New LGBT space to replace former Southwark gay club XXL by 2022 after velopment row - Southwark News

Contents:

• LONDON’S XXL GAY CLUB SET TO CLOSE TO MAKE WAY FOR LUXURY FLATS
• LONDON GAY NIGHTCLUB XXL FAC CLOSURE TO MAKE WAY FOR FLATS
• XXL, ONE OF LONDON'S LEADG GAY CLUBS, IS BEG FORCED TO CLOSE
• LONDON GAY CLUB XXL IS BEG FORCED TO CLOSE BY VELOPERS
• NEW LGBT SPACE TO REPLACE FORMER SOUTHWARK GAY CLUB XXL BY 2022 AFTER VELOPMENT ROW
• 25+ PLAC GAY PEOPLE SHOULD GO LONDON RIGHT NOW
• THE BT LGBTQ+ AND GAY CLUBS LONDON
• THE 10 BEST LONDON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS LONDON
• THE 1975 NCEL SHOWS INDONIA AND TAIWAN AFTER MALAYSIA GAY KISS UPROAR

LONDON’S XXL GAY CLUB SET TO CLOSE TO MAKE WAY FOR LUXURY FLATS

While the venue at Pulse is no longer available to XXL, ’s fairly clear that we haven’t heard the last of this party brand for the gay men of London. A gui to beg gay – How do you know if you’re a bear? The big mcl and mascule persona tradnally associated wh bears n often be a way of actg-out agast all of those securi that many gay men have had to grapple wh when growg up or tryg to avoid the bulli at school.

Please note, we are mted to keepg XXL open and servg the Bear and wir London Gay muny. Gay clubs are an sential part of the LGBTQI muny so I was vastated when I disvered my favoure club, XXL, has been served an evictn notice to close by September 2019. Our gay scene is dyg.

LONDON GAY NIGHTCLUB XXL FAC CLOSURE TO MAKE WAY FOR FLATS

It’s rippg out the soul of what once was one of the most gay-iendly ci the world, and makg beige, sold off to the hight bidr, wh LGBTQI people the biggt sualti of this rporate greed. A club closure means far more the gay muny than any other club closure.

There’s no other club like XXL the world – ’s huge, a place I n be wh my tribe and nnect wh my muny, and one of the few plac I n feel pletely safe and pletely liberated – both om the hetero-normative world, and the sometim perfect-body obssed gay scene.

XXL, ONE OF LONDON'S LEADG GAY CLUBS, IS BEG FORCED TO CLOSE

Southwark has the send hight populatn of LGBTQI+ people London – XXL is the only remag gay club there. One of London’s biggt gay nightclubs is facg closure to make way for a £1.

LONDON GAY CLUB XXL IS BEG FORCED TO CLOSE BY VELOPERS

Southwark has the send-hight nsy of gay, lbian and bisexual people of any UK borough, after neighbourg Lambeth.

But gay clubs have been closg rapidly the pal, clg number om 125 2006 to 53 2017, acrdg to rearch by Universy College latt to close was Bloc South Vxhall this month, which opened 2017.

NEW LGBT SPACE TO REPLACE FORMER SOUTHWARK GAY CLUB XXL BY 2022 AFTER VELOPMENT ROW

Thirty percent of clubs that closed beme venu that were not specifilly gay, and 21% of closur were bee of property Am, who -found XXL 2000, said: “Yet aga, London is about to lose somethg that is unique to s character: the ia of open arms. Photograph: Native LandsDJ Fat Tony, whose real name is Tony Marnach, said: “London n’t afford to lose another big gay venue.

The gay scene has been so crippled over the last few years. We [still] need gay clubs bee the world we live is not gog forwards, is gog backwards.

They have qutned whether attus towards homosexualy Malaysia and Sgapore, where two of the ma vtors are based and where gay sex is illegal, may have affected Sgapore, same-sex upl are banned om adoptg children, and Malaysia a lbian uple were ned a sharia urt last year after beg nvicted of havg Land and s vtment partners strongly ny any such motive. They proposed “the first natnal LGBTQ centre to celebrate, archive and support the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer experience”. One of London's biggt gay nightclubs is facg closure.

25+ PLAC GAY PEOPLE SHOULD GO LONDON RIGHT NOW

”DJ Fat Tony also told the publitn: “London n’t afford to lose another big gay venue. " Jam McNeil, -nner of the club, and Mark Am had proposed an LGBTQ cultural venue the velopment but the plan was turned down, leadg them to qutn whether the natnaly of vtors had affected cisn makg, given that attus towards homosexualy Malaysia and Sgapore (where the two ma vtors are based) are vastly different om those the UK – wh gay sex beg illegal both natns.

We went si the 36-hour maelstrom of Tel Alviv's PriLtle Gay Brother to throw 13-hour Queer CarnivalHear 16 Pri mix. London gay club XXL is facg closure after plans for a £1.

THE BT LGBTQ+ AND GAY CLUBS LONDON

The 1, 500 pacy club, which has been open for 19 years, is one of London's olst gay clubbg stutns, and the last gay club the pal's Southwark area.

A new LGBT space will open a Banksi velopment h by a backlash over the closure of the gay club, XXL.

The club, terg the gay subculture of ‘bears’, had s last night operatg s Pulse premis Sampson and Ludgate Ho jt off Southwark Street September. Given s centuri of history, celebratn of s vibrant LGBTQ muny, world-class culture and ease of travel, London is an unfettable spot that mt be add to every gay traveler's list. Pl, wh so many special events and attractns fillg the lendar, each vis promis unique opportuni to experience one of Europe's most gay-iendly ci.

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

The gay appeal of London, however, extends far beyond theater queens wh plenty for every party monster, culture vulture, dancg diva and more.

London is a progrsive, smopolan cy, so gay travelers need not be overly ut displayg affectn when visg. Then, there's London's East End, where the alt, die and hipster gays e out to play pubs and gallery spac. This zy, sual pub has ls fs than a lot of gay bars, and hirsute gents sportg scff are particularly popular.

THE 1975 NCEL SHOWS INDONIA AND TAIWAN AFTER MALAYSIA GAY KISS UPROAR

One of Soho's origal gay venu, Village Soho, has been entertag gay visors sce 1991.

In Vxhall, you've got to stop at the Royal Vxhall Tavern, South London's olst survivg gay venue. The club has bee creasg ls exclively gay over the years, but 's still a welg space for LGBTQ people lookg to sweat all out on the dance floor. HOW ABOUT: 8 Reasons to Spend Your Next Getaway Mad, Gay, Manchter UK.