The Kgs - Gay Bar Cy Centre

Contents:

• [WATCH] UNSEEN FOOTAGE OF KG VON CLAIMG HE’S GAY TO BE PLACED PRISON PROTECTIVE CTODY
• THE BT GAY BARS LONDON
• GAY NIGHTLIFE CHARLTON, S.C.: BT BARS, CLUBS, & MORE
• THE 10 BEST LONDON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS LONDON
• FUN AND IENDLY GAY BAR FOR BEARS - KGS ARMS
• WORLD’S FIRST GAY GBY CLUB TURNS 20: ‘NO-ONE HAD SEEN PLAYERS LIKE BEFORE’

[WATCH] UNSEEN FOOTAGE OF KG VON CLAIMG HE’S GAY TO BE PLACED PRISON PROTECTIVE CTODY

While London’s queer nightclub scene has seen some sad, untimely partur, such as the Coleherne (briefly the Pembroke), London’s olst gay bar until s closure, and the Joer’s Arms, there are still some long-standg venu and new-ers to the scene workg hard to keep London’s queer nightlife alive.

Heaven, Charg Cross Cred: Lda Brdley, via Heaven One of the bt-known, most historic gay clubs London statned up s inic Charg Cross spot. Royal Vxhall Tavern, Vxhall The Royal Vxhall Tavern is a te slice of LGBTQ+ history London – a Gra II Listed venue that was famoly raid by police 1987 amidst over-policg of London’s gay muny.

THE BT GAY BARS LONDON

BJ’s Whe Swan, Limehoe Another longstandg London gay bar, which has been gog strong for over 30 years, is BJ’s Whe Swan East London. The Glory, Haggerston The Glory pris self beg one of East London’s bt gay bars, drag hotho, LGBTQ+ performance venu, nightclubs, and curators of London shows, ftivals, ntts and battl. ”Many of Marshman’s theatre projects – cludg Move Over Darlg, about gay Bristolians – beg when he gets out his bt cha.

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The Glory pris self beg one of east London’s bt gay bars, drag hotho, LGBTQ+ performance venu, nightclubs, and curators of London shows, ftivals, ntts and battl.

GAY NIGHTLIFE CHARLTON, S.C.: BT BARS, CLUBS, & MORE

Comptons of Soho Photo:, Shutterstock Comprisg of two bars and a quieter lounge area, Soho’s Comptons pub has been a staple the cy’s gay scene sce 1986. 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.

Officially a gay bar sce 1981, ’s now a firm favoure wh the LGBTQ+ muny – ‘bears’ particular – om London and around the world. From tablished legends of the gay scene to on that play baret and everythg between, there’s somethg for everyone here. GAY BAR KING*sor 1958QUARTER HORSE#0104000THREE BARS*ch 15.

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

The charmg, lonial seasi cy of Charlton has long been a popular weekend getaway for gay and lbian upl. Even though the cy isn't really known as a major gay nightclub statn, Charlton is an open and acceptg cy wh a growg number of bars, rtrants, and loung. Charlton only has one gay bar, but 's one you won't want to miss.

In fact, Dudley's on Ann was named one of Yelp's top 50 gay bars the untry. For sheer elegance, 's hard to top the posh lobby bar adjacent to Grill 225, si the sumptuo and gay-iendly Market Paviln Hotel. The week is packed wh all typ of unique LGBTQ+-foced events, cludg a edy show, a walkg tour highlightg Charlton's gay history, art exhibns, panel discsns, and more.

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FUN AND IENDLY GAY BAR FOR BEARS - KGS ARMS

A beguilg, alternative London gay bar.

WORLD’S FIRST GAY GBY CLUB TURNS 20: ‘NO-ONE HAD SEEN PLAYERS LIKE BEFORE’

Durg the “Pansy Craze” om the 1920s until 1933, people the lbian, gay, bi, trans and queer (LGBTQ) muny were performg on stag ci around the world, and New York Cy’s Greenwich Village, Tim Square and Harlem held some of the most world-renowned drag performanc of the time. All of this activy existed durg cultural time that, as historian Gee Chncey wr his book Gay New York, many people believe “is not supposed to have existed.

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While the Haton Lodge Ball may have begun the 1860s or ‘70s, probably didn’t ga a predomantly gay and lbian prence until the 1920s. By the mid-30s, was the largt annual ball held New York, attractg spectators who were gay, lbian, straight, black and whe all at once. ” Chncey wr that even “the most “obv” gay men stood out ls Tim Square.

In the ‘20s and early ‘30s, g out had to do wh makg a but to the gay and lbian world, and was rived om when wealthy women would “e out” formally to high society. “They didn’t see a nflict between not beg openly gay at work and sort of only beg gay durg their leisure time, ” says Heap, addg that a person’s class was likely ditive of how you might participate gay and lbian culture at the time. “The were moments when workg class gay men and women uld more eely explore their sexualy, sir, and terts cross drsg, but probably no doctor or lawyer is gog to drs up drag at the events, out of risk of beg exposed.

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