Gay Wt

Contents:

• ‘GAY WT’ – A BOOK ON LGBT HISTORY BRISTOL AND BATH 1970 TO 2010
• LOS ANGEL GAY SNAS
• BATH GAY BARS
• GAY KEY WT
• GAY LOS ANGEL
• A PEEK UNR THE TOWEL: INSI THE 500-YEAR HISTORY OF GAY BATHHO
• THE 5 BEST MOSW GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS MOSW
• MOSW GAY BARS

‘GAY WT’ – A BOOK ON LGBT HISTORY BRISTOL AND BATH 1970 TO 2010

We are the longt nng group the South Wt of England for gay men, lbians, bisexuals and transgenr people, providg a safe and supportive social group Bath, Bristol and surroundg areas. About - Gay Wt. Gay Wt is a social and support group verg Bristol, Bath and the surroundg area.

LOS ANGEL GAY SNAS

It n trace s origs back to April 1970 when the Bristol group of the Campaign for Homosexual Equaly (CHE Bristol) was found. The other foundg anisatn was Bath Gay Awarens Group (BGAG), which was set up tumn 1971.

The groups held regular meetgs of their members, ved outsi speakers and wrote to MPs and Councillors to try to get them to support chang the law to remove some of the anomali left by the 1967 Sexual Offenc Act, which partially crimalised male homosexualy.

In 1982, CHE rtctured self and the Bath Group renamed s self to GAYWEST, aimg to bee a more social group but still volved polil activism. Early the followg year, CHE Bristol merged wh GayWt, which sce has vered the area of the old County of Avon (Bristol, Bath and surroundg areas).

BATH GAY BARS

GayWt gave support and a sense of rpect at a time when Gay people felt unr attack om vic headl the tabloid prs over the HIV/AIDS epimic and the ernments sectn 28, which tried to prevent lol thori om takg posive measur towards LGBT people Edutn and other facili. As more attractive mercial venu and social and sports anisatns terg for LGBT people appeared lolly, the need for GayWt dimished and the number of members gradually fell.

GAY KEY WT

Membership stabilised around 90s the early 2000’s and sce then GayWt has ntued to thrive. In 2020, GayWt reached s fifth . GayWt will ntue to provi a space for LGBT people to make iends, socialise and maybe fd lastg partners.

GAY LOS ANGEL

GayWts most popular event is “The Rabow Café” open every Saturday Bath om 10. We are a men's only sna  Bath for Gay, Bi and Cur men.

you have been ed to the past; Gone is the seedy look and feel that you would normally expect om a Gay Men's Sna! If you are GAY, Bi or jt Cur then The Sue is the place to go!!!!

A PEEK UNR THE TOWEL: INSI THE 500-YEAR HISTORY OF GAY BATHHO

October 2011 saw the publitn of a remarkable book ‘Gay Wt: Civil Society, Communy and LGBT History Bristol and Bath 1970 to 2010’ wrten by Robert How, a member of OutStori Bristol.

THE 5 BEST MOSW GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS MOSW

This book analys the velopment of the lol movement, focg on the history of Gay Wt, a social and support group which, together wh s precsors, the Campaign for Homosexual Equaly Bristol Group and Bath Gay Awarens Group, is one of the longt-lastg LGBT anisatns the untry.

The book sets Gay Wt s lol and natnal ntext, scribg the early mercial gay scene Bristol and Bath as well as the other LGBT anisatns which were set up the mid-1970s. The clud Bristol Lbian and Gay Swchboard, Bristol Gay Women’s Group,, the Bristol Gay Centre and the Gay Ftivals which were the forenners of today’s Pri celebratns. The story ntu through the 1980s, wh the battl agast HIV/AIDS and Sectn 28, and then to the 1990s and 2000s, as the morn gay scene veloped wh s many mercial facili and specialised LGBT stutns.

Gay Wt shows how a voluntary group anised self and teracted wh the wir LGBT movement and wh polil and social velopments at the natnal level.

MOSW GAY BARS

Gay Wt: Civil Society, Communy and LGBT History Bristol and Bath 1970 to 2010. Available onle om SilverWood Books, Gay’s the Word bookstore London and om good bookshops elsewhere.