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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.

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Notably, the thetre saw a strg of ‘Diva’ ncerts the 1950s to 1980s, featurg such stars as Shirley Bassey, Judy Garland, Marlene Dietrich and Liza Mnelli attractg a huge gay followg. The Long Bar at the Troro was a male only prerve, popular wh middle class gay men durg the 1920s and 1930s. It was an experimental ge theatre, which pneered the lunch time performance, and famoly staged the first ever season of gay plays Bra, early 1975.

The season, entled ‘Homosexual Acts’ featured three plays by gay wrers and directors, wh the tentn of sheddg a realistic light on the mastream gay stereotype. Closed 2006 and reopened as a non-gay bar and told ctomers who were lookg for a gay bar to go to Stonewall bar Lewisham – also now closed.

D: a gay bar which was very popular wh bears Vxhall It now operat as Eagle London, which is still a gay venue. Harpoon Louis: The bar upstairs, Harpoon Louie’s (later Harpo’s and later still Banana Max), was until the late 1980s among the most popular gay bars London. It is now a Wagamama the Copa Earls Court Road, was the largt gay bar London, on 3 levels wh an extensive garn.

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READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.RAFAELLONDON, UK14 NTRIBUTNS1EXPENSIVE DRKS FOR A “LOL” BAR AUG 2020 • COUPLIT’S NOT A FANCY PLACE SO I DON’T UNRSTAND WHY THE DRKS ARE RATHER EXPENSIVE. THE STAFF ARE IENDLY. NOT WORTH THE PRICE I’M AAID. READ MOREWRTEN AUGT 16, 2020THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.VENTURNNPERNUMIA, ITALY3 NTRIBUTNS0HOT STU(A)FF CLAPHAMJUL 2020I SPENT SEVERAL NIGHTS AT THE BRIDGE, BOTH ALONE AND WH IENDS AND ALL OF THE OCSNS I ALWAYS HAD GREAT FUN. THE STAFF IS VERY WELG AND WAS ALWAYS FUN TO CHAT WH THEM.IT’S STILL ONLY THE PLACE LONDON I KNOW THAT SELLS PREMIUM VODKA FOR QUE OF A CHEAP AL, EVEN THO I OFTEN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE TWO PER ONE PROMOTN DURG HAPPY HOUR. THE LOTN NEEDS A B OF RTYLG BUT I DON’T MD THE DARK VE VIBE WH ALL THE NEON LIGHTS AROUND THE PLACE.READ MOREWRTEN JULY 31, 2020THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.COPLETONLONDON, UK34 NTRIBUTNS1CHRISTMAS DRKS....CHRISTMAS STKSDEC 2019 • FRIENDSON A BIRTHDAY/CHRISTMAS DRK VIS MY IEND AND I CID TO SOS (SAVE OUR SCENE) AND VIS THE RELATIVELY NEW GAY TABLISHMENT THE A PY WE CID TO VIS AN UTTER DISASTER/FILTHY/OVER PRICED/IGNORANTLY STAFFED WATERG HOLE. THE PLACE LACKS HYGIENIC TOILETS, THE BAR STAFF ILLERATE AND THE RIDICULOLY OVERPRICED BAR SHOWS A NTEMPT FOR QUALY ALHOLIC OFFERGS. THE FUNDAMENTAL BAR SERVICE IS BEYOND AQUATE AND I SUGGT RATHER THAN WASTG YOUR MONEY HERE, VIS YOUR LOL SASBURY’S (OR ANY OTHER SUPERMARKET YOUR VICY)!BUY A BOTTLE OF BOOZE, GO HOME AND SCROLL GRDR! NO SURPISE THE SCENE IS DYG, A’T JT THE TRODUCTN OF APPS, THE UTTER LAZS OF BAR OWNERS WHO LAMENT FAR TO QUICKLY THAT THE DTRY IS DYG RATHER THEN FACE UP TO THE FACT THEY’RE TO WASTED THEMSELV TO WAKE UP AND REALISE £9.95 A GLASS OF THE POORT QUALY WE, A STALE BEER FED LOTN IS ACTUALLY UNACCEPTABLE. RIP GAY SCENE. AYORREAD MOREWRTEN DECEMBER 24, 2019THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.ROLANDAS MLONDON, UK42 NTRIBUTNS0GREAT PLACE TO HAVE A DRKMAR 2018 • FRIENDSI WENT TO THIS BAR FOR MY IENDS BIRTHDAY DRKS THIS WEEKEND. SUCH A NICE PLACE, OL STAFF AND FAB DRKS! WE HAD SUCH AN AMAZG TIME AND I WILL FELY BE G BACK ???PS. IT IS GAY IENDLY BAR ?READ MOREWRTEN MARCH 17, 2018THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. 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Lester, The: The pub opened 1998 and closed 2005 on two floors, a tradnal gay pub for the “Chelsea crowd” The pub which was on the rner of Ossgton St has sce been molished. Profile: a fe and bar opened by datg gus Gaydar, closed 2013 along wh the sale of their rad statn Gaydar Rad.

