The Albury: The oral history of Sydney's famo gay bar

Contents:

• THE 5 BEST SYDNEY GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS SYDNEY
• FEEL AT HOME AT THE BT GAY NEIGHBORHOODS SYDNEY
• A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
• NSW POLICE LOSE URT BID TO EXCLU STT JOHNSON KILLG OM GAY HATE QUIRY
• SEVEN-DAY GUI TO GAY AND LBIAN SYDNEY
• GAY-IENDLY CAF & RTRANTS SYDNEY
• THE ORAL HISTORY OF THE ALBURY, ONE OF SYDNEY’S MOST LEGENDARY GAY BARS
• DARLGHURST’S CY GYM – AKA SYDNEY’S “GAY GYM” – HAS RETURNED TO ITS FORMER GLORY WH A $1.5 MILLN MAKEOVER

THE 5 BEST SYDNEY GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS SYDNEY

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FEEL AT HOME AT THE BT GAY NEIGHBORHOODS SYDNEY

A gay gui to SydneyQueer eye on SydneyMeet the crew: Heaps GayWhether you're gay, straight or somewhere between, you'll have a heaps good time at one of Sydney's favoure queer and clive Beard TIf you want to see Sydney at her absolute bt, go for a drk at Redfern’s neighbourhood art bar, the Beard T. Sydney has a thrivg gay scene and plays host to one of the world’s bt pri events: Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras. There are a range of gay areas (or “gayborhoods”) Sydney where the muny ngregat at amazg gay bars and clubs, as well as at more laid-back ffee ho and rtrants.

A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.

Gay areas Sydney: Darlghurst. Darlghurst is one of Sydney’s ma gay neighborhoods and, back 2016, almost one five upl were men same-sex relatnships. It’s home to Oxford Street, the center of Sydney’s gay scene wh clubs, bars and f n by and for Sydney’s LGBTQIA+ muny.

NSW POLICE LOSE URT BID TO EXCLU STT JOHNSON KILLG OM GAY HATE QUIRY

Today, even though you n fd gay hotspots throughout the cy, Oxford Street remas a major hub for LGBTQIA+ activy and hosts Sydney’s famo Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras, ually held every March on Oxford Street.

Bt gay bars and clubs Darlghurst. Oxford Street is where you’ll fd most of the bt gay bars Darlghurst. The ADGE Apartment Sydney is only around five mut om some of Darlghurst’s bt gay neighborhoods and venu and has fully equipped apartments wh private balni and an excellent on-se rtrant.

SEVEN-DAY GUI TO GAY AND LBIAN SYDNEY

Potts Pot has historilly been Darlghurst’s ma petn when to Sydney’s gay scene and this harborsi suburb is known for s bnch, boutique shoppg and cuttg-edge street fashn. It also clus part of Kgs Cross, a non-official suburb that was historilly the center of Sydney’s nightlife and home to one of Sydney’s earlit gay bars, the Bottom’s Up Bar. In 2016, jt over 15% of upl Potts Pot were gay men.

It’s not a gay bar per se but given s lotn, that’s often the way s clientele skews. Bloody Mary’s is an excellent gay-iendly rtrant Potts Pot’s inic Gazebo Buildg wh both door and outdoor areas. On the other si of Kgs Cross li Elizabeth Bay, which has one of the hight nsi of gay rints Sydney.

If you stay here you’ll be close to the harbor, Sydney’s CBD and many other gay districts, cludg Potts Pot and Darlghurst. Where Darlghurst has Oxford Street, and Elizabeth Bay and Potts Pot have Kg’s Cross, Surry Hills has Crown Street, a laid-back, village-que strip where you n fd vyl rerd shops, upsle eateri and thrivg gay bars all close to one another.

GAY-IENDLY CAF & RTRANTS SYDNEY

The Berford Hotel on Bourke Street was once solely a gay club and today ’s still very popular wh LGBTQIA+ clientele.

It hosts a variety of events, cludg shows and themed nights geared toward gay patrons. The nsy of gay rints drops off after Potts Pot but there are still thrivg gay muni neighborhoods like Redfern, which has the fifth-hight proportn of gay upl Atralia (as of 2016). Another excellent gay neighborhood on the CBD’s doorstep is Chippendale, a betiful suburb wh a thrivg arts scene.

THE ORAL HISTORY OF THE ALBURY, ONE OF SYDNEY’S MOST LEGENDARY GAY BARS

The suburbs of Newtown and Erskeville are popular wh both gay men and lbians wh the seventh-hight proportn of male same-sex upl and the send-hight proportn of female same-sex upl Atralia, as of 2016. It’s about seven mut om The Bank and jt down the street om The Imperial Erskeville, so you’ll never be far om some of the area’s bt gay venu. If you’re lookg for a nu beach, the small and seclud Obelisk Beach is popular wh gay lols and tourists.

The bsman and his wife, Melissa, first plaed to the Front Porch proprietors about pre-dawn vendor liveri 2019, not long after the nservative Christian uple moved their fancial firm right next door to the rtrant, which fli a gay Pri flag. (Front Porch Market and Grill)What’s more, the Washers say, the ad rat was jt one more sult that the uple, who once planted an “all liv matter” sign their ont yard, have endured sce movg next door to a rtrant owned by a gay uple. They married 2020, five years after they opened the Front Porch, which quickly beme a statn The Front Porch has been flyg a Pri flag on s pat sce 2016, not long after a gunman killed 49 people a gay bar Orlando.

DARLGHURST’S CY GYM – AKA SYDNEY’S “GAY GYM” – HAS RETURNED TO ITS FORMER GLORY WH A $1.5 MILLN MAKEOVER

Waybourn was print of the Dallas Gay Alliance when sued Parkland Memorial Hospal for failg to provi readily available medic to AIDS patients. In 1991, he lnched the Gay and Lbian Victory Fund (now the LGBTQ+ Victory Fund) to elect openly gay policians to office. He served as managg director of the Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn, or GLAAD, which he helped turn to a natnal group.

He owned gay newspapers Hoton, Atlanta, New York and Washgton. “I had so many threats agast me that even the Dallas police statned squad rs outsi our home, ” Waybourn an activist, Waybourn says, his goals were clear: same-sex marriage, gays and lbians the ary, accs to lifavg medic. To the activist, feels like a step backward after a lifetime of fightg for gay pack the seats at the Board of Zong Appeals hearg hosted at Grace Epispal Church.