Gay Sydney: a gui to clubs, bars, baret and culture | Gay and lbian travel | The Guardian

Contents:

• GAY SYDNEY
• GAY LADI' FIRST SUNDAY BOOK CLUB (SYDNEY)
• GAY SYDNEY: A GUI TO CLUBS, BARS, BARET AND CULTURE
• THE LTLE GAY BOOK CLUB
• JUNE GAY BOOK CLUB « ALL EVENTS THIS EVENT HAS PASSED.JUNE GAY BOOK CLUB
• GAY SOCIAL GROUPS SYDNEY

GAY SYDNEY

The stunngly betiful harbour, the geo hunks on Bondi beach, the dazzlgly Oxford Street gay nightlife, the art, food and shoppg scen and numero inic attractns make Sydney a world class gay holiday statn. Sydney is packed to the seams wh gay travelers durg Mardi Gras, but this is a cy blsed wh great weather om September to April.

Basilly, 's a great place to hang out wh thoughtful and iendly gay ladi. Gay Ladi’ First Sunday Book Club.

GAY LADI' FIRST SUNDAY BOOK CLUB (SYDNEY)

Gay Ladi’ First Sunday Book Club is a book club suated Sydney, Atralia. Gay Ladi’ First Sunday Book Club wel all gay women the area to jo them for a discsn about books and a nversatn about life. The books that Gay Ladi’ First Sunday Book Club has gone over the past clu “Honeybee” by Craig Silvey and “Devotn” by Hannah Kent.

Gay Ladi’ First Sunday Book Club also puts together book club meetgs that wele members to brg any books of their choice and meetgs to appreciate poetry. Reach out to Gay Ladi’ First Sunday Book Club. Hunger by Roxane Gay.

In Hunger, Roxane Gay wr a eply personal memoir about what ’s like to be overweight and unseen.

GAY SYDNEY: A GUI TO CLUBS, BARS, BARET AND CULTURE

Reuntg his story as a gay Black man, Jon tak rears on a journey agast racism and homophobia wh a rawns and vulnerabily that left sobbg. Meanwhile, the troductn of laws that rtrict late-night socialisg central Sydney’s party preccts has severely damaged Oxford Street, the cy’s tradnal gay strip.

And, while Oxford Street is fely hurtg, a handful of Sydney’s “tradnal” queer venu ntue to thrive there spe of the challengg and mixedTokyo Sg Song basement Patrick Abboud, a documentary filmmaker and televisn prenter who -hosts and produc for the Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi GrasThe biggt challenge for visors who want to explore Sydney’s LGBTQI scene is that only the old, mastream optns tend to be listed travel guis. On Sundays plays crowd-pleasg hoe, electro and two most mastream venu for gay guys are Stonewall and Arq.

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Heaps Gay is a massive event that draws queer folk of all ag, sexuali and genrs. To fd out what is gog on across Sydney regards to arts events and queer culture, keep an ear out for the rad programm Canvas (on FBi), and Gay Panic and So Hot Right Now (both on 2SER). Thk 1970s performance art meets homoerotic dience teractn, wh a sprklg of straight at boys who’ve stumbled downstairs om the pub above.

