"For the morng gays": The importance of LGBTQ-owned f as sober, queer spac |

Contents:

• GAY CAFéS VIENNA
• "FOR THE MORNG GAYS": THE IMPORTANCE OF LGBTQ-OWNED F AS SOBER, QUEER SPAC
• THE 5 BEST VIENNA GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS VIENNA
• GAYT VIENNAVIENNAMENUHOTELSON TODAYBARSDANCE CLUBSCISE CLUBSSNASB&BSCAF & RTRANTSGAY SHOPSSERVICTOURSCY GUIGAY MAPGAYT VIENNA
• VIENNA GAY CAF & RTRANTS
• LONDON GAY CAFéS & RTRANTS

GAY CAFéS VIENNA

And of urse, there are also some gay fés where you n dulge the var tradnal Vienne typ of ffee and pastri, like Sachertorte. The fés listed here are all attractg a manly gay clientele, but of urse, everybody is wele. Gugg serv as club hoe of HOSI Wien (an Atrian gay ive) and is open for public on selected days only.

If you want to have addnal Informatn about homosexual, lbian and transgenr Vienna, Gugg is the place to go. Rifug is a small and homely gay fé the 5th district wh a large percentage of patrons.

We're jt for the morng gays.

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

"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.

THE 5 BEST VIENNA GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS VIENNA

Gay bars hold a eply important place the history of LGBTQ rights and visibily the Uned Stat. 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. From cktails to ffee ho, karaoke to opera, the imperial cy has somethg for everyone – cludg a growg number of gay and lbian fact, few other ci n claim to have Vienna’s rich queer history.

The cy has been home to gay archects, posers and even Emperors over the centuri, leavg behd a legacy of open-mdns and acceptance. And to help you out, we’ve put together the ultimate life ViennaLast year, Concha Wurst (currently the most famo Atrian the world – probably) took Europe by storm when she won the Eurovisn Song Contt Copenhagen, throwg the spotlight on gay life Vienna the the publicy was wele, thanks to the cy’s tradn of tolerance as an open-md, liberal pal. Vienna has long been an tablished statn for gay and lbian travellers, wh an active LGBT muny and night-life.

GAYT VIENNAVIENNAMENUHOTELSON TODAYBARSDANCE CLUBSCISE CLUBSSNASB&BSCAF & RTRANTSGAY SHOPSSERVICTOURSCY GUIGAY MAPGAYT VIENNA

(However ’s worth notg that many tablishments rema welg for non-queer patrons too: thk gay-iendly, stead of gay-exclive. Gay marriage, however, is not currently regnised.

ExploreAs most European ci, Vienna’s gay scene is relatively centralised and spread-out among different neighbourhoods.

VIENNA GAY CAF & RTRANTS

However, there are certa plac most gay and lbian Wieners (no giggl please, that’s the technil term) tend to gravate towards.

Naschmarkt is probably the clost thg Vienna has to a gay quarter.

Several gay bars and f are found close by, cludg the well-known Café Savoy (see below). A stone’s throw om Naschmarkt, you’ll fd Gumpendorferstraße (Gumpendorf Street), known for s lively rtrants and bars – several of which are popular amongst the cy’s gay rints, while the area around Lke Wezeile, jt down the river om Naschmarkt, has historic ti to Vienna’s LGBT muny and is still home to several f. However, if you are specifilly terted explorg the cy’s queer nnectns and homosexual herage, here are a few plac to check important stop for many when visg Atria is the Vienna State Opera, one the world’s premier statns for opera lovers.

LONDON GAY CAFéS & RTRANTS

The buildg self was signed and built by two gay archects: Sirdsburg and van r Nüll.

Consistg of two palac and expansive garns, the betiful plex was built as a summer rince for Prce Eugene of Savoy, a celebrated ary strategist and closeted gay man. While Frd never rried on rearch exprsly on homosexualy, he was an early fenr of gay rights.

Fally, all LGBT visors to Vienna should stop by Löwenherz, the largt gay and lbian bookstore Europe. Café Savoy scrib self as ‘one of the most betiful ffee ho Vienna – and one of the gayt, too. ’ No one is really sure why, but the fé has a long history as a gay favoure, possibly thanks to s signer – a stunt of gay archect Sirdsburg.