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Contents:

• THE BEST OXFORD GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS OXFORD
• GAY OXFORD, UNED KGDOM | THE ESSENTIAL LGBT TRAVEL GUI!
• LBIAN & GAY
• EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS OXFORD
• GAY UNED KGDOM
• THE BEST OXFORDSHIRE GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS OXFORDSHIRE

THE BEST OXFORD GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS OXFORD

The gay bars and nightclubs Oxford.

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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. 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.

The Oxford Campaign for Homosexual Equaly (OCHE). The gay scene, however, is not, basilly, any different s stcture om that of any other cy of parable size.

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The ‘mercial’ gay scene centr at prent on the Stage Club, on only 3 nights a week. One particular matter, however, was highlighted, and that was the difficulti terrelatn between olr and younger gay people, and those of different sex. It is enuragg to see how urageo efforts to tablish gay squats Oxford have succeed.

It is, perhaps, signifint that is their atmosphere of total rmaly and disregard for nventn which has enabled barriers, which apparently exist elsewhere between gay women and men, to be broken down. The Stage Club was Oxford’s first official gay venue durg the late 1970s.

Suated on the rner of Gee Street and Victoria Court, next to the Apollo (now New Theatre), the venue trad as the Clarendon tea rooms by day, transformg to ‘70s gay dis glory by night.

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At the Stage Club, there is a dis every night for Gays, and although non-Universy people are the majory, stunts are equally wele. The mours of htlers, i, fights and raids by the Natnal Front are totally spur and are perhaps further ditns of anti-Gay feelg Oxford. Oxford Gay Swchboard.

Followg the succs of London Gay Swchboard, Oxford Gay Swchboard was tablished 1975. Oxford Gay Swchboard is an rmatn and beiendg service for homosexuals the Oxford area.

Run and fanced entirely by volunteers, is touch wh all lol gay groups and has up to date rmatn on diss, meetgs, discsns, and so on.

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Oxford Gay Swchboard ntued servg the muny well to the 1990s. A unique document of gay rights mpaigng Oxford durg the early 1980s n be found a short news report, now available to view for ee on the BFI webse.

The Jolly Farmers, on Paradise Street, Oxford’s longt-tablished gay-intified pub.

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The venue opened s doors as a gay pub 1983 after which was the only gay bar Oxford for much of the rt of the and to the 1990s. Advertisement for the Farmers the Oxford Gayzette, November 1983. Edns of the Oxford Gayzette document the dawng awarens of AIDS the lol LGBTQ+ muny.

It began when a group of gay men Oxford read about the effect of AIDS Ameri and realised that few people Bra were dog much about . 34 Cowley Road also provid space and a fol pot for the Oxford Campaign for Homosexual Equaly and Oxford Friend. Project October was set up 1986 to attempt to rectify a prsg need for lol facili for lbian and gay rints of Oxford.

Project October rulted the settg up of the Oxford Lbian and Gay Communy Centre (OLGCC) at Northgate Hall (on St Michael’s St).

On 15-16 March 1993 Paddy Ashdown (then Lear of the Liberal Democrats) vised OLGCC where he spoke to lol gay men and lbians about how they anised themselv to take actn the muny.

The chapter still mak powerful readg and stands as a ttament to the tenacy and urage of Oxford’s lbians and gay men through the bleak midwter of Sectn 28 and the early years of AIDS. gay nightlife is relatively small, but neverthels, very popular.

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Oxford Gay and Lbian Communy Centre (OLGCC) has been open. entirely voluntarily) by and for the lbians, gay men and bisexuals. Whtaker, Secretary of the Oxford Gay and Lbian Centre told BBC.