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Contents:
- GAY NATURIST MEN OFFERG YOU THE E OF A GUT ROOM
- THE BT GAY BARS LONDON
- GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS LONDON
- THE 10 BEST LONDON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS LONDON
- TOP 11 GAY FRIENDLY HOTELS IN LONDON
- LONDON'S LANDMARK BUILDG DOTTED WH STRIP CLUBS, GAY VENU TO TURN TO MOSQUE
- KEV SPACEY DEFENDS COMG OUT AS GAY AFTER BEG ACCED OF SEXUAL MISNDUCT: ‘I WAS UNR A LOT OF PRSURE’
- CISG LONDON: 17 PLAC GAY GUYS MEET FOR GENERAL PUBLIC TERURSE, ACRDG TO WEB SE
- GAY DATG UNED KGDOM
- GAYT PLAC IN CONNECTICUT FOR 2020
- NIGHTCLUBBG: GAY CLUBBG ’70S LONDON
- GAY-IENDS ALL CLASSIFIEDS LONDON
GAY NATURIST MEN OFFERG YOU THE E OF A GUT ROOM
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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. 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.
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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. 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.
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.
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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. 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. 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.
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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. 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.
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It didn’t take long before this gentlemen-only tablishment beme a renowned spot for homosexual liaisons, although had a mixed crowd, terg to civil servants and queer men alike.
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KEV SPACEY DEFENDS COMG OUT AS GAY AFTER BEG ACCED OF SEXUAL MISNDUCT: ‘I WAS UNR A LOT OF PRSURE’
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March to the beat of your own dm and celebrate Pri Month wh Bra’s favoure boyband, London Gay Men’s Chos at the 1901 Ballroom at Andaz London Liverpool Street. Perfect DayPerfect Day saw the London Gay Men’s Chos return to the stage after over 500 days of silence – the longt pse their 30 year history. Homo AloneRchled om December 2020, Homo Alone brought Christmas cheer to the Clapham Grand over 16 months sce the last time the LGMC Ensemble performed to a live dience.
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30pm Watch back by clickg here Thirty socially-distanced sgers om the London Gay Men’s Chos performed at Stanley Halls – for an dience watchg om the fort of your home via Facebook live. Glad to be GayOur Ensemble boys celebrated Pri London and 50 years sce the Stonewall rts wh a show packed wh vol fireworks, sparklg harmoni and the Ensemble’s unfettable ‘choral-ography’! Camn FrgeOur Ensemble took their crilly acclaimed ‘Songs of Gays’ to Camn Frge on 12th Augt 2018, followg sell out performanc at the Prague Frge.
Songs of Gays – Prague FrgeFrom 30th May to the 2nd June, our Ensemble boys returned to Prague followg their sell-out 2016 for four sell-out shows of Songs of Gays, celebratg mils the unique humoro way of the LGMCe wh vol fireworks, sparklg harmoni and unfettable ‘choral-ography’!
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Songs of Gays – London PreviewOn 20th May, our Ensemble boys previewed their revamped “Songs of Gays” show London before headg to Prague followg their sell-out 2016 show.
NIGHTCLUBBG: GAY CLUBBG ’70S LONDON
Songs of GaysOn 15th October 2017, our Ensemble performed a special one-off performance, celebratg the magil world of mil theatre the atmospheric settg of the Actors’ Church at St. It was an honour to be able to perform at such a prtig event and venue, to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the partial crimalisatn of homosexualy.
Markg the 50th anniversary of the Sexual Offenc Act which saw the partial crimalisatn of homosexualy and the start of the road to LGBT equaly, the show celebrated the mic of liberatn and prott and how popular mic helped change the world.
I See Fire – wh the NYCGMCOn 20th May 2017, we performed wh the New York Cy Gay Men’s Chos the sell out show I See Fire: Anthems for a New Era, at the Skirball Center. Markg the 50th anniversary of the partial crimalisatn of male homosexualy England, the exhibn explor how artists exprsed themselv a time when tablished assumptns about genr and sexualy were beg qutned and transformed. Or, they were meant to, you see, but had started to snow… On 10th & 11th December 2016, our LGMC Ensemble prented ‘Homo Alone’ a Christmas show full of breathtakg harmoni and sparklg vols that got the whole dience the ftive spir!
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Nowt So Queer as FolkOn 29th October 2016 we travelled to The Venue at Leeds College of Mic to put on a special ncert wh lbian a ppella group the Deep C Divas, and Leeds’ mixed LGBT choir Gay Abandon. Shame Chos London PremiereOn 8th October 2016, members of the London Gay Men’s Chos performed specially missned posns by artists such as Billy Bragg, David McAlmont, Jsi Curry, Leo Chadburn, Steven Smh and Very Sman for the London premiere of Shame Chos.
London Stands wh Orlando VigilOn 13th June 2016 we were proud to take part the Soho vigil for those who lost their liv the homophobic attack Orlando. The Ltle Gay SwgOn 20th December 2015, our super-talented Ensemble returned to the ArtHoe Cema Crouch End for the Ltle Gay Swg – an timate and ftive night of song and swg!