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Contents:

• GAY SNAS SYDNEY
• GAY SYDNEY: A GUI TO CLUBS, BARS, BARET AND CULTURE
• SEVEN-DAY GUI TO GAY AND LBIAN SYDNEY
• THE 5 BEST SYDNEY GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS SYDNEY
• THE BT GAY BARS MELBOURNE
• SYDNEY GAY AND LBIAN MARDI GRAS
• A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
• SYDNEY: GAY & LBIAN TRAVELLERS
• GAY SYDNEY

GAY SNAS SYDNEY

While Oxford Street is still the se of many of the longt-nng gay clubs Sydney, the fun isn’t relegated to Darlghurst alone. If you’re keen to really make a night of , keep an eye on the lik of Heaps Gay, Poof Doof, Hoe of Mce, Honcho Disko and Birdge (as well as the social media-elive Kooky) to fd out when their next soiree start planng your next night out, read on for our gui to some of Sydney’s favoure gay clubs, pubs and bars. Chg-a-lgsSure, ’s not officially a gay bar, but Chg-a-lgs draws a pendably queer crowd.

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

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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. 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).

SEVEN-DAY GUI TO GAY AND LBIAN SYDNEY

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THE 5 BEST SYDNEY GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS SYDNEY

Tuday: ‘Bgay’ at the Imperial Hotel.

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THE BT GAY BARS MELBOURNE

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.

Wd down after a week of parti wh a stroll through the gay villag.

SYDNEY GAY AND LBIAN MARDI GRAS

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. Sydney has a thrivg LGBTQ scene and plays host to one of the world’s bt pri events: Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras. There are a range of LGBTQ areas (or “gayborhoods”) Sydney where the muny ngregat at amazg LGBTQ bars and clubs, as well as at more laid-back ffee ho and rtrants.

Today, even though you n fd LGBTQ hotspots throughout the cy, Oxford Street remas a major hub for LGBTQI+ activy and hosts Sydney’s famo Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras, ually held every March on Oxford Street. In 2016, jt over 15% of upl Potts Pot were gay men.

A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.

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SYDNEY: GAY & LBIAN TRAVELLERS

Once here, we disvered that Oxford Street is the qutsential gayborhood of Sydney and Universal is the only major gay bar open 7 days a week.

From drag palac at the Gay Goln Mile to queer-ky digs, here are 10 bars and clubs Sydney that will wele you wh a warm embrace:UniversalThe Beard TSecret GarnChg-a-lgsThe ImperialPalmsStonewall HotelThe ColombianThe Berford HotelRed Rattler1.

More like Wedn-gay when you e for happy hour and smell the ros at Secret Garn. It may not officially be a gay bar, but Chg-a-lgs wel everyone wh their lo-fi drag shows and queer drawg nights.

GAY SYDNEY

As a treasure trove of live performanc, drag and beret shows, DJs and parti hosted by groups such as Honcho Disko, Canned F and Heaps Gay, the Imperial Erskeville is the perfect spot for a good feed and boogie. Named after the Stonewall Rts of 1969, the Stonewall Hotel is the beatg heart of Gay Liberatn Sydney. It’s every queer’s favoure gay club and is home to the biggt night-outs Harbour Cy.

Set a former bank, this inic Goln Mile hnt is a revered gay stutn.