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Queens Head: Chelsea gay/straight pub that was unable to negotiate a new lease due to creased sts 2016. Riversi and Sailboat Bend, wh s Key Wt ambiance, were the first neighborhoods wh sizable ncentratns of lbians and gay men. Organizatns like the Metropolan Communy Church provid one of the earlit gatherg plac where lbians and gay men uld e together and worship.

In the 1954 when Miami went through a brief perd of “moral panic” about the cy’s gay bars, public officials Fort Lrdale assured the cizens that there were no threats and they had the suatn unr ntrol. The Fort Lrdale News ran a multi-part seri on homosexualy Broward noted for s lack of sensatnalism and tepidns. The warm weather and betiful beach also ma Fort Lrdale a perfect statn for the growg lbian and gay tourist tra.

While some gay men and lbians opened up early gutho and most hotels did not blk when two men or women rented a sgle room, was the openg the mid-1970s of the Marl Beach Hotel as Ameri’s first explicly gay rort hotel that explicly marked Fort Lrdale as a gay tourist statn.

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However 1972 was rcued when bought by a group of gay entreprenrs wh plans to turn to a top-class rort terg to the emergg lbian and gay tourist market. They spent over $300, 000 renovatg and 1974 began ad mpaign natnal gay magaz promotg as “Ameri’s premier gay rort, ” makg Fort Lrdale aga the place “Where the Boys Are.

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It also highlighted Marl Beach and s gay clientele, notg the hotel’s natnal advertisg mpaign and s reputatn as a popular gay rort hotel. One of his major goals wh to revalize Fort Lrdale tourism, In Clay’s view and the view of most of the cy’s tablishment, the prence of an openly gay hotel on the beach ed any chanc of drawg tourist tra. ” The head of the cy’s Hotel Rort and Hotel Associatn agreed wh and noted that the prence of a gay hotel would have an adverse enomic effect on the beach.

The cy’s major newspaper The Fort Lrdale News headled the story of the mayor’s disapproval “Mayor Shaw is Adamant-The Cy’s Gays Mt Go. ” Acrdg to the newspaper the mayor’s goal was to elimate every vtige of homosexual activy om the beach.

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However Shaw knew that tryg to shut down a legimate bs, even if was gay, was a difficult proposn. Earlier that year Miami, Jack Campbell, owner’s of the Club Baths, Miami’s gay bathhoe, had succsfully sued the cy for harassment their attempts to shut down.

And as one 81 year old widow and 40 year rint of the Bach noted, “I n’t object to (the gay clientele). Shaw orred his cy manager, along wh the police chief and legal advisers to vtigate the possibily of creatg a unty grand jury vtigatn not only of the problem of male prostutn on the beach, but of gay owned bs on the beach and their lks to such prostutn.

His overall goal, acrdg the to News, was to stop the proliferatn of “gays and the bs they patronized.

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Ten years earlier, the threat of a grand jury vtigatn would have been enough to shut down the Marl Beach or at least stop s terg to a gay clientele.

However was 1976, seven years after Stonewall and the emergence of a proud and activist lbian and gay muny, The muny Fort Lrdale had grown strong enough, for the first time, to stand up and fight.

Moreover the straight muny was begng to realize that the rights of lbians and gay men were not somethg they uld dismiss lightly.

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Jog the hotel management nmng the mayor’s actn was the recently formed muny group: The Broward County Coaln for the Humanistic Rights of Gays. Accg Shaw of homophobia, Kunst ntued, ”The polil terror tactics are not gog to work, The straight muny gets ripped off by them worse than the gay muny while the police are fsg around wh , the regular muny don’t have the same ’s dog this bee he thks the gay muny won’t fight back. Furthermore as Police Capta Ron Cochran noted, “homosexual men are not typilly volved vlent crim” and tryg to police sexual activy-homosexual or otherwise-required a e of sre police rourc better put elsewhere.

Fally the cy manager add, “there is nothg the cy n legally do to stop homosexuals om vatng Fort Lrdale if they want to. In an edorial The Fort Lrdale News cricized the mayor’s for his “Hip-shootg on Homosexuals, ” advisg him that he should first thk before he acts.

His ll for a grand jury to al “wh problems on the beach of which homosexuals are only a small ’re the on seekg to get eage out of somethg that do not exist. The expected rash of cy spectns never occurred and the Marl Beach ntued beg the one of the natn’s most popular gay rort hotel. The Broward Coaln for Humanistic Rights of Gays beme the Broward Coaln for Human Rights, the first unty gay rights anizatn.

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