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Contents:

• THE 5 BEST SYDNEY GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS SYDNEY
• THE 5 BEST SYDNEY GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS SYDNEY
• GAY SNAS SYDNEY
• GAY SYDNEY: A GUI TO CLUBS, BARS, BARET AND CULTURE
• ATRALIA'S BIGGT GAY NIGHTCLUB PULLS THE PUNTERS AFTER 20 YEARS
• TOM HOLLAND’S GAY SEX SCENE 'THE CROWD ROOM' DEFEND BY FANS
• THE 5 BEST SYDNEY GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS SYDNEY
• GAY SYDNEY: A GUI TO CLUBS, BARS, BARET AND CULTURE

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

Tripadvisor performs checks on had a nice time at the gay bar here although everythg was jt a ltle sticky on the night we went. Meanwhile, the troductn of laws that rtrict late-night socialisg central Sydney’s party preccts has severely damaged Oxford Street, the cy’s tradnal gay strip.

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

And, while Oxford Street is fely hurtg, a handful of Sydney’s “tradnal” queer venu ntue to thrive there spe of the challengg and mixedTokyo Sg Song basement Patrick Abboud, a documentary filmmaker and televisn prenter who -hosts and produc for the Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi GrasThe biggt challenge for visors who want to explore Sydney’s LGBTQI scene is that only the old, mastream optns tend to be listed travel guis. On Sundays plays crowd-pleasg hoe, electro and two most mastream venu for gay guys are Stonewall and Arq.

GAY SNAS SYDNEY

Lbian-iendlyThe Heaps Gay monthly rovg queer Geia Verkuylen, strategy and partnerships manager at Archer magaze, the Atralian journal of sexual diversyLbian-foced venu n be hard to fd Sydney. It’s also where the rovg queer party Heaps Gay has been held for the past uple of months.

Heaps Gay is a massive event that draws queer folk of all ag, sexuali and genrs. To fd out what is gog on across Sydney regards to arts events and queer culture, keep an ear out for the rad programm Canvas (on FBi), and Gay Panic and So Hot Right Now (both on 2SER).

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GAY SYDNEY: A GUI TO CLUBS, BARS, BARET AND CULTURE

From drag palac at the Gay Goln Mile to queer-ky digs, here are 10 bars and clubs Sydney that will wele you wh a warm embrace:UniversalThe Beard TSecret GarnChg-a-lgsThe ImperialPalmsStonewall HotelThe ColombianThe Berford HotelRed Rattler1.

ATRALIA'S BIGGT GAY NIGHTCLUB PULLS THE PUNTERS AFTER 20 YEARS

More like Wedn-gay when you e for happy hour and smell the ros at Secret Garn. It may not officially be a gay bar, but Chg-a-lgs wel everyone wh their lo-fi drag shows and queer drawg nights. As a treasure trove of live performanc, drag and beret shows, DJs and parti hosted by groups such as Honcho Disko, Canned F and Heaps Gay, the Imperial Erskeville is the perfect spot for a good feed and boogie.

Named after the Stonewall Rts of 1969, the Stonewall Hotel is the beatg heart of Gay Liberatn Sydney. It’s every queer’s favoure gay club and is home to the biggt night-outs Harbour Cy.

TOM HOLLAND’S GAY SEX SCENE 'THE CROWD ROOM' DEFEND BY FANS

Set a former bank, this inic Goln Mile hnt is a revered gay stutn. Gay and LGBT Clubs Sydney. Are you lookg for a raggg gay nightclub that is also ele and high-end?

Loted on Oxford Steet is Sydney’s most aspirg Gay club, Arq. Even after the world has apparently accepted the Gay culture, there is always a need for a safe place.

Arq is one of the longt-nng gay clubs Atralia. Every pop song unr the sun and a weddg-receptn-gone-wild vibe that n't be beatThis no-ills dive bar is one of the most beloved clubs on the ma gay drag of Oxford Street.

