Big cy gaybourhoods: where they e om and why they still matter

Contents:

• GAY SNAS SYDNEY
• TOP GAY CLUBS & BARS NEWTOWN (SYDNEY)GAY CLUBS & BARS NEWTOWN
• GAY SYDNEY: A GUI TO CLUBS, BARS, BARET AND CULTURE
• SEVEN-DAY GUI TO GAY AND LBIAN SYDNEY
• THE NEWTOWN JETS, HEAPS GAY AND THE MIC & BOOZE CO ARE HOSTG AN INCLIVE FOOTY, FOOD AND MIC FTIVAL
• FEEL AT HOME AT THE BT GAY NEIGHBORHOODS SYDNEY
• EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS NEWTOWN
• THE 5 BEST SYDNEY GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS SYDNEY
• TOP GAY CLUBS & BARS NEWTOWN (SYDNEY)GAY CLUBS & BARS NEWTOWN
• GAY SYDNEY HOTELS

GAY SNAS SYDNEY

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It’s also where the rovg queer party Heaps Gay has been held for the past uple of months. Heaps Gay is a massive event that draws queer folk of all ag, sexuali and genrs.

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To fd out what is gog on across Sydney regards to arts events and queer culture, keep an ear out for the rad programm Canvas (on FBi), and Gay Panic and So Hot Right Now (both on 2SER).

GAY SYDNEY: A GUI TO CLUBS, BARS, BARET AND CULTURE

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SEVEN-DAY GUI TO GAY AND LBIAN SYDNEY

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THE NEWTOWN JETS, HEAPS GAY AND THE MIC & BOOZE CO ARE HOSTG AN INCLIVE FOOTY, FOOD AND MIC FTIVAL

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Gay dance hs aren’t for everyone. Even if the mic isn’t your favoure, you might still enjoy the young, fun and very mixed gay, lbian and straight atmosphere wh hipster leangs.

FEEL AT HOME AT THE BT GAY NEIGHBORHOODS SYDNEY

Wd down after a week of parti wh a stroll through the gay villag. From here head towards Darlgton, Erskeville and Newtown, where the gay and lbian vibe is much more about walkg the dog large parks, a nose rg hangg there om the 90s and maybe even a dreadlock or two.

The gural Wele Day will arrive at Henson Park urty of the Newtown Jets, Heaps Gay and The Mic & Booze Co, the team behd Kg Street Carnival, The Beer, Footy and Food Ftival and The Hoe of Mic and Booze. As part of this ph to make gby league welg and clive, the club has teamed up wh LGBTQIA+ party llective Heaps Gay and s founr Kat Dopper, pl longtime llaborators The Mic & Booze Co, to celebrate Sydney's diversy and ensure everyone feels at home on the hill of Henson Park. Mic-wise, FBi Rad will be supplyg the DJs, so you n expect plenty of lol Sydney dance floor-fillers to be reprented, pl the Sydney Gay and Lbian Choir will be sgg the hoe down — and hostg what 's aimg to make the world's biggt sg-along.

It's an achievement won through s of rearch, mpaigns, treatments, and the hard work of the most vulnerable muni: sex workers, dg ers and, of urse, the gay Harvey has this story.

EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS NEWTOWN

Sydney has a thrivg gay scene and plays host to one of the world’s bt pri events: Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras.

There are a range of gay areas (or “gayborhoods”) Sydney where the muny ngregat at amazg gay bars and clubs, as well as at more laid-back ffee ho and rtrants. Gay areas Sydney: Darlghurst. Darlghurst is one of Sydney’s ma gay neighborhoods and, back 2016, almost one five upl were men same-sex relatnships.

It’s home to Oxford Street, the center of Sydney’s gay scene wh clubs, bars and f n by and for Sydney’s LGBTQIA+ muny. Today, even though you n fd gay hotspots throughout the cy, Oxford Street remas a major hub for LGBTQIA+ activy and hosts Sydney’s famo Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras, ually held every March on Oxford Street.

THE 5 BEST SYDNEY GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS SYDNEY

Bt gay bars and clubs Darlghurst. Oxford Street is where you’ll fd most of the bt gay bars Darlghurst. The ADGE Apartment Sydney is only around five mut om some of Darlghurst’s bt gay neighborhoods and venu and has fully equipped apartments wh private balni and an excellent on-se rtrant.

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Potts Pot has historilly been Darlghurst’s ma petn when to Sydney’s gay scene and this harborsi suburb is known for s bnch, boutique shoppg and cuttg-edge street fashn.

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It also clus part of Kgs Cross, a non-official suburb that was historilly the center of Sydney’s nightlife and home to one of Sydney’s earlit gay bars, the Bottom’s Up Bar.

In 2016, jt over 15% of upl Potts Pot were gay men. It’s not a gay bar per se but given s lotn, that’s often the way s clientele skews.