THE 10 BEST London Gay Clubs & Bars (Updated 2023) - Tripadvisor

Contents:

• A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
• THE BT GAY BARS LONDON
• THE 10 BEST PARIS GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS PARIS
• RUDY GAY EXPECTED TO DRAW TERT OM WARRRS, LAKERS, MAVERICKS, BULLS, PELINS
• THE 10 BEST LONDON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS LONDON
• THE 10 BEST BARCELONA GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS BARCELONA
• THE 10 BEST NEW YORK CY GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS NEW YORK CY
• THE 10 BEST TOKYO GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS TOKYO

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

The word “gay” speaks to our abily to do exactly that. The word “gay” lls to md our special knack for fdg the light the darkns, for buildg the dance floor off to the si of the cel world.

Let’s take a look at some of the bt gay bars Ameri, om the open-air, vil-may-re spac Wt Hollywood to the neighborhood pub downtown St.

The olst gay bar North Carola (found 1976) draws every tegory and mographic.

THE BT GAY BARS LONDON

The entrance is through an unmarked shed behd a Chipotle, and featur a blend but unexpected gay/not crowd which same-sex grdg is rigur.—B.B.CourtyAt: RAINLet’s go dancg, bee RAIN has all the bops, y’all. —Alfonso Fernanz NavasCourtyAt: Cheer Up CharliBack when I was a young gay, I saw the olt, most betiful woman the world at Cheer Up Charli.

—Abigail CovgtonCourtyBrooklyn: The ExleyFull of ntradictns, The Exley is a ltle different than other gay bars. It’s gay Cheers. It feels like everythg a gay bar should be.

THE 10 BEST PARIS GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS PARIS

When the bar fally reopened Sprg 2022, an entire borough’s worth of gays celebrated by floodg the new back pat all summer and Gger’s has been crowd wh queers ever sce. When staff her everyone si to keep the neighbors happy, h the prosec-ated dancefloor and plan to stay until late.—Diana HubbellBoston: Club CafeHow is Boston’s stalwart gay bar/rtrant/performance space inic? It began s life as a beer-and-we offshoot of the Metropolan Health Club, a gym that opened 1983 to serve the gay ctomers who’d been bullied out of other lol clubs at the height of AIDS hysteria.

It gave the boys a place to gather the ‘80s, the first outpost that helped tablish the South End as the Boston gayborhood.

It brought the gay and straight muni together the ‘90s wh clever baret programmg.

RUDY GAY EXPECTED TO DRAW TERT OM WARRRS, LAKERS, MAVERICKS, BULLS, PELINS

But perhaps most signifintly, gave the gay muny of Boston somethg sperately need: visibily.

While other gay bars of the time were basements or board up, Club Cafe faced by Columb Avenue wh floor to ceilg wdows. Big Chicks serv a diverse crowd— ’s young, ’s old, ’s one of the only plac you’ll see gay men and lbians together!— and, well, sometim over-serv them.

—Dave HolmCourtyChigo: Carol’s Pub Not every gay bar is explicly a gay bar. They jt have major gay vib and lots of queer upl makg out the bathroom.

THE 10 BEST LONDON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS LONDON

The legendary hoeband, Diamondback, has a 25,000-song repertoire and a boot llectn that uld make a gay wboy cry.—A.C.CourtyChigo: Farragut'sFarragut’s is a lbian bar, but I’m pretty sure only half of the patrons who are there on any given night know .

THE 10 BEST BARCELONA GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS BARCELONA

While you won’t fd any Pri flags at Farraguts, you will undoubtedly hear Cele Dn and Melissa Etheri blarg om the bar’s dty, old jebox and, hontly, isn’t that jt as gay? —A.C.CourtyDallas: Round-Up SaloonEqual parts wboy boots and dis ball, Round Up Saloon opened 42 years ago Dallas as a gay untry wtern dance hall. Thanks to Perez-Gallardo and their team, gay people who love the outdoors (most lbians) now have a iendly place to unwd after a hike.—A.C.CourtyHuntgton, Wt Virgia: The StonewallStonewall?

Billed as Wt Virgia's olst gay bar, the venue regularly brgs some of the biggt queer performg artists the game right now. Live out your Brokeback Mounta fantasi at this verno club, where wboy stum are not nsired drag, and le dancg is not an explic exprsn of homophobia. The lol gay dart league meets here, people gather to watch sports (!), and drag queens perform throughout the night.—B.B.CourtyKey Wt: 801 BourbonFar om the parrot-hatted buffoonery of the northern end of Duval Street, this multivalent dive, found 1997, is open om noon until 4:00 am every day and featur a ltle somethg for everyone.

A gay gatherg spot sce 1939, and gay bar sce 1963, and the Bar Complex sce the 80s, s unassumg exterr beli a triple-threat treat of lounge, performance space, and a mirrored dance club reportedly moled after Stud 54.

THE 10 BEST NEW YORK CY GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS NEW YORK CY

And an official state historil marker out ont, regnizg s venerable background—and s suatnal relevance the se that overturned Kentucky’s anti-sodomy laws—means that our history (for now) will not be erased.—B.B.CourtyLos Angel: Casa Del CampoFound 1962 by Rudy Del Campo—an actor and dancer famed for havg been one of the Sharks the origal Wt Si Story film—Casa has always been a haven for Silverlake’s queer muny (the hilly neighborhood has been lled “The Swish Alps.) The glorly lively bar and rtrant scene is enhanced by a black box theater downstairs, where farcil plays, lbian standup, and gay dance troup reign.—B.B.Los Angel: Honey’s Wh the ever-expandg queer muny, there are three distct typ of people: bar people, club people, and blub people. Honey’s is sentially a sexy, gay speakeasy wh a DJ booth where queers of all strip n dance their hearts out until 2 am. So even if you n’t snag a table for dner, you might still be able to snag a date.—A.C.Miami: TwistWhat you want om a gay club, if you ask , is optns.

Jt a uple of blocks om the beach, Twist brgs the whole breadth of the Miami gay world together to dance and flirt and keep movg. In an era of queer bar fame, ’s a feast.—B.B.CourtyIndianapolis: English IvyEnglish Ivy advertis self as an “LGBTQ+-enthed” “gay-therg place” and that is not an overstatement.

THE 10 BEST TOKYO GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS TOKYO

If you want to get away om the typil scene at fellow gay bars Olly’s and Gregs Our Place, English Ivy is an ial place to meet iends: mature enough for a proper Ladi Lunch (or bnch or dner.) And for those of visg om the asts, the portns and pric on the lolly-sourced food and beverage offergs are stunng.—B.B.CourtyNashville: Lipstick LoungeYou n’t miss Lipstick Lounge.

But this is Nashville we’re talkg about so the gays who perform at Lipstick Lounge aren’t your average karaoke queens. They are stars the makg and their rendn of Cele Dn’s “It’s All Comg Back to Me Now” will shatter your pt glass and break your ltle, gay heart.—A.C.CourtyNYC: CubbyholeGo to Cubbyhole on a Tuday night? It’s not a gay bar the tradnal sense, but a place where traed pianists play selectns om Broadway shows and all of the drama teachers and mil theater majors of the tri-state area nverge to sg along.

Now that we mentn , perhaps Marie’s Crisis is a gay bar the most tradnal sense.—Dave HolmCourtyNYC: Oddly Enough Oddly Enough is a swanky new spot Brooklyn’s BedSty neighborhood that ters to every member of the LGBTQ+ muny equally.