Ben Gazur’s whistle-stop tour of the history of gay men London tak om 14th-century persecutn to morn Pri events.
Contents:
- GAY LONDON, LGBTQ+ CLUBS AND EVENTS
- THE BT GAY BARS LONDON
- OUT & OUT DG CLUB FOR GAY MEN
- DUMBLEDORE IS SO GAY!
- THE BT LGBTQ+ AND GAY CLUBS LONDON
- KEV SPACEY: I N’T TELL WHETHER MEN ARE GAY JT BY LOOKG AT THEM
- KEV SPACEY FELT ‘PRSURED TO E OUT AS GAY’ AFTER SEXUAL MISNDUCT ALLEGATNS
- GAY MEN LONDON, OM PERSECUTN TO PRI
- ACCER SAYS KEV SPACEY ONLY ME OUT AS GAY TO “DISGUISE” HIS PAST SEXUAL MISNDUCT
- GAY PARTI & EVENTS
- GAY MOSW · CY GUI
GAY LONDON, LGBTQ+ CLUBS AND EVENTS
Disver gay London, wh our guis to all the bt LGBTQ+ live events, shows, clubs and bars the cy. * time out gay london *
Osr-wng actor Kev Spacey has said he is attracted to mascule men but is not able to tell whether someone is gay jt by lookg at cross-examatn durg his trial on sex abe charg, the Hollywood star nied he was a “sexual bully” and told the jury he did not have a “power wand” to make people want to sleep wh about his sexual preferenc, Mr Spacey said he had prevly had romantic enunters wh men who would not scribe themselv as homosexual. I don’t know if someone is gay or straight by lookg at them.
Adam* said was dangero to e out as gay his home untry and feared beg forced to an arranged marriage wh a said he was "so lucky" to wed his soulmate, Ray, Manchter and wish everyone uld marry who they love. There are more than 60 untri wh laws that crimalise same-sex sexual acts acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn, cludg Sdi Arabia. 'Authentilly myself'Ray said he had also stggled growg up gay the 1970s and 80s England, which was "tough" said his relig school "dmmed to you, 'you are gog to hell'" Adam returned home to Sdi Arabia, spe beg more than 3, 000 apart and later rtricted by the Covid-19 panmic, they kept touch daily and the romance years ago, Ray proposed on a vio ll and after succsfully applyg for a UK fiancé visa, Adam moved to Manchter December 2022.
THE BT GAY BARS LONDON
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Adam said he had been aaid to even wear lours his home untry so the first thg he did when he moved was start to "grow my mullet, got my ears pierced and booked appotments for tattoos" relled how, ntrast, one of his gay iends Sdi had been forced to marry a woman, addg: "It has ed not only his life but the life of his wife.
OUT & OUT DG CLUB FOR GAY MEN
Regular rtrant viss and other events for gay men. Tonight: okery urse at Cuca Calsi. * time out gay london *
The uple, who live London, said a "really betiful memory" was on the way home when one of their sons shouted out of the black b wdow to Trafalgar Square, "My dads jt got married" and cheered "Yay, gay marriage".
DUMBLEDORE IS SO GAY!
Gay schoolboy and huge Harry Potter fan Jack is rigned to havg a Hufflepuff type of life, but dreams of changg his story, beg sorted to Gryffdor and g * time out gay london *
Kev Spacey is on trial at Southwark Crown Court (Picture: PA)Kev Spacey said he was ‘prsured’ to e out as gay after beg acced of sexual misnduct. He told jurors he had been ‘prsured’ to e out as gay (Picture: EPA)At the time of the allegatns, Spacey had issued a statement g out as gaywhich he said ‘upset’ the LGBTQ+ muny. He claimed he had wanted to e out as gay for around two years at that stage and thought that ‘ the face of this terrible accatn maybe I n do somethg at least posive.
He has nied the allegatns agast him (Picture: EPA)The gay muny had ‘been prsurg me for a very long time about g out, ’ he add.
But urt rerds tell that Rykener drsed as a woman and went by the name Eleanor, raisg the qutn of whether Rykener was a gay man or a transgenr woman. 2 of 10Homosexual acts were ma punishable by ath the Buggery Act of 1533. In 1707 40 gay men were ptured at a club near the Stock Exchange.
