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Contents:
- THE BT GAY BARS LONDON
- WISNS MIDDLE SCHOOL FEATUR 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' LIBRARY, STIRRG ONLE OUTRAGE
- THE 10 BEST LONDON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS LONDON
- LONDON'S LANDMARK BUILDG DOTTED WH STRIP CLUBS, GAY VENU TO TURN TO MOSQUE
- KEV SPACEY DEFENDS COMG OUT AS GAY AFTER BEG ACCED OF SEXUAL MISNDUCT: ‘I WAS UNR A LOT OF PRSURE’
- AND THE GAYT CY EUROPE IS... (DISVER OUR TOP 10 WNERS)
- THUNR ROSTER CNCH: VETERAN FORWARD RUDY GAY WAIVED
- THUNR WAIVE RUDY GAY
- MOVG TO LGBT LONDON? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!
- NE REASONS WHY LONDON IS THE BT PLACE ON EARTH TO BE GAY
- PETER ACKROYD: A SECRET HISTORY – 2,000 YEARS OF GAY LIFE LONDON
- FOR LGBTQ MUNY, GAY BARS ARE 'SAFE PLACE' TO EXPERIMENT, FD ONELF
- GAY LONDON
- 10 GREAT BRISH GAY FILMS
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Adam* said was dangero to e out as gay his home untry and feared beg forced to an arranged marriage wh a woman.He said he was "so lucky" to wed his soulmate, Ray, Manchter and wish everyone uld marry who they love. There are more than 60 untri wh laws that crimalise same-sex sexual acts acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn, cludg Sdi Arabia.'Authentilly myself'Ray said he had also stggled growg up gay the 1970s and 80s England, which was "tough".He said his relig school "dmmed to you, 'you are gog to hell'".When Adam returned home to Sdi Arabia, spe beg more than 3,000 apart and later rtricted by the Covid-19 panmic, they kept touch daily and the romance blossomed.Three years ago, Ray proposed on a vio ll and after succsfully applyg for a UK fiancé visa, Adam moved to Manchter December 2022.
Adam said he had been aaid to even wear lours his home untry so the first thg he did when he moved was start to "grow my mullet, got my ears pierced and booked appotments for tattoos".He relled how, ntrast, one of his gay iends Sdi had been forced to marry a woman, addg: "It has ed not only his life but the life of his wife."Danny Beard on Same Sex Love and MarriageDanny explor same-sex weddgs, fdg out why upl chose to get married, the challeng unrpng this cisn and what mak the wedd relatnships work.The uple said they now wanted to help people who were not as ee and strive for "equaly for everyone"."Now I'm here a safe place I want to fight for others to be able to marry who they want," Adam said."I'm so lucky but I want everyone else Sdi to marry the one they love whout facg discrimatn and persecutn." Image source, Fay photographImage ptn, Peter McGrah and David Cabreza say they are "very proud" to have been the first same-sex uple married EnglandMore than 40,000 same-sex marriag took place between 2014 and 2020, acrdg to the Office for Natnal StatisticsPeter McGrah and David Cabreza, origally om Stland and the US, ma history when they beme the first same-sex uple to marry England on 29 March 2014.The trailblazers married jt after midnight at Islgton Town Hall. The uple, who live London, said a "really betiful memory" was on the way home when one of their sons shouted out of the black b wdow to Trafalgar Square, "My dads jt got married" and cheered "Yay, gay marriage"."It was so sweet seeg him so happy," Mr Cabreza said. (Metropolan Police via AP) (Uncreded, PA Media)LONDON – London's Metropolan Police apologized Wednday to the fay of private vtigator Daniel Man, who was killed wh an ax a pub r park 36 years ago, for the force's failure to brg those rponsible to Met, which has been embroiled a seri of sndals over many years that have led to beg labelled racists, misogynistic and homophobic, admted that s vtigatn had been “marred by a cycle of rptn, profsnal petence and fensivens.
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24 plac sorted by traveler favorBars & Clubs • Gay BarsTrafalgar Square / EmbankmentGay Bars • Dance Clubs & DissTrafalgar Square / EmbankmentBars & Clubs • Gay BarsLeicter Square / Shaftbury AvenueWhat travelers are saygBier than expected but service was fast and iendly. In a st-cuttg move, the Atlanta Hawks are tradg guard TyTy Washgton Jr., and forwards Usman Gaba, Rudy Gay and a future send-round pick to the Oklahoma Cy Thunr for Patty Mills, sourc told ESPN on Saturday.
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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. 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. Photograph: London Metropolan Archiv, Cy of LondonAlberte Wner, the first female puty chief medil officer at the Department of Health, wrote Homosexualy Women: “There are two tegori of female homosexuals … the woman who tends to prefer the society of women … and a much more dangero type, the promiscuo Lbian who … may e great harm and unhapps.
