THE 10 BEST Brighton Gay Clubs & Bars (Updated 2023) - Tripadvisor

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• WHY IS BRIGHTON THE LGBTQ CAPAL OF THE UK? BRIGHTON PRI IS A LANDMARK ANNUAL EVENT ATTRACTG ATTEN OM ACROSS THE PLA | © SIMON DACK / ALAMY STOCK PHOTO AMY HOLTZ 21 MAY 2021 COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT BRIGHTON’S REPUTATN AS THE UK’S LGBTQ PAL HAS BEEN OVER 200 YEARS THE MAKG AND ’S A STAT MOST OF THE CY’S RINTS ARE FIERCELY PROUD OF. HERE’S A SHORT HISTORY OF HOW BRIGHTON ME TO BE SYNONYMO WH MMENT TO TOLERANCE AND DIVERSY FOR RINTS AND VISORS ALIKE. VIEW ALL TRIPS A SEASI ESPE FROM HUMBLE BEGNGS AS A NEOLHIC ENMPMENT, BRIGHTON’S TRANSFORMATN OM FISHG VILLAGE TO STYLISH SEASI RORT IS PERHAPS BT SYMBOLISED BY THE UNIQUE ROYAL PAVILN, WHICH SS AT THE HEART OF THE CY. UNR NSTCTN DURG THE NAPOLEONIC WARS (1803-1815), ’S UNRSTOOD THAT THE FLUX OF SOLDIERS TO BRIGHTON DURG THE YEARS CIS WH THE FIRST RERD LGBTQ (LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR AND QUEER) HISTORY THE MUNY. TAKE A SP TO FD YOUR PERFECT SMALL-GROUP TRIP STATN PASSPORTS READY? YOUR NEXT STATN IS... VIEW TRIP SP THAILAND CROATIA EGYPT ECUADOR GREECE ICELAND BALI INDIA MEXI MOROC TURKEY SPA JAPAN SOUTH AI THROUGHOUT THE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURI, S PROXIMY TO THE PAL AND THE EXPANSN OF EASY, REGULAR TRANSPORT TO THE SEASI SAW BRIGHTON BEE A CLANSTE STATN FOR THOSE RETREATG OM LONDON. IN THE 1930S, GAY AND LBIAN BARS AND PUBS SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE CY – AND AFTER WORLD WAR II, WHISPERS OF BRIGHTON’S UNIQUE DIVERSNS SPREAD TO OTHERS LOOKG FOR A SAFE SPACE TO EXPLORE THEIR SEXUALY. KEMPTOWN IS THE BEATG HEART OF BRIGHTON’S VIBRANT LGBTQ SCENE TODAY, ’S THOUGHT THAT 11-15% OF ALL ADULTS BRIGHTON INTIFY AS GAY, LBIAN OR BISEXUAL. IT’S EASY TO SEE THE FLUENCE OF THE LGBTQ MUNY NEARLY EVERY STREET, PARTICULARLY KEMP TOWN. HERE, LONG-TABLISHED PUBS LIKE THE BULLDOG, THE CAMELFORD ARMS AND THE MARLBOROUGH TER TO DIFFERENT SEGMENTS OF THE LGBT POPULATN, CLUDG THOSE WHO INTIFY AS NON-BARY. CARIBBEAN COLOMBIA DISVER COLOMBIA’S CARIBBEAN AST, OM CARTAGENA TO PALOMO VIA JUNGL, RIVERS AND ISLANDS. VIEW TRIP BUT ’S MORE THAN JT BEAR PUBS AND DRAG KGS DRIVG THE CY’S LGBTQ SCENE; THERE IS AN ABUNDANCE OF VAL SERVIC SUCH AS THE ALLSORTS YOUTH PROJECT, THE BRIGHTON & HOVE LGBT SWCHBOARD AND THE SSEX BEAN OFFERG SUPPORT AND DRIVG TN AND ACCEPTANCE THROUGHOUT THE MUNY. THE PEOPLE’S PRI THE TE SPIR OF BRIGHTON’S LGBTQ MUNY TO THE FORE EACH YEAR EARLY AUGT DURG BRIGHTON PRI, THE UK’S LARGT – AND ARGUABLY, MOST SPARKLY – PRI FTIVAL. DRAWG REVELLERS OM AROUND THE UNTRY, THE FTIVAL WEL HUNDREDS OF THOANDS TO THE CY WH A SIMPLE MSAGE: “WE ARE FAY”. THE WEEKEND-LONG PARTY KICKS OFF WH A VIBRANT, BAWDY PARA THAT WDS THROUGH THE VAR CY ‘VILLAG’, CULMATG A PARTY KEMP TOWN, WH LIVE MIC AND BARET PRTON PARK AND EVEN A DOG SHOW. BEE A CULTURE TRIPPER! SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO SAVE UP TO 40% ON OUR UNIQUE TRIPS. SIGN UP SEE PRIVACY POLICY. A PARA PARTICIPANT FLI THE RABOW FLAG AT BRIGHTON PRI 2018 | © NIGEL BOWL / ALAMY STOCK PHOTO THE FABRIC OF BRIGHTON IS WOVEN WH CLIVY, EQUALY AND TOLERANCE – CREATG A STRONG SENSE OF MUNY. IT’S PART OF WHAT MAK THE CY SO SPECIAL AND OPEN TO ALL. VOLNIC ICELAND EPIC TRIP MEET OUR LOL INSIR HANNA HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A GUIDE? 2 YEARS. WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR JOB? IT'S THE PERSONAL NTACT, THE PERSONAL EXPERIENC. I LOVE MEETG PEOPLE OM ALL OVER THE WORLD... I REALLY LIKE GETTG TO KNOW EVERYONE AND FEELG LIKE I'M TRAVELG WH A GROUP OF IENDS. WHAT DESTINATION IS ON YOUR TRAVEL BUCKET-LIST? I HAVE SO MANY PLAC ON MY LIST, BUT I WOULD REALLY LOBE TO GO TO AI. I NSIR MYSELF AN “ADVENTURE GIRL” AND AI FEELS LIKE THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE! EVERY CULTURE TRIP SMALL-GROUP ADVENTURE IS LED BY A LOL INSIR JT LIKE HANNA. SEE OUR CULTURE TRIPS KEEN TO EXPLORE THE WORLD?
