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• A MANC’S GUI TO: THE GAY VILLAGE, MORE THAN JT A LATE-NIGHT PARTY DISTRICT
• [@]THE GAY VILLAGE - CANAL ST
• GAY VILLAGE
• 'IT'S GOODNIGHT FOR IF WE N'T DO THIS': WHAT THE GAY VILLAGE NEEDS TO SURVIVE THE PANMIC'IT’S AN OPPORTUNY FOR TO WORK TOGETHER AND HAVE A REBIRTH OF THE VILLAGE'MENBOOKMARKSHARENEWSBYADAM MAIDMENTREPORTER07:35, 6 JUN 2020BOOKMARKA PACKED CANAL STREETTHE WEEKLY EMAIL BRGS YOU ALL THE LATT NEWS OM THE LGBTQ+ MUNY PL EXCLIVE TERVIEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOXMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 THE WEEKLY EMAIL BRGS YOU ALL THE LATT NEWS OM THE LGBTQ+ MUNY PL EXCLIVE TERVIEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOXINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
• ALL ABOUT MANCHTER’S GAY VILLAGE
• BARPOPFRIENDLY GAY CLUB, POPULAR WH A YOUNGER STUNT CROWD.MANCHTERMENUHOTELSAPARTMENTSBARSLBIAN BARSDANCE CLUBSCISE CLUBSMASSAGESNASTOURSCY GUIGAY MAPGAY WEDDGSBARPOP
• MOSW GAY BARS
• RH, “AN ALL NEW GAY BAR” G TO SHAW, POSTS LIQUOR LICENSE PLARD

A MANC’S GUI TO: THE GAY VILLAGE, MORE THAN JT A LATE-NIGHT PARTY DISTRICT

Manchter's World famo Gay Village district on Canal & AntonOwners of BarPop & The ChurchJohn Haton, has been the dtry for over 30 years. Please e and jo John, Anton and the team on our journey as we ntue to brg the Gay Village alive!

Gay Village Bars. Owner John Haton and his hband Anton opened Bar Pop on Canal Street back 2013 and have been creatg gay-iendly bars and spac for over 30 years.

Intifyg as an ‘IndieDisElectroHomoMadHiphopBrPopFunkyKdaShagtasticQueerThg’, Bar Pop on Manchter’s vibrant Canal Street is known for s iendly atmosphere, and top drawer drag shows. Known for s late-night clubs and cheap drks als, the Gay Village is popular wh Manchter partygoers - but there's more gog on behd the scen. Today, Manchter’s Gay Village is a verable party district.

[@]THE GAY VILLAGE - CANAL ST

The neighbourhood has weled a gay clientele sce the 1940s, but, by all acunts, ’s only the past twenty years or so that thgs have really started to turn a rner, spe homosexualy beg crimalised 1967.

GAY VILLAGE

An excerpt om Mancunian Gay magaze 1984 tled ‘Not tonight, Anrton’ tells the story of how one night 20 pla cloth officers stormed to Napoleons and forced everyone attendance to provi their personal rmatn before beg allowed to leave – an cint that was later brand as “an obv se of police victimisatn” a prs release issued by the Gay Centre. In spe of this, the first Gay Pub and Club Olympics event (now thought of as the gural Manchter Pri) still went ahead on the Augt Bank Holiday weekend of 1985. Notably, had the support of a new generatn of Labour uncillors elected 1984 – who gave the gay muny their support and appoted Lbian and Gay officers.

'IT'S GOODNIGHT FOR IF WE N'T DO THIS': WHAT THE GAY VILLAGE NEEDS TO SURVIVE THE PANMIC'IT’S AN OPPORTUNY FOR TO WORK TOGETHER AND HAVE A REBIRTH OF THE VILLAGE'MENBOOKMARKSHARENEWSBYADAM MAIDMENTREPORTER07:35, 6 JUN 2020BOOKMARKA PACKED CANAL STREETTHE WEEKLY EMAIL BRGS YOU ALL THE LATT NEWS OM THE LGBTQ+ MUNY PL EXCLIVE TERVIEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOXMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 THE WEEKLY EMAIL BRGS YOU ALL THE LATT NEWS OM THE LGBTQ+ MUNY PL EXCLIVE TERVIEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOXINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!

Inspired by Ken Livgstone‘s early days on the Greater London Council, those new uncillors created an Equal Opportuni Commtee and appoted Maggie Turner and Pl Fairweather what would prove a landmark move for gay rights the north of England. 1986 saw thgs gradually improve for the muny, as uncillors’ ‘put their arms around’ the gay muny, welg a Northern Pri event 1986 and ntributg public funds towards the celebratns. As the ’80s ntued, Manchter’s fight for gay rights ntued wh the Sectn 28 march 1988 actg as a huge turng pot as the Thatcher ernment’s dranian legislatn brought people out onto the streets to prott their drov.

Still, wasn’t until the early neti that the Gay Village weled s first openly-gay bar and even then police raids the area ntued right up to 1994. The battl agast stutnal homophobia were still beg fought, clearly, and some ntued to ll the Canal Street area ‘Satan’s Square Mile’ – but the openg of new nightclubs like Cz 101 and semal events Electric Chair and Poptastic saw the muny phg back. Repurposed at the end of the Indtrial Revolutn to a gay quarter that has sce bee one of the most famo the world, Manchter has a lot of thgs to be proud of – and the village is fely up there wh the bt.

ALL ABOUT MANCHTER’S GAY VILLAGE

Habha – A hidn foodie gem the heart of the gay village, the Ethpian rtrant Habha ss above a pretty n-of-the-l takeaway and is que easy to miss.

Read more: The Ethpian rtrant hidn above a takeaway Manchter’s gay village. Napoleons – The olst gay pub the neighbourhood, Napoleon’s dat all the way back to 1941 and provis a safe space for trans people, crossdrsers and drag queens. Churchills – Somethg of an stutn the Gay Village, Churchills always has a buzz about .

BARPOPFRIENDLY GAY CLUB, POPULAR WH A YOUNGER STUNT CROWD.MANCHTERMENUHOTELSAPARTMENTSBARSLBIAN BARSDANCE CLUBSCISE CLUBSMASSAGESNASTOURSCY GUIGAY MAPGAY WEDDGSBARPOP

Vanilla – The only lbian venue an unniably gay-domated neighbourhood, Vanilla is probably more nightclub than bar. Cz 101 – This gay nightclub an old textile warehoe is ready to party seven days a week, wh a range of different nights playg everythg om cuttg-edge hoe to mercial floor-fillers and 80s, 90s and 00s classics.

MOSW GAY BARS

New York New York – From cktails the glam Queens Bar, to live baret, DJ sets and dancg ’til late the club, ‘Party Palace’ NYNY is open to party seven nights a week A safe, iendly, welg space for all, ’s sat the heart of the Gay Village for over thirty years.

RH, “AN ALL NEW GAY BAR” G TO SHAW, POSTS LIQUOR LICENSE PLARD

Osrs – This timate, theatre-style gay bar shows film clips om a mix of classic and morn mils and offers live mic om sgers and pianists on selected nights.