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Edinburgh Gay Bars
Edinburgh's most popular homosexual bars are located near the city centre at the north end of Leith Street and Broughton Street, in an area known locally as the "Pink Triangle".
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Serves a good selection and has an outdoor terrace for good weather days. The well-liked Street NightClub (in the basement) is open on Friday and Saturday nights.
Greenside Place, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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CC serves terrific cocktails and modern cuisine, and offers a full wine and champagne list. The dance floor at the back of the venue is one of the lgbtq+ hotspots in Edinburgh.
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Gay Bars in Edinburgh
The Scottish capital is home to a handful of welcoming gay bars and clubs that guarantee a cracking night out. Whether you're looking to meet a bunch of singletons, wish to celebrate Pride or are just looking for some late-night, hassle-free entertaining, these bars quite simply don't know how to disappoint. Check out our complete guide to the best gay bars in Edinburgh and get ready to shimmy and vibrate until the early hours.
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CC Blooms
CC Blooms is a vibrant same-sex attracted bar that treats every night as if it's the weekend. Armed with a collection of fiery spirits, eye-widening liqueurs and cold pints, the staff work with the venue's resident DJs to design a truly epic atmosphere. Expect drag performances, karaoke nights and unbeatable guzzle deals.
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The Theatre Royal Bar
Though technically not advertising itself as a gay bar, The Theatre Royal Bar sits alongside some of Edinburgh's biggest LGBTQ+ ven
Here is our fabulous gay guide to Edinburgh, with the best places to sleep, eat, juice, party, and more.
We hold our hands up…we are kilty of falling in love with Edinburgh!
From the ever-present visual of the castle that looms over the city to the faint sound of bagpipes you can hear on most street corners, we couldn’t aid but look around in love and say aloud to ourselves “thistle do nicely.”
We spent hours wandering about the bustling Royal Mile, down the winding Victoria Street (which famously inspired JK Rowling in creating Diagon Alley), and into the thriving Grassmarket courtyard, where we found a bountiful selection of pubs and cafes. But it was the electric and kind spirit of the Scottish people that loch-ed in our deep love.
This was our second trip to Scotland together – last time focusing on the gay scene of Inverness and the gorg beauty of the Scottish Highlands. We really fell in devotion with the Scottish capital. Edinburgh is a city steeped in history and mysticism, with a stunning photo opportunity on every road
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Over the period that I conducted my analyze with non-heterosexual men from Scotland I began a database of different venues that they had used/cruised/visited over the period I combined this with numbers collected from my examination of trial records associated to homosexual offences in Scotland during an earlier period. The largest database related to Glasgow, for the obvious reasons: it was the largest capital, the most populated, but other cities too hosted overt and covert platforms for non-heterosexual men and women