Instead I imagine them staying at home indulging in some armchair queer-bashing, leaving us to drink our lager and fancy coffees, to kiss and to cruise wherever we want. The proliferation of obvious gay and lesbian landmarks all around the capital is because so many gay men and lesbians have now made London their home that the bigots can't shout at us every time they see us in the street, or throw a brick through every gay bar window. London isn't the most tolerant city on the planet.