THE BEST Cape Town Gay Clubs & Bars (Updated 2023) - Tripadvisor

Contents:

• THE BEST CAPE TOWN GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS CAPE TOWN
• THE BEST SOUTH AI GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS SOUTH AI
• VIBRANT CLUBS, BARS AND RTRANTS – THIS IS GAY-IENDLY JOHANNBURG
• GAY NIGHTLIFE PORT ELIZABETH
• GAY GEE, SOUTH AI | THE ESSENTIAL LGBT TRAVEL GUI!
• A GAY-FRIENDLY GUI TO CAPE TOWN
• GAY CLUB DURBAN

THE BEST CAPE TOWN GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS CAPE TOWN

WWhile there are exclively lbian and gay clubs and bars South Ai’s ci, there are also many tablishments that, along wh members of the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer muni, wele anyone who wants to party the night away. The thrivg nightlife South Ai’s ci clus several clubs, pubs and venu that ter for the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer muny.

THE BEST SOUTH AI GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS SOUTH AI

CCape Town, which was recently regnised by the Uned Kgdom’s Guardian newspaper as one of the 10 most popular gay statns the world, has many venu to choose om.

In Johannburg, Ratz Bar Melville is a popular part of the gay and lbian nightlife scene.

South Ai also has a wi variety of gay-iendly lodg, hotels and gut ho. 4 plac sorted by traveler favorGay Bars • Dance Clubs & DissWhat travelers are saygGubaliGoss, Swzerland22 ntributnsall the staff was very iendly and very place is cleen and unr good managementwe lost a fger rg and mr. The straight bartenrs (they're sexy but somehow a gay bar n by all straight people don't s well wh me) kept phg me for a $30 "body shot".

VIBRANT CLUBS, BARS AND RTRANTS – THIS IS GAY-IENDLY JOHANNBURG

I spoke to other people the gay muny and they agreed that the whole place is sketchy.

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While Cape Town tak the crown as the ‘gay-pal’ of South Ai, Johannburg do still offer a vibrant and diverse LGBTQ+ scene. The scene here is que spread out, wh no ‘gay-village’ to speak of, like the Waterkant Cape Town. Gay bars and clubs are found the suburbs of Sandton, Melville, Parkhurst and Illovo.

Homosexualy is owned upon by many, particularly wh the township muni.

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As such, LGBTQ+ South Ains n and often do face discrimatn and homophobia. Other notable LGBTQ+ events clu the Pk Loerie Mardi Gras Knysna, held May; Durban Pri, held June; the Mr Gay South Ai event, held November; and the Out Ai Film Ftival, which occurs both Johannburg and Cape Town, ually September or October.

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We provi ee health servic to gay, bisexual and other men who have sex wh men (MSM) three regns, offer natnal LGBTQ+ human rights servic and trag, and mpaign for equaly and LGBT Well-beg is South Ai’s send-olst LGBTQ+ anisatn. We provi ee health servic to gay, bisexual and other men who have sex wh men (MSM) three regns, offer natnal LGBTQ+ human rights servic and trag, and mpaign for equaly and cln. WWhile there are exclively lbian and gay clubs and bars South Ai’s ci, there are also many tablishments that, along wh members of the LGTBQ+ muni, wele anyone who wants to party the night away.

A GAY-FRIENDLY GUI TO CAPE TOWN

South Ai is known as a gay-iendly statn and Johannburg is no exceptn. H-Bar is a popular part of the gay and lbian party scene.

Also Johannburg, Simply Blue has a reputatn as a leadg gay bar. There’s also an exclive bar at the REC Room and Factory is another men-only bar next to Ellis Park Sports Ai has one of the most progrsive nstutns the world: homosexualy is legal; same-sex adoptns were legalised 2003; and, only two years later 2005, gay civil marriag beme legal.

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Johannburg epomis this forward-thkg approach, and although jt lost out by a whisker to Cologne for the 2010 Gay Gam, hosts The Out Ai Internatnal Gay and Lbian Film Ftival held yearly, whilst s annual Joburg Pri March first h the Joburg streets 1990, before the current nstutn me to force.

Today, the Joburg Pri event has grown to Ai’s olst and biggt celebratn of gay and lbian pri and attracts thoands of people, not only om South Ai but om all over the world. Gay and lbian muni happily live all of South Ai’s major ci, cludg Johannburg, but what you’ll fd is that Joburg is an tegrated cy wh ltle or no discrimatn agast gay people who equent most rtrants, bars and clubs.

There’s no shortage of nightlife that brims wh cemas, theatr, bars, nightclubs, sos and a lively gay club life where you n go to themed parti, township venu or jt dance the night away. BeefkThe first thg I did upon landg South Ai -- after checkg the AC Hotel Cape Town Wateront and takg a 5-hour nap the amazgly fortable bed -- was Google lol gay bars. The first optn to pop up was Beefk, advertised as a retro gay burger bar wh nightly drag shows.

Rear, was exactly what the name implied: Half seedy gay bar, half kschy 50s der, Beefk is staffed by a bevy of leral beefk who serve giant burgers shirtls and will let you do body shots off them -- for a price. The clientele is maly women (I gus women are allowed gay bars after all), and the menu is full of cktails like the Sex and the Cy smopolan and Karen Walker margara.

Zer021Cape Town had a few optns for gay clubs, but the lol queers I met told me that the only scene worth gettg to was at Zer021.

While many of the more mastream gay clubs South Ai ter to a cis whe male crowd, Zer021 was full of QTPOC, queer women, and drag queens galore.