• WHY IS ROCHFORD ENGLAND’S STRAIGHTT PLACE AND BRIGHTON S GAY PAL?
• VISG GAY BRIGHTON, ENGLAND – THE GLOBETROTTER GUYS
• THE 10 BEST BRIGHTON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS BRIGHTON
• THE BT LGBTQ BARS BRIGHTON, UK THE MARLBOROUGH | COURTY OF THE MARLBOROUGH PUB & THEATRE AMY HOLTZ 26 MAY 2020 COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT AS A CY THAT PRIS SELF ON TOLERANCE, DIVERSY AND PROGRSIVENS, BRIGHTON HAS ONE OF THE MOST THRIVG GAY SCEN NOT JT THE UNTRY, BUT THROUGHOUT EUROPE. OVER THE YEARS, GAY PUBS AND BARS HAVE TAKEN ROOT AND SPNG UP AROUND THE CY. THERE’S PLENTY TO CHOOSE OM FOR A GREAT NIGHT OUT, BUT HERE’S OUR GUI OF SOME OF THE BT TASTE-MAKERS TRENDG NOW THE UK’S UNOFFICIAL GAY PAL. VIEW ALL TRIPS LEGENDS BAR, HOTEL RTRANT, CONTEMPORARY, WE, BEER SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT ONE OF THE MOST LEGENDARY GAY BARS AND CLUBS BRIGHTON, LEGENDS’ POPULATN OFTEN BOOMS THE MOMENTS BEFORE THE SUNRISE. THE SEA-GAZG TERRACE, CLOSE TO BOTH PALACE PIER AND KEMPTOWN, IS RATHER SEDATE DURG THE DAY, BUT AT NIGHT UNRGO A METAMORPHOSIS AND THE LEGENDS BAR AND THE BASEMENT CLUB HEAVE WH REVELLERS OM AROUND THE CY, AS WELL AS VISORS STAYG THE NTEMPORARY LEGENDS HOTEL. THERE ARE REGULAR CLUB NIGHTS WH BIG AL DJS AS WELL AS EXCELLENT BARET, THE PERFECT EXCE TO EQUENT WHEN SEASI. PRISCILLA’S SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT PRISCILLA’S IT’S THE NEW THG ON ST JAM’S STREET, THE MA THOROUGHFARE OF KEMPTOWN AND ’S SHAKG UP THE TABLISHED HIERARCHY OF BARET THE NEIGHBOURHOOD. HARKENG BACK TO TRADN WH MIMED DRAG ACTS, THERE’S ALSO KARAOKE NTTS FOR THE BRAVE AND THURSDAY NIGHTS HOSTED BY BIG BROTHER LOL BOY PETE BENT. IT’S EARLY DAYS, BUT JUDGG BY THE CSH AT THE DOORS FOR THEIR OLD SCHOOL DRAG VIBE, PRISCILLA’S IS FELY ON TO SOMETHG SWEET. 129 ST JAM’S STREET, BRIGHTON VIEW THIS POST ON INSTAGRAM BAGA CHIPZ POPS FOR A QUICKIE AFTER WORK. ?#PRISCILLASBRIGHTON #LGBTBRIGHTON #BRIGHTONDRAG #BAGACHIPZ A POST SHARED BY PRISCILLAS BRIGHTON (@PRISCILLASBRIGHTON) ON MAY 18, 2017 AT 9:22AM PDT CAMELFORD ARMS PUB, PUB GB, WE, BEER, COCKTAILS SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT SLIGHTLY OFF THE WELL-BEATEN PATHS OF KEMPTOWN IS THE CAMELFORD ARMS, A PUB THAT BOASTS A SPIR OF CLN AND AFFABILY THAT EXTENDS TO NE PALS, MAKG KNOWN AS THE MOST DOG-IENDLY PUB TOWN. THE GOLN HANDBAG AWARD WNER (G-SCENE) FOR ‘BT SUNDAY LUNCH’, THE MENU IS PAG UPON PAG OF PUB GB AND GREASY SPOON FARE. A SLIGHTLY MORE CHILLED AND LEISURELY PUB EXPERIENCE, BT ENJOYED AFTER A HARD NIGHT ON THE TIL AT THE BASEMENT CLUB OR ENVY. EPIC MOROCCO FROM ANCIENT CI TO THE SAHARA, EMBRACE CULTURAL RICH AND ENCHANTG LANDSP NORTH AI. VIEW TRIP THE MARLBOROUGH PUB & THEATRE PUB, GASTROPUB, WE, BEER, COCKTAILS, PUB GB SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT COURTY OF THE MARLBOROUGH PUB & THEATRE BORN THE NOTOR N, THE GOLN CROSS 1787, THE MARLBOROUGH’S HISTORY AS A MEETG HOE FOR ACTIVISTS AND ARTISTS IS AS RICH AS IS PROGRSIVE. WH SUCH A LONG LIFE, ’S NO WONR THAT ’S MOURED TO BE HNTED AND FEATUR ON