Legendary London gay club night TRADE announc 30th anniversary party |

Contents:

• JOG THE WORLD'S FIRST GAY GBY TEAM CHANGED MY LIFE. SO I MA A FILM ABOUT
• THE 10 BEST LONDON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS LONDON
• LEGENDARY LONDON GAY CLUB NIGHT TRADE ANNOUNC 30TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY
• LONDON GAY CISE CLUBS

JOG THE WORLD'S FIRST GAY GBY TEAM CHANGED MY LIFE. SO I MA A FILM ABOUT

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 10 BEST LONDON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS 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 former Wallabi prop scribed a moment when he was drivg recklsly, the feelg of “ath felt preferable to anybody disverg [he] was gay.

Not jt any gby club, the world’s first gay gby club, the Kgs Cross Steelers London.

LEGENDARY LONDON GAY CLUB NIGHT TRADE ANNOUNC 30TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY

Here, queer people were reclaimg their place on the pch – an arena they grew up beg told they didn’t belong Israel Fol began postg “hell awas homosexuals” on social media I realised I had to tell the story of the club – and my own story. Photograph: One Man Band MediaIn fact, om this sgle club, there are now 80 gay and clive gby clubs around the world cludg five Atralia. There was the ocsnal homophobic sledge, but over time the Steelers won the rpect of the straight burly Brish men bee not only did they beat them on ocsn, they showed them that we’re all pretty much the forward to me takg my mera to Amsterdam to film the club at the Bgham Cup, the world cup of “rabow” gby.

It was only when Israel Fol began postg “hell awas homosexuals” on social media that I realised I had to tell the story of the club – and my own like Dan Palmer, I too have Fol to thank small part. His pennt documentary Steelers: the World’s First Gay Rugby Club is cemas across Atralia now. Aloysi Ssali grew up Uganda, where homosexualy is illegal to this day.

LONDON GAY CISE CLUBS

Phil Cox & Gaywav – 3 Feb.

Gaywav was a rad programme that was broadst on the pirate statn Our Rad durg the 1980s. Philip Cox, who lived Godey Hoe, Bath Street produced Gaywav, which first h the airwav May 1982. Asi om Gaywav, Phil Cox was one of the people rponsible for the creatn of London Gay Teenage Group, the first group of s kd the UK.

He was also a volunteer for Gay Swchboard, still operatn today, which provis a helple for LGBTQ+ people need.