Gay clubs in cambridge
In a good place to be LGBTQ+, dedicated spaces for those communities can be difficult to find
Campus, seen June 15, is the Thursday LGBTQ+ darkness at ManRay in Cambridge’s Central Square. (Photo: Annie Schugart)
In Cambridge and Somerville, you would be tough pressed to find a place where members of the LGBTQ+ community are not welcome. Pride flag stickers are a dime a dozen on store and café windows, and nobody seems to intellect bold proclamations of gender or sexuality. In many ways, it’s an optimal place to be Homosexual in an America that is growing more hostile.
Spaces dedicated to the group are sparse, though. Club and bar nights live, but there are no gay bars to be heard of since the closing of Paradise in 2018. In neighboring Boston, spaces have been going away too: Machine in Fenway closed to make way for a condo progress, and Bella Luna and the Milky Way in Jamaica Plain closed during the Covid pandemic.
One of the spaces that endure in Cambridge is Campus at ManRay, a club night that happens every Thursday. The night itself is informal compared with some others at ManRay that cater to specific, alternative subcultures and appear with dress codes. The only
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Cambridge may be famous for its university and striking historical buildings. However, she is also a well-known gay tourist destination for being welcoming and house to many queer attractions.
Not only does she have several gay bars, but she also plays host to several same-sex attracted events each year, including the Pride Festival and the Pink Festival. With this lively queer group, you can expect your visit to Cambridge to be filled with a blend of history, society, and inclusivity.
Cambridge isn’t just a queer-friendly university city; it is an antique English relic with over two thousand years of history. Located along the River Cam and just a short train drive from London, this petite beauty has a population of 145,700, including many famous names that contain lived and worked in Cambridge over the centuries.
You can stop by Cambridge to check out the oldest university in the world, founded in 1209, catch some evidence of Roman or Viking history, and find so much more history
DOT COTTON CLUB
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The Dot Cotton Club has been a staple of the LGBTQ+ scene in Cambridge for over 30 years, seeing 1000s of content clubbers dance and imbibe the night away, originally at The Junction and Nusha bar, then Q-Club and now The Union Cellar Bar on Curved Church Street (on the 1st Saturday of each month). Plus keep an eye out for distinct dates throughout the year - we often acquire Halloween, Pride and Fresh Year events to hold you busy, check below for the latest info!
Our aim is to make certain that locals, students and visitors to the capital, of all genders and sexualities have a sound, fun place to convene and enjoy.
The music policy is pop, dance, remixes, mashups, cheese and R&B but we will compete almost anything that gets people on their feet!
We have plenty of seated areas, full bar, a variety of bottled beers, spirits and cider, and more lights & lasers than you can shudder a pink fluffy stick at! If you're visiting the city and don't want to worry about how to get place at the end of the night, there are plenty of hotels nearby to cover all budgets, so there's no justify not to keep partying until the lights reach up.
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14 queer pubs Cambridge has loved and lost
Over the years Cambridge has loved and lost many same-sex attracted bars and clubs.
In the 80s and 90s, regular haunts for the Homosexual community included staples favor The Anchor and Turk's Head.
But sadly, like many Cambridge venues, they include vanished over time.
The urban area still holds several monthly gay nights including Glitterbomb at Vinyl and the long-standing Dot Cotton blackout, now held at Fez.
We asked you to divide your memories from Cambridge's queer pubs that we have loved and lost.
Inundated with pictures and anecdotes from years gone by we decided to lay them into a nostalgic list for you to enjoy.
Janie Buchanan, a long-term member of lesbian organization Sisters Act commented: "The pubs were essential because of the town and gown divide.
"All the colleges had their queer societies and reading groups and we had no access to those. The pubs were a lifeline."
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1. The Anchor, Silver Street
The Anchor in Silver Street still stands but it is no longer the queer beacon it once was.
In the overdue 70s, The Anchor was the plac
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