{"id":43206,"date":"2016-08-23T12:21:42","date_gmt":"2016-08-23T16:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/one-of-londons-oldest-gay-bars-is-pouring-its-last-pint\/"},"modified":"2016-08-23T12:21:42","modified_gmt":"2016-08-23T16:21:42","slug":"one-of-londons-oldest-gay-bars-is-pouring-its-last-pint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/one-of-londons-oldest-gay-bars-is-pouring-its-last-pint\/","title":{"rendered":"One of London\u2019s Oldest Gay Bars is Pouring its Last Pint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>One of London\u2019s Oldest Gay Bars is Pouring its Last Pint<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/queenshead.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/queenshead.jpg?resize=740%2C417\" alt=\"The Queen's Head London's oldest gay bars\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/queenshead.jpg?w=937 937w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/queenshead.jpg?resize=300%2C169 300w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/queenshead.jpg?resize=768%2C433 768w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/queenshead.jpg?resize=150%2C84 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of London&rsquo;s oldest <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> bars is closing next month, after the pub&rsquo;s owners failed to come to an agreement with their landlord.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The Old Lady of Tryon Street &mdash;&nbsp;officially known as The Queen&rsquo;s Head &mdash;&nbsp;confirmed the rumor&nbsp;on its&nbsp;Facebook page. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re bloody gutted,&rdquo; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/queens.head.chelsea\/posts\/10153627895330957\" target=\"_blank\">the post<\/a> reads.<\/p>\n<p>The bar itself is almost two centuries old. Freddy Sipson, who has managed The Queen&rsquo;s Head for seven years, says it&rsquo;s been&nbsp;known as a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> bar since about the 1920s.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We used to have the army barracks here, and soldiers used to come and frequent the bar,&rdquo; Sipson says. &ldquo;The <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> community realized that, and so from then on it&nbsp;started to become a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> bar.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The dispute behind the closing of The Queen&rsquo;s Head might seem specific, but it comes after a year of prominent <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> bars closing abruptly across London.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s hard to say exactly why.<\/p>\n<p>One theory is that the <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> bars may not be needed&nbsp;today as they once were, as mainstream society becomes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pri.org\/stories\/2012-08-15\/polari-gay-slang-flourished-out-prejudice\" target=\"_blank\">more accepting<\/a> of homosexuality.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A lot of the younger <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> people feel like they don&rsquo;t need to go to the <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> bars like we used to do back in the &rsquo;50s, &rsquo;60s and &rsquo;70s &mdash; places where [we] would be ourselves and discover ourselves,&rdquo; Sipson says. &ldquo;The older generation like myself, we&rsquo;re dying out.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Queen&rsquo;s Head own clientele suggests that a change has taken place.<\/p>\n<p>For many years, straight bar patrons self-segregated. Heterosexual people generally mingled in one section,&nbsp;and the rest of the bar belonged to the LGBT community. But today, Sipson says, the barriers are&nbsp;down.<\/p>\n<p>Another factor could be the rise of online dating apps like Grindr or Tinder. Gay bars once provided rare opportunities for&nbsp;LGBT people to meet.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Today they don&rsquo;t have to&rdquo; visit the bar to meet partners, Sipson&nbsp;says. &ldquo;They just have to get on their phones, find a picture and off they go.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> bars aren&rsquo;t the only ones closing.&nbsp;The number of UK&nbsp;pubs of any kind is down from 67,800 in 1982 to 51,900 in 2014, according to the latest data from&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.beerandpub.com\/statistics\" target=\"_blank\">The British Beer and Pub Association<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Public houses in total are closing at an alarming rate because they&rsquo;re standing on prime real estate that can be made into extremely luxury apartments,&rdquo; Sipson says.<\/p>\n<p>And a few old favorites are hanging on.<\/p>\n<p>Just across town from The Queen&rsquo;s Head&nbsp;in Soho, a well-known <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> bar called The Yard just won a two-year battle to stay open.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We did it! The landlord has lost the appeals. We can&#8217;t thank you enough for your support. The Yard &amp; its rich history <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=grq0&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">live<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SAVETHEYARD?src=hash\">#SAVETHEYARD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Yard_Soho (@Yard_Soho) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Yard_Soho\/status\/764044032246853632\">August 12, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The two pubs faced almost identical situations. Developers wanted to build apartments in The Yard&rsquo;s courtyard. But heritage and historical groups protested the proposal, and a local council blocked the redevelopment completely.<\/p>\n<p>The bar is hosting a farewell party on Sept. 3, and will vacate the property by Sept.&nbsp;13.<\/p>\n<p><em>This article first <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pri.org\/stories\/2016-08-22\/one-londons-oldest-gay-bars-pouring-its-last-pint\" target=\"_blank\">appeared on PRI&rsquo;s The World<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2016\/08\/londons-oldest-gay-bars\/\">One of London&rsquo;s Oldest Gay Bars is Pouring its Last Pint<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/\">Towleroad<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=W0g0JZ-On3w:xOwCcwwheZ4:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=W0g0JZ-On3w:xOwCcwwheZ4:I9og5sOYxJI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=I9og5sOYxJI\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=W0g0JZ-On3w:xOwCcwwheZ4:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=W0g0JZ-On3w:xOwCcwwheZ4:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?i=W0g0JZ-On3w:xOwCcwwheZ4:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=W0g0JZ-On3w:xOwCcwwheZ4:cGdyc7Q-1BI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=cGdyc7Q-1BI\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=W0g0JZ-On3w:xOwCcwwheZ4:YwkR-u9nhCs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=YwkR-u9nhCs\" border=\"0\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/towleroad\/feed\/~4\/W0g0JZ-On3w\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~r\/towleroad\/feed\/~3\/W0g0JZ-On3w\/\" class=\"autohyperlink\">feeds.towleroad.com\/~r\/towleroad\/feed\/~3\/W0g0JZ-On3w\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of London\u2019s Oldest Gay Bars is Pouring its Last Pint One of London&rsquo;s oldest <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> bars is closing next month, after the pub&rsquo;s owners failed to come to an agreement with their landlord. The Old Lady of Tryon Street &mdash;&nbsp;officially known as The Queen&rsquo;s Head &mdash;&nbsp;confirmed the rumor&nbsp;on its&nbsp;Facebook page. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re bloody gutted,&rdquo; the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/one-of-londons-oldest-gay-bars-is-pouring-its-last-pint\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">One of London\u2019s Oldest Gay Bars is Pouring its Last Pint<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2466,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>One of London\u2019s Oldest Gay Bars is Pouring its Last Pint - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/one-of-londons-oldest-gay-bars-is-pouring-its-last-pint\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"One of London\u2019s Oldest Gay Bars is Pouring its Last Pint - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"One of London\u2019s Oldest Gay Bars is Pouring its Last Pint One of London&rsquo;s oldest gay bars is closing next month, after the pub&rsquo;s owners failed to come to an agreement with their landlord. 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