UNITED KINGDOM

GLASGOW

The Polo Lounge
www.g1group.co.uk
84 Wilson Street
Merchant City
Glasgow City
Centre G1 1UZ
011-44-141-552-1221
Glasgow -- like its sister city Edinburgh -- has a small gay scene in proportion to its size. This is because its bars overall tend to be mixed. Of the five or six gay bars or clubs in the city, the Polo is probably the most popular, catering to an upmarket crowd—or at least as upmarket as Glasgow gets. Polo is stylish downstairs, with a warren of dance floors and seating areas.

LONDON

Royal Vauxhall Tavern
www.theroyalvauxhalltavern.co.uk
372 Kennington Ln.
London, UK, SE11 5HY
011-44-020-7820-1222
There has been a pub on the site of the Royal Vauxhall Tavern since 1893. It was erected on the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, one of the most decadent cruising grounds in the Victorian era. Even then it was a focus for performance, camp, and drag—which remain central to the pub to this day. From cabaret and comedy nights and bingo and live-music evenings to its legendary Saturday night event, Duckie, and the last defiant gasp of the weekend on Sundays, the RVT is an institution attracting a wide range of gay locals and visitors from across London and beyond.

Heaven
www.heavennightclublondon.com
Under The Arches, Villiers Street
London, Wc2N 6NG
011-44-0207-930-2020
Heaven came out in 1979 -- a pioneer in the formerly underground gay nightlife of London -- and continues to flourish despite its age. The venue caters to a young gay crowd jumping to the latest house music and boasts celebrity performances by Cher, Billie Ray Martin, and Grace Jones.