LONDON'S LANDMARK BUILDG DOTTED WH STRIP CLUBS, GAY VENU TO TURN TO MOSQUE
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It poted to evince of the suici of men who had been charged wh mtg homosexual acts wh an adult, sayg: “The sense of shame at public exposure appears to be a motive … if the law is unjt, then the longer remas rponsible for human tragedy, the more excable do s retentn bee. Photograph: London Metropolan Archiv, Cy of London Courty of Campaign for Homosexual EqualyThis poster was produced for the Campaign for Homosexual Equaly to highlight the equi faced by LGBT people, particularly the armed forc.
KEV SPACEY DEFENDS COMG OUT AS GAY AFTER BEG ACCED OF SEXUAL MISNDUCT: ‘I WAS UNR A LOT OF PRSURE’
A three-storey mosque and Islamic centre, named 'Picdilly Prayer Space,' is set to be tablished wh the Troro, a historic entertament plex London's entertament quarter. However, the cisn to build the mosque has also sparked a bate, wh crics qutng s lotn, also known for s bars, nightclubs, gay venu and strip jots. * london gay city *
The issue lated to the hight levels of ernment and rulted Sectn 28 of the Lol Government Act 1988, unr which uncils were prohibed om tentnally promotg homosexualy – rultg fundg beg whdrawn om arts projects and tnal rourc. You’ll fd a number of monuments around the cy memoratg the many LGBTQ victims of WWII, wh the Schwul Mm documentg the art, culture and history of Berl’s homosexual muny, which was long centred , Nollendorfplatz is still the place to be if you’d like to see the cy’s bt fetish clubs and leather bars, wh September brgg wh the Folsom Europe BDSM and subculture ftival.
Drawn through wh waterways and nnected by hundreds of photogenic bridg, Amsterdam is the cy of the cyclist, allowg for scenic ris along the Prsengracht nal and the Amstel River which both bee awash wh para boats durg the annual gay nal pri.
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At all other tim, you n fd Amsterdam’s gay scene centred on Reguliersdwarsstraat, particularly at the cy’s olst gay bar, Cafe t’ Mandje, a popular late-night meetg pot wh kschy dér datg back to the 1920s. While explorg the cy, be sure to look for the Homomonument, a se promoted as a livg monument to homosexuals opprsed and persecuted around the world, also learng more of the cy’s LGBT history at the Pk Pot rmatn sk close by.
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Disver Europe's gayt ci cludg Berll, Madrid, Amsterdam, London, Copenhagen, Paris, Manchter, Bssels, Brighton & Barcelona. * london gay city *
Copenhagen, DenmarkWh Denmark beg one of the first European natns to legalize same-sex marriage 2012 (and same-sex unns back 1989), ’s pal of Copenhagen certaly has the crentials to be crowned gay pal of Europe.
THUNR WAIVE RUDY GAY
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Though smaller events like World Aids Day and the EuroGam are celebrated throughout the year, the pnacle event for the gay muny mt be Copenhagen Pri, which actually happens twice a year both June and well as your ual dance clubs, Copenhagen go one better wh a selectn of sophistited gay spots near Cy Hall, while the alternative scene meets nearer Central Statn or Vterbro, the cy’s old Red Light District. Bis hostg the UK’s largt pri para, Manchter also hosts Queer Contact arts ftival, Drag Ft UK and Sparkle Ftival, wh more drag events and themed nights happeng nightly the Gay Village on Canal Street the cy’s bt gay bars, clubs and LGBTQ venu.
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Mgle good gay pany on Sat-Jaqu, fdg most of the nightlife actn on Marché Au Charbon, particularly the month of May when the narrow streets and sloped lan behd Grand Place fill wh revellers for an entire week of pri celebratns, culmatg on Saturday for Pri Day Bssels. Hostg 250, 000 people each year for s Pri ftival, Brighton remas a meltg-pot for gay culture year round, a trend started the 19th century when men om across the untry me to meet up wh soldiers statned here.
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Vis durg Febary to attend a number of LGBTQ History Month events held across the cy, otherwise tryg for Trans Pri and Ey Wi Open Ftival, or for regular performanc by the Gay Men’s Chos or edy nights at Bent Double. Each superblock offers a new theme, though the gay muny n ually be found around Eixample the LGBT district, meetg up at the cy’s bt gay bars, rtrants and a balny view or an al tapas spot for a lazy afternoon on the square, or otherwise make mov to the cy’s nearby beach statn of Sg, jt 30 mut away by tra. Adam* said was dangero to e out as gay his home untry and feared beg forced to an arranged marriage wh a said he was "so lucky" to wed his soulmate, Ray, Manchter and wish everyone uld marry who they love.
