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Contents:
- THE BT LGBTQ+ AND GAY CLUBS LONDON
- THE 10 BEST LONDON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS LONDON
- INSI CHARTS, LONDON'S BIGGT GAY SNA
- THE 10 BEST LONDON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS LONDON
- GAY LONDON, LGBTQ+ CLUBS AND EVENTS
- THE BT GAY BARS LONDON
THE BT LGBTQ+ AND GAY CLUBS LONDON
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Where to go at nightRoyal Vxhall TavernOne of London’s olst survivg gay venu, the Royal Vxhall Tavern has been an entertament statn sce the 1860s. Heaven, Charg CrossHands down the biggt and most famo gay club central London. Highlights clu the John Waters-spired lbian theme night Female Trouble; the d-visual queer spectacular Outré Voyage, the male-centric mic nights Homodrop and Dissodoma, the by-femm/for-femm monthly Femmi-Errect, and the hedonistic Happy Endgs, which turns Superstore’s unisex loos to a pop-up rave.
In Hackney Wick, near the Olympic Park, the monthly gay rave Chapter 10 is at Bloc and Pxssy Palace tak place at Mick’s you need fuel on your night out, Dalston is packed wh late-night eateri. Wh more gay bars per square e than any other area, Soho is buzzg on any night of the week.
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