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Contents:

• GAY VILLAGE
• THE STRIKG PICTUR THAT CHART THE BIRTH OF MANCHTER'S GAY SCENEFROM SECRET PUBS SALFORD TO UNRGROUND CLUB NIGHTS, A NEW EXHIBN PTUR MANCHTER'S GAY NIGHTLIFE OM THE 70S THROUGH TO THE 90SMENBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSWHAT'S ONBYLUCY LOVELLWHAT'S ON WRER07:00, 25 JUN 2017BOOKMARKKEV CUMMS: PUNK FANS KISSG AT THE RANCH, 1977 (IMAGE: KEV CUMMS)SUBSCRIBE TO OUR DAILY WHAT'S ON NEWSLETTER TO KEEP UP WH WHAT'S HAPPENG AROUND GREATER MANCHTERMORE 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 SUBSCRIBE TO OUR DAILY WHAT'S ON NEWSLETTER TO KEEP UP WH WHAT'S HAPPENG AROUND GREATER MANCHTERINVALID 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!
• GAY BARS MANCHTER
• 'IT FALLY FELT LIKE WE BELONGED': GAY NIGHTLIFE THE 90S, THROUGH THE EY OF THE PHOTOGRAPHER WHO SAW ALL“TO GO OM WHERE YOU ULD GO TO JAIL TO SUDNLY BEG ABLE TO PARTY THE EARLY HOURS OF THE MORNG WH THOANDS OF PEOPLE WAS SURREAL"MENBOOKMARKSHAREWHAT'S ONBYADAM MAIDMENTREPORTER18:08, 20 NOV 2021BOOKMARKPL O'GRADY AS LILY SAVAGE, MANCHTER, 1994 (IMAGE: STUART LN RHOS)THE 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!
• THE 10 BEST MANCHTER GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS MANCHTER
• MANCHTER GAY AND LBIAN SCENE
• GAY MANCHTER: EVERYTHG YOU NEED TO KNOW
• GAY MANCHESTER
• THE 10 BEST MANCHTER GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS MANCHTER
• 'IT FALLY FELT LIKE WE BELONGED': GAY NIGHTLIFE THE 90S, THROUGH THE EY OF THE PHOTOGRAPHER WHO SAW ALL“TO GO OM WHERE YOU ULD GO TO JAIL TO SUDNLY BEG ABLE TO PARTY THE EARLY HOURS OF THE MORNG WH THOANDS OF PEOPLE WAS SURREAL"MENBOOKMARKSHAREWHAT'S ONBYADAM MAIDMENTREPORTER18:08, 20 NOV 2021BOOKMARKPL O'GRADY AS LILY SAVAGE, MANCHTER, 1994 (IMAGE: STUART LN RHOS)THE 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!
• GAY MANCHTER: EVERYTHG YOU NEED TO KNOW
• FLASH THE FLH: MANCHTER'S GAY CLUB HERO – PICTUR

GAY VILLAGE

AboutCentered around the Canal street area Manchter is a thrivg gay scene, which offers a plethora of bars, clubs, rtrants and other nighttime venu for gays and straights & experiencExplore different ways to experience this place. Top ways to experience Gay Village and nearby attractnsThe area Picdilly Garns • 5 m walkPicdilly • 6 m walkBt nearbyWe rank the rtrants and attractns by balancg reviews om our members wh how close they are to this what other travellers are saygLovely Atmosphere and Loads of Fun ?❤️This weekend has seen the annual Pri Ftival, wh the amazg Pri Para, and Canal Street has been a hive of activy and loads of fun. Vised April 2023Travelled soloWrten 7 April 2023Inic and trendy area of the cy*Vised April 2021* Manchter’s Gay Village is a vibrant district the heart of the cy wh Canal Street beg ’s hub.

Canal Street ns along the Rochdale Canal wh a range of bars and rtrants and although hugely signifint there are other areas the village cludg Bloom Street, Richmond Street and Sackville Garns where there is a monument to Alan Turg who was a founr of morn putg who was treated humanely for beg gay.

