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Contents:

• THE BT GAY BARS AND CLUBS SGAPORE
• SGAPORE GAY TRAVEL
• 8 LGBTQ-FRIENDLY BARS IN SGAPORE WH UNIQUE DRKS & NO COVER CHARGE SO YOU CAN PARTY WH PRI
• SGAPORE GAY BARS
• BT GAY CLUBS SGAPORE
• THE BEST SGAPORE GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS SGAPORE
• TABOO, DUXTON: INIC 23 YEAR-OLD GAY CLUB IS NOW A LGBT CAFE COLLABORATN WH HAOKE AND F’VE
• SHOGUN (SGAPORE GAY SNA)
• 3 BT GAY BARS AND CLUBS SGAPORE
• GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT
• 9 GAY-FRIENDLY NIGHTSPOTS IN SGAPORE FOR A DIFFERENT AND TOTALLY FUN EXPERIENCE

THE BT GAY BARS AND CLUBS SGAPORE

Thgs to doFoodShoppgNightlifeToursInformatnMoreThe gay nightlife scene Sgapore has had s ups and downs, wh plenty of long-nng LGBT-iendly clubs and bars beg forced to shut due to a number of reasons. Most of the gay bars and clubs Sgapore are focsed around the famo Neil Street ( Chatown, walkg distance om Outram MRT). Jt rock up here after the sun go down and you’ll fd a number of gay-iendly venu, om chilled out bistros to bangg nightclubs (we’ve picked a few of the bt below).

Sgapore also hosts regular gay parti, but aga, the e and go so the bt way of stayg up-to-date is to ask around. This three--one venue is que an stutn Sgapore’s gay nightlife scene. 0) modifiedWhile other gay clubs e and go Sgapore, Taboo Club is one of a handful that has stood the tt of time and still thrive today.

This is partly thanks to s lotn on Sgapore’s pkt street – Neil Road – surround by half-a-dozen or so other gay-iendly (but much more chill) bars and bistros. This is no gay bar s own right, but expect a very diverse crowd wh plenty of hot beach bods on display of all natnali and moreLotn: 20 Tanjong Beach Walk, Sentosa Island, SgaporeOpen: Monday–Friday om 11am to 10pm and Saturday–Sunday om 9am to 10pmPhone: +65 6270 1355MapThis article clus opns of the Go Guis edorial team. Sgapore is a marvelo, glimmerg Southeast Asian statn that gay travelers love to vis.

SGAPORE GAY TRAVEL

A major bs hub, gay lols and ex-pats meld together, formg a strong and vibrant gay muny.

To the surprise of many tourists, the cy has a cent bunch of entertag gay bars and snas to explore. I disvered so much about lol gay life durg my brief yet actn-packed vis to Sgapore.

I was lucky enough to make iends wh a few gay lols along wh their ex-pat iends who troduced me to the cy.

8 LGBTQ-FRIENDLY BARS IN SGAPORE WH UNIQUE DRKS & NO COVER CHARGE SO YOU CAN PARTY WH PRI

When you add lic food, gay nightlife, and unbelievable hotel optns bookg a trip here sounds like a no-braer! Here are a few other fantastic hotels and hostels for gay travelers Sgapore that are highly rated, affordable, and perfectly loted for explorg the cy.

Even though Sgapore is a nservative natn, that hasn’t stopped a vibrant gay neighborhood om thrivg here. Sgapore’s gay district is effectively the Chatown neighborhood.

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And while ’s not as ostentat as the gay districts of big-time gay statns,  boasts a range of gay nightlife venu and LGBT-iendly tablishments. As I remend the sectns above, stayg anywhere the southern half of Sgapore’s Central Area will make super nvenient to accs the lol gay bars. From what I uld tell, though, gay lols don’t live exclively the Sgapore gay area.

Gay bars tend to ncentrate Chatown, but don’t lim yourself to stayg this neighborhood! Dorothy’s is a pact Wizard of Oz-themed gay bar Sgapore’s Chatown neighborhood.

The vibe at Dorothy’s is fely more relaxed than your typil gay bar, but I found this to be enjoyable. Soon after I arrived at Tantric, I met a lol gay Sgaporean! He troduced me to his gay iends, who had moved to Sgapore om different untri like France and Costa Ri.

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Lluvia is one other lol gay bar and rtrant worth mentng, though they’re not nearly as popular as Tantric and Dorothy’s. Given how nservative the untry is, might surprise you that Sgapore has several gay snas to explore.

Keybox is the biggt gay sna Sgapore and has recently moved to a new 5, 000-square-foot space. One may thk that the morny of Sgapore would e along wh some gay rights. There are still no protectns for LGBT dividuals though, and gay marriage is still not regnized Sgapore.

