Clapham Feelers
London's first gay touch rugby team, started in July 2015 by six people in the park and now over 50 players on Clapham Common. No membership fee at all: turn up on a Saturday morning.
South · Sat, Wed · Free · Beginners
Gay things to do in south London
14 clubs and groups in south london, with training nights, fees and the beginner route into each.
Rugby
Football
Charlton Invicta FC
Started as Bexley Invicta on 15 January 2011 and affiliated to Charlton Athletic Community Trust on 24 August 2017, the first LGBTQI+ friendly team attached to a professional club's trust. Four sides across the London Unity League and the GFSN, and Tuesday night training at the Charlton training ground in New Eltham.
South · Tue · Beginners
London Titans FC
Formed in 2005 and the club with the most teams in London: six, across the London Unity League, the GFSN, the Southern Sunday Football League and a development side. Training is Monday evenings on a 3G pitch in south west London.
South · Mon · Beginners
Millwall Romans
Formed as the London Romans in 2006 in north London, then taken in by Millwall Community Trust and moved south of the river. Three entries this season: Millwall Romans and Millwall Pride in London Unity League Division 1, Millwall Romans Pride in GFSN Division Two. No training night is published, so email and ask.
South
Badminton
Choirs and bands
Arts and crafts
Books
Chosen Family Book Club
A roughly monthly book club in New Cross that reads around gender, race, Palestine, disability and spirituality. Run by Kaz, open to anyone, with queer, trans, disabled and BIPOC voices put first. £5 to £12 a session at Corner New Cross.
South · Beginners
Reading is Gay
London's gay book club: a relaxed monthly social for readers at The Railway in Clapham, with Meet the Author evenings when the month's writer comes in (Phil Melanson for Florenzer in November) and a Nonfiction Night in December. Sign-up is through Instagram.
South · Tue · Beginners
Quiz nights
Drag, cabaret and comedy
Solve-Along-A-Murder-She-Wrote
Tim Benzie's interactive screening of a Murder, She Wrote episode at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern: a whodunit poll, a Cabot Cove quiz, clips of the campy guest stars and Angela Lansbury on the big screen. Running since 2018 and one of Time Out's fifty great London nights. £12 to £16, a new episode every month or two.
South · Thu · Beginners
The Art of Drag course
Michael Twaits's ten-week drag course at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern: Monday evenings, 7.30 to 9.30, building a character and a solo routine through masterclasses in hosting, lip-sync, comedy and the business of cabaret, then a graduation showcase on the RVT stage. Running since at least 2021; the next course starts 18 January 2027, £150 to £350.
South · Mon · Beginners
Everything else
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New clubs, changed training nights, and the occasional weekend. No more than that.
Or come and meet people all at once.
A weekend away with a group of gay men, and nothing to prove.