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• THE BT GAY BARS LONDON
• THE 10 BEST LONDON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS LONDON
• LONDON'S LANDMARK BUILDG DOTTED WH STRIP CLUBS, GAY VENU TO TURN TO MOSQUE
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• KEV SPACEY DEFENDS COMG OUT AS GAY AFTER BEG ACCED OF SEXUAL MISNDUCT: ‘I WAS UNR A LOT OF PRSURE’
• THE 5 BEST ONTAR GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS ONTAR
• THE 10 BEST LONDON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS LONDON
• THE BT LGBTQ+ AND GAY CLUBS LONDON
• LONDON GAY MAP
• THE 10 BEST LONDON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS LONDON
• THE BT LGBTQ+ AND GAY CLUBS LONDON
• GAY LONDON, LGBTQ+ CLUBS AND EVENTS

THE BT GAY BARS LONDON

24 plac sorted by traveler favorBars & Clubs • Gay BarsTrafalgar Square / EmbankmentBars & Clubs • Gay BarsLeicter Square / Shaftbury AvenueGay Bars • Dance Clubs & DissTrafalgar Square / EmbankmentWhat travelers are saygBier than expected but service was fast and iendly. Loted the heart of London, Comptons is a mt-vis gay pub that guarante an credible experience.

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Brilliant staff (pecially Jack, the fabulo bar manager and cktail maker), fabulo cktails and a relaxed atmosphere for all whether gay, straight or somethg else.

A beguilg, alternative London gay bar. In my opn, ManBar ceased to tra after a dispute wh a stupid neighbour and Wtmister's plans to "sanise" the wt end and get rid of gay bars.

The area is also known for s ncentratn of bars, nightclubs, gay venu and strip jots – all of which are nsired sful Islam.

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Homosexual acts are illegal Malaysia and punishable by f and up to 20 years prison. You are young people, and I’m sure a lot of you are gay and progrsive, ” he said addrsg the dience. Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay.

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

Per Outsports, as of September 2022, there have only ever been 16 players NFL history to publicly e out as gay or bisexual.

Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player league history to announce that he is gay 2021. Per Outsports, Maxen is the “first publicly out male ach a major Amerin men’s pro sports league, ” wh WNBA ach Curt Miller, who publicly me out to the media as gay 2015, also a publicly out male ach an Amerin profsnal sports league. For 37 years, The Backstreet was an inic part of London’s leather and gay bar scene.

KEV SPACEY DEFENDS COMG OUT AS GAY AFTER BEG ACCED OF SEXUAL MISNDUCT: ‘I WAS UNR A LOT OF PRSURE’

Kev Spacey has addrsed his ntroversial 2017 statement which he me out as gay rponse to Anthony Rapp’s accatn of sexual misnduct. He said some members of his team disagreed wh the urse of actn but they took a vote and ultimately released a statement which Spacey revealed he was gay. “The gay muny had been prsurg me for a very long time about g out, ” he said.

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“I gus ’s not a topic anymore, but y, I’m gay, ” Gonzalez said, acrdg to El Dncierto.

The 2019 Pan Amerin Gam floor exercise champn says that he began to realize he was gay at age 24. “I was the procs of g to terms wh myself as a homosexual and I felt that a part of me was dyg, too. 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.

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.

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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. Tripadvisor performs checks on mToronto, Canada3 ntributnsThe most fun you n have if you are gay the village (wh your cloth on ?) and the BEST mic.

It is one of the few gay dance bars left Toronto that do not play rap, hip hop, electroni and other circu bar mic. Bars & Clubs • Gay BarsTrafalgar Square / EmbankmentGay Bars • Dance Clubs & DissTrafalgar Square / EmbankmentBars & Clubs • Gay BarsLeicter Square / Shaftbury AvenueLearn more about this ntentTours, activi and experienc bookable on Tripadvisor, ranked g exclive Tripadvisor data cludg reviews, ratgs, photos, populary, er preferenc, price, and bookgs ma through travellers are saygBier than expected but service was fast and iendly. Though the number of LGBT+ venu London has seen a cle the last or so, the cy's gay scene isn't ailg yet – fact, a handful of excellent new venu have opened recent years around the cy.

