The first gay pub I dared set foot now has a rabow plaque. Here’s why that matters | Gary Nunn | The Guardian

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• THE BEST NEWSTLE UPON TYNE GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS NEWSTLE UPON TYNE
• NEWSTLE PRI BAR GUI - WHERE TO GO AND WHAT'S ON AS CY GETS READY TO PARTYNEWSTLE PRI 2023 IS VERY NEARLY UPON AND AS WELL AS THE ACTN UP AT EXHIBN PARK, THERE'LL BE PLENTY TO DO CY CENTRE BARSNECHRONICLEBOOKMARKSHAREWHAT'S ONBYSIMON DETV & SHOWBIZ EDOR12:44, 21 JUL 2023UPDATED12:45, 21 JUL 2023BOOKMARKVIO LOADGVIO UNAVAILABLECLICK TO PLAYTAP TO PLAYTHE VIO WILL TO-PLAY SOON8CANCELPLAY NOWGET THE LATT NEWS OM NEWSTLE STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOXMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 GET THE LATT NEWS OM NEWSTLE STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOXINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
• THE FIRST GAY PUB I DARED SET FOOT NOW HAS A RABOW PLAQUE. HERE’S WHY THAT MATTERS
• THE BEST NEWSTLE AND GATHEAD GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS NEWSTLE AND GATHEAD
• THE BEST NEWSTLE UPON TYNE GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS NEWSTLE UPON TYNE
• NEWSTLE GAY BARS - LIST FULL AHEAD OF NEWSTLE PRI FTIVINEWSTLE PRI IS TAKG PLACE OM JULY 19 - 21 AND ALL THE CY'S LGBT+ VENU ARE GOG ALL OUTNECHRONICLEBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSWHAT'S ONBYSIMON DETV & SHOWBIZ EDOR12:37, 18 JUL 2019UPDATED17:25, 18 JUL 2019BOOKMARKGET THE LATT NORTH EAST WHAT'S ON NEWS LIVERED STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOX - SIGN UP FOR EE EMAIL UPDATMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 GET THE LATT NORTH EAST WHAT'S ON NEWS LIVERED STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOX - SIGN UP FOR EE EMAIL UPDATINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
• NEWSTLE GAY VILLAGE
• NEWSTLE'S NEWT GAY-IENDLY BAR PAYS TRIBUTE TO ADRIAN GADDTHE MAN KNOWN AS THE KG OF NEWSTLE'S GAY SCENE HELPS SPIRE THE CY'S NEWT BAR OSR'S WHICH OPENS ON FRIDAYNECHRONICLEBOOKMARKSHAREWHAT'S ONBYBARBARA HODGSONLIFE WRER12:00, 20 MAY 2021BOOKMARKPL WARD OUTSI OSR'S BAR, ABOVE THE YARD, IS A NEW VENTURE MEMORY OF ADRIAN GADD (IMAGE: NEWSTLE CHRONICLE)GET THE LATT NEWS OM NEWSTLE STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOXMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 GET THE LATT NEWS OM NEWSTLE STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOXINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
• THE BT GAY VILLAG IN THE UNED KGDOM FOR FABULO QUEER FUN! ??

THE BEST NEWSTLE UPON TYNE GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS NEWSTLE UPON TYNE

Gay Bars • Dance Clubs & DissLearn 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 saygWent to all the bars this area. We left after that this do not reprent to me a good review of the gay muny here Newstle not good!!! Let's start at the olst gay bar Newstle!

Contug s legacy of beg one of the most inic gay venu the Toon, The Yard is suated on Stswood Road. At the heart of the scene, Bobby’s is one of the more sual gay bars Newstle. The giant of the Geordie gay scene started life the ‘80s and is still gog strong to this day.

Frankly, I’d have served a prison jt for him to hold my hand, like he did his off-whe Vxhall Nova on the drive there, breakg only to change, he took me for strawberry cir the Gloucter, a pub at the park’s edge, takg my tremblg hand his and reassurg me: “It’s actually a gay bar. Gay pubs are far more than bars; they’re refug.

