Rememberg the 1980s UK Lbian and Gay Center That Died Too Soon

Contents:

• LONDON'S LANDMARK BUILDG DOTTED WH STRIP CLUBS, GAY VENU TO TURN TO MOSQUE
• GAY BARS AND CLUBS SOHO
• LONDON LBIAN AND GAY CENTRE REFED GRANT – ARCHIVE, 1985
• THE BT GAY BARS LONDON
• THE BLACK LBIAN AND GAY CENTRE
• REMEMBERG THE 1980S UK LBIAN AND GAY CENTER THAT DIED TOO SOON
• IS A HOLISTIC LBIAN AND GAY CENTRE THAT OFFERS A RANGE OF SOCIAL, EMOTNAL AND SUPPORT SERVIC TO LGBT MUNI, AND OUR RE SERVIC CLU UNSELLG AND YOUNG PEOPLE’S SERVIC. WE N ALSO OFFER TRAG AND NSULTANCY FOR FELLOW PROFSNALS AND THOSE SEEKG TO ENHANCE THEIR UNRSTANDG OF ISSU FACG LGBTMUNI.

LONDON'S LANDMARK BUILDG DOTTED WH STRIP CLUBS, GAY VENU TO TURN TO MOSQUE

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Collected om the 19th century, the archive — curated by the imable Stef Dickers — brims wh prs cuttgs, lbian pulp fictn, 90s gay mags, necsary documentatn of the HIV/AIDS crisis and Sectn 28 — and everythg between. Gay's the word.

Bookshop extraordaire: Gay's The Word.

GAY BARS AND CLUBS SOHO

The first of s kd, Gay's The Word Soho opened as the UK’s first dited LGBTQ+ bookshop 1979. Persecuted Irish poet Osr Wil has a ff-shaped cigarette-holdg statue jt off Trafalgar Square (and plaqu around town, cludg one at Clapham Junctn statn), while gay breaker Alan Turg has a steel 'statue' Paddgton.

The first-ever gay rights monstratn, Highbury Fields 1970, is memorated wh a plaque too. Keep an eye on their socials for nights llaboratn wh Gay Tim or Pengu Books, too. Unniably one of the most ccial parts of London's gay history, the men's pond on Hampstead Heath is the clost Londoners get to a gay beach.

The wild swimmg pond on Hampstead Heath is a summer mec for gay men. Until 16 September 2023 Sleepg Bety Tak A Prick TicketsSleepg Bety Tak A Prick at Charg Cross Theatre 23 November 2023 to 13 January 2024 Strangers Between TicketsThe Goln Goose Theatre is revivg classic Atralian drama Strangers Between by Tommy Murphy, which looks at the highs and lows of growg up gay morn Atralia. Mr Kenh Baker, the mister for lol ernment, yterday refed an applitn om the Greater London Council for his nsent to a £143, 000 grant to the London Lbian and Gay new powers the pavg bill to abolish the GLC, Mr Baker has the power to veto grants of over £100, 000.

LONDON LBIAN AND GAY CENTRE REFED GRANT – ARCHIVE, 1985

He said that his refal was based on the fact that there was no evince that the lbian and gay muny nstuted an enomilly prived group of the said he had not judged whether the centre was jtifiable, nor whether the tend ers of the social centre nstuted a group of the populatn who suffered social discrimatn. Photograph: Keystone/Getty ImagMiss Valerie Wise, the chairman of the GLC’s women’s mtee, said that if the ers of facili like the gay centre now had to prove they were enomilly prived hundreds of voluntary anisatns would be nied grant assistance. Many of the closed venu, such as the London Lbian and Gay Centre and the Joer's Arms, played ccial rol anisg queer ristance movements.

Beyond a place to exhib and support LGBTQ+ artists, Joer hop that the venue will functn as a safe space for the queer muny durg a time of risg homophobic and transphobic hate crim: a recent Stonewall report found that two five trans people Bra had to al wh a hate crime or cint the past 12 months. Follow on om a swim wh a drk at the nearby Kg William IV, one of the cy’s olst gay pubs. Gay Amerin artist Dennis Severs spent 20 years turng his home to a livg mm, wh the townhoe’s 10 rooms reprentg snapshots the life of an imagary fay between 1724 to 1914.

THE BT GAY BARS LONDON

Addrs: Gay’s the Word, 66 Marchmont Street, London, WC1N 1ABWebse:! Where to go at nightRoyal Vxhall TavernOne of London’s olst survivg gay venu, the Royal Vxhall Tavern has been an entertament statn sce the 1860s.

Heaven, Charg CrossHands down the biggt and most famo gay club central London. Highlights clu the John Waters-spired lbian theme night Female Trouble; the d-visual queer spectacular Outré Voyage, the male-centric mic nights Homodrop and Dissodoma, the by-femm/for-femm monthly Femmi-Errect, and the hedonistic Happy Endgs, which turns Superstore’s unisex loos to a pop-up rave. In Hackney Wick, near the Olympic Park, the monthly gay rave Chapter 10 is at Bloc and Pxssy Palace tak place at Mick’s you need fuel on your night out, Dalston is packed wh late-night eateri.

THE BLACK LBIAN AND GAY CENTRE

Wh more gay bars per square e than any other area, Soho is buzzg on any night of the week.

REMEMBERG THE 1980S UK LBIAN AND GAY CENTER THAT DIED TOO SOON

They clu Admiral Dunn, a historic pub wh drag shows most nights of the week; Ku Bar, a cktail lounge and club popular wh gay men; the lbian bar She Soho and the big urtyard bar The Yard. Drag llective Ltle Gay Brother throws a Sunday daytime rave at Fabric. AlamyVxhallLook south of the river for some of the bt gay clubbg London.

IS A HOLISTIC LBIAN AND GAY CENTRE THAT OFFERS A RANGE OF SOCIAL, EMOTNAL AND SUPPORT SERVIC TO LGBT MUNI, AND OUR RE SERVIC CLU UNSELLG AND YOUNG PEOPLE’S SERVIC. WE N ALSO OFFER TRAG AND NSULTANCY FOR FELLOW PROFSNALS AND THOSE SEEKG TO ENHANCE THEIR UNRSTANDG OF ISSU FACG LGBTMUNI.

Although there have been high-profile closur recent years, remas a clubbg hotspot – particularly popular wh gay the banks of the Tham the south-wt of the cy, Vxhall has a history of entertament.

Bootylic, a monthly night at Unn, is the biggt gay urban night around, playg aobeat, garage and dancehall. The Black Lbian and Gay Centre. The Gay Liberatn Front held s first meetg a basement classroom at LSE 1970.