gay club / pub / bar in ED!!

[newsummer]

Hi,

I moved in ED since April and i absolutely love the area...but why is there no gay place around? is there anything planned to get a proper gay place, like a pub or a club. Clapham or even Lewisham got their gay clubs, why not east dulwich?!

[brianb]

go to clapham or lewisham or dirty queer

[SeanMacGabhann]

Hi new summer. This one has been discussed already. With mixed opinions it has to be said. But if you pop to the lounge you will see a thread about arranging some gay evening drinks

[James]

Where is "dirty queer" BrianB? Sounds like a great place!

[scor46]

I know its not quite in ED but the George Canning on Grove Lane (right on the border of ED & Camberwell)is a popular haunt./ Great on a friday nite

[Rolo Tomasi]

James Wrote:

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> Where is "dirty queer" BrianB? Sounds like a great

> place!

Might be Dirty South??? On Lee High Road.

[Louisa]

Why are so many people hung up on the idea of a gay bar, why not just mix in any pub and if you fancy someone approach them in there, whats the worst that can happen? Surely being gay has come a long way since the days of seedy hangouts in soho? Good grief..

[Keef]

Louisa Wrote:

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> whats the worst that can happen?

Getting your head kicked in by a skin head maybe?

I do know what you mean Louisa, and it would be great if everyone could just hang out in the same places, but people haven't come along as much as we'd like to think, and there are still plenty of people out there who would still make a gay couple feel uncomfortable.

[pk]

Louisa Wrote:

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> Why are so many people hung up on the idea of a

> gay bar, why not just mix in any pub and if you

> fancy someone approach them in there, whats the

> worst that can happen? Surely being gay has come a

> long way since the days of seedy hangouts in soho?

> Good grief..

but on the other hand if a group want to mix together in a bar that is targeted at them, why does it bother you?

[Brendan]

Precisely. If there is a market for it why not. Plenty of places in ED are in some way aimed at a specific group in the community.

[newsummer]

thanks for all these comments. but it seems that there is not much around. Justo ne comment for Louisa. I wouldn't ave any problem to have a gay bar/pub or club in ED which is opened to anyone, straight or gay, black or white. i don't care at all. But i found the tolerance much higher in a gay club towards straight people than in a straight club towards gay people...anyway i think going to Clapham is the only way.

[mikese22]

you could try the 'gay drinks' at the Rye next Monday - see the thread in the Lounge

[Jah Lush]

Alternatively you could try The Mansion in Gipsy Hill, by the roundabout, which is very gay friendly and I beleive run by the same people who own the Rye Hotel.