Gay bars London - the bt LGBTQ+ bars and pubs - Time Out

Contents:

• THE 10 BEST LONDON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS LONDON
• LONDON GAY DISTRICT: SOHO
• THE BT GAY BARS LONDON
• NE REASONS WHY LONDON IS THE BT PLACE ON EARTH TO BE GAY
• THE BT GAY VILLAG IN THE UNED KGDOM FOR FABULO QUEER FUN! ??
• LONDON GAY CLUBS

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

24 plac sorted by traveler favorBars & Clubs • Gay BarsTrafalgar Square / EmbankmentGay Bars • Dance Clubs & DissTrafalgar Square / EmbankmentBars & Clubs • Gay BarsLeicter Square / Shaftbury AvenueWhat travelers are saygBier than expected but service was fast and iendly. Brilliant staff (pecially Jack, the fabulo bar manager and cktail maker), fabulo cktails and a relaxed atmosphere for all whether gay, straight or somethg else. A beguilg, alternative London gay bar.

LONDON GAY DISTRICT: SOHO

Collected om the 19th century, the archive — curated by the imable Stef Dickers — brims wh prs cuttgs, lbian pulp fictn, 90s gay mags, necsary documentatn of the HIV/AIDS crisis and Sectn 28 — and everythg between. Gay's the word. Bookshop extraordaire: Gay's The Word.

THE BT GAY BARS LONDON

The first of s kd, Gay's The Word Soho opened as the UK’s first dited LGBTQ+ bookshop 1979. Persecuted Irish poet Osr Wil has a ff-shaped cigarette-holdg statue jt off Trafalgar Square (and plaqu around town, cludg one at Clapham Junctn statn), while gay breaker Alan Turg has a steel 'statue' Paddgton.

The first-ever gay rights monstratn, Highbury Fields 1970, is memorated wh a plaque too. Keep an eye on their socials for nights llaboratn wh Gay Tim or Pengu Books, too. Unniably one of the most ccial parts of London's gay history, the men's pond on Hampstead Heath is the clost Londoners get to a gay beach.

The wild swimmg pond on Hampstead Heath is a summer mec for gay men.

NE REASONS WHY LONDON IS THE BT PLACE ON EARTH TO BE GAY

Its unique style, smopolan populatn, unbridled artistic culture, and gay neighborhoods like Vxhall, Dalston and Soho make London a worldwi gay pal. Vxhall is more eccentric and unrground, while the more ncentrated London gay scene n be found Soho. In the center, Old Compton Street is where all the gay actn happens.

The first brothel the cy opened s doors Soho, and the area has mataed s sexual reputatn wh sex shops such as Prowler (5-7 Brewer St), the biggt gay sex shop the Uned Kgdom. The English aren’t exactly known for their culary skills, but Balans Soho Society (60 Old Compton Street) is a gay rtrant that satisfi everyone wh an ternatnal menu. Most gay bars and clubs london are open every day of the week, and there is ually some event or theme each night.

THE BT GAY VILLAG IN THE UNED KGDOM FOR FABULO QUEER FUN! ??

Loted jt behd Trafalgar Square, this inic club almost exclively attracts a gay crowd, and offers an atmosphere that is always alive! In terms of the bt gay snas London, you should make a bee-le for south London burrough, Vxhall. 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.

LONDON GAY CLUBS

Addrs: Gay’s the Word, 66 Marchmont Street, London, WC1N 1ABWebse:! 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.