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• GAY BARS AND CLUBS SOHO
• "FOR THE MORNG GAYS": THE IMPORTANCE OF LGBTQ-OWNED F AS SOBER, QUEER SPAC
• THE BT GAY BARS LONDON
• THE 10 BEST LONDON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS LONDON
• THE 5 BEST MOSW GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS MOSW
• MOSW GAY BARS
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• THE 10 BEST LONDON GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS LONDON
• THE 10 BEST LONDON GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS LONDON

GAY BARS AND CLUBS SOHO

We're jt for the morng gays. "When people thk of gay spac or queer spac, they immediately thk of a nightclub or bar — maybe a ltle hole the wall, " he said.

Gay bars hold a eply important place the history of LGBTQ rights and visibily the Uned Stat.

"FOR THE MORNG GAYS": THE IMPORTANCE OF LGBTQ-OWNED F AS SOBER, QUEER SPAC

For s and s, jt visg a gay bar was a high-risk activy. For young members of the LGBTQ muny, gog out to a gay or lbian bar was almost like a re of passage.

Growg up as a queer, Black women Louisville, Kentucky, Arielle Clark said that she felt like there were certa "ton" she wanted to meet to feel at home the muny: She wanted to attend Kentucky Pri and meet other LGBTQ people, and then she wanted to get to some kd of gay bar or nightclub bee that's where everyone spent time on the weekends. Though the number of LGBT+ venu London has seen a cle the last or so, the cy's gay scene isn't ailg yet – fact, a handful of excellent new venu have opened recent years around the cy.

The hight ncentratn of LGBT+ spac n still be found around Old Compton Street Soho, a former red light district that's been heavily gentrified recent years, but remas London's gay heartland.

THE BT GAY BARS LONDON

This Soho stalwart tends to attract a slightly olr crowd of gay guys and has a reputatn for beg cisy.

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. Loted Clapham, a 15-20 mute tube ri om the cy centre, this tradnal gay pub-club is a perennial favoure wh LGBT+ Londoners who love an unpretent party.

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

Keepg the gay flame burng out wt is this tradnal gay pub Ealg, a leafy suburb that’s about 25 mut by tube om central London. 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.

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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.

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.

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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. 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. 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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It opened loudly another, wh founr Ian Kissick clarg London “a labyrth of homogenoly [sic] humdm fés seekg to serve ffee to the public an ever duller manner.

AboutIn the Heart of Soho, the Grand Dame of Soho has been servg the gay muny for s. A betiful pub wh a great atmosphere, Comptons of Soho is the perfect place to go alone or wh iends and enjoy the great vibe of Gay Soho! Wrten June 22, 2021It's Comptons It's the first gay bar I went 1994 and I've never stopped gog when I n.

Vised Augt 2021Traveled wh iendsWrten Augt 7, 2021AndyDagenham, Uned Kgdom97 ntributnsPay to be gayWent to this bar last week Friday night orred 2 double g and tonics nearly fell through the floor £22.

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I n buy a bottle of g for that the supermarket, like Comptons very much however do we have to pay to be gay. Comments om a few still and what I would say “stupid” young gay men sayg the COVID-19 panmic is a hoax. We are sat by the DJ box, and there are more women then gay men this part of the bar.

1 woman/ girl has jt walked through wh her gay boyiend and the 1st thg she did was “hello bch” my partners face. We unrstand tim have changed, but surely the door policy, pecially on a weekend should be gay men only.

Wrten Augt 10, 2023This rponse is the subjective opn of the management reprentative and not of Tripadvisor 2023 • FriendsSo welg for straights and gays.

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Wrten Augt 10, 2023This rponse is the subjective opn of the management reprentative and not of Tripadvisor 2023 • FriendsLoted the heart of London, Comptons is a mt-vis gay pub that guarante an credible experience. Bars & Clubs • Gay BarsTrafalgar Square / EmbankmentGay Bars • Dance Clubs & DissTrafalgar Square / EmbankmentBars & Clubs • Gay BarsLeicter Square / Shaftbury AvenueLearn more about this ntentTours, activi and experienc bookable on Tripadvisor, ranked g exclive Tripadvisor data cludg reviews, ratgs, photos, populary, er preferenc, price, and bookgs ma through travellers are saygBier than expected but service was fast and iendly. Brilliant staff (pecially Jack, the fabulo bar manager and cktail maker), fabulo cktails and a relaxed atmosphere for all whether gay, straight or somethg else.

A beguilg, alternative London gay bar. Good lotn: cy centre, another gay club (911) the nearby area and a gay iendly hostel next to stay (Inga Hotels). Mosw Gay BarsMONO BarMosw's popular nightclub & bar wh a great atmosphere, karaoke, live DJ playg hoe / electro dance mic.