Gay/Lesbian entertainment in Brazil
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Bar Beirute
This Brasília institution has a massive outdoor patio packed with an edgier crowd than most spots. It’s a GLS point – the clever Brazilian acronym for gays, lesbians and sympathetics – but it’s really a free-for-all. There’s no better spot for a cold Antarctica – except maybe the South Pole! You can get Middle Eastern food here as well (dishes R$5 to R$24).
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Boa Vista’s most prominent gay club makes the most of its once-weekly schedule, with dancing and drinking until dawn. This is actually a GLS spot – gay, lesbiana, e simpatizante (gay, lesbian, and down straight people) – and foreigners are welcome.
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Week
Both luxurious and cavernous, this club is the place to go if you like sweaty, shirtless, gym-hardened bodies. With two dance floors, three lounges, six bars, state-of-the-art light and sound, and an outdoor pool, it is like a big gay world unto itself.
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Turma OK
The oldest club in South America has lots of trashy music (and we mean that in the kindest way) and attracts people from all over Rio – and the rest of the world. Not surprisingly, it gets very animated around Carnaval time.
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Farol Madalena
One of the city’s top lesbian clubs, this smallish place packs in the young ladies for dinner (mains R$20 to R$30) as well as both live music and DJs as the evening progresses.
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Star Club
This wicked place has entertained people for over 12 years. You’ll find glamorous and trashy visitors, bizarre drag shows, karaoke, a dark room and other attractions.
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Bar Bofetada
This place is frequented by gay guys enjoying a glass of beer after the beach. It’s a good place to watch the boys doing the catwalk up and down Rua Farme de Amoedo.
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Lov.e Club & Lounge
Yet another temple to electronic music, with a superb sound system, a mixed gay-straight clientele, and a varied line-up, including drum-and-bass and Rio-style funk
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D-Edge
With one of the city's most remarkable sound systems and a roster of world-famous DJs, this mixed gay-straight club is a 'don't miss' for fans of electronica.
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Concorde Club
Two dance floors pulse to a heavy bass, while swirling bodies lose themselves in the flashing lights. Three bars ensure that dancers do not get dehydrated.
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Quixabeira
A mixed crowd frequents this gay-friendly bar to enjoy drinks and small bites in a charming old house; there's often live music in the pleasant back patio.
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La Cueva
This small club caters mostly for bear crowds and the more mature on weekends, but throws great parties on weekdays, especially Tuesday.
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Copa
The Copa, a restaurant, bar and dance club, is a relaxed hangout, attracting an ‘intellectual’ crowd of guys and girls aged 30 and up.
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Le Boy
The most extravagant gay balls are found at Le Boy. To help get in the mood, this is a good place to don a costume.
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Off Club
Attracting a mixed crowd and also popular with lesbians, this club has two dance floors complete with go-go boys and girls.
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The Week
Rio’s newest and (currently) best gay dance club has a spacious dance floor, excellent DJs and lots of go-go dancers.
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Metrópole
Recife’s best gay (and GLS) club has drag shows, go-go boys, Saturday theme parties and a bar with live music.
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Cine Ideal
An old movie theater, and now an electronic music club, Ideal has an outdoor terrace with views of old Rio.
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Cabaret Casanova
This is one of Rio’s oldest clubs, featuring a good mixed crowd, drag queens and slightly trashy music.
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Havana Café
This gay venue attracts gays and straights, who pack the dance floors on weekend nights to house music.
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Dama de Ferro
This club boasts one of the best electronic-music scenes in town but no one goes until very late.
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Space Club
Cool club in the west part of the city, with beautiful boys and tribal music.
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Casa da Lua
This lesbian bar is in a leafy part of Ipanema and serves great drinks.
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