'Authentilly myself'Ray said he had also stggled growg up gay the 1970s and 80s England, which was "tough" said his relig school "dmmed to you, 'you are gog to hell'" Adam returned home to Sdi Arabia, spe beg more than 3, 000 apart and later rtricted by the Covid-19 panmic, they kept touch daily and the romance years ago, Ray proposed on a vio ll and after succsfully applyg for a UK fiancé visa, Adam moved to Manchter December 2022. Adam said he had been aaid to even wear lours his home untry so the first thg he did when he moved was start to "grow my mullet, got my ears pierced and booked appotments for tattoos" relled how, ntrast, one of his gay iends Sdi had been forced to marry a woman, addg: "It has ed not only his life but the life of his wife.
The uple, who live London, said a "really betiful memory" was on the way home when one of their sons shouted out of the black b wdow to Trafalgar Square, "My dads jt got married" and cheered "Yay, gay marriage".
PETER ACKROYD: A SECRET HISTORY – 2,000 YEARS OF GAY LIFE LONDON
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After beg acquired earlier this month via tra, the Oklahoma Cy Thunr has waived Rudy this story:Oklahoma Cy ThunrUtah JazzAtlanta HawksAlthough he’s well beyond this prime, the almost 37-year-old forward Rudy Gay still has upsi he n offer to an NBA team. On Wednday eveng, Gay was officially waived by Oklahoma Cy, makg him a ee agent upon clearg waivers, acrdg to Shams Charania of The Thunr now has 20 players on full-time NBA ntracts for the 2023-24 season, but will need to cut that number to 15 the g months.
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. Songs of Gays – Prague FrgeFrom 30th May to the 2nd June, our Ensemble boys returned to Prague followg their sell-out 2016 for four sell-out shows of Songs of Gays, celebratg mils the unique humoro way of the LGMCe wh vol fireworks, sparklg harmoni and unfettable ‘choral-ography’! Markg the 50th anniversary of the Sexual Offenc Act which saw the partial crimalisatn of homosexualy and the start of the road to LGBT equaly, the show celebrated the mic of liberatn and prott and how popular mic helped change the world.
Markg the 50th anniversary of the partial crimalisatn of male homosexualy England, the exhibn explor how artists exprsed themselv a time when tablished assumptns about genr and sexualy were beg qutned and transformed.
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Or, they were meant to, you see, but had started to snow… On 10th & 11th December 2016, our LGMC Ensemble prented ‘Homo Alone’ a Christmas show full of breathtakg harmoni and sparklg vols that got the whole dience the ftive spir!
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Shame Chos London PremiereOn 8th October 2016, members of the London Gay Men’s Chos performed specially missned posns by artists such as Billy Bragg, David McAlmont, Jsi Curry, Leo Chadburn, Steven Smh and Very Sman for the London premiere of Shame Chos.
HeroPrented by the 160-strong London Gay Men’s Chos, HEROES celebrated the activists who blazed a trail, the spiratnal ins, the people close to that we admire and love and the many gay people who’ve quietly ntributed to the world. Like Wnipeg, Victoria, Halifax, and other medium-sized Canadian ci, there is also a olicsome gay scene here (if you know where to look), and this is somethg a gay realtor London, Ontar n help you navigate as you fd your new perfect home here.
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When relotg to LGBTQ London, you should also be aware that a few areas are close to all the wonrfully queer happengs, allowg you to pull your movg tck up to your new hoe a gay-iendly neighborhood or part of town. If you’re a lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, or otherwise queer person seekg a welg neighborhood wh facili you’ll cherish, mence wh the top gay and gay-iendly London neighborhoods to disver your perfect new home, each wh s own distct sence. Rather than jt beg ncerned wh how btlg, fashnable, or up-and-g a neighborhood is (or what may appear like), gay realtors nduct extensive rearch to the neighborhoods which they sell hom to ensure that clients are safe.
Simply go to the page, and you’ll be prented wh a ee list of gay, lbian, and gay-iendly agents who n help you wh your relotn as well as other eful rmatn like LGBT+iendly schools, shoppg, storage firms, trasmen, and more. The pal is wily acknowledged to have the largt gay populatn Europe and a 2015 survey by the Office for Natnal Statistics found that Londoners are nearly twice as likely to intify as lbian, gay or bisexual than people livg most other UK regns. Hard Cock Life drops hip hop beats for homos, Pk Glove sps die tun for gays who prefer Morrissey to Madonna, and Bombshell is a Wednday eveng treat for drag queens, trans people and their alli and admirers.