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Showing upis the hard part.
Everything we've learned running hosted LGBTQIA+ events, written down. No theory - just what works when you're trying to build a circle from scratch.
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How to makegay friends in your 30s
Friendship in your 20s happens by accident: flatmates, uni, the same bar every Friday. In your 30s it takes a plan. The good news is that the thing that makes it hard - everyone's calendar is full - is also the thing you can solve, by putting something regular in the diary that other people have already committed to.
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Going to eventson your own
Almost everyone at their first club event came alone, and almost everyone spent the day before it thinking about cancelling. Here's what actually happens, and how to make the first ten minutes painless.
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What is agay social club?
A gay social club is a membership group that runs a regular calendar of hosted, real-world events for LGBTQIA+ people. You pay monthly, you see what's on, you RSVP to what suits you, and a host runs the night so nobody has to organise anything.
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Meeting gay peoplewithout the apps
Deleting the apps is easy. Replacing them is the hard part, because the apps solved one genuine problem: they told you who was nearby and queer. Anything you use instead has to answer the same question offline.
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Making friendsin a new city
The first month in a new city is busy: the flat, the job, the admin. The loneliness usually lands around month three, once the novelty is gone and the calendar is still empty. The way to avoid it is to build the social side before you feel the gap.
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The Gay Social Club runs hosted events every week in twelve cities. Find yours and see what's on.
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