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G-A-Y is a long-running gay nightclub brand, based at the Heaven nightclub in Charing Cross, London, owned by Jeremy Joseph. G-A-Y also operates a sister gay bar on Soho's Old Compton Street, and previously operated another club at Goslett Yard, called G-A-Y Late. The G-A-Y brand is also used by a bar in Manchester's Gay Village as a franchisee.
In 1980, London Weekend Television ran a weekly documentary series titled Gay Life, [5] in which Heaven nightclub and various other London gay clubs and bars were featured. In 1982, Heaven was acquired from Norman by Richard Branson's Virgin Group.
Impertinent Decorum: Gay Theatrical Manoeuvers. Cassel (London and New York), 1994. – Discusses the LGBT culture in London theatre; Norton, Rictor. Mother Clap's Molly House: The Gay Subculture in England, 1700–1830. Gay Men's Press (London) and Inbook (East Haven, Connecticut), 1992: Discusses "Molly houses" in and near London. Weeks, Jeffrey.
London's LGBT community has historically been centred around Soho since the 18th century, and Old Compton Street in particular, where bars, clubs, restaurants, cafés, shops and theatres now line the streets. [45] Vauxhall, known colloquially as Voho, is also popular, with bars, nightclubs and a sauna as well as the historic Royal Vauxhall ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 6 January 2025. Drinking establishment catered to LGBT clientele For the song, see Gay Bar (song). Comptons of Soho, London, UK. Taken during London Pride 2010. A gay bar is a drinking establishment that caters to an exclusively or predominantly lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer (LGBTQ+ ...
Turnmills was the first London venue to be offered such a license. Laurence accepted the challenge. Thus, Trade was born on October 29, 1990, [7] and, as such, became the capital's first legal after-hours club. [8] Initially, the club room beneath Turnmills pub was sparse with little or no décor. The space was dark, and a little unsavoury.
The Kings Cross Steelers are a British rugby team, based in London. Founded in 1995 it was the world's first gay-inclusive rugby union club. Its founding sparked the beginning of a much larger gay-inclusive rugby movement which to date includes over 60 clubs across the world.
The Queen Adelaide is an LGBTQ+ pub and nightclub in Hackney, London.The pub has existed since at least 1834. [1] Its current incarnation as an LGBTQ+ venue began in 2015 when the George and Dragon gay pub in Shoreditch closed, and the owners moved many of its furnishings to the Queen Adelaide venue on Hackney Road.