Vxhall gay scene ‘unr threat om risg rents’ as nightlife squeezed out by big chas | London Eveng Standard | Eveng Standard

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• VXHALL GAY SCENE ‘UNR THREAT OM RISG RENTS’ AS NIGHTLIFE SQUEEZED OUT BY BIG CHAS
• THE BT LGBTQ+ AND GAY CLUBS LONDON
• TOM HOLLAND’S GAY SEX SCENE 'THE CROWD ROOM' DEFEND BY FANS
• TOM HOLLAND 'REACTS' TO 'THE CROWD ROOM' GAY SCENE
• GAY LONDON · MID-RANGE HOTELS
• THE DOS & DON'TS OF GAY CLUBBG
• LONDON GAY DISTRICT: SOHO

VXHALL GAY SCENE ‘UNR THREAT OM RISG RENTS’ AS NIGHTLIFE SQUEEZED OUT BY BIG CHAS

Vxhall’s gay nightlife scene uld be threatened by soarg bs rents as the area unrgo regeneratn, was claimed today. It is feared that bars, clubs and f popular wh lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people will be priced Royal Vxhall Tavern, which featured movie Pri, was bought by Atrian veloper Immovate last year, and mpaigners are tryg to protect om moln. An agent’s brochure for Network Rail says Vxhall “ntu to improve and attract substantial vtment” and lettgs to Sasbury’s and Nando’s had “set the tone” do not mentn s gay scene.

Areas are beg homogenised and that is a shame.

THE BT LGBTQ+ AND GAY CLUBS LONDON

Or to work out at the Paris Gym, long the only exclively gay sports club London. But if there's not much gog on durg the day, the neighborhood alive at night when all the gay bars and clubs open their doors. In a few years, Vxhall has bee the favore clubbg place for London gays.

TOM HOLLAND’S GAY SEX SCENE 'THE CROWD ROOM' DEFEND BY FANS

Vxhall is also home to one of the most popular snas the gay muny, Charts. 67 Albert EmbankmentFire One of London's bt gay clubs wh famo DJs and handsome guys. Long before the so-lled gay village, Vxhall was already steeped LGBT history.

TOM HOLLAND 'REACTS' TO 'THE CROWD ROOM' GAY SCENE

Acrdg to David Coke, ‘the first thentic appearance of a gay man at Vxhall was at the very exclive Ridotto al Fr which re-lnched the refurbished Vxhall Garns on June 7, 1732.

Cooper was well-known as a “molly” or homosexual man. Gay dance venue, Crash, hers a new wave of gay clubs to the area.

GAY LONDON · MID-RANGE HOTELS

Though the number of LGBT+ venu London has seen a cle the last or so, the cy's gay scene isn't ailg yet – fact, a handful of excellent new venu have opened recent years around the cy.

THE DOS & DON'TS OF GAY CLUBBG

The hight ncentratn of LGBT+ spac n still be found around Old Compton Street Soho, a former red light district that's been heavily gentrified recent years, but remas London's gay heartland. This Soho stalwart tends to attract a slightly olr crowd of gay guys and has a reputatn for beg cisy.

It’s closed on Mondays and Tudays, but hosts a r Sunday pub quiz and gets pretty packed on Friday and Saturday nights when the small dancefloor fills up wh a largely, though not exclively, gay male crowd.

Loted Clapham, a 15-20 mute tube ri om the cy centre, this tradnal gay pub-club is a perennial favoure wh LGBT+ Londoners who love an unpretent party.

LONDON GAY DISTRICT: SOHO

Keepg the gay flame burng out wt is this tradnal gay pub Ealg, a leafy suburb that’s about 25 mut by tube om central London. It’s tly the end of an a gay teenage Londoner the mid-90s, the first club I went to was Heaven, which felt somehow pulsory.