The hight ncentratn of LGBT+ spac n still be found around Old Compton Street Soho, a former red light district that's been heavily gentrified recent years, but remas London's gay heartland.

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This Soho stalwart tends to attract a slightly olr crowd of gay guys and has a reputatn for beg cisy. It’s closed on Mondays and Tudays, but hosts a r Sunday pub quiz and gets pretty packed on Friday and Saturday nights when the small dancefloor fills up wh a largely, though not exclively, gay male crowd.

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Loted Clapham, a 15-20 mute tube ri om the cy centre, this tradnal gay pub-club is a perennial favoure wh LGBT+ Londoners who love an unpretent party.

Keepg the gay flame burng out wt is this tradnal gay pub Ealg, a leafy suburb that’s about 25 mut by tube om central London.

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

It’s a sprgtime Saturday night Vxhall, a London “gaybourhood” that’s lost many LGBT spac the last few years: Bar, Paris Gym, Area, and The Hoist. Meanwhile, the area’s skyle has transformed almost beyond regnn, wh tower upon tower of luxury newbuild this Saturday Vxhall is a time for celebratn: ’s the openg of Bloc South, the first gay club this part of town to open for years. Down the road is a packed out Royal Vxhall Tavern, where the group Lbians and Gays Support the Migrants giv a stirrg speech.

It feels like the good old days when Vxhall wore London’s gay crown. Acrdg to one LGBT webse, 151 gay bars and clubs London shut between 2000 and 2016, and Attu magaze edor Cliff Joannou told the Guardian he believ that a third of the pal’s LBGT venu have closed sce the clus key venu such as Madame Jojo’s, the Black Cap, The Joer’s Arms, Bar Soho, Kazbar, the Queen’s Head, Candy Bar, the Oak Bar and Green Carnatn – many sufferg the impact of rent hik and rampant month, much-loved Soho venue Molly Moggs closed whout warng – and the reasons are still unclear. “Jojo’s brought together gay culture and burlque culture wh mastream mic and club nights, ” he said.

This, along wh many other events around the untry this year, marks the 50th anniversary of the partial crimalisatn of homosexualy through the 1967 Sexual Offenc nightlife spac are by no means alone facg the mountg prsure of London’s speculative property velopment. It was the first such listg of an LGBT venue the to grassroots movement RVT Future, and a gay-iendly Lambeth uncil, thgs are lookg up for one of Vxhall’s olst and most-loved venu.

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It’s viewed as a 21st-century muny hub that aims to be thoroughly clive and supportive, a safe space for performers and patrons on every pot of the LGBTQI+ venu and nights like the are still outnumbered by spac where gay men are the majory, wh the UCL report notg that “gay men have the monopoly on [LGBT] venu”. While some strs the importance of men-only gay clubs – to serve as a safe space that has been val gay culture – others feel venu should be more clive. “I’ve been to gay clubs the past where I’ve been told to stop kissg my girliend by both staff and fellow clubbers, ” explas bisexual activist Lewis Oakley.

A lot of gay men have a problem wh lbians and transgenr women.

Photograph: The Natnal ArchivWe may be losg exclively gay spac, but the queerg of tradnally straight venu is on the rise. The need to go to a specific venue to meet someone has bee ls important – which has led to plats that the muny self is to blame for of the RVT Future mpaign Rob Holley disagre wh this ia, tellg Pk News that ctom is still thrivg: “The vast majory of London pubs (gay and straight) which close are mercially succsful, but London’s crazy property market means nvertg the buildg to flats mak a bigger, quicker buck for their owners. London Gay MapOur teractive London gay map.

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The bt gay bars Soho. The bt gay bars Vxhall.

The bt gay bars the East End. Sce homosexual acts were illegal, Polari enabled folx to talk safely mixed pany and intify as queer. Polari was wily spoken the LGTBQ+ muny until 1967 when homosexualy was crimalized the UK.