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• GAY DARW GUI | AN LGBTQIA+ GUI TO DARW
• DARW'S GAY SCENE: TAKE A TOUR THROUGH NT'S QUEER HISTORY WH ACTIVIST AND AMIC DR DO HODGE
• A GAY DAY …DARW
• THIS IS NOT A GAY CLUB - THROB NIGHTCLUB
• THROB: DARW'S CHANGE-MAKG GAY NIGHTCLUB OF AGE
• GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS DARW
• GAY DARW
• EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS DARW
• SUMMER THE CY: A GAY MUNICH WEEKEND TRIP
• THE BEST MUNICH GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS MUNICH
• LONDON'S LANDMARK BUILDG DOTTED WH STRIP CLUBS, GAY VENU TO TURN TO MOSQUE
• EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS DARW
• GAY BAR DARW (CALIFORNIA)

GAY DARW GUI | AN LGBTQIA+ GUI TO DARW

Atralian gay history amic and activist Dr Do Hodge arrived Darw 1983, jt before the closure of two now-legendary mp venu, Dix and Hodge has sce moved to Alai, but returns to Darw to host walkg tours that foc on the Northern Terrory's lser known amic's last walkg tour for Darw Pri Ftival 2015 began at Lameroo Beach — known by the Larrakia people as Damoe-Ra — on Darw's Esplana. Colonisatn begs DarwAfter the first succsful European attempt to reach the Top End 1845, what is now known as Darw beme predomately lonised by men, which helped created a "homosocial environment" 1923 public baths were built at Lameroo Beach, which soon went onto bee a meetg place for gay men — albe well-vered circumstanc. It was discreet, " Dr Hodge is unclear how much sexual activy occurred at the baths but Dr Hodge has found legal rerds between 1942 and 1962 ditg homosexual activy was takg place " every European centre across the Terrory", cludg sports ovals and World War II, Darw's populatn doubled mostly due to an flux of servicemen, and the baths flourished.

"I wasn't an absolute whore, only a part-time one, " relled an Atralian Air Force serviceman, who equented the baths, oral history accsed by Dr 's gay bar scene emergAs social attus to homosexualy began to soften the late 1950s, Dr Do Hodge found evince of the first Aborigal man publicly g out as gay.

"He me out when he was que young, about 18, which was a very brave thg to do, " said a gay Aborigal man at the time oral history accsed by Dr the 1960s, Gurra relled an Aborigal woman also g out. (Supplied: Dr Do Hodge)She was a teacher ted down south who drove around wh her partner a vibrant green Dr Hodge said the queer nightlife scene which started to emerge Darw at this time maly tered to homosexual 1969, celebrated entreprenr John Spellman donned women's clothg and opened the Pianola Palace, the first gay-iendly Darw club beme known for a topls drag queen barmaid and a miature nu statue of David before beg cimated by Cyclone Tracy Spellman kept the Pianola Palace nng wh the help of tarpl tents and, as the town revered, other gay-iendly bars such as Dix, Fanni, Close Enunters, Squir and the Mississippi Queen emerged the Hodge believed lbians equented the venu but were generally "more discreet", and the prence of lbians was "assumed rather than apparent" Terrory's equal rights eraDr Hodge said the Terrory's lbian muny was bolstered by the Pe Gap women's peace mp, tablished 1983 near Alice Sprgs to ph for women's equal tablishment of women's legal service and refug the 1980s ntued this femist momentum, but there was evince of homophobia a tradnally mascule "wboy" town. (Supplied: Dr Do Hodge)Siarly, the gay muny — which started to lnch clubs such as the Darw Gay Society and the Boomer Motor Club the same era — also battled ternal and external divisn.

DARW'S GAY SCENE: TAKE A TOUR THROUGH NT'S QUEER HISTORY WH ACTIVIST AND AMIC DR DO HODGE

"There are a lot of racist gay wh around, " relled an Aborigal man 1980s oral history accsed by Dr muny was also challenged by the AIDS crisis and associated "fear and moral panic" the late 80s, Dr Hodge the Terrory, the queer muny rpond to the global crisis wh a lol AIDS uncil — a ty office tablished 1985 and n on a shotrg Darw's CBD.

"[The fact] that today we enjoy such a society is substantially due to the urageo and ntug efforts of many of the Northern Terrory's lbian, gay and trans cizens, " Dr Hodge said.

A GAY DAY …DARW

" Pri Ri 2015 morn tim of Darw's gay history. 2021 • CouplIf you’re a gay man over the age of 25 you will feel pletely out of place here.

THIS IS NOT A GAY CLUB - THROB NIGHTCLUB

The rt are very young straight upl and about 2% very young gay boys. Read our transparency report to learn 2021As a gay man who has seen many clubs, Drag Shows etc over many years, I LOVE the muny Darw, and pecially at Throb!

Not many gay people Darw and n't expect them all to ngregate together every sgle Friday or Saturday.

