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Contents:

• THE BT LGBTQ+ AND GAY CLUBS LONDON
• LONDON'S LANDMARK BUILDG DOTTED WH STRIP CLUBS, GAY VENU TO TURN TO MOSQUE
• THE 10 BEST LONDON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS LONDON
• NIGHTCLUBBG: GAY CLUBBG ’70S LONDON
• THE BT GAY BARS IN SOHO

THE BT LGBTQ+ AND GAY CLUBS LONDON

LondonUnn Club, Vxhall64Sun, 6 AugOrb Sunday night / Monday morng AfterhoursThomas Galbardi, Enri Chirchiello, Diana LoredanaLondonUnn Club, Vxhall150Sat, 12 AugLa Diva AfterhoursThomas Galbardi, Diana LoredanaLondonUnn Club, Vxhall190Sun, 13 AugOrb Sunday night / Monday morng AfterhoursDiana Loredana, Thomas GalbardiLondonUnn Club, Vxhall7Sun, 20 AugOrb Sunday night / Monday morng AfterhoursDiana Loredana, Thomas Galbardi, PervasiveLondonUnn Club, Vxhall5Sun, 27 AugOrb Sunday night / Monday morng Afterhours - Bank holiday specialDiana Loredana, Thomas Galbardi, VelPetroff, Pasl GrääsLondonUnn Club, Vxhall7Sun, 3 SepOrb Sunday night / Monday morng AfterhoursPlo Navarro, Thomas Galbardi, Diana Loredana, Pasl GrääsLondonUnn Club, Vxhall1Sat, 9 SepLa Diva Afterhours ' Girls want to play techno 'LondonUnn Club, Vxhall4Fri, 15 SepPulse Pot: BLACK ROOM, pt2LondonUnn Club, VxhallTue, 31 OctLa Diva Afterhours - Halloween specialThomas Galbardi, Diana LoredanaLondonUnn Club, Vxhall1View more eventsStatsEvents so far this year116Capacy450Most listed artistsKaos KidJefferson SouzaEmma YasumiTerry GeeTy TaraweAboutThis is a gay iendly after party venue that holds day and night parti through most of the week. The club is famo for hostg some of the pal's bt gay nights. Hard On is one of the most tablished gay and bisexual fetish club nights London.

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I wouldn't scribe as gay, 's mixed of people wh good attuI'm not gay and I never had a problem fdg guys for myself! However, the cisn to build the mosque has also sparked a bate, wh crics qutng s lotn, also known for s bars, nightclubs, gay venu and strip jots.

LONDON'S LANDMARK BUILDG DOTTED WH STRIP CLUBS, GAY VENU TO TURN TO MOSQUE

The area is also known for s ncentratn of bars, nightclubs, gay venu and strip jots – all of which are nsired sful Islam.

While London’s queer nightclub scene has seen some sad, untimely partur, such as the Coleherne (briefly the Pembroke), London’s olst gay bar until s closure, and the Joer’s Arms, there are still some long-standg venu and new-ers to the scene workg hard to keep London’s queer nightlife alive. Heaven, Charg Cross Cred: Lda Brdley, via Heaven One of the bt-known, most historic gay clubs London statned up s inic Charg Cross spot. Royal Vxhall Tavern, Vxhall The Royal Vxhall Tavern is a te slice of LGBTQ+ history London – a Gra II Listed venue that was famoly raid by police 1987 amidst over-policg of London’s gay muny.

BJ’s Whe Swan, Limehoe Another longstandg London gay bar, which has been gog strong for over 30 years, is BJ’s Whe Swan East London.

THE 10 BEST LONDON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS LONDON

The Glory, Haggerston The Glory pris self beg one of East London’s bt gay bars, drag hotho, LGBTQ+ performance venu, nightclubs, and curators of London shows, ftivals, ntts and battl. 24 plac sorted by traveler favorBars & Clubs • Gay BarsTrafalgar Square / EmbankmentGay Bars • Dance Clubs & DissTrafalgar Square / EmbankmentBars & Clubs • Gay BarsLeicter Square / Shaftbury AvenueWhat travelers are saygBier than expected but service was fast and iendly.

NIGHTCLUBBG: GAY CLUBBG ’70S LONDON

Brilliant staff (pecially Jack, the fabulo bar manager and cktail maker), fabulo cktails and a relaxed atmosphere for all whether gay, straight or somethg else. A beguilg, alternative London gay bar. Before 1976, gay venu London me two tegori.

There were the members’ clubs that provid dner and dance, pl baret, for the stately-homo set. DJ Tricky Dicky was one of the first promoters to grasp the ia of the one-nighter – hirg out a pub or bar for the night, jt to put on a gay night.

THE BT GAY BARS IN SOHO

His Dick’s Inn Gay Dis operated out of straight venu as far afield
 as Croydon, Ilford, Bishopsgate and Eton, packg a few hundred gay boys and girls at a time. Wh his pop and soul mic reviews and dis chart Gay News, Tricky Dicky received verage om a gay prs more terted polics, cema, theatre and opera than the mercial gay 1975 Tricky Dicky held a one-nighter lled Fangs unrneath a hotel Paddgton and, much to his surprise, the place was full to pacy, wh 600 dancg queens 
lappg up every mute.

The night didn’t last long
 due to terference om
 the venue’s owners, who
 were none too happy about
 homos takg over their 
space.

1976 was a groundbreakg year for gay dis London, thanks to the arrival of Bang, London’s first gay superclub.

Gary London, already rint at the Sundowner on straight nights, took his spiratn for Bang om the big gay clubs 
of New York, LA and San Francis.

For London’s scenters and disphil, a trip to Bang s early days, wh s vastns and hedonistic dis energy, uld be as liberatg as gog on a Gay Pri march (whose numbers those days were srcely bigger than a Bang crowd). Speakg at the time Gay News, London proselytised for the newly overground clubs: “Diss create the right environment for gays. Legendary gay dis DJ Talullah, who
 up until his untimely ath 2008 was still DJg London and abroad, had first-hand experience of New York dis at s height.

Talullah ttified to Bang’s unifyg effect on the gay unrground.

However, the number of smaller gay diss that thrived durg this perd proved that Bang certaly didn’t have the monopoly on hedonism or dis.