Friend of Dorothy
Gay men's social events built around doing something: board games at Draughts, a Surrey Hills hike, a supper club, cooking, climbing, canoeing, life drawing, pottery, a Sunday yoga club and a strength class, most of them at The Ministry in Borough, most of them £5 to £20. The pitch on every page is the same: meet gay men, make friends, outside of apps and bars. Tickets on their own site.
- Who it's for
- Men
- Find them
- Website@friendofdorothy.uk
When and where
Sunday 11.30am
Gay Men's Yoga Club: Flow to Restore, most Sundays late morning; dates on the site
The Ministry, Borough
All levels, bodies and abilities, by the listing · £5 to £7.50
Sunday 11am to 12.15pm
LGBTQ+ Strength Sweat with Workout With Pride, a Sunday morning; dates on the site
The Ministry, Borough
All levels · £7.50 · Everyone
Class at 11, a post-workout social in The Ministry cafe after.
Pottery, life drawing, cooking, dance, climbing, canoeing and axe throwing on dates the site lists a few weeks ahead
The Ministry, Borough, and the activity's own venue
£5 to £20
Coming up
Tuesday 20 October 7pm to 10.30pm
FOD's first big social, with Queera Lynn at 8pm
The Ministry, Borough
£12
Tickets and detailsFriday 23 October 7pm to 9.30pm
Supper Club at Boro Bistro, with No Sex Gay Weekend
Boro Bistro, Borough Market, SE1 9QQ
£30, three courses and a welcome drink
Tickets and detailsSunday 25 October 11am to 12.15pm
LGBTQ+ Strength Sweat
The Ministry, Borough
£7.50
Tickets and detailsWednesday 28 October 6.45pm to 10pm
Theatre Club: Derren Brown at the Apollo
Meet at The White Horse, Rupert Street; show at the Apollo Theatre, W1D 7EZ
£30
Tickets and detailsSunday 1 November 11.30am to 1pm
Yoga Club: Flow to Restore
The Ministry, Borough
£7.50
Tickets and details
Never done it before
Pick anything on friend-of-dorothy.com/pages/events and buy the ticket; every listing says coming alone is normal and that the group gets you into small groups so nobody stands at the edge. The games night and the yoga club are the gentlest first goes.
What they don't say
- Most events show "Multiple dates" on the site and reveal their dates only in the ticket picker, which could not be read; the seven dates here are the ones printed on the page.
- The Ministry's postcode is not on the event pages; the listing has no area for that reason.
- Whether the Sunday yoga club and strength class run every week is not stated; both are listed as the next date only.
Every fact here was checked on 11 October 2026, against 10 sources. Training nights and fees change, so if something is out of date, tell us.
Hear when something new is added.
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.