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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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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. 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. 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.

FEEL AT HOME AT THE BT GAY NEIGHBORHOODS SYDNEY

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.

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.

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

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.

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).

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

Another excellent gay neighborhood on the CBD’s doorstep is Chippendale, a betiful suburb wh a thrivg arts scene.

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.

SEVEN-DAY GUI TO GAY AND LBIAN SYDNEY

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.

GAY-IENDLY CAF & RTRANTS SYDNEY

“I have que a few gay iends, clients and a fay member, and I have patronized a gay-owned rtrant for years, ” he whether the Washers are tryg to remake The Plas to their image of Ameri — Whe, nservative, Christian — Melissa said, “I n see where you’re g om. A bid by New South Wal police to exclu a high-profile killg om a gay hate quiry has been ath of US mathematician Stt Johnson is one of dozens of s unr the spotlight at a special missn of quiry to spected gay hate crim Sydney between 1970 and 27-year-old died after he was punched at a gay beat on Sydney’s northern beach. A 2017 qut termed his ath was a homici, wh fdgs that he “died as a rult of a gay hate attack” viewed by some police as a “feat”.

In the latt velopment, Stt Phillip Whe plead guilty to throwg the punch that ultimately ed Johnson to fall to his month, jtice Robert Beech-Jon dismissed “what appears to be an absurd suggtn [by police] that Dr Johnson killed himself” when sentencg Whe to ne years past newsletter promotnafter newsletter promotnNSW police had argued Johnson’s ath was outsi the current quiry’s terms of reference on the basis the matter was not unsolved, the man rponsible for his ath intified as gay and a sentencg judge did not fd the ath to be motivated by gay the quiry’s missner, jtice John Sackar, on Tuday led s terms of reference were much wir and answers to qutns such as how and why Johnson died were still not urt did not make a fdg beyond reasonable doubt that Whe was motivated by gay hate, but did not le out the possibily, he is due to hand down his fal report next month.

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

Sydney is one of the most gay iendly ci the world and has somethg on every day of the week to keep any guy or girl entertaed.

Tuday: ‘Bgay’ at the Imperial Hotel. That’s 88 at gay bgo, an nuendo-filled eveng wh sgg a relaxed pub atmosphere alongsi chatty Sydneysirs.

This club ss halfway down Sydney's ma gay strip (85-91 Oxford Street, Sydney). A mixed gay, lbian and straight crowd perch on the stools of this polished bar. Gay dance hs aren’t for everyone.

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

Even if the mic isn’t your favoure, you might still enjoy the young, fun and very mixed gay, lbian and straight atmosphere wh hipster leangs. Wd down after a week of parti wh a stroll through the gay villag. From here head towards Darlgton, Erskeville and Newtown, where the gay and lbian vibe is much more about walkg the dog large parks, a nose rg hangg there om the 90s and maybe even a dreadlock or two.

It's an achievement won through s of rearch, mpaigns, treatments, and the hard work of the most vulnerable muni: sex workers, dg ers and, of urse, the gay Harvey has this story. Sydney is one of the world’s gay-iendlit ci & n be said om the outset that ALL f & rtrants Sydney are not jt gay-iendly but #LGBTQ-iendly. In the meantime here’s some gay-iendly f & rtrants which liver qualy dg optns om sual to upsle….