Drag Race UK star Bimi exclively tells the pws (, GAY TIMES) about her top five favoure LGBTQ+ venu East London.
Contents:
- THE BT GAY BARS LONDON
- THE BT LGBTQ+ AND GAY CLUBS LONDON
- THE 10 BEST LONDON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS LONDON
- EAST LONDON GAY MEN'S MEETUP
- GAY LONDON
- THE 10 BEST LONDON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS LONDON
- GAY LONDON, LGBTQ+ CLUBS AND EVENTS
- CISG LONDON: 17 PLAC GAY GUYS MEET FOR GENERAL PUBLIC TERURSE, ACRDG TO WEB SE
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Bimi exclively tells the pws (, GAY TIMES) about her top five favoure LGBTQ+ venu East London. The legendary cis-tem offenr and genr-benr took a pse om all of her jaw-droppgly stun photoshoots (this TimeOut one is still slayg our souls) to chat wh GAY TIMES about the bt queer bars and clubs you should vis right now East London. Owned by London drag entertaers Jonny Woo and John Sizzle, as well as Col Rothbart, the webse for The Glory also scrib the venue as “East London’s famo gay bar” and “drag hothoe” whose regulars are “like fay”.
The spac beer garn — slathered the Pri rabow — mak this place somethg special, and the outdoor loft space is available to hire for anyone wantg to throw themselv a gay old birthday. As early on as the 1940s, gay men were drawn to the venue — which is now a daily rt of baret, quizz clubbg — and the annual panto. East London’s famo gay bar, drag hothoe, LGBTQ+ performance venue, nightclub and curators of major events and ftivals.
Our staff all have a good si knowledge about the gay scene, the bt parti, the bt plac to eat, and all the gay scene gossip – they’re always happy to help! The Gay Bgo Boat Party (2015 – prent). The Glory also curat, unr Jonny Woo, the drag talent and gogo dancers who appear Block 9’s notor gay club NYC Downlow at Glastonbury.
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There are close lks and crossovers between The Glory’s performer fay and other London drag parti and llectiv like Sk The Pk, Mariah & Friends, Ltle Gay Brother and Wter Pri. Like all our areas London, East London had s challeng wh revelopment and losg queers spac, to the excg recent openg of new plac like The Glory and Bethnal Green Workg Men’s Club, Queen Alai and Vogue Fabrics already makg their lible mark on the UK gay scene, never md jt the East End. Hetro-Friendly, Old school gay pub on the edge of Limehoe.
The Glory is East London’s famo gay bar, drag hothoe, LGBTQ+ performance venue, nightclub and curators of major events and ftivals.
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The Backstreet is a world-famo bar for gay men who are to leather or bber.
East Londons Biggt and most famo gay sna space, a large venue wh areas for everyone om spa, snas and steam, numero private bs and tv rooms, Pl an array of fantastic theme events om Big and Cuddly wh a whole buffet put on, to Lato Thursdays and even a Sunday roast served on a Sunday. Named after the Walthamstow lol famo for his volvement the Arts and Crafts movement, The William Morris Bar is a neighbourhood gay pub for the rints of E17, but the vast and varied range of events happeng throughout the week means that ’s well worth anybody makg the journey to the end of the Victoria Le. The Glory pris self beg one of east London’s bt gay bars, drag hotho, LGBTQ+ performance venu, nightclubs, and curators of London shows, ftivals, ntts and battl.
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Comptons of Soho Photo:, Shutterstock Comprisg of two bars and a quieter lounge area, Soho’s Comptons pub has been a staple the cy’s gay scene sce 1986. Halfway To Heaven, Trafalgar Square Loted between Charg Cross Statn and Trafalgar Square, Halfway To Heaven is a tradnal gay pub and baret show bar wh a laid-back ground floor and club-like basement area. Kgs Arms, Soho Loted on Soho’s Poland Street and open sce the 1700’s, the iendly Kgs Arms was one of the first spots Soho to serve the gay muny, billg self as a ‘gentlemen’s bar’ the 1970’s.
Officially a gay bar sce 1981, ’s now a firm favoure wh the LGBTQ+ muny – ‘bears’ particular – om London and around the world.
From tablished legends of the gay scene to on that play baret and everythg between, there’s somethg for everyone here.
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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.
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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. WE HAVE A ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY TOWARDS HOMOPHOBIA, TRANSPHOBIA,.
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Follow on om a swim wh a drk at the nearby Kg William IV, one of the cy’s olst gay pubs. Gay Amerin artist Dennis Severs spent 20 years turng his home to a livg mm, wh the townhoe’s 10 rooms reprentg snapshots the life of an imagary fay between 1724 to 1914.
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Where to go at nightRoyal Vxhall TavernOne of London’s olst survivg gay venu, the Royal Vxhall Tavern has been an entertament statn sce the 1860s. Heaven, Charg CrossHands down the biggt and most famo gay club central London.
Highlights clu the John Waters-spired lbian theme night Female Trouble; the d-visual queer spectacular Outré Voyage, the male-centric mic nights Homodrop and Dissodoma, the by-femm/for-femm monthly Femmi-Errect, and the hedonistic Happy Endgs, which turns Superstore’s unisex loos to a pop-up rave. In Hackney Wick, near the Olympic Park, the monthly gay rave Chapter 10 is at Bloc and Pxssy Palace tak place at Mick’s you need fuel on your night out, Dalston is packed wh late-night eateri.
Wh more gay bars per square e than any other area, Soho is buzzg on any night of the week.