LONDON ANYONE?

jasper11

hi guys i have recently moved to london for work reasons. I was wondering are there any gay bi or lesbian irish ex pats reading here that are living now in london?

i personally am a bi guy and have little experience with men but now i in london i looking to mingle in the scene but still bit wary of been spotted(paddys are everywhere:).)love to hear from others or anybody who has experience of london. I do know soho quite well and often after few drinks sneak away from mates and get on bus there at some ungodly hr.

anyway any replies or ideas be most welcome.

Conor30

jasper11 wrote: »

hi guys i have recently moved to london for work reasons. I was wondering are there any gay bi or lesbian irish ex pats reading here that are living now in london?

i personally am a bi guy and have little experience with men but now i in london i looking to mingle in the scene but still bit wary of been spotted(paddys are everywhere:).)love to hear from others or anybody who has experience of london. I do know soho quite well and often after few drinks sneak away from mates and get on bus there at some ungodly hr.

anyway any replies or ideas be most welcome.

What do you mean you're 'wary of being spotted'? Do you mean in a gay bar?

jasper11

ya been spotted by one of my compatriots from ireland. lots of tourists walk thru soho and i met mate and his bird there once. i am very much in the closet and prob going stay like that unfortunately due to my surroundings at home. unless Ronaldo proposes to me soon i be staying in closet while at home lol

Conor30

Do you feel it's wrong to be LGBT?

Barna77

You lead the way, I'm going to London in December. It's going to be cracking!!

Plautus

Conor30 wrote: »

Do you feel it's wrong to be LGBT?

He obviously doesn't think so. But he's best placed to know whether or not that would cause trouble with his family or in his locality. His decision to make, and he can come out in his own time when he's comfortable.

jasper11

Barna77 wrote: »

You lead the way, I'm going to London in December. It's going to be cracking!!

message me matey lol its a cracking place.

jasper11

Plautus wrote: »

He obviously doesn't think so. But he's best placed to know whether or not that would cause trouble with his family or in his locality. His decision to make, and he can come out in his own time when he's comfortable.

yes entirely. he totally now accepting of who i am after all these yrs. i know people on here think oh he still lives straight life bla bla. in an ideal world i would be open to everyone but i not ready to upset my life yet tbh.

i did tell somebody in school once and so many bull**** rumours got out and scarred me for life. didnt help that i was on football and rugby team so believe me i av suffered enuf. now i just do things on my terms.

homophobic world i live in for sure and they do my head in but what can i do?

floggg

Don't worry about it OP. You don't owe anything to anybody but yourself. As long as you are comfortable with whatever stage you are at, then that's all you need to worry about.

Slang_Tang

Every Irish gay lad I know -- and I mean that quite literally -- has moved to London in the past year.

If you're not out, I can understand your paranoia. You'll probably find though that people aren't as interested in your sexuality as you think they are.

Go, explore, be safe, have fun.

jasper11

Slang_Tang wrote: »

Every Irish gay lad I know -- and I mean that quite literally -- has moved to London in the past year.

If you're not out, I can understand your paranoia. You'll probably find though that people aren't as interested in your sexuality as you think they are.

Go, explore, be safe, have fun.

londons calling the masses then

Barna77

Can't wait to get there

easychair

Conor30 wrote: »

Do you feel it's wrong to be LGBT?

Maybe it's not always a question of right or wrong, and is more complicated than just those two stark choices.

Barna77

London calling this Thursday.

Alcoweekend!

floggg

Heading to London for the weekend myself.

Planning on hitting a gay bar or two one night, but will be with my straight friend so only going for a few drinks and not looking for anything to wild or flamboyant.

Anybody got any good suggestions?

baby and crumble

G-A-Y is always good, and at weekends they often have 'celebrity' acts... It's kind of one of those 'rights of passage' venues, you have to pop in at least once. I think coming up to Christmas they always have last weeks X-Factor eliminee playing...

floggg

Thanks for the suggestion, but was hoping for something a bit more low key/laid back. A bar more than a night club ideally.

And preferably somewhere with nothing to do with the X Factor. Not my cup of tea really.

Barna77

floggg wrote: »

And preferably somewhere with nothing to do with the X Factor. Not my cup of tea really.

Here here!

baby and crumble

Fair enough, just thought I'd say. I can't remember any of the 'gay' bars, but Old Compton St is the main drag for bars, at the bottom of it near the Ann Summers shop there's a cocktail place that used to be called "The O Bar", it was where I used to go in town. Dunno if it still exists though tbh.

floggg

Cool, thanks.

My friend lives in London so I'm sure she'll have heard of somewhere good!

apache

you might like the admiral duncan on old compton st?
me and my gay boy went on a weekend there a while ago and that was good.
failing that you could go to the candy bar and shoot pool with the lesbians

floggg

No, my friend would run a mile from the lesbian bar - one of them tried to turn her recently and she didn't take to kindly!

Anyway, how would I score then?

apache

oh i didn't know you were going solely to score. try the admiral ducan then.
i didn't realise it was all about "scoring". silly me!

****ing lesbians coming on to straight girls :rolleyes:
lol she would be so lucky!

i'm sure she would feel more comfortable in a gay bar where gay males love her and give her the attention she likes

sounds like a fag hag to me

floggg

It's not the sole objective but it would be a nice way to top off the weekend. Going to a lesbian bar is like admitting defeat before the battle has even begun!

Far from a fag hag, just had an over enthusiastic lesbo admirer a while back!

apache

floggg wrote: »

It's not the sole objective but it would be a nice way to top off the weekend. Going to a lesbian bar is like admitting defeat before the battle has even begun!

Far from a fag hag, just had an over enthusiastic lesbo admirer a while back!

lolz i get ya.
those over ethusiastic lesbos. tut. :rolleyes:

have a great weekend x

Barna77

I'm moving over here haha

Tomorrow is the big night

floggg

I actually ended up going to G.A.Y. In the end! Had a great night up until the nd when I got separated from my friend who had her phone robbed (unbeknownst to me)!

G.A.Y. wasn't what I expected. The bar itself was cool. It small and ended early. We then went on to a members only night in G.A.Y. Late with a few Irish guys who got us in.

Barna77

It walked past it on Friday night, but never bothered to try it.

Had a great night anyway.

And there is talent everywhere hahaha

jasper11

floggg wrote: »

I actually ended up going to G.A.Y. In the end! Had a great night up until the nd when I got separated from my friend who had her phone robbed (unbeknownst to me)!

G.A.Y. wasn't what I expected. The bar itself was cool. It small and ended early. We then went on to a members only night in G.A.Y. Late with a few Irish guys who got us in.

is this the old astoria on tottenham court rd? went there once but friend of mine was stopped cos she was off her face. looked a good spot. been awhile since been to soho to must head down soon. this bi guy is due an adventure into his secrect world;)

Barna77

jasper11 wrote: »

been awhile since been to soho to must head down soon. this bi guy is due an adventure into his secrect world;)

I'm defo exploring Soho a bit deeper next time I go to London.



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