Hampstead Heath is one of the busiest and most popular gay areas in London, if not the world. Locals warn to beware of pickpockets, so it’s best to keep your valuables at home when visiting this park. The park is mostly visited in the evening, and by a good mix of people. To visit the rose park, you have to enter through the gate, and then it’s just 100m at your upper left-hand side. The rose park in Hyde Park has a lot of benches and beautifull spots. The author Armistead Maupin describes GTW as ‘the fountainhead of queer literature in Britain.’ With friendly, helpful staff, the shop has a genuine community atmosphere and hosts regular book events and discussion groups. Gay’s the Word is a wonderful and independent LGBT book specialist, offering a wide choice of gay books and films that go well beyond the mainstream. You will find young women in men’s clothing who are playbacking, singing or discussing politics. This is a party for girls who dress up like boys. On every second and last Thursday of the month, the bar organizes the drag Drag King Cabaret Show Boibox. It operates as both an LBTQ+ community hotspot and as an after-hours club.
She Soho is a modern space for women and their male guests in the heart of Soho.
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Free wristbands for most parties can be obtained at their sister-bar G-A-Y. If you want to visit the club, it’s best to avoid the queues and arrive before 11.00. The highest floor provides a great perspective with a view from behind the DJ booth. Heaven is a gay superclub situated underneath the bridge of Charing Cross railway station in Central London. Heaven is the largest gay club in London, and there is no lack of extravagant gays, lesbians, drag queens and transvestites to dance around with. Owned and managed by the famous drag queen Jonny Woo. The performances are diverse, and range from poetry slams and life drawing sessions to drag king shows and lip sync battles. The Glory is a wonderful queer bar that celebrates cabaret culture, with regular shows and parties, and a cabaret space that becomes a club during the weekend. It is located a bit further to the north in Soho, and more intimate than Kubar. Little Ku is the little brother of Kubar.
The bar is known for its attractive bar staff who often serve shirtless. Besides the bar on the ground floor, there is a cocktail bar upstairs and a club in the basement. The bar is located in Chinatown, but relatively close to other gay bars in Soho. Kubar is a modern 3-floored bar which is open to all genders and sexualities. The bar serves delicious cocktails and a wide variety of beers. It is a great place to dance, but one can also rest and talk because there are several secluded sofas to relax on.
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The bar is full of barbies which are stuck to the ceiling, and there is a goldfish swimming around as well. This includes, but certainly is not exclusive to drag kings, queers, women, mtf, femmes, trans, butches, queerbois, gay, drag queens, dykes, bisexuals, ftm, men, straight… On Saturday, the bar hosts Duckie, a night full of performance art and LGBT heritage.Ĭosy bar with ambient lighting, vintage music and a kitsch and quirky decoration. It encourages newcomers and beginners with a great attitude and subversive political performances. On Tuesday, the bar hosts Bar Wotever with live music, cabaret, talks, films and spoken words. Wotever abhors rules and boundaries and respects and welcomes all. It provides a unique and welcoming environment to a lovely crowd, and the bar works with the best LGBT and Queer Performers in London. The Royal Vauxhall Tavern is South London’s oldest surviving gay venue.