Why is Rochford England’s straightt place and Brighton s gay pal? | Sexualy | The Guardian

Contents:

• THE 10 BEST BRIGHTON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS BRIGHTON
• BRIGHTON PRI: UNSEEN IMAG OF 1973 GAY MARCH DISVERED
• THE 10 BEST BRIGHTON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS BRIGHTON
• WHY IS ROCHFORD ENGLAND’S STRAIGHTT PLACE AND BRIGHTON S GAY PAL?
• BT GAY BARS IN BRIGHTON
• GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS BRIGHTON & HOVE
• VISG GAY BRIGHTON, ENGLAND – THE GLOBETROTTER GUYS
• GAY DATG BRIGHTON AND HOVE
• EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS BRIGHTON & HOVE

THE 10 BEST BRIGHTON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS BRIGHTON

People often talk about Gay Brighton but the cy is proud to be welg to the whole muny and every summer we have a Trans Pri Ftival – puttg the ‘T’ first. The tour reveals the history of Brighton om a Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer perspective a lourful 90-mute walk along the beach and historic cy centre.

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BRIGHTON PRI: UNSEEN IMAG OF 1973 GAY MARCH DISVERED

Ask your smart-speaker to “play Gayd Brighton”. Image source, Andy Garth/Arg Photographic ArchivImage ptn, The imag are said to be a missg part of Brighton's LGBT historyNewly-disvered photographs of Brighton's first Gay Pri march 1973 are beg shown for the first time at an old negativ were found a drawer of the Arg newspaper archiv, after the outlet photographed the event but did not publish any march was a forenner of Brighton Pri, the UK's biggt Pri exhibn featurg the pictur is nng throughout Augt at the Ssex Bean the cy's Kemptown source, Andy Garth/Arg Photographic ArchivImage ptn, The march was a 'trag ground' for the activism which followed, Simon Watney saidMembers of Gay Brighton Past, an onle history group, disvered the imag the newspaper's of the group, Alf Le Flohic, om The Universy of Brighton, said nobody knew the photos existed.

"The pictur are a missg part of Brighton's LGBT muny history, so was really important to give everyone the chance to see them, " he source, Andy Garth/Arg Photographic ArchivImage ptn, The march was anised by the Ssex Gay Liberatn Front (SGLF)Mr Le Flohic lked up wh former members of the Ssex Gay Liberatn Front (SGLF) - who anised the march - as part of his rearch to the event. Founr Simon Watney said: "The ia that one's 'Glad to be Gay' may sound terribly naive today, but was the begng of a whole notn that you uld be lbian or gay and not be ashamed.

"Image source, Andy Garth/Arg Photographic ArchivImage ptn, A police officer wh the group durg the marchFormer SGLF spokman Graham Phillips, who attend the march, said at the time that "many homosexuals 'rponsible jobs' steered clear of the mo" for fear of beg intified and sacked. However, spe the low turnout, other gay events at the time proved popular.

THE 10 BEST BRIGHTON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS BRIGHTON

1986 a televisn documentary programme reported that there was an timated populatn of gay men Brighton of 15, 000 [2]. The Brighton Ourstory Project was set up to llect and prerve the lbian and gay history muny the area, but closed 2013. In 2022 the film My Policeman starrg Harry Styl as a 1950s Brighton gay police officer, was set the area of Brighton and adjog Lew District Council area.

Brighton has long been noted for s active gay scene, wh a large number of gay venu, several of them the Kemp Town area. St Jam's Street hosts a number of gay venu, of which the Bulldog claims to be Brighton's longt-nng gay bar. The Queen's Head, not far om St Jam's Street, was a gay pub for a number of years.

WHY IS ROCHFORD ENGLAND’S STRAIGHTT PLACE AND BRIGHTON S GAY PAL?

Brighton and Hove Sea Serpents is a gay gby club, found 2015.

↑ Brighton 'has most gay upl'.

↑ Gareth Davi, "Landmark is cy's first gay gby team pete gural match" Eveng Arg, 22 Febary 2016. Brighton and Hove, for s England’s unofficial gay pal, n now wear the official crown. One 10 people aged over 16 the cy intified themselv as lbian, gay, bisexual or “other sexual orientatn” the 2021 cens.

BT GAY BARS IN BRIGHTON

It was exactly le wh the s-old timat based on the works of the 1940s US profsor Aled Ksey who ntend homosexualy was far more wispread than officialdom ntrast, the district of Rochford Essex was shown as the straightt place England. 6% of the populatn there said they were LGB+, suggtg that those livg the largely ral, somewhat nservative area near Southend-on-Sea are six tim ls likely to be gay than those Brighton and Hove.

Unlike Rochford, Brighton has a long history of pneerg gay rights, om s bars and clubs to s annual Pri ftival. Last year the cy said farewell to the self-proclaimed “olst gay the village”, Gee Montague, who died aged 98 after s of mpaigng. “Brighton has a huge amount of LGBT+ venu and muny support anisatns that mak a very very attractive place for LGBT+ people to live, ” said the gay rights mpaigner Peter Tatchell.

GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS BRIGHTON & HOVE

Dpe the generally more gay-iendly atmosphere there is still a problem wh gay-bashg attacks.

3 ln people England and Wal intify as lbian, gay or bisexual, cens data has revealed for the first people aged 16 and over, more than 1. 5% - 748, 000 - intify as gay or lbian, and 624, 000 (1.

VISG GAY BRIGHTON, ENGLAND – THE GLOBETROTTER GUYS

6 was circulated, the ernment said the rmatn would provi evince about equali to tackle discrimatn and improve cisns ma about health re, tn, employment, hog and social servic for lbian, gay and bisexual people. 7%) of people intifyg as "LGB+", - lbian, gay, bisexual or any non-heterosexual sexual of the other lol thori the top 10 were Wal, Cardiff was the lol thory wh the biggt LGB+ populatn (5. Smaller surveys have dited that ls than 2% of the populatn of England and Wal currently intify as lbian or gay.

GAY DATG BRIGHTON AND HOVE

0%) chose not to disclose their genr who did answer were able to select om optns cludg heterosexual, gay, lbian and bisexual.

However, prev surveys found 16-24-year-olds are more likely to intify as lbian, gay or bisexual, and recent years there has been a small gradual cle the number of people intifyg as exclively straight. The latt England and Wal cens data revealed what many have known for many moons and rabows: Brighton and Hove is one the gayt plac the UK.

EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS BRIGHTON & HOVE

Unsurprisgly, ’s here that the majory of the gay attractns ri: bars, clubs, rtrants, hotels, and beach areas are signated as primarily aimed at our LGBTQ+ cy is the midst of a wele urban regeneratn and new-opengs boom.

And, of urse, Brighton’s nudist beach (which attracts many a gay man) is jt a flip-flop skip away. Dpe all the rehments, echo of Brighton’s gay and lbian past are palpable.

Ftival at The Royal PavilnAlamyThe Queer QuarterBrighton’s gay village is ntled around Kemptown’s St. A new venue, Glamoro Bar, is due to open on the se of Lé Village gay pub later 2023.