Central Statn Kg's Cross Reviews, addrs, openg tim, map and photos, at 37 Wharfdale Road, Kgs Cross, London, N1 9SD | Gay London
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SUNSET CEMAS & RABOW GAY CEMA
Fd out about Queer Bra, the UK’s first mm dited to LGBTQ+ (lbian, gay, bi, trans, queer) history and culture. * gay cinema kings cross london *
It screened ‘straight’ adult films to a maly gay/bisexual male dience. Osr’s Cema was operatg sce around 2000 as a Gay male adult cema. The Sla also built up a loyal fanbase for other gay trs such as Andy Warhol, Pasoli, Fassbr and Derek Jarman, who loved to watch the dience watchg his films at the Sla and uld often be seen at the All-Night gay movie marathons.
On other ocsns, Trash featured a gay versn of Bld Date hosted by (the now Reverend) Richard Col, and Boy Gee sang onstage ("what a drama diva she was! The Sla was jt a few steps away om The Bell, one of London's most popular and fluential mixed lbian and gay venu.
Sunset Cemas & Rabow Gay Cema.
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In recent years sce the emergence of Soho as London’s ‘Gay Village’ the basement was nverted to the Rabow Gay Cema, the two origal screens ntued to operate as the Sunset Cemas screeng ‘straight’ adult films. The place uld be a real pull, pecially at lunchtim; should be great - for everyone: upl and/or str8 blok (there's a gay cema round the rner) or ladi need of fun and maybe some bicur experiments - but rarely seems to be by the days. Whilst you are here you might like to check out "Osrs", the Abt's pann club unr the same management, around the rner Northdown Street, voted exclively to showg feature-length uneded gay male adult films which was opened only a few years ago and so has a much more up-to-date appearance but whatever your tast or cricisms you will always found a warm and pleasant wele awag you om .
In May 2021, Queer Bra, the UK’s first mm dited to LGBTQ+ (lbian, gay, bi, trans, queer) history and culture, opened the Kg’s Cross area of London.
And ’s not before time: same-sex marriag were celebrated here om 2014, gay puter scientist Alan Turg featur on our £50 note, and many mms and attractns London have LGBTQ+ themed events, trails, and exhibs. NOTE: The word ‘queer, ’ once a homophobic term, has a rich recent history of beg ed posively, particularly for younger generatns, as an umbrella term to refer to non-straight and non-genr-nformg inti. Lus (1926-2014) – civil servant by day and chronicler of London’s gay unrworld by night.