The productn of Angels Ameri 2014 was heart-punchgly good, and I re-staged my turbo-gay one-man show, Blue Wizard, there durg Mardi Gras this year – so has fely supported this Wizard was part of the Mardi Gras Ftival, which ns the weeks leadg up to the para March. 2, 359members7groupsFd out what's happeng LGBT Book Club Meetup groups around the world and start meetg up wh the on near LGBT Book Club groupsRelated topics:Book ClubLGBTLGBT Social GroupReadgLGBTQQueer BooksLbianLGBT FriendlyGayGay and Lbian FriendsLargt LGBT Book Club groups1LGBTQIA Book Club1, 322 Book peeps | Brisbane, AtraliaSam HamOrganized by Sam HamSam HamOrganized by Sam Ham2Perth lgbt Book Club Meetup Group312 Members | Perth, AtraliaDani_1986Organized by Dani_1986Dani_1986Organized by Dani_19863LGBTQI Book club304 Members | Las Vegas, USARyan PettengilllOrganized by Ryan PettengilllRyan PettengilllOrganized by Ryan Pettengilll4SD Gay Mens Bookclub285 Members | San Diego, USAJason VanceOrganized by Jason VanceJason VanceOrganized by Jason Vance5Gay Men's Book Club of Frerick57 Members | Frerick, USADonald HarverOrganized by Donald HarverDonald HarverOrganized by Donald Harver6Woodland Hills Lbian Book Club Meetup46 Women Who Love Readg and Women | Woodland Hills, USAHeidiOrganized by HeidiHeidiOrganized by Heidi7LGBTQ Girls DF33 Gal Pals | Méxi Cy, MexiLra MerdoOrganized by Lra MerdoLra MerdoOrganized by Lra MerdoShow allNewt LGBT Book Club groupsSD Gay Mens Bookclub285 MembersStarted Oct 4 San Diego, USALGBTQI Book club304 MembersStarted Feb 24 Las Vegas, USAPerth lgbt Book Club Meetup Group312 MembersStarted Aug 17 Perth, AtraliaGay Men's Book Club of Frerick57 MembersStarted Oct 19 Frerick, USALGBTQIA Book Club1322 Book peepsStarted Aug 26 Brisbane, AtraliaLGBTQ Girls DF33 Gal PalsStarted Aug 21 Méxi Cy, Mexi. The Ltle Gay Book Club is an all-clive, queer-centric book club.

The Ltle Gay Book Club reads lerature that centers the queer ias, stori, and experienc that shape our movement. Wisns has long been a forenner LGBTQ+ advocy, ever sce was the first state to pass anti-discrimatn legislatn for the LGBTQ muny 1982, givg the tle of "the first gay rights state. "Here are five stori that scratch the surface of the Fox Ci' LGBTQ muny and Lambda Lounge: Appleton's first gay barThroughout the late 20th century, gay people primarily found muny through the bar scene, often seen as a safe space for LGBTQ people to socialize.

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Appleton's first gay bar, the Lambda Lounge, opened downtown 1977 by partners Pl DeB and Gene DeB, Pl's sister, said the two bought the bar om Claire Kempky who ran Doris' Super Bar, a bs wh a reputatn as a hangout spot for gay people. That reputatn, she said, enuraged her brother to open a gay bar after Kempky's closed. Matchbook vers for The Lambda Lounge that read "The Gayt Spot Town.

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" The bar opened 1977 and was Appleton's first gay the bar wasn't openly advertised as a gay bar for the safety of s patrons, people knew of through word of mouth and natnal gay bar guis, such as the Damron Gui.

Rearcher for the Universy of Wisns-Green Bay's "Our Voic: LGBTQ+ Stori of Northeastern Wisns" Dennis Jab said bar patrons often experienced backlash om Appleton rints who believed homosexualy was wrong and didn't like havg a gay bar patrons were safe to be themselv si the bar, Jabs said people knew to not enter or leave the bar alone as they faced vlence om straight people and many fights took place outsi the bar. "The early [gay] bars were rough, " Jabs said.

"But the gay populatn Appleton stood their ground and fought back. "Ultimately, the bar closed down amid petn om 1101 Wt, a gay dance club, that opened down the road soon after. However, the Lambda Lounge's prence Appleton paved the way for other LGBTQ bars, such as The ReMixx Neenah, Rasls Appleton and the now-closed Pivot A Neenah LGBTQ club is creatg a growg love for drag shows the Fox CiMore: Rasls has long been a gay refuge AppletonBook clubs allow gay people to fd munyBook clubs have often been a place for people wh shared inti to fd muny while discsg lerature pertag to their liv and provi a safe space for gays and lbians to socialize, Appleton Public Library llectns ordator Michael Nz and Lawrence Universy Profsor Dick Wslow found a book club named the Lavenr Salon 15 years, the group met each Sunday members' hom wh potluck meals and discsns on books and club was exclive to gay people, so members — whether they were openly gay or not — were able to be themselv and safely meet other people the LGBTQ muny.