NEWSTLE PRI BAR GUI - WHERE TO GO AND WHAT'S ON AS CY GETS READY TO PARTYNEWSTLE PRI 2023 IS VERY NEARLY UPON AND AS WELL AS THE ACTN UP AT EXHIBN PARK, THERE'LL BE PLENTY TO DO CY CENTRE BARSNECHRONICLEBOOKMARKSHAREWHAT'S ONBYSIMON DETV & SHOWBIZ EDOR12:44, 21 JUL 2023UPDATED12:45, 21 JUL 2023BOOKMARKVIO LOADGVIO UNAVAILABLECLICK TO PLAYTAP TO PLAYTHE VIO WILL TO-PLAY SOON8CANCELPLAY NOWGET THE LATT NEWS OM NEWSTLE STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOXMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 GET THE LATT NEWS OM NEWSTLE STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOXINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!

On Sunday, the first a new seri of rabow plaqu will be stalled at the Gloucter – now the Greenwich Tavern – cementg s place gay home the workg-class Medway area of Kent, where we met when he sold me a phone cred rd at the lol petrol statn, “queers” like were wily perceived as predatory, perverted, spic or simply scum. ”After the strawberry cir, served by a man a tight whe vt – the only other gay man I’d seen real life – the squiggly summer sunlight ma a strobe effect through the park’s tre. The first time I saw wh him, when I was 18, I realised he had echoed the love story of the two protagonists, who also had their first kiss the twilight of Greenwich Park’s tre, and their first experience of a gay pub at the Gloucter.

The explanatn for his obssn is now clear: there was such a pcy of same-sex love stori that this was the first time many young people had seen a same-sex kiss, or peeked si an actual gay bar after dark.

The project remds people “that we have always been here, good tim and bad, ” David Robson of the London LGBT+ Foms’ Network said when the plaqu were film and my own story were workg-class gay love: not dandyish and sheltered by the polse of privilege, but the btal realy of beg perceived a non-mascule boy.

THE FIRST GAY PUB I DARED SET FOOT NOW HAS A RABOW PLAQUE. HERE’S WHY THAT MATTERS

It was a powerful and rarely told tersectn – and one that, even more rarely, ends rather happily, wh a betiful scene of fiance and acceptance played to a Mama Cass waltz on the sk I disvered that I wasn’t the only wi-eyed baby gay my boyiend had been chasg through those ancient chtnuts that summer. For me, the plaque honours that private moment as well as the shared history of the LGBTQ+ ’s the msage I’d impart to anyone who thks such symbols are meangls, as the unique social history of the UK’s gay bars is endangered by gentrifitn, hook-up apps, the st of livg crisis and even assiatn.

Like many workg-class, closeted gay boys, I’d hi unr the glovebox of my boyiend’s Nova when we drove back om the park, lt anyone saw. It whispered to ckney-accented gay boys like me: there are others like you. Gay Bar££££Newstle upon TyneSaveShare1 Tip and reviewSmaller gay nightclub than Powerhoe.

THE BEST NEWSTLE AND GATHEAD GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS NEWSTLE AND GATHEAD

4 plac sorted by traveler favorGay Bars • Dance Clubs & DissWhat travelers are saygWent to all the bars this area. Swch is one of NewstleGathead's most popular gay bars playg the bt dance and party tun. And an area that is expected to be very by this weekend is Newstle gay quarter, wh huge crowds expected to flock to all the bars down there durg the Newstle Pri celebratns.

Powerhoe feels more like a straight club is me personally I thk Rty's and Swch are the bt gay plac to at the nam mentned are cent priced (", )If your to cheeky gay snas there's a place lled Number are pretty strict if uve been drkg so try not drk much if planng on gog there. Read our transparency report to learn 2017 • FriendsRarely go to the Gay Scene the Cy. The Gay muny needs signifint vtment, s tired, dirty, smelly and generally unpleasant.

However the pubs are typil gay hangouts and if you look past the grime and expect low standards then you will have a smashg time.

THE BEST NEWSTLE UPON TYNE GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS NEWSTLE UPON TYNE

All this said Gay Pri was well anized and I really had a good night out, topped off wh the tragedy of the Newstle gay village. Read our transparency report to learn 2017 • FriendsThe Gay Village Newstle is a mt for anyone who lik a Geordie accent, as I scene Newstle is fairly mixed. I'll no doubt fd myself Newstle's Gay Village the future, and be happy to.

Everyone was very iendly and the Gay bars were fun Food was varied and reasonably priced as was everythgWrten 16 June 2017This review is the subjective opn of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC.

