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Contents:

• GAY SYDNEY
• THE 5 BEST SYDNEY GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS SYDNEY
• GAY SYDNEY: A GUI TO CLUBS, BARS, BARET AND CULTURE
• SYDNEY GAY BARS
• SYDNEY GAY CLUBS
• FROM THE ARCHIV, 1983: A GUI TO GAY SYDNEY

GAY SYDNEY

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THE 5 BEST SYDNEY GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS SYDNEY

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GAY SYDNEY: A GUI TO CLUBS, BARS, BARET AND CULTURE

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SYDNEY GAY BARS

Open 7 days a week, this one is for the gay and bisexual men. Established 1991, Bodyle was the first lawfully tablished sex-on-premis gay venue NSW. Meanwhile, the troductn of laws that rtrict late-night socialisg central Sydney’s party preccts has severely damaged Oxford Street, the cy’s tradnal gay strip.

SYDNEY GAY CLUBS

And, while Oxford Street is fely hurtg, a handful of Sydney’s “tradnal” queer venu ntue to thrive there spe of the challengg and mixedTokyo Sg Song basement Patrick Abboud, a documentary filmmaker and televisn prenter who -hosts and produc for the Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi GrasThe biggt challenge for visors who want to explore Sydney’s LGBTQI scene is that only the old, mastream optns tend to be listed travel guis. On Sundays plays crowd-pleasg hoe, electro and two most mastream venu for gay guys are Stonewall and Arq.

FROM THE ARCHIV, 1983: A GUI TO GAY SYDNEY

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