The fabulo fac of Birmgham's Gay Village

Contents:

• AREA: GAY VILLAGE / HURST ST
• THE 8 BT BIRMGHAM GAY BARS AND CLUBS
• THE FABULO FAC OF BIRMGHAM'S GAY VILLAGE
• GAY VILLAGE
• BIRMGHAM GAY VILLAGE
• THE FOUNTA INNBIRMGHAMMENUHOTELSBARSDANCE CLUBSCISE CLUBSSNASCY GUIGAY MAPGAY WEDDGSTHE FOUNTA INN
• THE FABULO FAC OF BIRMGHAM'S GAY VILLAGE

AREA: GAY VILLAGE / HURST ST

Spread over jt a few streets the “Southsi” of Birmgham, jt a few mut walk om the Bullrg, and New Street Tra Statn, the Gay Village has venu for everyone’s tast – twk to leather lover! The ma drag (exce the pun) of the gay village is Hurst Street, and the Birmgham Gay Village is often referred to as simply “Hurst Street”.

Clone Zone – a gay sex shop sellg everythg om undi to toys, pup hoods, harns, etc. The gay village …….

THE 8 BT BIRMGHAM GAY BARS AND CLUBS

Nightgal Nightclub – stalwart of the Birmgham gay scene, and central to the dramatics. Especially popular wh bears, gby gays, football gays, and the slightly olr crowd, but ’s super clive and you’ll fd lots of girls here too. Prowler – Prowler was a gay gift shop, but is now closed.

The Wellgton Hotel – This closed and was reopened as a gig-goers bar but ’s most certaly very gay iendly and they serve a nice pt. There’s que a b more about Birmgham’s “gaybourhood” here on wikipedia:.

THE FABULO FAC OF BIRMGHAM'S GAY VILLAGE

Very close to gay village. Close to gay village. Radisson Blu Hotel – right by gay village.

GAY VILLAGE

Holiday Inn Cy Centre – right by the gay village.

BIRMGHAM GAY VILLAGE

Holiday Inn Exprs – 10 mut om gay village. When to Birmgham’s LGBTQ+ nightlife, everythg ed to revolve around the Gay Village Southsi. Here are all the bt gay bars and clubs Birmgham right now.

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The Birmgham Gay Village and LBGTQ District. The Birmgham Gay Village is an LGBTQ district next to the Che Quarter Birmgham cy centre, centred along Hurst Street, which hosts many LGBT-iendly bs. The Gay Village fally took s form the 1990s after the number of venu creased and gave the area more of a boundary, while the creasg number of bars rulted om an creasg number of ctomers and amount of diversy offered.

The startg pot for unhred growth of the gay village was the partial crimalisatn of gay sex between nsentg mal wh the Sexual Offenc Act 1967. A victory for gay rights and a reflectn of attus changg towards gay people, the act beme a sprgboard for a gay liberatn movement Birmgham and untls lbian and gay anizatns were created over the followg s to challenge attus.

The Rhtone Rho stands atop a roof at the junctn of Hurst Street and Bromsgrove Street at the entrance to the Southsi, Gay Village, Chatown and Theatre District. The project is a jot llaboratn between the Cy Council, Birmgham Lbian Gay Bisexual and Transgenr muny, GB Trag Ltd and the Southsi Bs Improvement District (BID). When to Birmgham gay bars and clubs, mds naturally wanr to the growg scene centred around the Gay Village Southsi.

THE FABULO FAC OF BIRMGHAM'S GAY VILLAGE

An assortment of the gay bars and clubs and around Hurst Street are, The Nightgale, The Village Inn, The Loft Lounge, The Siwalk, Missg, Boltz, Club Jter, En, The Equator Bar, The Chic Nightclub, and The Fox.

In the followg year, the charge was expand to clu entrance to the Gay Village. The first Birmgham Gay Pri Weekend took place on 8–9 July 1972, one week after the first London Gay Pri Week, self the first Gay Pri Rally to take place outsi the Uned Stat.

Although “hastily arranged and not very well nceived”, the Birmgham event featured danc, two “Gay Days” Cannon Hill Park and a march up New Street om the Bull Rg, culmatg a small rally on the steps of Birmgham Town Hall. Acrdg to one of s anisers “Our aim was to announce ourselv and let Birmgham know gay people were here: ‘Here we are and here we’ll stay’” Two or three further such events were anised by Birmgham Gay Liberatn Front until the anisatn cled the mid 1970s.

Annual gay ftivals Birmgham rumed 1983 wh the first “Five Days of Fun”, origally known as “Gay Bm”. Unlike the 1970s Pri weekends and the earlier “Gay Days”, Five Days of Fun was not tend as a polil statement but as a social event and celebratn. Daytime and eveng events would take place throughout the cy’s ma gay bars and clubs the village – culmatg an It’s a Knockout petn between teams of the venu’ staff, held the garn/swimmg pool at The Grosvenor Hoe Hotel, Hagley Road, Edgbaston.

Most of the followg photographs were taken at the Gay Pri event on the 28th of May 2016. Whether you know as Hurst Street or Gay Village, this cy centre strip is brimmg wh gay bars and clubs. Check out our remendatns for the the bt bars on Hurst Street and the Gay pal of Birmgham.

If you're lookg for one of the biggt and if not the bt Gay clubs Birmgham, then you've e to the right place. Gay Village.

Whether you want a premium cktail at the Loft Lounge or whether you jt want to enjoy a baret performance at the Village Inn, Birmgham’s gay quarter tly do have somethg for everyone. Adam Yosef Birmgham’s ‘Gay Village’ has several LGBTQ+ iendly venu along and around Hurst Street. From humble begngs, the Nightgale Club has grown to bee a natnal LGBTQ+ attractn and is the olst gay venue wh Birmgham.

The Fox is the only venue wh Birmgham’s gay quarter that markets self solely to women and their iends providg a space to socialise and unwd. Featurg a large garn area and a betifully prented marquee, En is known as a favoure amongst gay men and their iends whilst supportg Birmgham’s transgenr muny as big a pacy as is able. Suated jt outsi of the ma gay quarter, Glamoro is a hidn gem known by most Birmgham due to stayg open very very late.

The Core is Birmgham’s newt gay club suated on Sherlock Street, jt off of Hurst Street.

Tradnally loted jt outsi of the ma ftival se, next door to Birmgham’s LGBT centre, Bar Jter is a reliable gay bar that is open to the very early hours of the morng.