A Gui To Gay London for LGBTQ Travelers

Contents:

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

THE BT GAY BARS LONDON

Photograph: Dalston Superstore The bt LGBTQ+ and gay clubs LondonParty the pal wh our gui to London’s bt gay and lbian clubs and LGBTQ+ nightlifeLondon’s LGBTQ+ scene has long been full of vibrant venu offerg safe spac to be yourself. Its heartland is still very much loted s tradnal home of Soho, but you’ll fd brilliant gay bars and clubs dited to servg the muny south of the river and the East End too.

London’s first gay superclub, was the birthplace of Hi-NRG and acid hoe, and a mag for queer celebri. Nearly four s later, Heaven is no longer cuttg-edge, but still offers the UK’s most famo gay night out.

Eagle’s large horshoe bar still attracts many an olr, burlier gay gent, but the overall ambience now feels slick and sexy rather than, well, slightly sleazy. Bethnal Green Workg Men’s ClubThis offbeat, sticky-rpeted social centre isn’t officially a gay club, but s programmg has a pronounced LGBTQ+ slant. On Friday and Saturday nights thgs heat up as a (maly gay) crowd h the dancefloor till 2am.13.

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

Bimi exclively tells the pws (, GAY TIMES) about her top five favoure LGBTQ+ venu East London. The legendary cis-tem offenr and genr-benr took a pse om all of her jaw-droppgly stun photoshoots (this TimeOut one is still slayg our souls) to chat wh GAY TIMES about the bt queer bars and clubs you should vis right now East London.

LONDON GAY CLUBS

Owned by London drag entertaers Jonny Woo and John Sizzle, as well as Col Rothbart, the webse for The Glory also scrib the venue as “East London’s famo gay bar” and “drag hothoe” whose regulars are “like fay”. While London’s queer nightclub scene has seen some sad, untimely partur, such as the Coleherne (briefly the Pembroke), London’s olst gay bar until s closure, and the Joer’s Arms, there are still some long-standg venu and new-ers to the scene workg hard to keep London’s queer nightlife alive. Heaven, Charg Cross Cred: Lda Brdley, via Heaven One of the bt-known, most historic gay clubs London statned up s inic Charg Cross spot.

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

Royal Vxhall Tavern, Vxhall The Royal Vxhall Tavern is a te slice of LGBTQ+ history London – a Gra II Listed venue that was famoly raid by police 1987 amidst over-policg of London’s gay muny.

BJ’s Whe Swan, Limehoe Another longstandg London gay bar, which has been gog strong for over 30 years, is BJ’s Whe Swan East London.

The Glory, Haggerston The Glory pris self beg one of East London’s bt gay bars, drag hotho, LGBTQ+ performance venu, nightclubs, and curators of London shows, ftivals, ntts and battl. Though the number of LGBT+ venu London has seen a cle the last or so, the cy's gay scene isn't ailg yet – fact, a handful of excellent new venu have opened recent years around the cy.

The hight ncentratn of LGBT+ spac n still be found around Old Compton Street Soho, a former red light district that's been heavily gentrified recent years, but remas London's gay heartland. This Soho stalwart tends to attract a slightly olr crowd of gay guys and has a reputatn for beg cisy. It’s closed on Mondays and Tudays, but hosts a r Sunday pub quiz and gets pretty packed on Friday and Saturday nights when the small dancefloor fills up wh a largely, though not exclively, gay male crowd.