THE BT LGBTQ+ AND GAY CLUBS LONDON
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3 of 10Dpe the dangers of disvery, gay men ntued to gather. Beg placed the pillory, though, opened a homosexual to the most btal public treatment.
5 of 10The homosexual panics of the 18th century slowly fad. No gay men were executed for sodomy after two men were hanged ont of Newgate Prison 1835. That changed after the nvictn of Osr Wil 1895 for “gross cency” and the public shamg of other homosexuals.
KEV SPACEY: I N’T TELL WHETHER MEN ARE GAY JT BY LOOKG AT THEM
Kev Spacey said he was 'prsured' to e out as gay after beg acced of sexual misnduct. * time out gay london *
Beg known as gay was social suici on the London scene. 6 of 10Homosexualy remaed illegal England and Wal until 1967, but public opn had begun to change the 1950s. ”7 of 10While no longer unr legal threat, gay men still faced social ostracism the later 20th century.
This postrd was part of a mpaign London to help protect gay men om HIV by enuragg ndom e. 8 of 10I grew up whout any gay role mols.
KEV SPACEY FELT ‘PRSURED TO E OUT AS GAY’ AFTER SEXUAL MISNDUCT ALLEGATNS
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Between 1988 and 2003 England was illegal for a teacher to suggt that there was anythg posive about beg gay. Sectn 28 meant no books wh gay role mols uld be placed schools. When I was a child the 1980s and 1990s, if gay men appeared at all on TV or films, they were eher a punchle or a tragic victim of AIDS.
Gay people were forced to grow up wh ltle ia that people like them had always existed and were as valid as anybody else. 9 of 10London has been home to plac where gay men n meet for centuri. It is only fairly recently that gay pubs and clubs have been able to advertise and operate whout fear of raids by police.
GAY MEN LONDON, OM PERSECUTN TO PRI
Gay & Lbian Barcelona: Disver gay and lbian clubs Catalonia's pal pl gay events, listgs, rtrants, bars and rmatn. Your plete gui to gay and lbian events Barcelona and more. * time out gay london *
This gui om the 1990s shows jt some of the gayt venu the cy. 10 of 10The first Gay Pri paras were held London 1970.
Sexual asslt trial has said that Spacey only me out as gay 2017 orr to “disguise” the sexual misnduct claims agast him. Our gay events gui ntas a full round-up of the biggt and. Moskva River & Grand Kreml PalaceGay Rights and the Suatn RsiaThe UK Foreign Office reports that "Homosexualy is legal Rsia, but there is still tolerance among some sectns of the populatn.
" (read more here)The bt advice is for gay travelers to act and drs nservatively at all tim. For safety, gay upl should not brg attentn to their relatnship public, for example, by holdg hands, even tourist areas, hotels or aware that hookg up wh guys via datg apps has risks. There have been s of homophobic people g the apps to lure gay men to meetgs at which they are attacked and robbed.
ACCER SAYS KEV SPACEY ONLY ME OUT AS GAY TO “DISGUISE” HIS PAST SEXUAL MISNDUCT
Gay Events & Parti. The bt gui to gay dance parti, gay pris and other LGBT events USA, Europe and Asia. Updated regularly. * time out gay london *
Basil Cathedral - Red SquareGay SceneUnrstandably, Rsia's gay scene is low profile and rather discreet. Gay public displays of affectn is not very mon, but this smopolan Rsian pal cy may be gayer than you might thk. Although Mosw don't have a dited 'Gay District', the cy's gay nightlife has bee more visible recent years.
Many bars and rtrants host gay nights. 'Gay-popular' bars and dance clubs n be found all around the Kreml - Central Statn MSK beg the most notable one.
GAY PARTI & EVENTS
Tverskoy is great for sightseeg, the theatr and gay latt hotel als Mosw are listed on the Gay Mosw Hotels to See & DoRed Square (Krasnaya Ploshchad) - the heart of Mosw and the cy’s most famo tourist Kreml (Moskovsky Kreml) - a huge se wh The Diamond llectn the Armoury and several amazg church.