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They survived homophobia and Thatcher. But is gentrifitn now soundg the ath knell for gay clubs and pubs? We meet the artists battlg to save them

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LARRY GAY? OF URSE HE WAS

The mols didn’t reprent buildgs of any great distctn, but to members of the dience they were a faiar lp: the Black Cap, the Joers Arms, the Glass Bar, the Lbian and Gay Centre. “Some of the media narrativ were around technology and Gaydar, Grdr, how that’s changed everythg, ” says Campk.

PRI MONTH COM AND GO, BUT THE BOND BETWEEN GAYS AND LUXURY IS FOREVER

”The loss have clud fixtur of the London scene: the Coleherne Earl’s Court, which had been gog sce the 1930s; Islgton’s olst gay pub, the Kg Edward IV, and the Black Cap Camn, which closed 2015 after 50 years. Some – like the London Lbian and Gay Centre (LLGC), which closed 1992, and First Out Cafe, swept asi by the Crossrail velopment – functned as muny spac durg the day.

THE DUO    PARKER HAJIASKARI "HELLO LUXARMY."ONE OF THE TWO PROTAGONISTS OF THE SERI, UALLY ACTG AS THE BRAVT ONE. ADAPTATNAL INTELLIGENCE: SHOWS TO BE MUCH SMARTER LUXURYDARK, WHERE HE ALWAYS POTS OUT HOW CHTER SHOULDN'T BUY THGS OM THE DARK WEB. CASANOVA WANNABE: USUALLY ATTEMPTS TO FLIRT WH HIS FEMALE CLIENTS, TO NO AVAIL. HE'S ALSO SOMEWHAT DISAPPOTED WHEN ONE CLIENT IS REVEALED TO BE MALE. DRAMATILLY MISSG THE POT: EVERY TIME CHTER HAS A BAD FEELG AND TRI TO WARN PARKER (OR TRI TO GET HIM TO TAKE THE JOB SERLY), PARKER DISMISS HIS WARNGS AND TRIVIALIZ THE SUATN (PECIALLY WHEN PRETTY GIRLS ARE VOLVED), WHICH BACK TO BE HIM WHEN THE SUATN GETS DARK AND SANE. FAILURE HERO: RARELY MANAGE TO SOLVE HIS CLIENTS' "PROBLEMS", AND IS MOSTLY UNABLE TO SAVE THEM OM THE MONSTERS. JERKASS: HE FULLY BE ONE SHE THOUGHT HER LTLE BROTHER WAS DEAD WHEN HE CIS TO ABANDON MILLY TO HER FATE AFTER DISVERG SHE HAS A BOYIEND. THE LEAR: HE PRETTY MUCH SERV AS THIS SCE HE'S THE ONE ALWAYS WILLG TO GO TO VTIGATE AND CHTER PRETTY MUCH ALWAYS DO WHAT PARKER TELLS HIM TO DO. SMALL NAME, BIG EGO: PARKER CLEARLY THKS HIGH OF HIMSELF, PECIALLY WHEN TO GIRLS.    CHTER BECKGTON ONE OF THE TWO PROTAGONISTS OF THE SERI, UALLY ACTG AS THE LEAST BRAVE ONE. ADAPTATNAL DUMBASS: IN LUXURYDARK AND LUXURYLIGHT HE'S THE ONE G TROUBL THE FIRST PLACE. AMBIGUOLY GAY: THE FACT THAT HE WANTS TO SHARE BEDS WH PARKER SEEMS TO IMPLY HE MIGHT HAVE SOME SORT OF AN ATTRACTN TO HIM. BUTT-MONKEY: IF THE DUO EVER GETS ATTACKED, CHTER LIKELY WILL HAVE THE WORST G. COOL SHAS: UNLS HE'S SLEEPG, YOU'LL NEVER SEE HIM TAKE THEM OFF. LOVABLE COWARD: HE'S PRETTY MUCH A FANS FAVORE SPE HIS WARDICE, AND HE HONTLY N'T BE BLAMED THAT MUCH FOR . ONLY SANE MAN: IN LIFE OF LUXURY HE ALWAYS POTS OUT HOW HE AND PARKER SHOULDN'T GET VOLVED WH CERTA THGS AND ALWAYS SUGGTS TO LEAVE WHENEVER HE REALIZ SOMETHG IS REALLY WRONG. SIKICK: CAN BE SEEN AS THIS TO PARKER LIFE OF LUXURY. TOO DUMB TO LIVE: IN LUXURYDARK, WHERE HE FO MON SENSE WHEN BUYG THGS OM THE DARK WEB AND ORRS SOME PRETTY SHADY STUFF THAT UALLY RULTS HIM OR PARKER BEG HARMED.THE CLIENTS

The LLGC, set up a poultry facily Smhfield by the Greater London Council the early years of the Aids epimic, faced hostily, not least om the people who might have helped to nvert – Campk says simply fdg a non-homophobic nstctn pany was a stggle. Once the centre was su, however, hosted a dis, fe, bookshop and a women-only floor, as well as spac for mpaigng … a diary om the London Lbian and Gay Centre.

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