After Craigslist and Manhunt, Here is Where Gays Will Get Their Clicks

Contents:

• GAY SEOUL SEOUL CY GUI
• GAY SEOUL
• GAY JONGNO: HIDN PLA SIGHT
• SUNAK APOLOGIZ FOR HISTORIC TREATMENT OF UK GAY VETERANS
• GAY SEOUL · CY GUI
• SEOUL GAY SNAS
• SHELTERSEOULMENUHOTELS · LUXURYHOTELS · MID-RANGE + BUDGETHOTEL DISUNTSBARSDANCE CLUBSMASSAGECISE CLUBSSNASTOURSCY GUIGAY MAPSHELTER
• THE BT GAY BARS SEOUL
• GAY PARKS NEAR ME
• THE HOR GUI TO GAY SEOUL
• AFTER CRAIGSLIST AND MANHUNT, HERE IS WHERE GAYS WILL GET THEIR CLICKS

GAY SEOUL SEOUL CY GUI

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Homo Hill is Itaewon, and the name speaks for self. Among the hundreds of gay bars this cy, those loted this foreigner-iendly queer enclave at the center of Yongsan district are the most likely to have staff and ctomers who speak English.

Jongno the central Nagwon-dong neighborhood, remas the gayt area of Seoul.

GAY JONGNO: HIDN PLA SIGHT

Nearby alleys are led wh a multu of eveng street food tents (pojangmacha) terg to crowds of men both gay and straight, most party mo. A number of tents by ex 4 of Jongno 3 Ga (종로 3 가) near many of the gay bars, serve up anju food and cheap drks for an animated throng of gay men, late to the night. TravelGayAsia onle travel gui lists gay bars, nightclubs, snas, spas, beach, shops and more, Seoul, Ban, and many other ci Asia, pl Atralia and New Zealand.

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See South Korea’s Gay March Forward, an Augt, 2014 DailyXtra article by Dave Hazzan. For some rtrant, shoppg and hotel/ guthoe suggtns see our gay Seoul maps and listgs pag. 2 bar (147 Nakwon-dong, Jongno-gu, Itaewon), gay lols' cktail bar and rtrant.

SUNAK APOLOGIZ FOR HISTORIC TREATMENT OF UK GAY VETERANS

Almaz (136-6 Itaewon-dong, Yongsan-gu, Itaewon), gay neighborhood warm-up cktail bar/lounge, before the clubs hangout. Always Homme (Itaewon-dong, Yongsan-gu, Itaewon), Homo Hill cktail bar, tourists and expats mix, younger lols; open durg the week, and late on weekends until 5am. A\V Take-C (236-1, 3F, Nagwon-dong, Jongno-gu, Itaewon), gay bar, expansive cktails menu, popular wh lol bears; visors wele.

Bar (41-1 Myo-dong, Jongno-gu, Jongno), 2nd floor gay cktail bar, mostly Korean olr guys, English-speakg staff, ee WiFi. BB (Big Brothers) Bar (10 Sa-daero 26-gil, Jongno), gay we and dive bar, cktails; ternatnal iendly mix; bears.

Bottoms Up (Usadan-ro 37, Itaewon), Tuday-Saturday gay/mixed mic/vio bar/lounge, food; big wdows overlookg Homo Hill. Club Octagon (152 Nonhyeon-dong, B1/B2, Gangnam-gu), gay-iendly mixed dance club, good sound system, pretty people, stage shows. Glam Club (116-1 Itaewon, 2F, Yongsan), opulent, upsle gay-popular lounge, Techno/Hoe gut DJs, baret shows, Asian-spired tapas.

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Gnome (50-2 Supyo-ro 22-gil, 2F; Donui-dong, Jongno), gay fe/bar, roofck views, cktails/beer/we/whiskey, snacks.

Gray Club (191 Itaewon-dong, Yongsan-gu), big weekend unrground gay Friday/Saturday dance club, techno mic, go-go boys and stage entertament until 7am; bear events, drag shows. HOMPA by Le Queen (Itaewondong, 123-3, Yongsan), Tuday-Saturday afterhours gay dancg, mcular go-go hunks; lols/ foreign mix.

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Mo (111-2 Nakwon-dong, Jongno-gu, Jongno), gay cktail bar, snack foods, mostly Korean men of mixed ag, iendly staff. Owoo (109-1 Nakwon-dong, Jongno-gu, 4th fl, Jongno), Nordic-style gay bar, fé meals, mixed mostly lol crowd wh some foreigners.

