Best of gay in London
BEST CLUBBING
For cocktail queens – Salon
Since its glittering opening on the evening of July 13th 2001, The Shadow Lounge
has become a mecca for the great and the good - disco diva or dance-floor dandy,
and as the capital's No.1 gay venue, it still remains the hottest social point in town.
www.theshadowlounge.co.uk
For drag hags – Tranny Shack
London’s foremost glamorous entertainment club is an ever changing cornucopia
of music, performance and dance. Spread over two floors, the levels allow you to
wander around and “discover where you belong”.
www.too2much.com
For insomniacs - Beyond
The highlight of many muscle bo’s weekends, this Saturday night/Sunday morning
after-hour party is where clubbers go when they failed to pick up at crash, Jucy or
LoveRevolution.
http://www.fireclub.co.uk
For indie kids – Popstarz
There aren’t many clubs that can lay claim to starting a revolution, but Popstarz is
one of them. Three rooms help keep the mix of gay and straight indie and pop kids
happy : the Love Lounge plays disco and R&B ; the Common Room plays indie, rock
and dance : and the Trash Room plays Kitch.
www.popstarz.org
For cruisers - Crash
The original underground sound of gay London, and the first club to open shop in
the Vauxhall gay village, Crash is still going strong after all these years. All-stars
Djs play funky house and tribal. Under the arches there are two dance floors, four
bars and tones of muscle.
http://www.crashlondon.co.uk
For bruisers – Rude Boys
A men-only, Amsterdam-style cruise night in Vauxhall. Rude Boys has even
inspired its own brand of gay porn, which tells you all you need to know.
http://www.fireclub.co.uk
Jucy – Fire, South Lambeth Road, SW8 1UQ. 1st & 3rd Sat of mth.
Admission £12. Action man Andrew Harris’s latest club has been proving enormously
popular with hedonistic, all night party-seeking muscle Mary crowd. Three rooms of
sound mean that some people now spend more time at Fire during the weekend
than they do at home.
http://www.fireclub.co.uk
Salvation The Renaissance Rooms, off Miles Street, SW8 1SD.
Open from 11pm – 6am, £15 last Sat of mth.
London’s only true circuit party-style club night, now rehoused in the heart of the
Vauxhall gay village. It’s always been a fantastic club, with less attitude than you
might expect – and some great looking men.
www.salvation-london.com
BEST LESBIAN VENUES
The lesbian scene comes in a variety of shapes and forms. As well as lesbian pole dancers, lesbian babes and lesbian nippletassles, you’ll find lesbian book clubs and lesbian bingos.
For jail bait – Candy bar
London’s best-known lesbian and bisexual bar attracks a mix, from wide-eyed students to jaded lipstick lesbians.
http://www.thecandybar.co.uk
For bad girls – Club Motherfucker
It‘s not just the name that makes club motherfucker impossible to ignore. Since it began three years ago , this queer rock ‘n’ punk venue has proved a huge success.
http://www.clubmotherfucker.com
BEST BOOKS
Literary lesbians – Books for women at Silver Moon. Third floor at Foyles
www.foyles.co.uk
BEST SHOPPING
Oxford Street
www.oxfordstreet.co.uk
Covent Garden
www.coventgarden.uk.com
Muscle Marys - Tight T-shirts at Rio Beach
www.riobeach.co.uk
Disco bunnies – Trendy tops at Dirty White Boy
50, Old Campton Street, W1D 4UB in Soho
Borough Market – You are what you eat! A Foodie’s paradise.
www.boroughmarket.org.uk—aboutus.html
Liberty
www.liberty.co.uk
Selfridges – Fashion queens
www.selfridges.com
Space NK - skin care for girls and pretty boys.
www.spacenk.co.uk
BEST SWEAT
Fitness First, 6 Bedford Street, WC2E 9HD.
Another gay favourite, probably due to the covent garden location, Fitness First
features a good selection of gym equipment.
http://www.fitnessfirst.com
BEST ART
Adonis Art of London
Specialising in art that “celebrates the male body in all its strength and beauty”.
http://adonisart.com
