Top Gay Clubs & Bars East End / East London

Contents:

• THE BT GAY BARS LONDON
• THE BT LGBTQ+ AND GAY CLUBS LONDON
• EAST LONDON GAY MEN'S MEETUP
• TOP GAY CLUBS & BARS EAST END / EAST LONDONGAY CLUBS & BARS EAST END / EAST LONDON

THE BT GAY BARS LONDON

East London’s famo gay bar, drag hothoe, LGBTQ+ performance venue, nightclub and curators of major events and ftivals.

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THE BT LGBTQ+ AND GAY CLUBS LONDON

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EAST LONDON GAY MEN'S MEETUP

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"Image ptn, Anthony, Oliver and Nikka (left to right) have attend the nightThe nights, which have prevly been held at some of east London's most notable gay clubs like The Glory, Metropolis and Visns are attend by a number of people of different rac and sexuali. Adam* said was dangero to e out as gay his home untry and feared beg forced to an arranged marriage wh a said he was "so lucky" to wed his soulmate, Ray, Manchter and wish everyone uld marry who they love. There are more than 60 untri wh laws that crimalise same-sex sexual acts acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn, cludg Sdi Arabia.

TOP GAY CLUBS & BARS EAST END / EAST LONDONGAY CLUBS & BARS EAST END / EAST LONDON

'Authentilly myself'Ray said he had also stggled growg up gay the 1970s and 80s England, which was "tough" said his relig school "dmmed to you, 'you are gog to hell'" Adam returned home to Sdi Arabia, spe beg more than 3, 000 apart and later rtricted by the Covid-19 panmic, they kept touch daily and the romance years ago, Ray proposed on a vio ll and after succsfully applyg for a UK fiancé visa, Adam moved to Manchter December 2022. Adam said he had been aaid to even wear lours his home untry so the first thg he did when he moved was start to "grow my mullet, got my ears pierced and booked appotments for tattoos" relled how, ntrast, one of his gay iends Sdi had been forced to marry a woman, addg: "It has ed not only his life but the life of his wife.