Oz (Itaewon-dong, Yongsan-gu, Itaewon), small Homo Hill gay bar next to Always Homme, mostly olr guys. Pocha ALMAZ (12 Myo-dong, 1/F, Jongno), gay soju, beer, whiskey, vodka and cktails bar, K-Pop mic, food service.

Prost Pub & Grill (116-1, Itaewon 1-dong, 1F, Yongsan), 7/365 nightly gay/mixed fe/bar, al/ lagers, crafts and drafts, w, whiskeys, cktails; noodl/pasta, burgers/sandwich, ssag/BBQ ribs, nachos; DJs.

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Q Bar (124-7 Itaewon, 2F, Yongsangu), 10pm-5am Friday and Saturday gay/mixed lounge, three areas, DJs, go-go dancers, performers. Queen (Itaewon-dong, Yongsan-gu 136-42, Itaewon), gay dance club, good-lookg crowd, K-pop and Wtern mic, special theme parti, pat bar. Shimya Jongro (95-1 Myo-dong, Jongro), zy livg-room-style gay bar, iendly ternatnal/ English-speakg mix.

Shortb (175 Myo-dong, Jongno-gu, Jongno), ty gay bar, lounge/hoe mic, lols and foreigners mix, ee WiFi.

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SOHO (Itaewon-dong, Yongsan-gu, Itaewon), Homo Hill vio/dance bar, young crowd, lols and foreigners mix, theme parti, iendly staff, pat. Trance (136-42 Itaewon-dong, Yongsan-gu, B, Itaewon), Friday/Saturday gay basement bar, drag shows and other entertament. Viva (12-1 Jongno 3-ga, Jongno-gu, B1, Jongno), basement gay bar, 30s mix, live mic, movi, theme party nights.

Wallpaper (103 Ikseon-dong, Jongno-gu, Jongno), small but popular gay karaoke bar. Warehoe (136-30 B1, Itaewon1dong, Yongsan-Gu/ Itaewon), zy gay bar, iendly ternatnal vibe.

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(137-4 Itaewon-dong, Yongsan-gu, Itaewon), small upsle gay dance club; young K-pop ver groups, drag shows.

CLOSED: G2 Club (Jongno), bear-popular gay karaoke bar; Gonomi (Jongno), bear-popular gay cktail bar; IAM Seoul, erant gay dance parti; JL Cultur, gay events, Black Weekends; Le Queen (Itaewon), weekend gay dance parti; Poten 410 (Jongno), cktails, snacks, pat; Pulse (Itaewon), men's dance club, strippers/ go-gos, performanc. GM Sna (Toegye-ro, Dongdaemun), 24-hour gay sna, maze, TV lounge, bs, darkroom, ter; popular wh bears.

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Hyundae Sna (131-36, Iteawon-dong, Yongsan-gu, 2nd fl, Iteawon), 24-hour gay sna, pool, lounge, ter room, vios, bs, dark room, ee snacks. See Utopia-Asia for a more plete list of gay snas and gay-equented jjimjilbang, the tradnal Korean overnight sleepg facili.

For gayer massage optns see: 501 Mania (Jongno), 24-hour -hoe or out-ll massage, onle photos; Black Out (Itaewon), massage by Leo; GiSeng (Jongno), on-se or out-ll servic; Move; and The Park (Itaewon), men-for-men, hot "traers" on-se or out-lls, onle photos and rervatns, open 1pm-4am daily. May 24, 2017 - South Korea: Soldier nvicted outrageo ary gay wch-hunt - Roseann Rife, East Asia Rearch Director at Amnty Internatnal. But a closer look will reveal another world unfaiar to even veteran Jongno-goers, tourists, and rints alike: gay Jongno.

Many are unaware that the streets of Jongno are led wh myriad gay tablishments, varyg om standard bars and karaoke jots to DVD rooms, BBQs and even gay snas.

AFTER CRAIGSLIST AND MANHUNT, HERE IS WHERE GAYS WILL GET THEIR CLICKS

While the more obv ‘Homo Hill’ the ternatnal district of Itaewon is often associated wh all thgs gay Korea has to offer, the more laid back and shabby Jongno is whout doubt the heart of Seoul’s gay scene, boastg untls hangouts close proximy to Jongno 3-ga statn, jt next to the Nakwon mil stment ar.