Swimmg and payg tribute to heroic gay elrs | SBS Voic

Contents:

• THE BT LGBTQI + AND GAY BEACH SYDNEY
• GAY SNAS SYDNEY
• THE 5 BEST SYDNEY GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS SYDNEY
• GAY SYDNEY: A GUI TO CLUBS, BARS, BARET AND CULTURE
• SWIMMG AND PAYG TRIBUTE TO HEROIC GAY ELRS
• GAY MOSW · CY GUI
• THE 5 BEST MOSW GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS MOSW
• SYDNEY GAY MAP
• SYDNEY GAY CISE CLUBS
• MOSW GAY MAP

THE BT LGBTQI + AND GAY BEACH SYDNEY

Is the largt Masters Swimmg Atralia-affiliated swimmg club Atralia, providg a safe, iendly and supportive swimmg club for the gay and lbian muny, and our iends, Sydney.

We provi profsnal achg, accs to petive events and social activi for our members and a membership of more than 180 people, we are the largt Masters Swimmg club Atralia and the largt gay and lbian swimmg club outsi North Ameri and Europe. We swim at Sydney Universy, Andrew ‘Boy’ Charlton, Cook and Phillip, and Victoria Park pools ner On is a proud member of Team Sydney, IGLA (Internatnal LGBTQ+ Aquatics), the Gay Gam Feratn (GGF) and Masters Swimmg Atralia. Our missn is to provi a safe, iendly and supportive swimmg environment for the gay and lbian muny, our alli, iends and supporters do this, we enavour to keep sts for members as low as possible.

Wett On is Sydney’s Gay and Lbian Swimmg club and was tablished 1991.

GAY SNAS SYDNEY

We are an clive club and wele all lbian, gay, transgenr, queer, bisexual and heterosexual swimmers and their iends terted swimmg and related activi. We are also an active member of Team Sydney and have prevly been a member of the Internatnal Gay and Lbian Aquatics (IGLA). While Oxford Street is still the se of many of the longt-nng gay clubs Sydney, the fun isn’t relegated to Darlghurst alone.

If you’re keen to really make a night of , keep an eye on the lik of Heaps Gay, Poof Doof, Hoe of Mce, Honcho Disko and Birdge (as well as the social media-elive Kooky) to fd out when their next soiree start planng your next night out, read on for our gui to some of Sydney’s favoure gay clubs, pubs and bars. Chg-a-lgsSure, ’s not officially a gay bar, but Chg-a-lgs draws a pendably queer crowd. The ColombianOpen 9am ‘til 6am every day — y, you read that right — this sprawlg Oxford St hnt n always be unted on for a tipple the early 117-125 Oxford St, DarlghurstYou n fd all the tails for this year's Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras here.

Tripadvisor performs checks on had a nice time at the gay bar here although everythg was jt a ltle sticky on the night we went. Meanwhile, the troductn of laws that rtrict late-night socialisg central Sydney’s party preccts has severely damaged Oxford Street, the cy’s tradnal gay strip.

THE 5 BEST SYDNEY GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS SYDNEY

And, while Oxford Street is fely hurtg, a handful of Sydney’s “tradnal” queer venu ntue to thrive there spe of the challengg and mixedTokyo Sg Song basement Patrick Abboud, a documentary filmmaker and televisn prenter who -hosts and produc for the Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi GrasThe biggt challenge for visors who want to explore Sydney’s LGBTQI scene is that only the old, mastream optns tend to be listed travel guis. On Sundays plays crowd-pleasg hoe, electro and two most mastream venu for gay guys are Stonewall and Arq. Lbian-iendlyThe Heaps Gay monthly rovg queer Geia Verkuylen, strategy and partnerships manager at Archer magaze, the Atralian journal of sexual diversyLbian-foced venu n be hard to fd Sydney.

GAY SYDNEY: A GUI TO CLUBS, BARS, BARET AND CULTURE

It’s also where the rovg queer party Heaps Gay has been held for the past uple of months. Heaps Gay is a massive event that draws queer folk of all ag, sexuali and genrs.

SWIMMG AND PAYG TRIBUTE TO HEROIC GAY ELRS

To fd out what is gog on across Sydney regards to arts events and queer culture, keep an ear out for the rad programm Canvas (on FBi), and Gay Panic and So Hot Right Now (both on 2SER).

