Since LICK opened its permanent space in Vauxhall last summer, Edwardes says she's seen "a lot of new nights" launched as "people have realised how just popular and needed" they are. All these elements have created something that people have embraced and really run with." Co-owner John Sizzle told VICE last year: "The reason we make money is because we work bloody hard and our emphasis has been not on profit, but on glamour and fun and entertainment and theatre and community. Call me!"Īlso flourishing is The Glory, which this month celebrates five years of bringing forward-thinking drag and off-the-wall parties to an east London area it's playfully renamed "Faggerston". "If some rich sugar daddy with deep pockets wants to buy the RVT for the community and protect the UK's first Grade II listed queer building forever, we have plans. "While that's the case we need to be vigilant," he warns. The RVT Future campaign's Rob Holley says this historic south London venue is now "flourishing" as a business, but points out it's still owned by the same Austrian property development company that wanted to flip it for a profit. Thanks to a grassroots campaign to protect it from property developers, for example, the future of the Royal Vauxhall Tavern looks less precarious than it did five years ago. Still, instead of blaming dating apps for killing off gay bars, it's important to highlight the exciting ways in which the scene continues to evolve.
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