A Gui To Gay London for LGBTQ Travelers

Contents:

• VEGAR STROK'S FIVE GO-TO GAY BARS LONDON
• THE BT GAY BARS LONDON
• BIMI'S TOP 5 LONDON DRAG BARSBIMI'S TOP 5 LONDON DRAG BARS
• GAY BARS AND CLUBS SOHO
• NICK JONAS GETS CHAED UP BY DRAG QUEENS AT LONDON GAY BAR: WATCH
• LONDON'S LANDMARK BUILDG DOTTED WH STRIP CLUBS, GAY VENU TO TURN TO MOSQUE

VEGAR STROK'S FIVE GO-TO GAY BARS LONDON

RECOMMENDED: Keep the party gog at London's bt gay bars and gay clubs. Bimi exclively tells the pws (, GAY TIMES) about her top five favoure LGBTQ+ venu East London.

The legendary cis-tem offenr and genr-benr took a pse om all of her jaw-droppgly stun photoshoots (this TimeOut one is still slayg our souls) to chat wh GAY TIMES about the bt queer bars and clubs you should vis right now East London. Owned by London drag entertaers Jonny Woo and John Sizzle, as well as Col Rothbart, the webse for The Glory also scrib the venue as “East London’s famo gay bar” and “drag hothoe” whose regulars are “like fay”. Photograph: Dalston Superstore The bt LGBTQ+ and gay clubs LondonParty the pal wh our gui to London’s bt gay and lbian clubs and LGBTQ+ nightlifeLondon’s LGBTQ+ scene has long been full of vibrant venu offerg safe spac to be yourself.

Its heartland is still very much loted s tradnal home of Soho, but you’ll fd brilliant gay bars and clubs dited to servg the muny south of the river and the East End too. London’s first gay superclub, was the birthplace of Hi-NRG and acid hoe, and a mag for queer celebri. Nearly four s later, Heaven is no longer cuttg-edge, but still offers the UK’s most famo gay night out.

THE BT GAY BARS LONDON

Eagle’s large horshoe bar still attracts many an olr, burlier gay gent, but the overall ambience now feels slick and sexy rather than, well, slightly sleazy. Bethnal Green Workg Men’s ClubThis offbeat, sticky-rpeted social centre isn’t officially a gay club, but s programmg has a pronounced LGBTQ+ slant. On Friday and Saturday nights thgs heat up as a (maly gay) crowd h the dancefloor till 2am.13.

Proudly servg the LGBTQIA+ muny sce 1981, the legendary Two Brewers has been at the heart of London’s gay scene for 40 years. I was part of Duckie Homosexualist Summer School and I got to MC our showse as a terrifyg buffoon lled the Matron – drsed head to toe leather, a huge tumour bottom, a mop for a head and eight-ch high heels – shoutg and swearg at the Duckie dience; an dience of drag kgs, queens, stunts, regulars and people who had no ia what to expect. While London’s queer nightclub scene has seen some sad, untimely partur, such as the Coleherne (briefly the Pembroke), London’s olst gay bar until s closure, and the Joer’s Arms, there are still some long-standg venu and new-ers to the scene workg hard to keep London’s queer nightlife alive.

Heaven, Charg Cross Cred: Lda Brdley, via Heaven One of the bt-known, most historic gay clubs London statned up s inic Charg Cross spot.

BIMI'S TOP 5 LONDON DRAG BARSBIMI'S TOP 5 LONDON DRAG BARS

Royal Vxhall Tavern, Vxhall The Royal Vxhall Tavern is a te slice of LGBTQ+ history London – a Gra II Listed venue that was famoly raid by police 1987 amidst over-policg of London’s gay muny. BJ’s Whe Swan, Limehoe Another longstandg London gay bar, which has been gog strong for over 30 years, is BJ’s Whe Swan East London.

The Glory, Haggerston The Glory pris self beg one of East London’s bt gay bars, drag hotho, LGBTQ+ performance venu, nightclubs, and curators of London shows, ftivals, ntts and battl. The Glory pris self beg one of east London’s bt gay bars, drag hotho, LGBTQ+ performance venu, nightclubs, and curators of London shows, ftivals, ntts and battl.

GAY BARS AND CLUBS SOHO

Comptons of Soho Photo:, Shutterstock Comprisg of two bars and a quieter lounge area, Soho’s Comptons pub has been a staple the cy’s gay scene sce 1986. Halfway To Heaven, Trafalgar Square Loted between Charg Cross Statn and Trafalgar Square, Halfway To Heaven is a tradnal gay pub and baret show bar wh a laid-back ground floor and club-like basement area. Kgs Arms, Soho Loted on Soho’s Poland Street and open sce the 1700’s, the iendly Kgs Arms was one of the first spots Soho to serve the gay muny, billg self as a ‘gentlemen’s bar’ the 1970’s.

Officially a gay bar sce 1981, ’s now a firm favoure wh the LGBTQ+ muny – ‘bears’ particular – om London and around the world. From tablished legends of the gay scene to on that play baret and everythg between, there’s somethg for everyone here.

NICK JONAS GETS CHAED UP BY DRAG QUEENS AT LONDON GAY BAR: WATCH

The spac beer garn — slathered the Pri rabow — mak this place somethg special, and the outdoor loft space is available to hire for anyone wantg to throw themselv a gay old birthday. As early on as the 1940s, gay men were drawn to the venue — which is now a daily rt of baret, quizz clubbg — and the annual panto. Though the number of LGBT+ venu London has seen a cle the last or so, the cy's gay scene isn't ailg yet – fact, a handful of excellent new venu have opened recent years around the cy.

The hight ncentratn of LGBT+ spac n still be found around Old Compton Street Soho, a former red light district that's been heavily gentrified recent years, but remas London's gay heartland. This Soho stalwart tends to attract a slightly olr crowd of gay guys and has a reputatn for beg cisy.

It’s closed on Mondays and Tudays, but hosts a r Sunday pub quiz and gets pretty packed on Friday and Saturday nights when the small dancefloor fills up wh a largely, though not exclively, gay male crowd. Loted Clapham, a 15-20 mute tube ri om the cy centre, this tradnal gay pub-club is a perennial favoure wh LGBT+ Londoners who love an unpretent party. Keepg the gay flame burng out wt is this tradnal gay pub Ealg, a leafy suburb that’s about 25 mut by tube om central London.

LONDON'S LANDMARK BUILDG DOTTED WH STRIP CLUBS, GAY VENU TO TURN TO MOSQUE

East London’s famo gay bar, drag hothoe, LGBTQ+ performance venue, nightclub and curators of major events and ftivals.