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18 must-visit LGTBQ+ club nights around the UK
Like British clubland as a whole, the UK’s LGBTQ+ scene currently face a number of challenges, with rent rises and inner town development turning the screws on alternative nightlife across the country. Cliff Joannou, editor of Attitude magazine editor, recently told the Guardian he believes that a third of the capital’s LBGTQ+ venues hold closed since the recession.
The good news is that this is a scene used to fighting for its right to party. Below follows a list of great LGBTQ+ venues and club nights around the UK. Some are established scene mainstays, others are just a handful of parties old, but all guarantee an outrageous good time.
1. Dalston Superstore
Where: Dalston Superstore, London
Café-cum-club Dalston Superstore remains a hub for LGBTQ+ nightlife on the East London strip, with great parties nightly Wednesday through to Sunday. Amongst the must-attends: eccentric electronics and pornstar martinis at Uncontrollable Urge (Wednesdays); cult-status toilet rave at Happy Endings (second Thursdays); and the big lgbtq+ mobile strip club replete with gogo boys on the bar at performative night A Man To Pet’s Basic Boys!
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As giant restaurant groups jostle for queer dollars, Pride Month has emerged as a major occasion for LGBTQ limited period offers (LTOs), which is the acronymic way of saying that Dunkin’ has offered rainbow-sprinkled doughnuts and Shake Shack has served Celebration Shakes in June.
Such promotions would acquire been unthinkable as recently as the 1960s, when bars and restaurants were so unhospitable to people who presented as anything but straight that choosing the “wrong” place could end in a beating or arrest.
Among the several safeguards available were crowdsourced guidebooks stressing venues that welcomed gay guests: The Address Book and The Lavender Baedeker are two of the pre-Stonewall titles now commonly described as “gay Leafy Books,” in reference to The Negro Motorist Guidebook, which helped Black travelers avoid ph
LGBTQ+ Events & Clubs
Publish date: 20 August 2024
Stockholm Pride in July-August is the highlight of the year. Since its foundation in 1998, it has change into one of Stockholm’s largest annual festivals, as well as the biggest Celebration celebration in Scandinavia with over 60,000 attendees each year.
Stockholm also hosts Cinema Queer International Production Festival, Sweden's largest queer film festival. It was founded in 2012 to broaden the cinema offerings in Sweden beyond the hetero-normative. The festival focuses on films that question, discuss, and look beyond the prevailing norms, and illuminate the stories that otherwise would go unnoticed.
If you want to wait updated on all the latest Diverse news and events QX is a great place to start. It's the largest LGBTQ+ media publisher in Scandinavia featuring the QX online GayMap - an event calendar covering LGBTQ+ events in Stockholm. QX also hosts the annual Gaygala Awards, celebrating LGBTQ+ achievements in Sweden.
Want more LGBTQ+ travel tips? Check outStockholmLGBT for more inspiration, and LGBTQ+ highlights!
LGBTQ+ Nightlife
Stockholm has no homosexual enclave as such, but gay and
Dancing is the ultimate way to heal, celebrate, and uplift yourself and others—and a gay club is more than just a place to dance. With the exhilaration of a pulsing pound and a dark dancefloor, you can meet others over a delicious cocktail or mocktail, and enjoy the support of society. Whether it’s a drag lock or a bear hangout, a lesbian-oriented venue or a obsession club, this roundup of gender non-conforming bars shows great places to fly the pride flag and rejoice in your own body. Of course, cities like San Francisco and Providence are well-known for having multiple LGBTQ+ clubs to pick from, but little towns with maybe even just one club that you hold to drive a few hours to reach make it worth the trip. Plus, where else are you going to assemble to watch RuPaul’s Drag Race?
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