NEWSTLE GAY BARS - LIST FULL AHEAD OF NEWSTLE PRI FTIVINEWSTLE PRI IS TAKG PLACE OM JULY 19 - 21 AND ALL THE CY'S LGBT+ VENU ARE GOG ALL OUTNECHRONICLEBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSWHAT'S ONBYSIMON DETV & SHOWBIZ EDOR12:37, 18 JUL 2019UPDATED17:25, 18 JUL 2019BOOKMARKGET THE LATT NORTH EAST WHAT'S ON NEWS LIVERED STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOX - SIGN UP FOR EE EMAIL UPDATMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 GET THE LATT NORTH EAST WHAT'S ON NEWS LIVERED STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOX - SIGN UP FOR EE EMAIL UPDATINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!

Thank you Newstle gay village - we had a blast! A new bar openg Newstle on Friday is out to pay tribute to the late Adrian Gadd, a much-loved figure on the cy's gay scene, and help create a lastg legacy.

Pl is licensee of Newstle’s olst gay bar The Yard - a post which Adrian prevly held - and Osr's is jt below, the former home of Heaven’s Above.

He said: "We recently lost Adrian, who was passnate about ensurg Newstle’s gay muny had a venue where they felt safe. He add: "Adrian was known for his bg w and glterg nversatnal skills and was a well-known personaly - all attribut that were attributed to Osr Wil, so what better way to build on Adrian’s legacy wh a new bar for the gay and gay-iendly muny named after the Irish poet and playwright.

NEWSTLE GAY VILLAGE

Olst and most famo Gaybar the North East. Fd your neart gay venue.

Fd your neart gay bar, club or event by enterg a lotn or post below. Explore the bt and most ncise UK gay nightlife, daylife, pri and event gui. Gay villag are ually fun and excg cultural hotspots that are well worth the vis when you are travelg.

For LGBT folk, gay villag are a great place to let loose, knowg that you will be accepted and n have fun whout judgment.

NEWSTLE'S NEWT GAY-IENDLY BAR PAYS TRIBUTE TO ADRIAN GADDTHE MAN KNOWN AS THE KG OF NEWSTLE'S GAY SCENE HELPS SPIRE THE CY'S NEWT BAR OSR'S WHICH OPENS ON FRIDAYNECHRONICLEBOOKMARKSHAREWHAT'S ONBYBARBARA HODGSONLIFE WRER12:00, 20 MAY 2021BOOKMARKPL WARD OUTSI OSR'S BAR, ABOVE THE YARD, IS A NEW VENTURE MEMORY OF ADRIAN GADD (IMAGE: NEWSTLE CHRONICLE)GET THE LATT NEWS OM NEWSTLE STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOXMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 GET THE LATT NEWS OM NEWSTLE STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOXINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!

They are also a great place to go out and socialize and meet other gay travelers.

This rapidly lead to the formatn of gay villag, an LGBTQ-iendly oasis an otherwise hostile cyspe which ntaed gay-oriented tablishments, such as gay bars and pubs, nightclubs, bathho, rtrants, boutiqu and bookstor. Sce the turn of the 21st century, LGBT rights have creasgly strengthened the Uned Kgdom, and the need for gay villag has waned – but some still rema credibly popular wh high ncentratns of gay rints and bs.

Gentrifitn, changg nightlife trends and an creasgly acceptg society mean many have disappeared but there are still several different gay villag the UK to choose om when you are travelg – here are some of our favor we thk you should try out! For a fun night out, head to Kreml, the cy’s most famo gay club wh a cheeky Soviet theme. The gay area is lled the Pk Triangle and is right the center of town.

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Broughton Street is an artsy area that’s a favore of lols and is home to a ncentratn of gay bars and other LGBT-iendly bs. This area is sometim lled the Pk Triangle, wh some of the gay bars extendg onto nearby Leh Street. CC Blooms is the biggt gay hotspot here, wh a classy rtrant and club environment.

Most of Glasgow’s gay bars and attractns are loted right at the center of everythg Merchant Cy. Old Market is a vibrant gay village that hosts a wi variety of alternative events throughout the year, and is also home to a variety of art galleri and pop-up shops. Bears love the Bristol Bear Bar, and the Phoenix Bar and Punch Bowl are both zy gay-iendly spots to enjoy a drk and a meal.