BRIGHTON’S FAMED GHOST WALK. BUT THIS LATT CENTURY HAS SEEN A RENEWED FOC ON GAY ACTIVISM, STARTG WH THE SSEX GAY LIBERATN FRONT OUT OF THE UNIVERSY OF SSEX THE ‘70S. IT’S SMALL BUT PERFECTLY FORMED PERFORMANCE SPACE HAS PREMIERED WORK OM APUTHEATRE AND SIREN THEATRE COMPANY AND ENJOYS A LIVELY PROGRAMME OF EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THE STARTG POT FOR THE FIRST EVER TRANS* PRI MARCH 2014, THE MARLBOROUGH TODAY IS A POPULAR STUNT HNT WH A STELLAR QUIZ ON THURSDAYS – THE JEWEL THE CROWN OF BRIGHTON’S QUEER AND NON-BARY SCENE. THE QUEENS ARMS PUB, GAY BAR, PUB GB, WE, BEER, COCKTAILS SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT WH ENTERTAERS NAMED KARA VAN PARK AND VICTORIA SPONGE, YOU KNOW YOU’RE FOR A GOOD NIGHT. THERE’S BARET AT THIS KEMPTOWN PUB SIX DAYS A WEEK – OVER 300 PERFORMANC EACH YEAR – BY THE SOME OF THE CY’S BT DRAG QUEENS. IT’S A FAVOURE WH LOLS AND VISG HEN DOS – JT LOOK FOR THE TRAMARK BUBBLE GUM PK EXTERR. THE IENDLY STAFF AND CLIVE ATMOSPHERE MAKE A MT VIS WHEN TOWN TO GET AN THENTIC BARET EXPERIENCE. BEE A CULTURE TRIPPER! SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO SAVE UP TO 40% ON OUR UNIQUE TRIPS. SIGN UP SEE PRIVACY POLICY. BAR BROADWAY BAR, WE, BEER, PUB GB, COCKTAILS SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT ANOTHER NEW ADDN TO THE KEMPTOWN SCENE, BAR BROADWAY IS PULLG CROWDS OM THE LGBTQ MUNY AS WELL AS STRAIGHT AM-DRAM LOVERS. THERE’S THE UAL WEEKLY BARET, KARAOKE AND LIVE PERFORMANC (EVEN CHI, ERSTWHILE X FACTOR FAVOURE, HAS BEEN BY) BUT WHAT REALLY MAK BB UNIQUE IS THE APP, WHERE YOU N BUY TICKETS TO SHOWS, PLAYS AND BT OF ALL, REQUT THE MIL CLIP YOU WANT – OM GLEE TO CATS – TO BE SHOWN ON THE BAR’S TVS FOR A GOOD OLD SG SONG WH YOUR NEW BT PALS. YOU MIGHT BE THERE ALL NIGHT. AMSTERDAM BAR BAR, HOTEL RTRANT, RTRANT, WE, BEER, COCKTAILS, PUB GB, FAST FOOD, VEGETARIAN SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT ANOTHER SEAONT BAR JT MOMENTS AWAY OM LEGENDS, THE AMSTERDAM BAR & KCHEN OFFERS EVERYTHG NEED FOR A STAY BY THE SEA. THE FOOD AND DRK HERE ARE AS NSIRED AS AT CAMELFORD, CLUDG A NEW G MENU (FEATURG HOMEGROWN BRIGHTON G). THERE ARE QUIZZ, KARAOKE AND BARET, AND ON THE FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH, ’S THE MEETG PLACE OF THE BRIGHTON DEAF LGBT GROUP. FROM THE TERRACE, THERE ARE FANTASTIC VIEWS OVER THE PROMENA TO THE SETTG SUN, THE PERFECT PLACE TO GET ANY EVENG’S FTIVI STARTED. VOLNIC ICELAND EPIC TRIP MEET OUR LOL INSIR HANNA HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A GUIDE? 2 YEARS. WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR JOB? IT'S THE PERSONAL NTACT, THE PERSONAL EXPERIENC. I LOVE MEETG PEOPLE OM ALL OVER THE WORLD... I REALLY LIKE GETTG TO KNOW EVERYONE AND FEELG LIKE I'M TRAVELG WH A GROUP OF IENDS. WHAT DESTINATION IS ON YOUR TRAVEL BUCKET-LIST? I HAVE SO MANY PLAC ON MY LIST, BUT I WOULD REALLY LOBE TO GO TO AI. I NSIR MYSELF AN “ADVENTURE GIRL” AND AI FEELS LIKE THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE! EVERY CULTURE TRIP SMALL-GROUP ADVENTURE IS LED BY A LOL INSIR JT LIKE HANNA. SEE OUR CULTURE TRIPS KEEN TO EXPLORE THE WORLD?
