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Gay scene
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Cape Town is South Africa's - and indeed, the African continent's - gay capital. The city has always had a strident and vibrant gay culture, and is on its way to becoming an African Sydney, attracting gay travellers from across the country and the globe. Cape Town's
gay quarter
, with B&Bs, guesthouses, pubs, clubs, cruise bars, video shows, restaurants with cabaret, strip shows and steam baths, is concentrated along the entertainment strips of Somerset Road and Main Road in the interconnected inner-city suburbs of Green Point, Sea Point and De Waterkant, adjacent to the centre, where a number of establishments flaunt their pink credentials by flying a distinctive multicoloured gay flag.
Cape Town hosts an annual
gay party
, organized by Mother City Queer Projects (
), a hugely popular event usually held in mid-December at the
River Club
(tel 021 448 6117) in Observatory. People dress as outrageously as possible according to a theme (past ones have included "on safari", "underwater" and "farm fresh") and the event seeks to rival Sydney's Mardi Gras. There's also an annual
gay pride festival
(
) around the same time. Other useful information
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