The LGBTQ+ club scene is in crisis – can anything be done to save it?
metro.co.ukLady Gaga was a gay anthem.Reports from as early as the 17th century record the existence of bars and clubs that catered to openly gay people in several European locations, including London and Cannes.
Meanwhile, in America, the New Orleans Cafe Lafitte in Exile gay bar, situated in the city’s French Quarter is said to date back to 1933 and claims to be the oldest operating LGBTQ+ venue in the country.
In fact, all across the globe, from Australia to Argentina, there are cities boasting their own gay villages and nightlife – so why is the LGBTQ+ nightclub scene under threat?
Here in the UK, despite a boom in the 70s and 80s, which saw venues from The White Swan and Daisy Chain, to Mud Club and The Fallen Angel pepper the streets across London’s Soho district and Canal Street in Manchester, many of the queer community’s much-loved venues have since been forced to close.