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WHY IS BRIGHTON THE LGBTQ CAPAL OF THE UK? BRIGHTON PRI IS A LANDMARK ANNUAL EVENT ATTRACTG ATTEN OM ACROSS THE PLA | © SIMON DACK / ALAMY STOCK PHOTO AMY HOLTZ 21 MAY 2021 COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT BRIGHTON’S REPUTATN AS THE UK’S LGBTQ PAL HAS BEEN OVER 200 YEARS THE MAKG AND ’S A STAT MOST OF THE CY’S RINTS ARE FIERCELY PROUD OF. HERE’S A SHORT HISTORY OF HOW BRIGHTON ME TO BE SYNONYMO WH MMENT TO TOLERANCE AND DIVERSY FOR RINTS AND VISORS ALIKE. VIEW ALL TRIPS A SEASI ESPE FROM HUMBLE BEGNGS AS A NEOLHIC ENMPMENT, BRIGHTON’S TRANSFORMATN OM FISHG VILLAGE TO STYLISH SEASI RORT IS PERHAPS BT SYMBOLISED BY THE UNIQUE ROYAL PAVILN, WHICH SS AT THE HEART OF THE CY. UNR NSTCTN DURG THE NAPOLEONIC WARS (1803-1815), ’S UNRSTOOD THAT THE FLUX OF SOLDIERS TO BRIGHTON DURG THE YEARS CIS WH THE FIRST RERD LGBTQ (LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR AND QUEER) HISTORY THE MUNY. TAKE A SP TO FD YOUR PERFECT SMALL-GROUP TRIP STATN PASSPORTS READY? YOUR NEXT STATN IS... VIEW TRIP SP THAILAND CROATIA EGYPT ECUADOR GREECE ICELAND BALI INDIA MEXI MOROC TURKEY SPA JAPAN SOUTH AI THROUGHOUT THE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURI, S PROXIMY TO THE PAL AND THE EXPANSN OF EASY, REGULAR TRANSPORT TO THE SEASI SAW BRIGHTON BEE A CLANSTE STATN FOR THOSE RETREATG OM LONDON. IN THE 1930S, GAY AND LBIAN BARS AND PUBS SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE CY – AND AFTER WORLD WAR II, WHISPERS OF BRIGHTON’S UNIQUE DIVERSNS SPREAD TO OTHERS LOOKG FOR A SAFE SPACE TO EXPLORE THEIR SEXUALY. KEMPTOWN IS THE BEATG HEART OF BRIGHTON’S VIBRANT LGBTQ SCENE TODAY, ’S THOUGHT THAT 11-15% OF ALL ADULTS BRIGHTON INTIFY AS GAY, LBIAN OR BISEXUAL. IT’S EASY TO SEE THE FLUENCE OF THE LGBTQ MUNY NEARLY EVERY STREET, PARTICULARLY KEMP TOWN. HERE, LONG-TABLISHED PUBS LIKE THE BULLDOG, THE CAMELFORD ARMS AND THE MARLBOROUGH TER TO DIFFERENT SEGMENTS OF THE LGBT POPULATN, CLUDG THOSE WHO INTIFY AS NON-BARY. CARIBBEAN COLOMBIA DISVER COLOMBIA’S CARIBBEAN AST, OM CARTAGENA TO PALOMO VIA JUNGL, RIVERS AND ISLANDS. VIEW TRIP BUT ’S MORE THAN JT BEAR PUBS AND DRAG KGS DRIVG THE CY’S LGBTQ SCENE; THERE IS AN ABUNDANCE OF VAL SERVIC SUCH AS THE ALLSORTS YOUTH PROJECT, THE BRIGHTON & HOVE LGBT SWCHBOARD AND THE SSEX BEAN OFFERG SUPPORT AND DRIVG TN AND ACCEPTANCE THROUGHOUT THE MUNY. THE PEOPLE’S PRI THE TE SPIR OF BRIGHTON’S LGBTQ MUNY TO THE FORE EACH YEAR EARLY AUGT DURG BRIGHTON PRI, THE UK’S LARGT – AND ARGUABLY, MOST SPARKLY – PRI FTIVAL. DRAWG REVELLERS OM AROUND THE UNTRY, THE FTIVAL WEL HUNDREDS OF THOANDS TO THE CY WH A SIMPLE MSAGE: “WE ARE FAY”. THE WEEKEND-LONG PARTY KICKS OFF WH A VIBRANT, BAWDY PARA THAT WDS THROUGH THE VAR CY ‘VILLAG’, CULMATG A PARTY KEMP TOWN, WH LIVE MIC AND BARET PRTON PARK AND EVEN A DOG SHOW. BEE A CULTURE TRIPPER! SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO SAVE UP TO 40% ON OUR UNIQUE TRIPS. SIGN UP SEE PRIVACY POLICY. A PARA PARTICIPANT FLI THE RABOW FLAG AT BRIGHTON PRI 2018 | © NIGEL BOWL / ALAMY STOCK PHOTO THE FABRIC OF BRIGHTON IS WOVEN WH CLIVY, EQUALY AND TOLERANCE – CREATG A STRONG SENSE OF MUNY. IT’S PART OF WHAT MAK THE CY SO SPECIAL AND OPEN TO ALL. VOLNIC ICELAND EPIC TRIP MEET OUR LOL INSIR HANNA HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A GUIDE? 2 YEARS. WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR JOB? IT'S THE PERSONAL NTACT, THE PERSONAL EXPERIENC. I LOVE MEETG PEOPLE OM ALL OVER THE WORLD... I REALLY LIKE GETTG TO KNOW EVERYONE AND FEELG LIKE I'M TRAVELG WH A GROUP OF IENDS. WHAT DESTINATION IS ON YOUR TRAVEL BUCKET-LIST? I HAVE SO MANY PLAC ON MY LIST, BUT I WOULD REALLY LOBE TO GO TO AI. I NSIR MYSELF AN “ADVENTURE GIRL” AND AI FEELS LIKE THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE! EVERY CULTURE TRIP SMALL-GROUP ADVENTURE IS LED BY A LOL INSIR JT LIKE HANNA. SEE OUR CULTURE TRIPS KEEN TO EXPLORE THE WORLD?

