More than nightlife: community centres, advice services, queer sports clubs and choirs, meetups, plus museums, theatres and cinemas with a queer connection.
Aachen 1
Aarhus 1
Amsterdam 1
Antwerpen 1
Asunción 1
Atlanta 1
Auckland 1
Bangkok 1
Barcelona 2
Community CenterCasal LambdaQueer association · Barcelona Sant AntoniCasal Lambda was founded in 1976 and is one of Spain’s oldest LGBTI organisations. The association is…Community CenterCentre LGTBI de BarcelonaQueer centre · Barcelona Sant AntoniBarcelona’s municipal LGTBI centre in Sant Antoni offers free information, counselling and a cultural programme. Numerous queer…
Basel 1
Belo Horizonte 2
Community CenterCELLOS-MGLGBT organisation · Belo Horizonte CentroCELLOS-MG (Centro de Luta pela Livre Orientação Sexual de Minas Gerais) is an LGBT rights organisation in…Advice & HealthCentro de Referência LGBT de Belo HorizonteMunicipal counselling centre · Belo Horizonte CentroThe Centro de Referência LGBT is a public service of the City of Belo Horizonte for…
Berlin 4
PubBEGiNE – Treffpunkt und Kultur für FrauenWomen's pub & culture · Berlin SchönebergBEGiNE has been a women's pub and cultural centre on Potsdamer Straße since 1986: a bar…Advice & HealthMann-O-MeterCounselling centre · Berlin SchönebergBerlin's gay counselling centre at Nollendorfplatz: HIV and STI tests without appointment, psychological counselling, groups and scene information,…Museums & ExhibitionsSchwules MuseumMuseum · Berlin TiergartenSince 1985 the Schwules Museum has collected, researched and exhibited queer history and culture, today with changing exhibitions, an…Advice & HealthSonntags-ClubQueer centre & café · Berlin Prenzlauer BergSonntags-Club began in 1973 as a circle of gay friends in East Berlin who met…
Blackpool 1
Bologna 1
Bordeaux 1
Bremen 1
Brüssel 2
Community CenterRainbowHouse BrusselsQueer centre · Brussels Rue du Marché au CharbonUmbrella organisation for around 60 LGBTQIA+ associations in Brussels, with community bar, exhibitions and…Community CenterTels QuelsQueer association · Brussels CentreLGBTQ+ association active in Brussels since the late 1970s, with social service, library, educational programmes and its own…
Buenos Aires 1
Charleroi 1
Chicago 1
Cleveland 1
Columbus 1
Curitiba 1
Córdoba (Argentinien) 1
Den Haag 1
Denver 1
Dortmund 1
Dresden 1
Dublin 1
Eindhoven 1
Fire Island 1
Fortaleza 1
Frankfurt am Main 1
Freiburg im Breisgau 1
Fukuoka 1
Genf 2
Advice & HealthDialogaiQueer organisation · Geneva PâquisDialogai is Geneva's major LGBTIQ+ organisation: founded in 1982 to fight for gay rights and against HIV, today…Community CenterLestimeLesbian community centre · Geneva CornavinLestime is Geneva's lesbian community: a feminist meeting place for lesbian, bi and queer women, cis and…
Graz 1
Guadalajara 1
Göteborg 1
Halle (Saale) 1
Hamburg 1
Hannover 1
Houston 1
Kapstadt 1
Karlsruhe 1
Kassel 1
Kopenhagen 1
La Paz 1
Las Vegas 1
Lausanne 1
Leipzig 1
Lille 1
Linz 1
London 2
Community CenterLondon LGBTQ+ Community CentreQueer centre · London Blackfriars/BanksideVolunteer-run LGBTQ+ centre in Bankside near Blackfriars. Pay-what-you-can café, plus workshops, groups and alcohol-free meet-ups.★ 4.8 on Google…Museums & ExhibitionsQueer BritainLGBTQ+ museum · London King's CrossThe UK's national LGBTQ+ museum on Granary Square in King's Cross. Changing exhibitions on queer history, art…
Long Beach 1
Los Angeles 2
