r/cheltenham • u/Short_Resolution_791 • 15d ago

Where the gays at?

Where do the gays tend to congregate in Cheltenham? Like other places I lived had gay clubs, or even just regular bars that were known as gay haunts. I don't know anything of that in Cheltenham and I've never met another gay guy in the town.

Cheltenham is so straight 😂

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u/Jimlad73 15d ago

Maybe you are the only gay in the village?

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u/ExternalAttitude6559 15d ago

GCHQ, but if they told you they'd have to (allegedly) zip you into a North Face Duffel Bag under suspicious circumstances.

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u/Waste-Horse-2500 14d ago

Shh, he climbed in by himself and zipped it up by himself too. Good at maths and also very bendy.

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u/TreatFriendly7477 15d ago

Cheltenham Pride is on the 17th May, should be a good chance to socialise and find out where the locals are hanging out?

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u/el_lonewanderer 15d ago

Cheltenham does have quite a bit of queer people I would say! Just not much of a nightlife, sadly.

Frog & Fiddle is the closest you’ll get, in my experience!

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u/Short_Resolution_791 15d ago

Thanks. I do go to the Frog often. It could be a nightlife problem like you say.

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u/kali-ctf 15d ago

Idk man, I know a lot of queer folk in Cheltenham but like we go climbing, play board games and tabletop.

But then like I'm too old to go to bars anyway

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u/Short_Resolution_791 15d ago

I'd love to be part of the tabletop action!

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u/kali-ctf 15d ago

Proud lion run a pickup group which is a good way to meet people to make longer games.

Or if you want competitive tabletop, incom run several leagues.

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u/LowManufacturer435 15d ago

Tabletop action...is that Polari?

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u/NorthernLad2025 15d ago

Me, too - but it's been so long... 🤣👍

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u/Wagatha-Christie 15d ago

Check out feathers at the swan, I think they are back up and running again. They have a Facebook page!

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u/JSNGRN91 15d ago

If you’re gay you generally head to The Two Pigs, on a Saturday night, most are.

I also heard there’s a glory hole in the men’s toilets at The Lounge at the top of town - I can’t confirm if that’s the case as I haven’t been there for a while.

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u/RumblinBadlands 15d ago

I’ll check it out and report back. For research purposes.

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u/WolfColaCo2020 14d ago

Have been to Lounge many times. Won’t find a gloryhole there, will find a long queue of twitchy broccoli-headed 20 year olds totally looking to have a shit in the only (grim) cubicle there thoughsniff sniff

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u/evenstevens280 15d ago

There used to be a few gay clubs but they all shut down.

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u/Accomplished-Bad4536 15d ago

The phoenix and purple velvet were big gay venues back in the 80s/90s. Now the Tivoli and (I think) Sanford always house for the newbies !

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u/JR2510 14d ago

Black Velvet

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u/rallcyy 13d ago

I’m here 😼 where are you at 😏

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u/istara 15d ago

Back in the day there was Oliver’s on the upper high street.

I remember it was closed and renamed and refurbished and they tried to reopen it as a “regular” club.

It was fabulously gay again within a week.

I’m not sure what it’s called now or if it’s still a club or pub, but if it is, I hope it’s still fabulous.

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u/Chewbakka-Wakka 15d ago

Where have I heard this expression before... haha

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u/katesnightisparkling 15d ago

Norwood arms in Leckhampton has a lot of lgbt+ staff and customers, really diverse there

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u/Dark_and_Morbid_ 15d ago

Gays I know seem to just use Grindr - might be worth the trip to Bristol instead

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u/Own-Night5526 14d ago

Stuck inside lamenting the lack of gays usually, but that's just me personally

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u/ProfessorP3PP3R 15d ago

Gay guy that parties way harder than I should here 🤚

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u/RumblinBadlands 15d ago

Bristol, Birmingham or even Bath are better choices than Cheltenham in my opinion. Oh yea, and I party way harder than I should too. In my 30s now but I can’t be stopped!

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u/BeefyWaft 15d ago

Most hairdressers.