GAY MOSW · CY GUI

Thk 1970s performance art meets homoerotic dience teractn, wh a sprklg of straight at boys who’ve stumbled downstairs om the pub above. The productn of Angels Ameri 2014 was heart-punchgly good, and I re-staged my turbo-gay one-man show, Blue Wizard, there durg Mardi Gras this year – so has fely supported this Wizard was part of the Mardi Gras Ftival, which ns the weeks leadg up to the para March. Approachg the crisp clear water of Sydney Harbour on this sultry late summer afternoon, a naked gay brethren clter groups on the sand behd me.

I savour the afternoon’s easy sensualy as I swim a few brisk lengths of Obelisk Beach, Sydney’s pre-ement gay beach. Obelisk, which ss wh the Sydney Harbour Natnal Park, is a betiful place where all men, regardls of their age, ethnicy, body type or inty n meet and socialise whout judgement or homosexualy was crimalised and gay men uld legally meet bars and night clubs, beach had been clanste meetg plac or ‘beats’ for many years Sydney. Meetg at beach was not whout s dangers for gay men.

Other than the nvictns that equently occurred until homosexualy was crimalised New South Wal 1984, gay men were often subjected to abe, vlence and ‘poofter bashg’ till the 1980s, s. Many of the crim rema unsolved, suggtg, at bt, a police reluctance to vtigate and prosecute gay hate right to gather publicly whout fear or timidatn is somethg that several past generatns of gay men Sydney were never able to enjoy, and the activists who lobbied for gay legal reform are te and brave value of plac like Obelisk for gay men to meet openly, relax safely and socialise whout victimisatn or vilifitn nnot be unrtimated.

THE 5 BEST MOSW GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS MOSW

The right to gather publicly whout fear or timidatn is somethg that several past generatns of gay men Sydney were never able to enjoy, and the activists who lobbied for gay legal reform are te and brave hero. It seems marvelloly apt for the classilly botted urananists of Victorian tim to the jubilantly naked divers David Hockney’s swimmg pool patgs, gay men have been key figur the nex between swimmg and heroic art. Sprawson’s book giv an acunt of how swimmg has mhed wh lerature and culture sce the Classil Age, and argu that gay men have been central subjects this narrative.

From the classilly botted urananists of Victorian tim to the jubilantly naked divers David Hockney’s swimmg pool patgs, gay men have been key figur the nex between swimmg and heroic art. Whatever the evolutn of the para, ’s my hope that ntu to champn the heart and nvictn of the fal float a few years back when marchers Amnty Internatnal’s ‘Rabow Amnty’ float held plards wh betiful fac and tragic ptns: a gay youth murred Chechyna, a Greek man bashed to ath, a Brazilian LGBTIQA+ activist executed.

SYDNEY GAY MAP

The banner spoke of an thentic heroism, and of I swim today a safe gay space and anticipate the pri and pleasur of Mardi Gras, I acknowledge the efforts and sacrific of our elr activists. Can we strip away bigotry and homophobia? If we n be all the thgs, we n ed be Baker is a eelance wrerThe 2021 Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras live Saturday 6 March 6pm AEDT on SBS On Demand (geo-block removed for viewers ternatnally) or tch the full para at 7:30pm on SBS and the nversatn on SBS Atralia socials #WeRiseFor #MardiGras2021 and via.

From drag palac at the Gay Goln Mile to queer-ky digs, here are 10 bars and clubs Sydney that will wele you wh a warm embrace:UniversalThe Beard TSecret GarnChg-a-lgsThe ImperialPalmsStonewall HotelThe ColombianThe Berford HotelRed Rattler1. More like Wedn-gay when you e for happy hour and smell the ros at Secret Garn. It may not officially be a gay bar, but Chg-a-lgs wel everyone wh their lo-fi drag shows and queer drawg nights.

As a treasure trove of live performanc, drag and beret shows, DJs and parti hosted by groups such as Honcho Disko, Canned F and Heaps Gay, the Imperial Erskeville is the perfect spot for a good feed and boogie. Named after the Stonewall Rts of 1969, the Stonewall Hotel is the beatg heart of Gay Liberatn Sydney.

SYDNEY GAY CISE CLUBS

It’s every queer’s favoure gay club and is home to the biggt night-outs Harbour Cy.

MOSW GAY MAP

Set a former bank, this inic Goln Mile hnt is a revered gay stutn. Moskva River & Grand Kreml PalaceGay Rights and the Suatn RsiaThe UK Foreign Office reports that "Homosexualy is legal Rsia, but there is still tolerance among some sectns of the populatn. " (read more here)The bt advice is for gay travelers to act and drs nservatively at all tim.