Community CenterLos Angeles LGBT CenterQueer centre · Los Angeles HollywoodThe Los Angeles LGBT Center was founded in 1969 and is one of the largest queer centres…Museums & ExhibitionsONE Archives at the USC LibrariesQueer archive & gallery · Los Angeles University ParkThe ONE Archives are part of the USC Libraries and hold one of the…
Luxemburg 2
Advice & HealthCentre LGBTIQ+ CIGALEQueer centre · Luxembourg Ville-HauteCIGALE in the Upper Town is Luxembourg's LGBTIQ+ centre: since 2002 a point of contact for support, education…Community CenterRainbow Center – Zentrum fir queer KulturQueer cultural centre · Luxembourg Ville-HauteThe Rainbow Center in the Upper Town is Luxembourg's centre for queer culture: opened by Rosa Lëtzebuerg…
Lyon 1
Lüttich 1
Madrid 1
Mainz 1
Malmö 1
Mannheim 1
Marseille 1
Melbourne 1
Memphis 1
Milwaukee 1
Minneapolis 1
Mumbai 2
Community CenterGay BombayCommunity group · MumbaiGay Bombay has existed since 1998 and is one of the oldest groups for gay men in Mumbai. Here…Advice & HealthThe Humsafar TrustCommunity centre · Mumbai Santacruz EastThe Humsafar Trust was founded in 1994 and is India's pioneer in queer health. At the centre…
München 1
Münster 1
Nantes 1
Neu-Delhi 1
New Orleans 1
New York 2
The DuplexCabaret & piano bar · New York West VillageNew York's oldest cabaret, since 1951, with a piano bar on the ground floor,…Community CenterThe LGBT Community CenterQueer centre · New York West VillageNew York's LGBTQ+ centre in the West Village, with counselling, health services, a youth centre, library,…
Nizza 1
Nürnberg 1
Orlando 2
Pulse Memorial Paver GardenMemorial · Orlando SoDoThe Paver Garden in Orlando Health's Lake Beauty Park commemorates the 49 people killed at Pulse on 12 June…Community CenterThe Center OrlandoQueer centre · Orlando Mills 50The Center (LGBT+ Center Orlando) has been the community centre for Central Florida since 1978. It offers…
Ottawa 1
Palm Springs 1
Paris 2
Community CenterCentre LGBTQI+ Paris Île-de-FranceQueer centre · Paris Le Marais (3e)The LGBTQI+ centre for Paris and the Île-de-France in the Marais brings together numerous associations and…Madame ArthurDrag cabaret · Paris Pigalle (18e)One of the oldest drag cabarets in Paris, opened in 1946, in the Divan du Monde building…
Philadelphia 2
Giovanni’s RoomQueer bookshop · Philadelphia GayborhoodQueer and feminist bookshop on the corner of 12th and Pine Street since 1973, by its own account…Community CenterWilliam Way LGBT Community CenterQueer centre · Philadelphia GayborhoodPhiladelphia's LGBTQ+ centre in the Gayborhood, with an archive of queer history, a lending library of around 14,000…
Pittsburgh 1
Portland 2
Community CenterQ CenterQueer centre · Portland Boise (N Mississippi Ave)Non-profit LGBTQ+ centre on N Mississippi Avenue, founded in 2005. Groups meet here, and there's…Triangle ProductionsQueer theatre · Portland Kerns (NE Sandy Blvd)Queer theatre company founded in 1989 by Donald Horn, with its own venue, The Sanctuary…
Posen 1
Provincetown 2
Post Office Cafe & CabaretCafé & cabaret stage · Provincetown Town CenterCafé and cabaret on Commercial Street, since 1974. Downstairs breakfast to dinner and drag brunch,…The Art HouseTheatre & cabaret · Provincetown Town CenterSmall theatre on Commercial Street where drag cabaret, comedy and singing run under the name 'Live…
Quito 1
Rennes 1
Richmond (Virginia) 1
Sacramento 2
Lavender Library, Archives & Cultural ExchangeQueer library & archive · Sacramento MidtownVolunteer-run LGBTQ+ library with an archive in Midtown. Besides books, films and zines there are groups…Community CenterSacramento LGBT Community CenterQueer centre · Sacramento MidtownSacramento's queer centre with counselling, health services and groups. Because its main building (1015 20th St) is being…
