Gay bars London - the bt LGBTQ+ bars and pubs - Time Out

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• TOP GAY CLUBS & BARS SHOREDCH (LONDON)GAY CLUBS & BARS SHOREDCH
• INSI CHARTS, LONDON'S BIGGT GAY SNA
• THE BT GAY BARS LONDON
• SHOREDCH’S LEGENDARY GAY BAR THE JOER’S ARMS IS CLOSG DOWN

TOP GAY CLUBS & BARS SHOREDCH (LONDON)GAY CLUBS & BARS SHOREDCH

Bars & ClubsDance Clubs & DissGay Clubs & BarsComedy ClubsBar, Club & Pub ToursSohoTrafalgar Square / EmbankmentShoredchBloomsburyClerkenwellCovent GarnHolbornSouthwarkIslgtonLeicter Square / Shaftbury AvenueWimbledonEast End / East LondonGood for CouplBudget-iendlyGood for KidsGood for Big GroupsHoneymoon spotGood for Adrenale SeekersHidn GemsFree EntryAdventuroGood for a Ray Day. Charts is a gay sna that’s somehow stood firm and risted the velopers for nearly 20 years.

Amidst a vastatg year for gay venu London, alarm bells were set off June when was reported that the se might make way for a luxury hotel, but thankfully for s patrons, there’s been very ltle follow-up. ‘It was found 1997, ’ says staff member Lewis, ‘when fdg a fy, welg place to be openly gay or explore your sexualy was perhaps tougher than is now.

For the uniated, a gay sna is, as our listg onle stat: ‘like a leisure centre, but wh sex’ – a place where men cise and hook up. ‘That always ma me giggle – the last thg a gay du to a sna for is a mouthful of fish. ‘Some misnceptns are fuelled by homophobia’.

INSI CHARTS, LONDON'S BIGGT GAY SNA

Speakg of hair, you might image that wh that zty, naturel activy gog on, a gay sna would be ked lube and all manner of curly follicl.

There are still a lot of gay or bisexual guys who aren’t out. Sadly, I fear some misnceptns are fuelled by homophobia. If was a straight swgers’ club, might be seen as cheeky, racy, darg, but bee ’s a gay spot, ’s more likely to be nsired sleazy and gross.

East London’s famo gay bar, drag hothoe, LGBTQ+ performance venue, nightclub and curators of major events and ftivals. Our staff all have a good si knowledge about the gay scene, the bt parti, the bt plac to eat, and all the gay scene gossip – they’re always happy to help! The Gay Bgo Boat Party (2015 – prent).

THE BT GAY BARS LONDON

The Glory also curat, unr Jonny Woo, the drag talent and gogo dancers who appear Block 9’s notor gay club NYC Downlow at Glastonbury. There are close lks and crossovers between The Glory’s performer fay and other London drag parti and llectiv like Sk The Pk, Mariah & Friends, Ltle Gay Brother and Wter Pri. 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:!

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.

SHOREDCH’S LEGENDARY GAY BAR THE JOER’S ARMS IS CLOSG DOWN

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.