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

” Arq Bar, Cocktail Bar, Nightclub, Gay Bar, Cocktails © Chris Rout / Alamy Stock Photo As well as hog Mark Gerber’s Oxford Art Factory, Oxford Street is the hub of Sydney’s queer muny – cludg Arq, Atralia’s biggt gay nightclub, which celebrated s 20th anniversary 2019. Matthew Smh still remembers the adrenal the first time he walked through the tramark revolvg doors of ARQ, Atralia’s biggt remag gay nightclub, which opened near his home. "Two s ago, a time when the age of nsent was unequal for gay men and there was no legal regnn for same-sex upl, the new gay club rose om a r park on Flrs Street, the heart of Sydney’s LGBTQI muny off Oxford Street.

"Co Jumbo and Mnie Cooper perform at ARQ, which is celebratg s 20th Edwa PicklOwner Shadd Dani built the club bee he felt there was "room the market for a gay-iendly super club. "In other ways, Sydney’s gay muny was still hant.

GAY SYDNEY: A GUI TO CLUBS, BARS, BARET AND CULTURE

Regular clubgoer Adrian Karl, 51, says: "This was mon gay venu then - so people didn't end up on newspaper ont pag the lunchroom at work. It wasn't until gay characters started appearg on TV shows like Will and Grace that ma hip to have a gay iend that we saw the broar appeal ARQ n have to the wir muny like do nowadays.

"TV shows like Will and Grace ma hip to have a gay Dee, one of ARQ's first rint DJs and now marketg managerAs the inic club celebrat s 20th birthday, ARQ ntu to pull punters; lengthy qu are mon on Friday and Saturday nights. But ’s beg somewhat of an outlier as weathers a perfect storm of factors that has seen many other gay clubs global ci close recent patrons outsi the Sydney nightclub on Flrs Edwa PicklGentrifitn, skyrocketg rents, hook-up apps like Grdr, "chemsex" parti hosted hom, stay-at-home dgs like ice overtakg dance-floor dgs like ecstasy populary and Millennials preferrg ftivals have all been named as culprs. Melbourne’s biggt gay club The Greyhound closed 2017.

Sydney has also recent years lost after-hours gay club The Phoenix at The Exchange (the gngy club was transformed to an upmarket cktail bar), quarterly gay party "I Remember Hoe" and The Gay Bar. Oxford Street, like many gay villag, is slowly beg a pk ’ll always be a need for a safe queen Charisma BelleDJ Dan Murphy has been nng regular major events on Sydney's gay scene for 11 years, cludg the Mardi Gras pool party, the regular "Camp" party and club night "I Remember Hoe", which recent years has moved om Sydney to Melbourne. "Gay clubs around the world are beg closed down to make way for velopers buildg apartments, " Murphy says.

"The gay muny is beg phed out of tablished and inic lotns favour of mercial terts, leavg ls safe spac for to gather and nnect. London's biggt gay club, XXL at Pulse, is due to close on September 22 - 's beg transformed to luxury flats spe London Mayor Sadiq Khan beg elected on a promise to rist any further gay club closur. But she’s a club promoter for [rival LGBTQI pub] the Royal Vxhall Tavern and spent most of her rourc savg that venue om closure, wh ltle tert savg the venue that ho the world’s biggt weekly party for bears [hirsute gay men].

The atmosphere si is a safe sanctuary for gay people after a week an often exhstg heteronormative world: Dee par to a fay, havg only seen "one or two punch ups 17 years - ’s hassle-ee.

"Regular punters sgle out what mak the 900 pacy club special to them: addn to somewhere they n be themselv, clubgoers like the podiums and stag where they n show off their mov on elevated platforms, the fish tank as a meetg pot and ‘trash alley’ - a double entendre: ’s where smokers go - and where the bs are put how long will those revolvg doors ntue to sp before ARQ succumbs to the global trend of gay clubs closg or beg phed out om cy centr? "For Murphy, though, the perfect analogy for ARQ is another gay in: "ARQ will be like Cher - still here after all the nuclear bombs go off.