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One resident claims a W4 postcode is an asset when chatting someone up. But anecdotal reports suggest that many gay air crew - those who can afford it - settle in Chiswick due to its combination of bucolic charm and proximity to Heathrow. Google “gay Chiswick” and the only result is a car park recommended on a cruising website.
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It’s near the river but with a large amount of ex-council accommodation and do-up-able warehouse space, plus a burgeoning foodie culture. Stoke Newington School pioneered the teaching of LGBT History month.Ī mixture of Vauxhall and Shoreditch, minus the club culture (though XXL, the club for “bears, cubs and their admirers”, is a short lollop away). Home to a sizeable London lesbian community, with social life focused on the nearby parks and the iconic Blush bar on Cazenove Road. Sophie Wilkinson says Shoreditch is “one of the few pockets of London where I feel I can walk hand in hand with another woman without fear of attack”, along with Soho, Waterloo and Dalston (there are infrequent lesbian club nights at Dalston Superstore). Still an LGBT favourite, though, thanks to a thriving art/design and alternative bar/club scene ( Sink the Pink nights, etc), though high rents mean gays and lesbians are more likely to settle in Dalston or Hackney (see below). Then came the Young British Artists, the hipsters, the pop-ups, the City boys and the big chains. The Joiners Arms was a totemic gay venue when Shoreditch felt like “the middle of nowhere” (Summerskill). London's LGBTQ party scene: the best gay bars and clubs for allĪ prime example of pioneering gays subsumed within a wider influx of cool, followed by commercialism.New West End Company BRANDPOST | PAID CONTENT.Tej Kohli & Ruit Foundation BRANDPOST | PAID CONTENT.