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Their slogan "where you're ee to be" seems rather appropriate as you'll fd anybody there, gay straight and a lot of tourists. Read our transparency report to learn 2017 • FriendsI had not been to the gay bar until today.

2017 • FriendsGood mic, bar took long time to get too, drks were $5, not jt for gays, plenty of upl n sgl here, lots of people here rock on young n old, wish we had e earlier to see the show tho Wrten 1 January 2017This review is the subjective opn of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC.

The drag show was excellent wh some top libre performers, probably better than most gay clubs terms of dancg and performance abily. Hence, "a gay day ... I went to Throb wh iends expectg the fun, laid back liberal vibe you'd expect at a gay bar or club but was really que different.

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If wasn't for the short midnight drag show (which was actually really good) I wouldn't have believed was a gay bar at all.

The mic was average nightclub mic, nothg that I am ed to hearg at a gay bar, which was slightly of the staff were slightly I hadn't expected the club to be a gay venue I might not have been so disappoted, and a way was nice that so many straight people were embracg the LGBT nightlife, but I don't thk Throb was dog a great job at beg 'gay'. Tun on the sound…ThrobDarw's premier gay- and lbian-iendly nightclub and cktail bar, Throb attracts partygoers of all genrs and persuasns for s hot DJs and ol…Deck BarAt the nonpartyg, parliamentary end of Mchell St, the Deck Bar still manag to get lively wh happy hours, pub trivia and regular live mic…Beachont HotelClose to the borr wh Nightcliff, this rollickg pub oppose the forhore attracts a lol crowd and often has bands. "In the urse of a few short years, Darw's only gay nightclub had gone om beg a social pariah to a weekend highlight for blok on the workse.

Pianola Palace, a bar opened 1969 by a flamboyant bsman who ocsnally drsed drag, was subsequently known for beg gay iendly but was stroyed by Cyclone Tracy venu drew queer crowds, but many did so discreetly.

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"The attus were still not favourable the public doma, even though privately many people adopted a live-and-let-live attu, " Dr Hodge the turn of the lennium, public opn towards homosexualy had softened nsirably but homophobic cints still were ocsnally asslted; some venu embraced what Dr Hodge termed the pk dollar, but generally only on quiet weeknights and at the discretn of owners who uld leave and turn prevly stck als on their head. "We opened the doors for, I thk might've st $9, 000 and a lick of pat, " Mr Palmer expensive helipter light is spng the middle of the dancefloor, Mr Palmer's many muny nnectns have turned out and the sound system is was also historic: the first signated gay space Darw that weled everyone.

"A formula is foundAs the club ntued to rve s niche the early ghts, the high productn value of drag shows took their small gay muny that Throb servic meant books were the red. (Supplied: Tim Palmer and Mark Marcelis)Turn up to Darw's only gay nightclub on the right night and you fill fd anyone om tradi to rporate typ to Indigeno drag queens.

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""People take their iends there who are a b wary of gog to a gay club and all they need to do is walk and their mds are changed.

Lotn tails and gay map for Darw. Exact lotn disclosed after bookg below to check the neighborhood and nearby gay plac. Travel wh peace of md while nnectg wh the gay muny.

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I had not been to the gay bar until today. Throb Nightclub and the gay-iendly venu are loted the area on and around Mchell, Smh and Knucky Streets downtown Darw Cy, the cy's bit mercial strip.

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Emen8 "Atralia's biggt and bolst onle sexual health and wellbeg iative for gay men, bisexual men and men who have sex wh men! The Cavenagh -aka "The Cav" (12 Cavenagh St), gay-popular rtrant, fe, bar and bottlhop; breakfast, lunch and dner, snacks, w.

The Gay Men's Pri group gathers here for Thursday Drks at 5pm and for bnch at 10:30am on first Sundays of the month. Deck Bar (22 Mchell St), rtrant and bar, cktails, 80+ beers, bnch, large outdoor pat space/ beer garn, Asian-style tapas, lunch/dner; mixed gay-iendly crowd, open day and night every day. From private rooms and apartments to LGBTQ-iendly hotels, you have the optn to stay the heart of gay districts as well as other neighborhoods the plac you vis.

A loft Soho, a shared room Barcelona or the Castro, a gay-iendly hotel Le Marais or Chelsea, experience misterb&b all gay travel statns! But addn to some mugs of the bt beer the world, which we as beer lovers had to try durg our 4-day stay Munich, there had entirely different thgs planned out for our first Munich Gay Cy Trip. Bee even if Munich is the pal of the more nservative German state of Bavaria, the cy on the Isar is one of the most LGBTQ+ and gay-iendly ci Germany.

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Adventuro and cur as we are, we started our journey wh a guid cy tour explorg the heart of the geo cy center of Munich while learng more about the tertg queer stori of the Bavarian pal, startg wh Freddie Mercury, the Dtsche Eiche, and the gayborhood Glockenbackviertel.

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