Gay belfast
LGBTQI+ Belfast
Belfast is abode to the largest lesbian, gay, bisexual person and transgender festival in Ireland and the city has a thriving LGBTQI+ community and queer scene.
Belfast Pride Festival
Belfast Pride 2024 will run from Friday 19 July to Saturday 27 July with Pride Morning 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 Evening, 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 mark lesbian, gay, attracted to both genders and transgender stories and experiences. It aims to fetch you the very best in lgbtq+ talent.
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Going Out
Belfast's best queer bars and clubs are located in the city's Lgbtq+ Quarter area, north of the town centre on the edge of the Cathedral Quarter.
Kremlin
The city’s most legendary 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
Belfast, the capital city of Northern Ireland, is steeped in a rich tapestry of history, culture, and political transformation. Famous for its pivotal role in the industrial revolution, Belfast was once a global powerhouse in shipbuilding, most famously constructing the RMS Titanic. The city's historical significance is also marked by its experiences during the Northern Ireland conflict, known as "The Troubles," which impacted the town and its communities deeply.
Today, Belfast has emerged as a vibrant center of arts, higher awareness, business, and law, and is known for its lively nightlife and burgeoning culinary scene. The city's architecture is a testament to its history, with the Victorian grandeur of the Municipality Hall and the modernist lines of the Ulster Museum.
In terms of LGBTQ+ history, Belfast has seen significant progress in recent years. The first Belfast Lgbtq+ fest was held in 1991 and was a small gathering compared to the thousands who join today. The event reflects broader changes in societal attitudes towards LGBTQ+ rights in Northern Ireland, which have advanced significantly, although often trailing behind other parts of the UK. Same
Gay Belfast, Ireland Travel Guide: What a beautiful capital Belfast is! A town that we found very welcoming as gay travellers, it was reassuring to see many other Homosexual couples exploring the municipality hand in hand.
Full of incredible restaurants, traditional pubs, bars, and thrilling history, we could easily contain spent longer exploring Northern Irelands capital city.
In terms of gay Belfast, it has a lot to offer including some of Irelands most popular queer bars and clubs (read on to find out about all the leading gay bars and clubs),
But in a whirlwind 48 hours with Tourism Ireland – here are a few of the invigorating things we got up to and would highly recommend.
Is there a queer area in Belfast?
Yes! There is a gay 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 lgbtq+ area in Belfast around Union Street sandwiched between Little Donegall St and Donegall St. This is also sometimes known as the gay quarter of Belfast
When did homosexuality get legal in Northern Ireland?
We are happy to exclaim that Northern Ireland has caught up with the rest of the UK in terms of L
Mapping 100 Years Of Belfast Gay 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 Ring. 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 Street and DuBarry’s bar at the docks were established haunts, the latter, as in other cities, being mutual with prostitutes. The blackout from 1939, and the arrival from 1943-44 of 100,000 American troops in Northern Ireland had a colossal impact and exceptional place in homosexual memories.
The Royal Route (RA) Bar in Rosemary Street (the hotel’s public block, opposite the Red Barn pub) as portrayed in Maurice Leitch’s fine 1965 novel The Liberty Lad (probably the earliest description of a gay exclude in Irish literature) was the first in the urban area. It operated from some time in the 1950s organism shared at times with deaf and dumb customers who often occupied the front of the bar. T