But, he also mentned that visors mt regnize Sgapore’s nservative culture and anti-gay laws. Gay rights challeng asi, is fortg that Sgapore has gay bars and events that allow the LGBT muny to e together.

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Once a gay club, Taboo Bar and Cafe is now an LGBTQ-iendly bar and fe that serv Hakka food for lunch, and Indonian and Peranakan dish for dner. Special thanks to Tora Y., riverrobl, afalang, bbox, genewilly, happy_t, BillyBudd, eastwt, jasoncd, luchenotte, crystalmaya, gsmgay1997, sgslave, peterbxl1, bbox, whe_sg, Tigerman, Richard, O, Thomas I., Ash, Steve, Dale and Brian! Most of Sgapore's gay scene is ncentrated Chatown, easily accsed by taxi or the Chatown or Tanjong Pagar MRT statns.

Wh a fortable mix of lol, expat and gays on holiday, the bar also gets wanrg tourists and is a fortable spot for women and straight iends.

TABOO, DUXTON: INIC 23 YEAR-OLD GAY CLUB IS NOW A LGBT CAFE COLLABORATN WH HAOKE AND F’VE

The creative team behd many of Sgapore's gay dance parti which aim to brg your clubbg experience to a whole new level. Phnom Pehn's gay men-only boutique hotel, spa, pool and rtrant... QUNCI VILLAS, a gay-iendly, gay-managed tropil rort on the heavenly island of Lombak, jt next to Bali...

SHOGUN (SGAPORE GAY SNA)

Map of Tanjong Pagar Road wh the red strip havg a high ncentratn of gay bars along om the 1990s to the 2010s.

Other gay tablishments are also loted along Neil Road and nearby areas.

3 BT GAY BARS AND CLUBS SGAPORE

From the 1990s to the 2000s, most of Sgapore's gay bars were loted the Tanjong Pagar nstuency, through the heart of which ns Tanjong Pagar Road. However, wh the closure of many gay tablishments along Tanjong Pagar Road and the sproutg up of new on along Neil Road the 2010s, the latter urped the tle for a . Gay tablishments were found terspersed along Tanjong Pagar Road and adjog thoroughfar such as Tras Street, Craig Road, Neil Road, Duxton Hill, Ann Siang Road, as well as nearby districts such as Chatown and Telok Ayer.

A zy, uniquely rated, gay-owned bar, wh a balny for flirtg wh passers-by. It is loted close to multiple clubs and gay snas, openg daily om 7pm until the wee hours.

GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT

It is a gay-owned and managed bar, the first to drape a rabow flag above s ma entrance. OUT Bar[4] - a chill out gay bar loted at 43 Neil Road signed the inic 1960s Hollywood era style to ter to today's divas.

9 GAY-FRIENDLY NIGHTSPOTS IN SGAPORE FOR A DIFFERENT AND TOTALLY FUN EXPERIENCE

Organis parti for maly gay cisgenr men, and ocsnally drag wars. As far as lols n remember, but which n only be rroborated by a handful of people, the very first gay bar Sgapore was the Crern along Orchard Road, not very far om the old Cold Storage buildg where Centrepot now stands.

Next me the Goln Ven bar, on the ground floor of the former Orchard Hotel along Orange Grove Road, as some lols and gay expatriat who lived Sgapore durg the 1960s n rell[14]. It was always a mixed tablishment rather than purely a gay venue. The bar area self was predomantly gay, while the adjacent larger room, there was a band and dance floor that was pletely "straight", beg much patronised by heterosexual Brish and Atralian servicemen.

It is tertg that the gay and straight areas both -existed si by si whout much evince of open homophobia. Near the time of s closure the mid-1960s, a Sgaporean who vised the bar one night scribed as beg brightly l but there was no sign of gay life.

Pebbl Bar the Sgapura Hotel Inter-Contental wh s posh r and hip, live mic plete wh androgyno performer was cidly more upmarket and soon eclipsed The Goln Ven which then fad to the pths of gay history. This was one of Sgapore's first gay bars and opened the 1960s.

However, even by the late 1960s, had not yet gaed a reputatn for beg a gay venue.

Tropina hoed 3 tablishments where gay men would ngregate - first Le Bistro, then Café Vienna and Treetops Bar. Sometime the early years of the 1970s, the gay clientele started to e. Gay and straight clientele would s round the bar listeng to the performers.

The bar was well patronized but never chock-a-block full like some gay bars or diss n be nowadays. It had bee well known as a chill-out bar, pecially amongst English-ted gays and a reputed pick-up hnt for whe tourists and lol, eply closeted homosexuals. Gay gathergs began on Sundays, a tradn which grew out of earlier attempts by Sgapore food and beverage outlets to py the Amerin practice of holdg Sunday afternoon tea danc, popular durg that era.