The first gay pub I dared set foot now has a rabow plaque. Here’s why that matters | Gary Nunn | The Guardian

Contents:

• THE FIRST GAY PUB I DARED SET FOOT NOW HAS A RABOW PLAQUE. HERE’S WHY THAT MATTERS
• LBB PRENTS: GREGGOR MATTSON - WHO NEEDS GAY BARS?
• THE 10 BEST TOKYO GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS TOKYO
• GAY PHILALPHIA
• PUB GAY LSAC
• THE 10 BEST PARIS GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS PARIS
• THE 10 BEST NEW YORK CY GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS NEW YORK CY
• GAY USA

THE FIRST GAY PUB I DARED SET FOOT NOW HAS A RABOW PLAQUE. HERE’S WHY THAT MATTERS

Frankly, I’d have served a prison jt for him to hold my hand, like he did his off-whe Vxhall Nova on the drive there, breakg only to change, he took me for strawberry cir the Gloucter, a pub at the park’s edge, takg my tremblg hand his and reassurg me: “It’s actually a gay bar. On Sunday, the first a new seri of rabow plaqu will be stalled at the Gloucter – now the Greenwich Tavern – cementg s place gay home the workg-class Medway area of Kent, where we met when he sold me a phone cred rd at the lol petrol statn, “queers” like were wily perceived as predatory, perverted, spic or simply scum.

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The project remds people “that we have always been here, good tim and bad, ” David Robson of the London LGBT+ Foms’ Network said when the plaqu were film and my own story were workg-class gay love: not dandyish and sheltered by the polse of privilege, but the btal realy of beg perceived a non-mascule boy. It was a powerful and rarely told tersectn – and one that, even more rarely, ends rather happily, wh a betiful scene of fiance and acceptance played to a Mama Cass waltz on the sk I disvered that I wasn’t the only wi-eyed baby gay my boyiend had been chasg through those ancient chtnuts that summer.

LBB PRENTS: GREGGOR MATTSON - WHO NEEDS GAY BARS?

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

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

15 plac sorted by traveler favorDner Theaters • Gay BarsWhat travelers are saygMiguelLos Angel, CA26 ntributnsExplorg the area I ma up my list and we had the Mcle Bar Black Nu on our list, the staff is very iendly and we had a nice eveng wh them and the other ctomers even if we don’t speak Japane, we drk, we sg and left happy! MiguelLos Angel, CA26 ntributnsEagle is a pretty ol bar the gay block at Shju, the staff is very iendly and sce s a place wh a lot of ternatnal visors they speak English! Halfway To Heaven, Trafalgar Square Loted between Charg Cross Statn and Trafalgar Square, Halfway To Heaven is a tradnal gay pub and baret show bar wh a laid-back ground floor and club-like basement area.

Kgs Arms, Soho Loted on Soho’s Poland Street and open sce the 1700’s, the iendly Kgs Arms was one of the first spots Soho to serve the gay muny, billg self as a ‘gentlemen’s bar’ the 1970’s. I went to a few gay bars, and by far this was the bt place to dance and the mic was the bt here, varied, and not too much dance mic like you got your head bangg a fish bowl!

THE 10 BEST NEW YORK CY GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS NEW YORK CY

There are plenty of gay bars up and down 9th ave and there's no reason to spend money at a place that will treat you like total trash, threaten you, and be unnecsarily belligerent and make you feel unsafe jt bee they're on some kd of power trip.

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Loted on “gay party street” Silom Soi 2, packed to the brim wh pre-game drk spots, DJ Statn is the illumated oasis attractg a robtly ternatnal crowd, om regnal weekenrs to gay tourists. The Balny Bar, Pub, Gay Bar, Thai, Pub Gb An inic staple of Soi 4, this popular gay hnt is named for s two balni and an upstairs bar offerg an aerial view of the street outsi. While advertised as a gay bar, the draw of the views, the baret, karaoke lounge, and game mach mean that a wi assortment of people fill the bar on any given night.

The Stranger Bar Gay Bar, Bar, Rtrant, LGBTQ Bar, Thai, Pub Gb Wikimedia Voted the Bt Gay Bar Bangkok 2016 and 2017, this New York-themed bar attracts a te ternatnal mix. Famo for s drag shows– every Monday, Wednday, and Friday nights – and gay bar classic drks like the “sperm shot” and “goln shower, ” while servg up a vast menu of standard Thai and Wtern bar food. Fork & Cork Bar, Rtrant, Contemporary, Thai © Maria Elkd/Flickr Formerly known as Sphx, Fork & Cork is a popular gay-owned rtrant and bar on the party-hub Silom Soi 4.