I have been visg the gay village sce late 1980’s and has always been a great place to vis, is pecially nice the summer months. May 2023 • CouplWe went to the gay village 1st time and went to the church (drag club) jt want to say Charlotte (she/her), Mil (they/them) and Connor (he/him) they ma out night, they are so lovely, welg and rg, fely vis ❤️ Wrten 28 May 2023This review is the subjective opn of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Maybe not so much GAY, haha.

THE STRIKG PICTUR THAT CHART THE BIRTH OF MANCHTER'S GAY SCENEFROM SECRET PUBS SALFORD TO UNRGROUND CLUB NIGHTS, A NEW EXHIBN PTUR MANCHTER'S GAY NIGHTLIFE OM THE 70S THROUGH TO THE 90SMENBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSWHAT'S ONBYLUCY LOVELLWHAT'S ON WRER07:00, 25 JUN 2017BOOKMARKKEV CUMMS: PUNK FANS KISSG AT THE RANCH, 1977 (IMAGE: KEV CUMMS)SUBSCRIBE TO OUR DAILY WHAT'S ON NEWSLETTER TO KEEP UP WH WHAT'S HAPPENG AROUND GREATER MANCHTERMORE 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 SUBSCRIBE TO OUR DAILY WHAT'S ON NEWSLETTER TO KEEP UP WH WHAT'S HAPPENG AROUND GREATER MANCHTERINVALID 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!

From secret Salford pubs the 70s to the unrground club nights of the 90s, the strikg imag document the birth of Manchter's vibrant gay scene. The jubilant scen are stark ntrast to the stggl faced by the LGBT muny the 1970s, when homophobia and prejudice was still rife. Homosexualy had only partly been crimalised 1967 and even by the 1980s, attus were such that the then Greater Manchter Police Chief Constable Jam Anrton was able to keep his job after scribg gay people as 'swirlg about a human csp of their own makg' at the height of the AIDS epimic 1986.

Manchter's first Gay Pri event was held the same year. Today, Manchter Pri's Big Weekend is one of the biggt events the cy's ftival lendar and attracts tens of thoands of people - gay and straight - om all over the world for a four day party the cy's Gay Village.

GAY BARS MANCHTER

Canal Street 2017 is led wh gay bars and rtrants.

'IT FALLY FELT LIKE WE BELONGED': GAY NIGHTLIFE THE 90S, THROUGH THE EY OF THE PHOTOGRAPHER WHO SAW ALL“TO GO OM WHERE YOU ULD GO TO JAIL TO SUDNLY BEG ABLE TO PARTY THE EARLY HOURS OF THE MORNG WH THOANDS OF PEOPLE WAS SURREAL"MENBOOKMARKSHAREWHAT'S ONBYADAM MAIDMENTREPORTER18:08, 20 NOV 2021BOOKMARKPL O'GRADY AS LILY SAVAGE, MANCHTER, 1994 (IMAGE: STUART LN RHOS)THE 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!

” The show forms part of the mm's Never Gog Unrground exhibn, markg 50 years sce the partial crimalisatn of homosexualy. Samantha Fox live the Gay Village. A queer hubManchter boasts the UK’s send largt lbian, gay, bisexual and trans muny after London.

Manchter has always been a hub of creativy, and wh a clearly fabulo gay scene, ’s natural that the cy’s LGBT+ nizens should ntribute to that vibrant and excg ways.

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

Lol venu are very supportive of the cy’s LGBT+ populatn and so you n fd plays pub back rooms, prog-rock fés and fiery scrib recg verse the Gay Village self, Ts has long been rpected for supportg the arts, wh a range of events takg place downstairs. Ts’ owners also n the webse, which serv as a listgs, news and opns portal for the Gay Village. Supported by the Cake T Foundatn, Mother’s Ru is a vivac variety show and muny event, offerg programm such as stand-up, performance, mic, puppetry, sg-alongs, and lots and lots of drsg Mute Theatre is an timate and very gay-iendly theatre Affleck’s Palace, the cy’s Northern Quarter.

