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• THE BT GAY BARS LONDON
• LONDON GAY DISTRICT: SOHO
• THE BT LGBTQ+ AND GAY CLUBS LONDON
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WHERE GR AND GLAMOUR LLI TO CREATE LONDON’S ALTERNATIVE QUEER SCENE, THE EAST END STREETS BARE THE SOULS OF THE UNRGROUND CREATIVE FOLK, WHOSE BOUNDLS TALENT AND STYLE BRG TOGETHER A DIVERSE MIX OF MIC, FASHN, AND DIS DANCG BCHERY.\NSOUTH LONDON \NTHE AREA HAS A QUEER HISTORY AS FAR BACK AS SOHO, WH THE AREA FAMO FOR S BARET AND DRAG ACTS, DATG BACK BEFORE THE 1950S! SOUTH LONDON IS A VIBRANT SCENE OF OLD AND NEW, WHERE RELICS MEET REGENERATN, WH VXHALL, CLAPHAM, KENNGTON, AND PECKHAM AMONGST THE MOST POPULAR AREAS OF THIS GAYBOURHOOD. FROM WAREHOE CLUBS TO MALE AND FEMALE ONLY GYMS, THE SOUTH LONDON LIFTYLE BOASTS AN IRISCENT SPECTM OF PEOPLE AND PLAC TO DISVER.\N","MARKER":{"NAME":"","IMAGE":{},"SCRIPTN":"","NTENT":[]},"ID":3102995202},{"TYPE":"SLISHOW","IMAG":[{"RETAHEIGHT":1600,"MOBILESRC":","SRC":","MOBILEWIDTH":288,"SQUARELARGEHEIGHT":640,"WIDTH":928,"PTN":"EAST LONDON, A QUTSENTIAL QUEER NEIGHBORHOOD. 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THE BT GAY BARS LONDON

The bt gay bars Soho.

The bt gay bars Vxhall. The bt gay bars the East End.

Sce homosexual acts were illegal, Polari enabled folx to talk safely mixed pany and intify as queer. Polari was wily spoken the LGTBQ+ muny until 1967 when homosexualy was crimalized the UK.

LONDON GAY DISTRICT: SOHO

Tune to Ru Pl’s Drag Race UK or vis one of the cy’s gay barets, and you’ll hear remnants of old London’s unrground LGBTQ+ legacy. Soho is the ont-and-center premier neighborhood of gay London.

This upsle gay bar looks like a Rtoratn Hardware showroom. The show is rip-roarg hilar and shows some of the bt drag talent gay London.

THE BT LGBTQ+ AND GAY CLUBS LONDON

Village is a morn gay club wh a mix of chill and party vib. Jt like the name, what you see is what you get: a classic, no-ills gay bar.

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It’s London’s origal queer neighborhood, gog back to when homosexualy was illegal the UK. The si feels like a gay Amerin der, if such a thg exists. Regal name only, The Queen Alai is a strip club turned gay pub Cambridge Heath.

It’s a straight-up dive that attracts artsy typ and gays lookg for a good al — a pt of beer is only $5 and change. History buffs, both gay and straight, will enjoy.

GAY DISTRICT? - LONDON FOM

London Gay Men’s Chos.

Bra’s biggt (and gayt) boy band performs several tim per year around London. Wh var annual events, you n see for yourself why the London Gay Men’s Chos has a world-famo reputatn. Bookg an Airbnb is a solid ia bee you n have more of a lol experience gay London.

No gay London gui is plete whout at least mentng Brighton.

THE 10 BEST LONDON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS LONDON

On the sandy shor of the English Channel, Brighton is to London, as Fire Island is to New York: It’s where the gays go when the sun out.

LGBTQ+ venu blanket this area, but virtually every place around here is gay-iendly at the very least. Follow on om a swim wh a drk at the nearby Kg William IV, one of the cy’s olst gay pubs. Gay Amerin artist Dennis Severs spent 20 years turng his home to a livg mm, wh the townhoe’s 10 rooms reprentg snapshots the life of an imagary fay between 1724 to 1914.

Addrs: Gay’s the Word, 66 Marchmont Street, London, WC1N 1ABWebse:!

MOVG TO LGBT LONDON? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!

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. They clu Admiral Dunn, a historic pub wh drag shows most nights of the week; Ku Bar, a cktail lounge and club popular wh gay men; the lbian bar She Soho and the big urtyard bar The Yard.

Drag llective Ltle Gay Brother throws a Sunday daytime rave at Fabric. AlamyVxhallLook south of the river for some of the bt gay clubbg London. Although there have been high-profile closur recent years, remas a clubbg hotspot – particularly popular wh gay the banks of the Tham the south-wt of the cy, Vxhall has a history of entertament.

GAY BARS AND CLUBS SOHO

Bootylic, a monthly night at Unn, is the biggt gay urban night around, playg aobeat, garage and dancehall.

London has long been at the heart of the UK’s gay scene and there is a range of LGBTQ attractns that will tert every traveler. In every borough and pecially s historic center, London has numero gay neighborhoods where you’ll fd a ncentratn of gay bars and a more visible LGBTQ populatn. Pl, many gay plac London have a rich history.

Most of them were safe queer spac where lols uld be ee tim when was illegal to be gay London, and others were landmarks of watershed moments the fight for gay rights the UK. Gay London: is London gay iendly? Needls to say, London is a very gay-iendly cy.

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In 2015, Londoners were twice as likely to intify as gay or lbian pared to those livg other UK regns. Gay travelers should fely feel fortable visg London as an LGBTQ person, but is important to be aware of the possible risks.

Is there a gay area London? Gay London: Soho.

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Soho’s reputatn as one of London’s top gay areas dat back as far as the 17th century. By the 1930s, was known (at the time rather famoly) for s numero unrground gay clubs. Today, Soho has a higher ncentratn of gay bars than anywhere else London, so if you’re lookg for a great night out, won’t take you long to fd here.

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Gay London: East London.

Property velopments recent years have led to a number of East London’s LGBTQ tablishments closg down, but Shoredch and Hackney rema central to London’s gay scene. The nightlife is ncentrated around Kgsland High Street Dalston, Hackney, where you’ll fd gay clubs, karaoke bars, and performance venu.

Gay London: Vxhall.

GAY LONDON: OM BARS TO BOOKSHOPS

The Vxhall district southwt London is a popular spot for gay nightlife, wh an assortment of bars, clubs, and muny spac.