Unr nstctn durg the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815), ’s unrstood that the flux of soldiers to Brighton durg the years cis wh the first rerd LGBTQ (Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr and Queer) history the muny. In the 1930s, gay and lbian bars and pubs spread throughout the cy – and after World War II, whispers of Brighton’s unique diversns spread to others lookg for a safe space to explore their sexualy. Today, ’s thought that 11-15% of all adults Brighton intify as gay, lbian or bisexual.

Brighton is undoubtedly one of the gayt ci the world.

WHY IS ROCHFORD ENGLAND’S STRAIGHTT PLACE AND BRIGHTON S GAY PAL?

From havg the hight percentage of same-sex hoeholds the UK to the timated 160, 000 Brighton Pri visors each year, the cy’s LGBTQ muny has ma Brighton the unofficial gay pal of Great Bra.

But this gay-iendly reputatn isn’t anythg new. The Peers and Queers tour explor parts of Brighton’s lser-known gay history and illumat historic characters of the cy’s past cludg Osr Wil and Lord Byron. The muny’s prence n be seen throughout the relatively small cy of around 280, 000 people wh many landmarks havg extensive gay histori.

“It’s fun that the Marqus of Queensberry, the father of Osr Wil’s boyiend, whose homophobia led to Wil’s imprisonment, has a pub named after him, which is now a gay pub.

VISG GAY BRIGHTON, ENGLAND – THE GLOBETROTTER GUYS

Brighton’s open-md approach has created one of the most vibrant and excg gay scen found anywhere the world, but while the wir LGBTQ muny the UK is aware of Brighton as an extremely popular gay statn, many are not aware how rich and plex the LGBTQ history of Brighton is. Sce the UK marked the 50th anniversary of the partial crimalizatn of homosexualy 2017, a number of cultural projects discsg gay histori have been lnched, but for such a broad muny there are relatively few prehensive iativ examg LGBTQ histori.