Loted on Oxford Road, shows new, die and mastream films; hosts a ol but smart bookshop, wh a very lol edge; and is known for supportg the LGBT, lnched 2008, is a tourg sister ftival to the BFI London Lbian and Gay Film Ftival. The Mm of Science and Indtry sports s own LGBT+ exhib cludg an archive that featur rerd oral ttimoni om key lol fac on the gay scene, cludg poet and mician Rosie Garland (AKA Rosie Lugosi).

MANCHTER GAY AND LBIAN SCENE

More rmatn is available at an alternative take on the cy tour, 2013 LGBT History Month Wrer Rince Andrew McMillan has rerd a Google Maps-based tour of the cy centre that tak you on a poetic but subversive romp through Manchter’s hidn gay world. Read more: MasterChef wner Simon Wood lnch CHEESE fe dg rtrant Manchter By day, he worked at a llege Harrogate teachg further tn (FE) studi, and by night, he was snappg photographs of nightclubbers for gay magaz. His send reer began 1989 at the age of 32 when, durg a trip to Manchter, he picked up a py of gay ze Scene Out.

“I got talkg to a iend Leeds lled Terry Gee at the time and he mentned he wanted to start a new ee gay magaze lled All Pots North and asked if I’d like to be their scene reporter.

GAY MANCHTER: EVERYTHG YOU NEED TO KNOW

“The hub of the whole gay scene the north was Manchter. Alongsi All Pots North, he also end up workg for Gay Tim and other publitns.

Denise Welch at Mr Gay UK Leeds, 1992.

GAY MANCHESTER

” Lookg back on the gay scene the 90s, Stuart says that what stands out to him today is how much of a necsy was at the time. “There isn’t as much of a stigma and ristance towards gay people as there ed to be. “The gay scene has evolved aga and changed a lot those 30 years sce.

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

A lot of younger gay people don’t necsarily need gay bars like we did bee they n go to straight bars that openly accept that they are gay.

'IT FALLY FELT LIKE WE BELONGED': GAY NIGHTLIFE THE 90S, THROUGH THE EY OF THE PHOTOGRAPHER WHO SAW ALL“TO GO OM WHERE YOU ULD GO TO JAIL TO SUDNLY BEG ABLE TO PARTY THE EARLY HOURS OF THE MORNG WH THOANDS OF PEOPLE WAS SURREAL"MENBOOKMARKSHAREWHAT'S ONBYADAM MAIDMENTREPORTER18:08, 20 NOV 2021BOOKMARKPL O'GRADY AS LILY SAVAGE, MANCHTER, 1994 (IMAGE: STUART LN RHOS)THE 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!

“Obvly, there is still homophobia and still plac where ’s not safe to be gay and that’s why I thk gay bars will always be need, but maybe not the quanty they were the 90s.

Football Pri – an event om Football v Homophobia that lifts up LGBTQ+ voic across the game – is returng at Manchter Pri Augt to brg together LGBTQ+ muni wh the world’s most popular sport to party, participate and prott. Alex Kleberg gets up, close and personal wh Stuart Ln Rhos, accintal chronicler of northern England’s gay nightlife the 1990s. Manchter Gay and Lbian Scene.

GAY MANCHTER: EVERYTHG YOU NEED TO KNOW

Home to one of the world's most famo gay villag, the cy of Manchter is certaly open-md and soon realised that the numero themed bars and clubs dotted around Canal Street were an tegral part of the cy's morn, forward-thkg character.

Manchter's famo Canal Street ss wh the Rochdale area of the cy and is loted between Prcs and Sackville Streets, at the very heart of the Gay Village district. Although the earlier openly gay bars began to arrive the early years of the 1970s, the openg of the rather chic Manto bar (Manchter Tomorrow) is 1991 was a talyst to Canal Street beg the gay heart of Manchter.

FLASH THE FLH: MANCHTER'S GAY CLUB HERO – PICTUR

It is this area of Manchter that featured heavily on Channel 4's televisn gay soap 'Queer as Folk', followed by ITV's Bob and Rose, both of which were penned by Rsell T. As a direct rult of this, many gay and lbian lols are now choosg to socialise and party elsewhere, favourg the bars along the vibrant Peter Street, Manchter's Northern Quarter, or those at the Deansgate Locks, where celebri n often be seen hangg out. Manchter Gay Pri Ftival.