Salvador da Bahia 1
Salzburg 1
San Antonio 1
San Diego 2
Diversionary TheatreQueer theatre · San Diego University HeightsDiversionary Theatre was founded in 1986 and is considered the third-oldest LGBTQ theatre in the USA.…Community CenterThe San Diego LGBT Community CenterQueer centre · San Diego HillcrestThe Center in Hillcrest is one of the largest LGBTQ centres in the USA. It offers counselling,…
San Francisco 5
Castro TheatreHistoric cinema & stage · San Francisco CastroA 1922 movie palace on Castro Street, reopened in 2026 after extensive renovation and a…Museums & ExhibitionsGLBT Historical Society MuseumMuseum · San Francisco CastroThe small museum of the GLBT Historical Society tells the story of San Francisco's queer community, from Harvey…New Conservatory Theatre CenterQueer theatre · San Francisco Civic CenterLGBTQIA+ theatre on Van Ness Avenue with a full season of queer plays and an education…Community CenterSan Francisco LGBT Community CenterQueer centre · San Francisco Duboce TriangleThe city's LGBTQ+ centre in a large purple building on Market Street, a point of contact…
Santiago de Chile 1
Seattle 1
Stockholm 2
House of QQueer culture & party house · Stockholm Hamnkvarteren / VärtahamnenQueer-run culture and event house in the Värtahamnen harbour district with art, food,…Community CenterRFSL StockholmQueer centre · Stockholm Södermalm (Skanstull)LGBTQI centre of the Stockholm branch of RFSL, with a youth group, seniors' café, groups for newcomers…
Straßburg 1
Stuttgart 1
Sydney 2
Museums & ExhibitionsQtopia SydneyMuseum · Sydney DarlinghurstSince 2024, Qtopia has been telling the story of the queer community in the former Darlinghurst police station –…The Red Rattler TheatreQueer theatre · Sydney MarrickvilleNon-profit, volunteer-run theatre in Marrickville, founded in 2009 by five queer women artists. Depending on the seating, it…
São Paulo 4
Community CenterCasa 1Queer centre · São Paulo Bela VistaAn LGBTQIAPN+ centre in Bela Vista that began in 2017 as a shelter for young people…Casa FluidaQueer bar & art space · São Paulo ConsolaçãoAn LGBTQIAP+ house for art, food and drag in a 1960s building. With a…CinemaCine RepúblicaCruising cinema · São Paulo RepúblicaOne of the old city-centre cinemas on Avenida Ipiranga near Praça da República, long used as a…Museums & ExhibitionsMuseu da Diversidade SexualLGBT museum · São Paulo RepúblicaAn LGBT museum opened in 2012 on the mezzanine of República metro station, according to its own…
Tel Aviv 1
Toronto 3
Buddies in Bad Times TheatreQueer theatre · Toronto Church-Wellesley VillageQueer theatre near Church Street that stages new plays and the Rhubarb! festival and, with Tallulah's, also…Community CenterThe 519Queer centre · Toronto Church-Wellesley VillageLarge 2SLGBTQ+ community centre on Church Street with counselling, health and legal services, groups and courses.Free servicesDrop-inAddress519…The ArQuivesQueer archive · Toronto Church-Wellesley VillageCanada's national 2SLGBTQIA+ archive in a house on Isabella Street, with a reading room, exhibitions and tours…
Toulouse 1
Valparaíso 1
Vancouver 2
Little Sister’s Book & Art EmporiumQueer bookshop · Vancouver Davie VillageQueer bookshop and adult shop in Davie Village, known for its legal fight against censorship that went…Community CenterQMUNITYQueer centre · Vancouver Davie VillageResource centre for queer, trans and Two-Spirit people in British Columbia, with counselling, legal advice and groups.Free…