Gay bars in belfast ireland
LGBTQI+ Belfast
Belfast is house to the largest lesbian, gay, bi-curious and transgender festival in Ireland and the city has a thriving LGBTQI+ community and same-sex attracted scene.
Belfast Pride Festival
Belfast Pride 2024 will run from Friday 19 July to Saturday 27 July with Pride Sunlight on Saturday 27 July. 50,000 people attend Belfast Lgbtq+ fest Festival events, with plenty of events taking place in the run up to Pride Time, including music, exhibitions, talks, workshops, arts and family fun.
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Outburst Gay Arts Festival
The annual Outburst Queer Arts Festival is packed with theatre, clip, music, visual art and discussions which explore and commemorate lesbian, gay, attracted to both genders and transgender stories and experiences. It aims to deliver you the very best in lgbtq+ talent.
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Going Out
Belfast's best homosexual bars and clubs are located in the city's Same-sex attracted Quarter area, north of the urban area centre on the edge of the Cathedral Quarter.
Kremlin
The city’s most celebrated gay club is probably Kremlin on Donegall Street. A Soviet-style industrial opulence exudes throughout the venue’s extravagant decor, with the Tsar Cocktail Lounge, the Long
Gay Belfast, Ireland Move Guide: What a beautiful city Belfast is! A town that we set up very welcoming as gay travellers, it was reassuring to see many other LGBTQ+ couples exploring the city hand in hand.
Full of incredible restaurants, traditional pubs, bars, and thrilling history, we could easily possess spent longer exploring Northern Irelands capital city.
In terms of gay Belfast, it has a lot to offer including some of Irelands most popular lgbtq+ bars and clubs (read on to find out about all the top gay bars and clubs),
But in a whirlwind 48 hours with Tourism Ireland – here are a few of the exciting things we got up to and would highly recommend.
Is there a gay area in Belfast?
Yes! There is a queer area in Belfast. This is where you will identify the gay bars in Belfast as well as some gay clubs (and in general is the main Belfast gay scene).
You can find the queer area in Belfast around Union Road sandwiched between Brief Donegall St and Donegall St. This is also sometimes known as the gay quarter of Belfast
When did homosexuality become legal in Northern Ireland?
We are happy to express that Northern Ireland has caught up with the relax of the UK in terms of L
Mapping 100 Years Of Belfast Same-sex attracted Life
According to Roger Casement’s diaries, from 1903 to 1911, the gay cruising areas in Belfast were at the Albert Clock (probably also around the Customs House toilet), Botanic Gardens, Ormeau Park, and the Giants Sound. Cottaging went on in Victoria Square in an elegant wrought iron edifice (which was still operating in the 1960s and may be in the Ulster Folk Museum) and at the Gasworks.
From then until after the 2nd World War, the GNR station in Great Victoria Highway and DuBarry’s bar at the docks were recognized haunts, the latter, as in other cities, being shared with prostitutes. The blackout from 1939, and the arrival from 1943-44 of 100,000 American troops in Northern Ireland had a huge impact and special place in gay memories.
The Royal Avenue (RA) Bar in Rosemary Street (the hotel’s common bar, opposite the Red Barn pub) as portrayed in Maurice Leitch’s fine 1965 novel The Liberty Lad (probably the earliest description of a gay lock in Irish literature) was the first in the city. It operated from some time in the 1950s being shared at times with deaf and dumb customers who often occupied the front of the bar. T
Places of Pride - The Parliament Bar, Belfast
Dublin Core
Title
Places of Pride - The Parliament Bar, Belfast
Subject
LGBT history
Bars (LGBTQ)
Gay bars
Lesbian bars
Description
Video from the 'Places of Pride' series as part of Belfast Pride 2020. Volunteers from the LGBT Heritage Undertaking filmed videos in locations around Belfast highlighting their connections with local LGBT history. In this video, Grainne Starrs talks about the Parliament Bar which was a popular male lover venue in the 1990s on the Dunbar Link in Belfast.
First entry written by Michael Fryer 12/04/2021
Publisher
LGBT Heritage Undertaking Northern Ireland
Rights
Items in this digital archive are covered by a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial No-Derivatives License. Please credit the LGBT HERITAGE PROJECT Northern Ireland, and provide a link back to this site.
Format
MPEG (Video coding standard)
Coverage
2020
Belfast, Northern Ireland