Take this in-app audio tour created by a researcher of LGBT+ social histories and revealing hidden, intriguing, and fascinating gay stories showcased in 10 distinctive queer heritage sites of London!
Delve into the significant roles played by certain gay figures in shaping gay social histories, reflecting the challenges, sacrifices, and prejudices endured by earlier generations. By understanding this past, we can better value the equality, liberated love, diversity, and freedoms now cherished in the cosmopolitan capital of the U.K.
The tour starts from the UCL Student Centre where you will be surprized to learn about one of the first English gay activists. You will then visit the bookstore, which became a safe haven for various gay groups in the 1980s, and maybe chat with its founder.
As the tour continues along Fitzrovia, one of the most diverse districts of London, choose to pop in one of London’s great Bohemian and literary haunts where artists, comedians and authors like George Bernard Shaw and George Orwell used to drink.
Next, you will stop by an iconic theatre which used to be a central to so many gay creatives, and by a cinema theatre dubbed by Quentin Tarantino as the best independent movie theatre.
The tour ends at the White's Gentlemen's Club on the intersection of Piccadilly and St James's St where you will learn about a man nicknamed Beau who had been striking a pose since the 1790's.
9.43 $
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