Oxford: the big gay tth - Cherwell

Contents:

• OXFORD GAY BARS
• OXFORD – A GAY OVERTURE
• TRYG TO UNRSTAND THE ENGLISH GAYS AT OXFORD
• OXFORD: THE BIG GAY TTH
• GAY OXFORDSHIRE

OXFORD GAY BARS

The gay bars and nightclubs Oxford. Be warned, though, Oxford’s gay nightlife is relatively small, which mak credibly popular wh the lol muny. It opened as a gay bar the early 80s, and except for one or two months, has been nng as a gay bar and an important part of the lol gay muny for over 20 years.

OXFORD – A GAY OVERTURE

The Jolly Farmers is loted right the heart of Oxford and hosts gay baret acts as well as quiz nights, one-off events and addnal entertament. Oxford Gay BarsThe Plh Lounge3.

4Audience RatgBased on 18 votPremier gay bar and LGBT nightclub Oxford - recently reloted to unr the brick arch of this historic cy. 9Audience RatgBased on 44 vot2019 Audience Awards4 Star Wner2020 Audience Awards4 Star WnerLong-nng, fun gay bar wh a beer garn Oxford, UK. The Jolly Farmers is one of the olst gay bars the untry.

Obvly, I’m not able to reprent everybody’s opns and experienc, so read this bearg md that I’m a cis gay man and there are probably Oxford LGTBQ folks out there who would have wrten a totally different if you haven’t learnt what cis means om your sixth form llege *look up…*But serly, I had lerally no ia what to expect om the gay scene Oxford. If not, don’t panic – the Oxford LGTBQ scene expands far beyond club nights, and towards the end of this article I’ve gone through some of the other key parts of your gay Oxford experience, so feel ee to skip the next few paragraphs if dnken mishaps grimy clubs isn’t que your style. Bridge and Camera are fely the prerve of the “straight-actg”, public-school boy, “’s-not-gay-if-we-didn’t-kiss”, queer “lad” if ever such a thg existed.

TRYG TO UNRSTAND THE ENGLISH GAYS AT OXFORD

It has this gay’s blsg, even though ’s not great. Cellar isn’t a gay club, but s atmosphere is very gay-iendly.

Open until 4am on ‘Bent’ Saturdays, Plh is Oxford’s ma gay club, openg on Fridays and Saturdays and providg a basic diet of gay pop classics, even if do clu an unnecsarily large amount of appropriate early ’00s R&B. Important veat here (aga, if you didn’t tch the first time): I’m a cis gay man, and I n’t speak for the experience that others might have. Like most gay clubs, Pl is maly occupied by gay men – but there are plenty of people volved the scene who are women, bi, trans, people of lour, and rabow Oxford life is ma up of a lot more than jt ’s LGBTQ Campaign n provi an amazg space for queer people, and Universy’a LGBTQ Society has a weekly drks event every Tuday, movg om llege to llege.

Fally, if you take one thg om this article, take this: there are gays Oxford.

OXFORD: THE BIG GAY TTH

An imaged versn of English gay life om Brishead Revised. I started my hunt for English homos my very first night, at an “Amerin-themed hoe party.

GAY OXFORDSHIRE

” Although this nsisted of English manboys wearg backwards hats, playg beer pong, llg me “bro” terrible Valley Girl accents, and referrg to red Solo cups as “Amerin lici, ” wasn’t a total wash—I met Isaac, the self-proclaimed “Gay Kg of Oxford.

” He wore baggy harem pants like Jt Bieber and had spent the first eight years of his life Bo Raton (so, not exactly my cup of tea), but he gave me the low-down on Oxford’s gay scene, which nsists of gay versns of standard Oxford tradns: Instead of Tolkien semars and pre-law drks, gay people attend queer readg circl and pansexual tea parti. Where crew bros bge-drk at pubs, gays chug beer twice a week at Baby Love Bar’s gay events: Pop Tarts (a gay night) and Super Market (a “straight” night revolvg around Beyonce and other black divas beloved by whe people). Although queer readg circl sound like the fun kd of circle jerks, they actually revolve around leftists verbally jackg off to their own polil rrectns, and the ia of gay versns of heterosexual tradns ma me lgh—if I wanted to wear sus and fd marriageable men, I would listen to Gotye and jo a at.