Dalston Superstore: an Oral History of the East London Gay Bar

Contents:

•  ALABAMA LBIAN AND GAY BARS, RTRANTS, LODGG, PRI EVENT, BS MAPS
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

 ALABAMA LBIAN AND GAY BARS, RTRANTS, LODGG, PRI EVENT, BS MAPS

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

Dalston Superstore has provid and ntu to provi this lifele, pecially this prent climate when other queer spac are When I first heard about Dalston Superstore, I was super exced bee I was livg Deptford like 2013, and there was virtually no gay scene, let alone stuff for lbians. WE HAVE A ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY TOWARDS HOMOPHOBIA, TRANSPHOBIA,. While London’s queer nightclub scene has seen some sad, untimely partur, such as the Coleherne (briefly the Pembroke), London’s olst gay bar until s closure, and the Joer’s Arms, there are still some long-standg venu and new-ers to the scene workg hard to keep London’s queer nightlife alive.

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