Gay Northern Ireland

Contents:

• THE BEST BELFAST GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS BELFAST
• KEEP GAY
• GAY LIFE BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND
• TOP GAY CLUBS & BARS QUEEN'S QUARTER (BELFAST)GAY CLUBS & BARS QUEEN'S QUARTER
• THE BEST BELFAST GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS BELFAST
• BELFAST: GAY AND LBIAN
• BELFAST: GAY AND LBIAN

THE BEST BELFAST GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS BELFAST

Kreml, Unn Street and Maverick are Belfast's three Gay nightlife venu.

For more tails on what’s on each night at the, and other gay-iendly bars and clubs, check out. Belfast is home to the largt lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr ftival Ireland and the cy has a thrivg LGBTQI+ muny and gay scene.

KEEP GAY

The annual Outburst Queer Arts Ftival is packed wh theatre, film, mic, visual art and discsns which explore and celebrate lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr stori and experienc.

GAY LIFE BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND

Belfast's bt gay bars and clubs are loted the cy's Gay Quarter area, north of the cy centre on the edge of the Cathedral Quarter. The cy’s most famo gay club is probably Kreml on Donegall Street.

A huge variety of theme nights, celebry performanc and the iendlit up-for- clubbers giv Kreml the reputatn of beg the bt gay venue Ireland. Maverick Bar on Unn Street is a popular gay bar, well-loved for s eclectic live mic nights and edy shows.

TOP GAY CLUBS & BARS QUEEN'S QUARTER (BELFAST)GAY CLUBS & BARS QUEEN'S QUARTER

Gay-iendly bars clu Muriel’s Café Bar on Church Lane and The Spaniard on Skipper Street. Head to Boombox Belfast on Donegall Street the Gay Quarter. The Belfast LGBT Centre is loted at 23-31 Warg Street Belfast’s Cathedral Quarter, which ho a number of chari cludg the Rabow Project and Cara Friend, providg unsellg, beiendg, rmatn and a health and social space for the lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr muny.

THE BEST BELFAST GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS BELFAST

Dpe a reputatn as a polilly divid cy, the LGBTQ muny Belfast is very broad, wh plenty of llective spac and special events – om gay bars and film nights to trans muny spac.

For a relatively small pal, Belfast has s fair share of gay and lbian venu. “Seeg olr nfint and out people was a game-changer, ” says one man, scribg his experience visg Belfast’s longt-nng gay bar, Kreml, for the first time. “No longer was the gay person jt a sad subplot on the telly.

BELFAST: GAY AND LBIAN

Its sister bar, Boombox, n be found near the stunt quarter and is also a gay hotspot.

Another important rource Belfast is the Rabow Project, which helps al wh reportg homophobic and transphobic hate crim and provis sexual health support whout judgement. Amidst the d of voic, Stephen ma some salient pots about today’s Belfast gay scene: (1) he reaffirmed that the ‘notor’ Sn Fe polil arm of the IRA has the most progrsive polici toward LGBT; they’re socialist md and strong on human right-equaly for everyone—Catholics and Prottants, men and women, gay and straight. (3) Belfast as a gay muny of strength, visibily, polil fluence is “10 years behd Dubl, 20 years behd London and light years om Wt Hollywood.

BELFAST: GAY AND LBIAN

” The generally nservative straight culture is quietly tolerant of gays but lacks unrstandg of homosexualy as a viable and natural way of life. It is more lawful and gays are ls aaid to start showg up public.