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• THE BT LGBTQ+ AND GAY CLUBS LONDON
• GAY LONDON
• LONDON'S LANDMARK BUILDG DOTTED WH STRIP CLUBS, GAY VENU TO TURN TO MOSQUE
• VLT 139LONDONMENUHOTELS · LUXURYHOTELS · MID-RANGEHOTELS · BUDGETGUTHO & B&BSHOSTELSON TODAYBARSDANCE CLUBSLBIAN BARSCISE CLUBSSNASGAY SOHOMASSAGETHEATRECABARETSSHOPSGYMSCAF & RTRANTSSERVICATTRACTNSCY GUITOURSGAY MAPUK EVENTSGAY WEDDGSVLT 139
• GAY LONDON

THE BT LGBTQ+ AND GAY CLUBS LONDON

EventsMicMagazeMy acuntEventsMoswFtivalsMicRA PodstReviewsMix of the dayPlaylistsMagazeFeaturFilmsRA ExchangeNewsLondonOverviewUpg EventsPast EventsRA NewsAddrs234 Cambridge Heath Road; Bethnal Green; London E2 9NN; Uned KgdomLksWebse, MapsFollowers330Upg eventsFri, 4 AugPl ThreeLondonMetropolis86Sat, 5 AugHercul & Love Affair (DJ Set), Bottom HeavyHercul & Love Affair, Harry GayLondonMetropolis150Sat, 12 AugA Dis In A Str! 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.

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.

Follow on om a swim wh a drk at the nearby Kg William IV, one of the cy’s olst gay pubs. Gay Amerin artist Dennis Severs spent 20 years turng his home to a livg mm, wh the townhoe’s 10 rooms reprentg snapshots the life of an imagary fay between 1724 to 1914.

GAY LONDON

Addrs: Gay’s the Word, 66 Marchmont Street, London, WC1N 1ABWebse:! Where to go at nightRoyal Vxhall TavernOne of London’s olst survivg gay venu, the Royal Vxhall Tavern has been an entertament statn sce the 1860s.

Heaven, Charg CrossHands down the biggt and most famo gay club central London.

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

Highlights clu the John Waters-spired lbian theme night Female Trouble; the d-visual queer spectacular Outré Voyage, the male-centric mic nights Homodrop and Dissodoma, the by-femm/for-femm monthly Femmi-Errect, and the hedonistic Happy Endgs, which turns Superstore’s unisex loos to a pop-up rave.

In Hackney Wick, near the Olympic Park, the monthly gay rave Chapter 10 is at Bloc and Pxssy Palace tak place at Mick’s you need fuel on your night out, Dalston is packed wh late-night eateri.

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Wh more gay bars per square e than any other area, Soho is buzzg on any night of the week. They clu Admiral Dunn, a historic pub wh drag shows most nights of the week; Ku Bar, a cktail lounge and club popular wh gay men; the lbian bar She Soho and the big urtyard bar The Yard.

Drag llective Ltle Gay Brother throws a Sunday daytime rave at Fabric.

GAY LONDON

AlamyVxhallLook south of the river for some of the bt gay clubbg London. Although there have been high-profile closur recent years, remas a clubbg hotspot – particularly popular wh gay the banks of the Tham the south-wt of the cy, Vxhall has a history of entertament. Bootylic, a monthly night at Unn, is the biggt gay urban night around, playg aobeat, garage and dancehall.

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"Image ptn, Reeta Loi (middle), the founr of Gaysians UK was also a DJ for the nightBrish-Pakistani sger-songwrer Leo Kalyan, another DJ at Hungama, says he's also "had my fair share of discrimatn" om the LGBT muny.

"The LGBTQ+ (lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer/qutng) muny as we see is very whe-washed. "Image ptn, Anthony, Oliver and Nikka (left to right) have attend the nightThe nights, which have prevly been held at some of east London's most notable gay clubs like The Glory, Metropolis and Visns are attend by a number of people of different rac and sexuali. The area is also known for s ncentratn of bars, nightclubs, gay venu and strip jots – all of which are nsired sful Islam.

Amongst the mt-attends: eccentric electronics and pornstar martis at Unntrollable Urge (Wedndays); cult-stat toilet rave at Happy Endgs (send Thursdays); and the big gay mobile strip club replete wh gogo boys on the bar at drag night A Man To Pet’s Basic Boys! BBZWhere: Var venu, LondonBBZ is very much at the new wave of gay clubbg.

Chapter 10Where: Var venu, LondonTake someone to their very first Chapter 10 and watch their ey win wh disbelief that a large “gay rave” playg somethg other than tech-hoe exists. A slice of paradise for gay men the pal; the always unannounced programmg is as paramount as the eedom to exprs exuberant homosexualy. Eat Sleep Drag RepeatWhere: Var venu, BristolThe home of RuPl's Drag Race artists Bristol, ESDR was set up by the team behd the all-nquerg “unrground homo dis” Horseplay, and boundary-phg non-bary arts ftival Submerge.