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

Gay life Brighton n differ om the experience found self-ntaed gay villag larger ci like London’s Soho or Manchter’s Canal Street, where outsi of the villag certa areas are ls gay-iendly than others. “Brighton’s gay scene is relatively small pared to bigger ci, and almost entirely owned by lol bsmen, but as far as I’m ncerned, every pub the cy is gay-iendly. The center of gay Brighton is St Jam’s Street, wh the wir Kemptown area offerg pubs, bars, and nightclubs for all members of the LGBTQ muny.

From The Bulldog, Brighton’s olst gay bar, to Club Revenge, which holds Brighton’s biggt lbian night, and bear bar The Camelford Arms, few are left out of the gay scene. There is a lim to how much LGBTQ safe spac n protect agast the reali of anti-gay attus and hate.

UK gay rights anizatn Stonewall published rearch earlier this year showg that 20 percent of LGBTQ people Bra have experienced a hate crime or cint over the past year.

THE BT LGBTQ BARS BRIGHTON, UK THE MARLBOROUGH | COURTY OF THE MARLBOROUGH PUB & THEATRE AMY HOLTZ 26 MAY 2020 COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT AS A CY THAT PRIS SELF ON TOLERANCE, DIVERSY AND PROGRSIVENS, BRIGHTON HAS ONE OF THE MOST THRIVG GAY SCEN NOT JT THE UNTRY, BUT THROUGHOUT EUROPE. OVER THE YEARS, GAY PUBS AND BARS HAVE TAKEN ROOT AND SPNG UP AROUND THE CY. THERE’S PLENTY TO CHOOSE OM FOR A GREAT NIGHT OUT, BUT HERE’S OUR GUI OF SOME OF THE BT TASTE-MAKERS TRENDG NOW THE UK’S UNOFFICIAL GAY PAL. VIEW ALL TRIPS LEGENDS BAR, HOTEL RTRANT, CONTEMPORARY, WE, BEER SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT ONE OF THE MOST LEGENDARY GAY BARS AND CLUBS BRIGHTON, LEGENDS’ POPULATN OFTEN BOOMS THE MOMENTS BEFORE THE SUNRISE. THE SEA-GAZG TERRACE, CLOSE TO BOTH PALACE PIER AND KEMPTOWN, IS RATHER SEDATE DURG THE DAY, BUT AT NIGHT UNRGO A METAMORPHOSIS AND THE LEGENDS BAR AND THE BASEMENT CLUB HEAVE WH REVELLERS OM AROUND THE CY, AS WELL AS VISORS STAYG THE NTEMPORARY LEGENDS HOTEL. THERE ARE REGULAR CLUB NIGHTS WH BIG AL DJS AS WELL AS EXCELLENT BARET, THE PERFECT EXCE TO EQUENT WHEN SEASI. PRISCILLA’S SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT PRISCILLA’S IT’S THE NEW THG ON ST JAM’S STREET, THE MA THOROUGHFARE OF KEMPTOWN AND ’S SHAKG UP THE TABLISHED HIERARCHY OF BARET THE NEIGHBOURHOOD. HARKENG BACK TO TRADN WH MIMED DRAG ACTS, THERE’S ALSO KARAOKE NTTS FOR THE BRAVE AND THURSDAY NIGHTS HOSTED BY BIG BROTHER LOL BOY PETE BENT. IT’S EARLY DAYS, BUT JUDGG BY THE CSH AT THE DOORS FOR THEIR OLD SCHOOL DRAG VIBE, PRISCILLA’S IS FELY ON TO SOMETHG SWEET. 129 ST JAM’S STREET, BRIGHTON VIEW THIS POST ON INSTAGRAM BAGA CHIPZ POPS FOR A QUICKIE AFTER WORK. ?#PRISCILLASBRIGHTON #LGBTBRIGHTON #BRIGHTONDRAG #BAGACHIPZ A POST SHARED BY PRISCILLAS BRIGHTON (@PRISCILLASBRIGHTON) ON MAY 18, 2017 AT 9:22AM PDT CAMELFORD ARMS PUB, PUB GB, WE, BEER, COCKTAILS SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT SLIGHTLY OFF THE WELL-BEATEN PATHS OF KEMPTOWN IS THE CAMELFORD ARMS, A PUB THAT BOASTS A SPIR OF CLN AND AFFABILY THAT EXTENDS TO NE PALS, MAKG KNOWN AS THE MOST DOG-IENDLY PUB TOWN. THE GOLN HANDBAG AWARD WNER (G-SCENE) FOR ‘BT SUNDAY LUNCH’, THE MENU IS PAG UPON PAG OF PUB GB AND GREASY SPOON FARE. A SLIGHTLY MORE CHILLED AND LEISURELY PUB EXPERIENCE, BT ENJOYED AFTER A HARD NIGHT ON THE TIL AT THE BASEMENT CLUB OR ENVY. EPIC MOROCCO FROM ANCIENT CI TO THE SAHARA, EMBRACE CULTURAL RICH AND ENCHANTG LANDSP NORTH AI. VIEW TRIP THE MARLBOROUGH PUB & THEATRE