An Etiquette Gui for Straight People Gay Bars

THE DOS & DON'TS OF GAY CLUBBG

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Chanc are, your first tentative steps out onto the London queer scene were ma or around Old Compton Street, the shg of London’s mastream gay culture. The inic Royal Vxhall Tavern is one of the olst gay venu the cy and ss, as you may have gused, Vxhall.

Chanc are you probably won’t be starg down that barrel of that gun a gay club eher then pal. Csg a venue to ll out an expensive plummer bee you and your pals thought ’d be a great plan to smash up the toilet after your first h of gay gra gak isn’t exactly the pnacle of allyship. Gay men do not have any more right to touch a woman’s breasts than a straight man whout nsent.

ASK A HOMO: GAY BAR ETIQUETTE

It’s been 50 years sce homosexualy was crimalised this untry.

A GAY GUI TO PICKG UP THE HOT GUY AT THE BAR

A mere 30 years later, sectn 28 was passed - makg an offence to promote (talk about) homosexualy schools and only 5 years ago same sex marriag were not legal. Ask a Homo: Gay Bar Etiquette. Wele to Outward’s new vio feature, Ask a Homo.

But fear not: Ask a Homo is here to help. If you have qutns about LGBTQ polics, culture, etiquette, language, or other queer nundms, send them our way, and a real-life homosexual will rpond.

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Perhaps watchg Queer as Folk when I was a young and imprsnable teenager wasn’t the bt gge of accuracy for how venturg out onto the gay scene would be.

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Admtedly, before the advent of hookup apps, when I was a baby gay first on the scene, thgs were a ltle like that, jt whout the great lightg, flatterg mera angl, and wasn’t beg broadst on Showtime. Not only are gay bars and clubs crisis, closg left, right, and center, but the art of hookg up has dimished.

So, put down your phone and follow this advice and you, too, uld take that hot guy home om the your ey wiselyAny eager beaver a gay bar n roam a room wh their ey, makg ntact wh each Tom, Dick, and Harry the place. Whether you are gog to a gay bar alone or wh iends, 's possible to be the most popular one there. The bt part of gog to a gay bar is the mic.

If you're a girl, nothg giv you an edge like beg the accsory for a hot gay guy. Can I go to a gay bar if I'm straight? Though you should prepare yourself for the fact that people might assume you're gay and might even exprs romantic or sexual tert you.

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Also, is nsired to brg a large group of straight people to a gay bar/club (i. A bachelorette party), so if you're gog, you should ially go wh some gay iends.