Strip clubs, gay venu nearby, London landmark buildg to be turned to mosque - India Today

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• LONDON'S LANDMARK BUILDG DOTTED WH STRIP CLUBS, GAY VENU TO TURN TO MOSQUE
• ‘WE KEPT GETTG PEOPLE SAYG: EXCE ME, YOU DON’T LOOK GAY’ – HOW BLACK PEOPLE FOUGHT FOR A SPACE AT PRI
• 11 ADS GAY-IENDS ALL CLASSIFIEDS LONDON
• THE 10 BEST LONDON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS LONDON
• KEV SPACEY DEFENDS COMG OUT AS GAY AFTER BEG ACCED OF SEXUAL MISNDUCT: ‘I WAS UNR A LOT OF PRSURE’
• LONDON GAY SNAS
• REMEMBERG A FOTTEN LANDMARK GAY, BLACK, BRISH HISTORY – AND THE LSONS N TEACH

LONDON'S LANDMARK BUILDG DOTTED WH STRIP CLUBS, GAY VENU TO TURN TO MOSQUE

Geni Pictur (“Mrs Lowry & Son, ” “Good Luck To You, Leo Gran”) has optned Emmett Monterey’s acclaimed memoir “Go the Way Your Blood Beats” – about growg up gay and disabled 1980s London – for TV adaptatn. At his mastream school, teachers refe to schle his class on the ground floor, and at his llege for disabled stunts, he’s told he will be expelled if the mors are te, if he’s gay.

Adam* said was dangero to e out as gay his home untry and feared beg forced to an arranged marriage wh a said he was "so lucky" to wed his soulmate, Ray, Manchter and wish everyone uld marry who they love. There are more than 60 untri wh laws that crimalise same-sex sexual acts acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn, cludg Sdi Arabia. 'Authentilly myself'Ray said he had also stggled growg up gay the 1970s and 80s England, which was "tough" said his relig school "dmmed to you, 'you are gog to hell'" Adam returned home to Sdi Arabia, spe beg more than 3, 000 apart and later rtricted by the Covid-19 panmic, they kept touch daily and the romance years ago, Ray proposed on a vio ll and after succsfully applyg for a UK fiancé visa, Adam moved to Manchter December 2022.

Adam said he had been aaid to even wear lours his home untry so the first thg he did when he moved was start to "grow my mullet, got my ears pierced and booked appotments for tattoos" relled how, ntrast, one of his gay iends Sdi had been forced to marry a woman, addg: "It has ed not only his life but the life of his wife.

‘WE KEPT GETTG PEOPLE SAYG: EXCE ME, YOU DON’T LOOK GAY’ – HOW BLACK PEOPLE FOUGHT FOR A SPACE AT PRI

The uple, who live London, said a "really betiful memory" was on the way home when one of their sons shouted out of the black b wdow to Trafalgar Square, "My dads jt got married" and cheered "Yay, gay marriage".

The area is also known for s ncentratn of bars, nightclubs, gay venu and strip jots – all of which are nsired sful Islam. Not-for-prof social enterprise n and owned by a volunteer llective of black gay men.

11 ADS GAY-IENDS ALL CLASSIFIEDS LONDON

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

NAZ was formed by the late HIV and gay rights activist, Shivananda Khan. Empowers and supports LGBTQI (Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer, Qutng, and Intersex) dividuals, their iends and fay to work towards rolvg challeng lked to sexualy or genr inty, particularly where relign is heavily fluencg the suatn.

Tackl homophobia triggered by relign to help parents accept their children. OPAL is an Ain Lbian Gay Bisexual Transgenr and Intersex rights and human rights activist chary. Empowers members to enurage discsns, tackle homophobia/ biphobia/ transphobia and build bridg wh and beyond their muni.

KEV SPACEY DEFENDS COMG OUT AS GAY AFTER BEG ACCED OF SEXUAL MISNDUCT: ‘I WAS UNR A LOT OF PRSURE’

Established 2011, Kaleidospe Tst works to uphold the human rights of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT+) people untri around the world where they are discrimated agast or margalised due to their sexual orientatn, genr inty and/or genr exprsn. Hackney-born Ayoji Oyeba me out as a teenager and for a number of years he was a proment activist and face on the pal's gay the years, through his volunteerg work, he has met many famo people cludg the Queen Mother and Prcs supporter, Ayo, 41, has also enuntered polil figur such as Patricia Hewt, Ben Bradshaw and Bernie Grant. He is good iends wh his lol MP, Jeremy Corbyn (Islgton North) mark Gay Pri 2009, Ayo, who has had mental health and mobily issu, tells BBC London about his experienc and his thoughts on beg both black and gay.

I was out at school first and bee there were lbian and gay teachers at the school, I didn't really get any hassle. At the same time I was dog a lot of voluntary work; I was a gay activist for a number of years. I've experienced the most homophobia that I have ever had om the other mental health service ers Islgton.

LONDON GAY SNAS

I was a BBC 2 thg lled From the Edge lookg at lbian and gay mental health but I only got to say a few words.

Sometim I feel that I have been put up as the token black gay person.

The wir lbian and gay muny, and I mean those of Anglo-Saxon scent, say lour don't matter. When you are on the largely whe gay scene, you stand out a e and if anyone wants to pick on you, you are vulnerable bee you haven't got the power.

REMEMBERG A FOTTEN LANDMARK GAY, BLACK, BRISH HISTORY – AND THE LSONS N TEACH

I wouldn't say there is any more homophobia the black muny than the wir muny.

People e om all over the untry to go to a black gay event London. There was the Black Lbian and Gay Centre project, which was que a big fluence on my life.

We lnched the digal archive Black and Gay, Back the Day on Instagram at the start of LGBTQ History Month on 1 Febary. This giv our archive the feel of a fay photo album, wh imag that evoke memori, nnect old lovers and te younger Black queers about the spac that have existed the are two Black gay men: Jason is 24 and Marc is 51, so there is a generatnal age gap between .