PUB, GASTROPUB, WE, BEER, COCKTAILS, PUB GB SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT COURTY OF THE MARLBOROUGH PUB & THEATRE BORN THE NOTOR N, THE GOLN CROSS 1787, THE MARLBOROUGH’S HISTORY AS A MEETG HOE FOR ACTIVISTS AND ARTISTS IS AS RICH AS IS PROGRSIVE. WH SUCH A LONG LIFE, ’S NO WONR THAT ’S MOURED TO BE HNTED AND FEATUR ON BRIGHTON’S FAMED GHOST WALK. BUT THIS LATT CENTURY HAS SEEN A RENEWED FOC ON GAY ACTIVISM, STARTG WH THE SSEX GAY LIBERATN FRONT OUT OF THE UNIVERSY OF SSEX THE ‘70S. IT’S SMALL BUT PERFECTLY FORMED PERFORMANCE SPACE HAS PREMIERED WORK OM APUTHEATRE AND SIREN THEATRE COMPANY AND ENJOYS A LIVELY PROGRAMME OF EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THE STARTG POT FOR THE FIRST EVER TRANS* PRI MARCH 2014, THE MARLBOROUGH TODAY IS A POPULAR STUNT HNT WH A STELLAR QUIZ ON THURSDAYS – THE JEWEL THE CROWN OF BRIGHTON’S QUEER AND NON-BARY SCENE. THE QUEENS ARMS PUB, GAY BAR, PUB GB, WE, BEER, COCKTAILS SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT WH ENTERTAERS NAMED KARA VAN PARK AND VICTORIA SPONGE, YOU KNOW YOU’RE FOR A GOOD NIGHT. THERE’S BARET AT THIS KEMPTOWN PUB SIX DAYS A WEEK – OVER 300 PERFORMANC EACH YEAR – BY THE SOME OF THE CY’S BT DRAG QUEENS. IT’S A FAVOURE WH LOLS AND VISG HEN DOS – JT LOOK FOR THE TRAMARK BUBBLE GUM PK EXTERR. THE IENDLY STAFF AND CLIVE ATMOSPHERE MAKE A MT VIS WHEN TOWN TO GET AN THENTIC BARET EXPERIENCE. BEE A CULTURE TRIPPER! SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO SAVE UP TO 40% ON OUR UNIQUE TRIPS. SIGN UP SEE PRIVACY POLICY. BAR BROADWAY BAR, WE, BEER, PUB GB, COCKTAILS SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT ANOTHER NEW ADDN TO THE KEMPTOWN SCENE, BAR BROADWAY IS PULLG CROWDS OM THE LGBTQ MUNY AS WELL AS STRAIGHT AM-DRAM LOVERS. THERE’S THE UAL WEEKLY BARET, KARAOKE AND LIVE PERFORMANC (EVEN CHI, ERSTWHILE X FACTOR FAVOURE, HAS BEEN BY) BUT WHAT REALLY MAK BB UNIQUE IS THE APP, WHERE YOU N BUY TICKETS TO SHOWS, PLAYS AND BT OF ALL, REQUT THE MIL CLIP YOU WANT – OM GLEE TO CATS – TO BE SHOWN ON THE BAR’S TVS FOR A GOOD OLD SG SONG WH YOUR NEW BT PALS. YOU MIGHT BE THERE ALL NIGHT. AMSTERDAM BAR BAR, HOTEL RTRANT, RTRANT, WE, BEER, COCKTAILS, PUB GB, FAST FOOD, VEGETARIAN SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT ANOTHER SEAONT BAR JT MOMENTS AWAY OM LEGENDS, THE AMSTERDAM BAR & KCHEN OFFERS EVERYTHG NEED FOR A STAY BY THE SEA. THE FOOD AND DRK HERE ARE AS NSIRED AS AT CAMELFORD, CLUDG A NEW G MENU (FEATURG HOMEGROWN BRIGHTON G). THERE ARE QUIZZ, KARAOKE AND BARET, AND ON THE FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH, ’S THE MEETG PLACE OF THE BRIGHTON DEAF LGBT GROUP. FROM THE TERRACE, THERE ARE FANTASTIC VIEWS OVER THE PROMENA TO THE SETTG SUN, THE PERFECT PLACE TO GET ANY EVENG’S FTIVI STARTED. 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Some of the most vlent and egreg anti-LGBTQ attacks have taken place gay ‘safe havens, ’ wh some attackers sglg out the areas due to the high LGBTQ populatns. Olr LGBTQ people may not fd many spac that don’t predomately ter to younger people and disabled LGBTQ people n fd physil barriers to enterg gay-iendly venu. Even wh the problematic elements found gay villag, ’s still better to be an environment that, on the whole, let’s all typ of LGBTQ people live the life they choose whout fear of anti-LGBTQ hate.

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It’s unlikely gay-iendly neighborhoods like San Francis’s Castro, Le Marais Paris and Brighton, will bee irrelevant anytime soon.

