, your first tentative steps out onto the London queer scene were ma or around Old Compton Street, the shg of London’s mastream gay culture.

GAY BARS AND CLUBS SOHO

The inic Royal Vxhall Tavern is one of the olst gay venu the cy and ss, as you may have gused, Vxhall.

Chanc are you probably won’t be starg down that barrel of that gun a gay club eher then pal.

Csg a venue to ll out an expensive plummer bee you and your pals thought ’d be a great plan to smash up the toilet after your first h of gay gra gak isn’t exactly the pnacle of allyship. Gay men do not have any more right to touch a woman’s breasts than a straight man whout nsent.

THE BT GAY BARS LONDON

It’s been 50 years sce homosexualy was crimalised this untry. A mere 30 years later, sectn 28 was passed - makg an offence to promote (talk about) homosexualy schools and only 5 years ago same sex marriag were not legal.

For more than a now, Eagle London has been a popular pleasure hub for Vxhall’s gay populatn. But, what mak Eagle London even more popular is s sex-entertament license, which allows sexual acts on the premis of the gay club.

It ma the dark room safe and secure for gay men to meet unr the watchful ey of the lol police. Mark was also begng to battle wh dg problems among his gay clients, threateng the clean reputatn of the club. Pivotal Vxhall’s gay scene is Eagle London, one of the cy’s most vibrant and much-loved LGBTQI venu.

THE CRACKDOWN ON GAY VILLAGE 'DARKROOM SEX' THAT MPAIGNERS SAY IS PART OF A BID TO GENTRIFY CANAL STREET'FROM THE TOP DOWN THERE IS A PLAN TO DRIVE OUT THE SEEDIER SI OF THGS AND MAKE THE VILLAGE A DISNEYLAND PASTICHE OF WHAT WAS'MENBOOKMARKSHARENEWSBYSTEVE ROBSON08:12, 11 FEB 2020UPDATED14:35, 11 FEB 2020BOOKMARKTHE WEEKLY EMAIL BRGS YOU ALL THE LATT NEWS OM THE LGBTQ+ MUNY PL EXCLIVE TERVIEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOXMORE 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 THE WEEKLY EMAIL BRGS YOU ALL THE LATT NEWS OM THE LGBTQ+ MUNY PL EXCLIVE TERVIEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOXINVALID 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!

Both boozey and cisey – wh a distctly male (often mcly) clientele – ’s a big, clubby pub that’s been a mastay of gay London for more than a now.

LONDON'S LANDMARK BUILDG DOTTED WH STRIP CLUBS, GAY VENU TO TURN TO MOSQUE

Eagle London’s owner, Mark Oakley, spent years workg wh Lambeth Council to create ‘a very strict of nduct’ which ma the venue’s dark room a safe hook-up space for gay men, and one regularly monored by lol police. The roots of the change go back about four years, when Oakley started realisg that the venue’s dark room was beg ls popular as more gay men ed apps like Grdr to hook up. The future of fetish nights the Gay Village is unr threat due to a row over the legaly of nsensual sex 'darkrooms'.