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Contents:

• THE BT LGBTQ+ AND GAY CLUBS LONDON
• THE 10 BEST LONDON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS LONDON
• GIN (GAY INDIAN NETWORK) THE LGBTQIA INDIAN NETWORK UK
• THE 10 BEST LONDON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS LONDON
• 10 GREAT GAY FILMS OM EAST AND SOUTH-EAST ASIA

THE BT LGBTQ+ AND GAY CLUBS LONDON

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"A lot of people n away om bee they thk by beg gay or queer or transgenr their muny, they have to leave and bee another versn of themselv or are only allowed to be their te selv when hidn away secret. A DJ at the night, Aria Alagha, says racism is not only proment gay bars and spac, but also on datg apps where he says people of lour often face extreme stereotyp. "Image ptn, Reeta Loi (middle), the founr of Gaysians UK was also a DJ for the nightBrish-Pakistani sger-songwrer Leo Kalyan, another DJ at Hungama, says he's also "had my fair share of discrimatn" om the LGBT muny.

"The LGBTQ+ (lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer/qutng) muny as we see is very whe-washed.

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

"Image ptn, Anthony, Oliver and Nikka (left to right) have attend the nightThe nights, which have prevly been held at some of east London's most notable gay clubs like The Glory, Metropolis and Visns are attend by a number of people of different rac and sexuali.

It helped a queer gay immigrant like me to affirm myself and form good iends for life” Sanjay Kumar. It helped a queer gay immigrant like me to affirm myself and form good iends for life”.

Homophobia and hate have no space our muny and, here, at GAY TIMES, we seek to platform and uplift margalised voic to share their diverse stori. Throughout his BBC Three documentary, How Gay Is Pakistan?, Rizwan talked to members of the LGBTQ+ muny livg fear of persecutn and tried to unrstand the anti-LGBTQ+ culture prevalent Pakistan.

GIN (GAY INDIAN NETWORK) THE LGBTQIA INDIAN NETWORK UK

Loi is the CEO and founr of Gaysians; an umbrella brand for the South Asian LGBTQIA+ muny. They are also an active wrer on LGBTQ+ topics and has ntributed to GAY TIMES over the years, cludg an important feature unpackg why South Asian reprentatn is necsary wh the drag muny.

The but book explor his experienc growg up gay a Mlim hoehold Bra. Sce September 2013, this group do important work on queer visibily and aims to rce homophobia and racism, improvg unrstandg of South Asian LGBTI mental health issu as well as promote acceptance. See also the #salgbt hashtag for related groups cludg Birmgham South Asians LGBT Fdg A Voice (FAV), Gaysian Fac and In 2017, the groups teamed up to help mobilise around 100 “Gaysians” who took part Pri London para, wh a prence at Birmgham Pri.

Wh 18 speakers and 2 short film screengs, the day aimed to create a safe space for members of the Gaysian muny. Bisexual MenBisexual WomenBlack, Asian and Morised EthniciGay MenLbians/Gay WomenMenNon-UK RintsPeople of FahPeople over 50People wh disabiliWomenYoung People.

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

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. 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.

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10 GREAT GAY FILMS OM EAST AND SOUTH-EAST ASIA

If east and south-east Asian films about gay men rarely make to DVD, films about lbians are rarer still. We hope that, wh classic lbian tl beg creasgly succsful, albe at a shamefully slow rate, a future list on gay female east Asian films will appear the future. The bananas plot is pure mp: transvte performer Eddie (played by Peter, later the fool  Akira Kurosawa’s Ran (1985)) strik up a fierce rivalry wh another drag queen Shju Ni-chōme, Tokyo’s gay ghetto.

Eddie tri to fet harrowg memori of killg his mother – and anyone who knows their Greek tragedy will send-gus the inty of the manager of a gay bar wh whom he then shacks up. A direct fluence on Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange (1971), Funeral Para of Ros gleefully subverts all notn of rpectabily, givg the viewer an unashamed snapshot of 1960s Japane gay subculture on the way, as queers Tokyo speak their mds to the mera. Farewell My Concube (1993)The unrequed gay love story at the heart of Chen Kaige’s Palme d’Or-wng masterpiece is often overlooked, wh crics ncentratg their admiratn on the credibly amb spe of the film, takg over half a century of Che history.