“Brighton is a te haven of acceptance for all people, cludg lbian, gay, bi, and trans folk, and tly pris self on beg somewhere where all people feel able to be themselv, ” says Matt Horwood, Senr Communitns Officer at Stonewall. Brighton and Hove, for s England’s unofficial gay pal, n now wear the official crown.

One 10 people aged over 16 the cy intified themselv as lbian, gay, bisexual or “other sexual orientatn” the 2021 cens. It was exactly le wh the s-old timat based on the works of the 1940s US profsor Aled Ksey who ntend homosexualy was far more wispread than officialdom ntrast, the district of Rochford Essex was shown as the straightt place England. 6% of the populatn there said they were LGB+, suggtg that those livg the largely ral, somewhat nservative area near Southend-on-Sea are six tim ls likely to be gay than those Brighton and Hove.

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Unlike Rochford, Brighton has a long history of pneerg gay rights, om s bars and clubs to s annual Pri ftival.

Last year the cy said farewell to the self-proclaimed “olst gay the village”, Gee Montague, who died aged 98 after s of mpaigng. “Brighton has a huge amount of LGBT+ venu and muny support anisatns that mak a very very attractive place for LGBT+ people to live, ” said the gay rights mpaigner Peter Tatchell. Dpe the generally more gay-iendly atmosphere there is still a problem wh gay-bashg attacks.

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The latt England and Wal cens data revealed what many have known for many moons and rabows: Brighton and Hove is one the gayt plac the UK. Unsurprisgly, ’s here that the majory of the gay attractns ri: bars, clubs, rtrants, hotels, and beach areas are signated as primarily aimed at our LGBTQ+ cy is the midst of a wele urban regeneratn and new-opengs boom. And, of urse, Brighton’s nudist beach (which attracts many a gay man) is jt a flip-flop skip away.

Dpe all the rehments, echo of Brighton’s gay and lbian past are palpable. Ftival at The Royal PavilnAlamyThe Queer QuarterBrighton’s gay village is ntled around Kemptown’s St. A new venue, Glamoro Bar, is due to open on the se of Lé Village gay pub later 2023.

Further to Kemptown, The Camelford Arms is metr om the sea and serv giant portns of pub gb bare brick, warm surroundgs; Fallen Angel is gay-owned and sy; and the new Malta-spired Arbaleno is on a missn to ‘refe queer culture’ (more on that a b)’s a ttament to the cy’s gay iendls that the venu oppose Brighton’s Gra I-listed Pier are floor-to-ceilg wdowed, out and proud and promently beach hut along the promena of Hove seaont, BrightonAlamyAnd there’s more, over towards Hove, where you’ll fd the sy Bedford Tavern, snug drag venue The Grosvenor (cue Sondheim and sequs! Addrs: Tutto, 20–22 Marlborough Place, Brighton BN1 1UBWebse: bang the heart of St Jam’s Street, Block is Ben Gill and Kim Doherty’s ‘urban day club’ cked out wh pk furnure and walls, and artworks of gay ins, cludg Freddie Mercury and Grace Jon by The Postman. Although not strictly a gay bar, ’s the heart of the gay village and supports the LGBTQ+ muny wh regular donatns to lol chari.

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Addrs: Club Revenge, 32-34 Old Stee, Brighton BN1 1ELWebse: ParlourThe Plottg ParlourThis atmospheric, gothic-dream-dér speakeasy-style cktail bar is perfectly placed a si street near the entrance to the Gay Village for a fill of sensatnal, mixologist-signed drks. Follow the footsteps of the early Gay Liberatn Front members, stand where some of the first legal civil partnerships took place, and explore the oft-fotten stori of figur cludg thor Aubrey Beardsley, 19th-Century trans man Colonel Barker and Anne Lister, known as ‘the first morn lbian’. Highlights clu the sty Adler typewrer on which the godfather of gay journalism Peter Burton documented s of queer history for Gay Tim and clothg worn by artist and genr-fluidy trailblazer Gluck.

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A short skip om the Gay Village, ’s where Kylie stays when she’s town and om where actor Cate Blanchett live-streamed her Osr acceptance speech 2005.

Bettie’s Boudoir is Jackie Colls leopard prt ksch and dited to Amerin p-up Bettie Page; The Leigh Bowery room celebrat the gay performance artist’s image; and the Dollywould room immers you to a Ms Parton untry b, wh memorabilia plete wh oversized wigs and boots.

The tly unmissable weekend (ually the first Augt) starts wh an enormo para along the Regency seaont before snakg directly through the centre of the cy and ends wh street parti the gay AugtWebse:. People often talk about Gay Brighton but the cy is proud to be welg to the whole muny and every summer we have a Trans Pri Ftival – puttg the ‘T’ first. The tour reveals the history of Brighton om a Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer perspective a lourful 90-mute walk along the beach and historic cy centre.