"For the morng gays": The importance of LGBTQ-owned f as sober, queer spac |

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• "FOR THE MORNG GAYS": THE IMPORTANCE OF LGBTQ-OWNED F AS SOBER, QUEER SPAC
• LGBT UNY GLASGOWABOUT USLGBT UNY GLASGOW IS A GROUP WHICH SUPPORTS LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, ASEXUAL, AND INTERSEX REFUGE, ASYLUM SEEKERS AND OTHER MIGRANTS. WE AIM TO;- PROVI A SAFE SOCIAL GROUP.- PRACTILLY SUPPORT AND SIGNPOST PEOPLE CLAIMG ASYLUM AND UNRSTAND THEIR RIGHTS.- GATHER RMATN AND CREATE ROURC.- NETWORK WH EXISTG LGBT AND REFUGEE GROUPS.- FIGHT FOR LGBT RIGHTS BOTH THE UK AND ABROAD.WE WELE ANYONE WHO IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE AIMS OF THIS GROUP.WE HOLD MEETGS TWICE A MONTH AT A SECRET LOTN GLASGOW AND THERE IS A REFERRALS PROCS. THE BI-WEEKLY MEETGS ARE FOR LGBTQI+ PEOPLE ONLY.LGBT UNITY GLASGOW IS A CHARY REGISTERED STLAND, NO: SC051910UPG EVENTS
• BT GAY BARS IN GLASGOW
• GAY GLASGOW · HOTELS
• GLASGOW STLAND GAY PRI

"FOR THE MORNG GAYS": THE IMPORTANCE OF LGBTQ-OWNED F AS SOBER, QUEER SPAC

We're jt for the morng gays. "When people thk of gay spac or queer spac, they immediately thk of a nightclub or bar — maybe a ltle hole the wall, " he said. Gay bars hold a eply important place the history of LGBTQ rights and visibily the Uned Stat.

For s and s, jt visg a gay bar was a high-risk activy. For young members of the LGBTQ muny, gog out to a gay or lbian bar was almost like a re of passage. Growg up as a queer, Black women Louisville, Kentucky, Arielle Clark said that she felt like there were certa "ton" she wanted to meet to feel at home the muny: She wanted to attend Kentucky Pri and meet other LGBTQ people, and then she wanted to get to some kd of gay bar or nightclub bee that's where everyone spent time on the weekends.

LGBT UNY GLASGOWABOUT USLGBT UNY GLASGOW IS A GROUP WHICH SUPPORTS LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, ASEXUAL, AND INTERSEX REFUGE, ASYLUM SEEKERS AND OTHER MIGRANTS. WE AIM TO;- PROVI A SAFE SOCIAL GROUP.- PRACTILLY SUPPORT AND SIGNPOST PEOPLE CLAIMG ASYLUM AND UNRSTAND THEIR RIGHTS.- GATHER RMATN AND CREATE ROURC.- NETWORK WH EXISTG LGBT AND REFUGEE GROUPS.- FIGHT FOR LGBT RIGHTS BOTH THE UK AND ABROAD.WE WELE ANYONE WHO IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE AIMS OF THIS GROUP.WE HOLD MEETGS TWICE A MONTH AT A SECRET LOTN GLASGOW AND THERE IS A REFERRALS PROCS. THE BI-WEEKLY MEETGS ARE FOR LGBTQI+ PEOPLE ONLY.LGBT UNITY GLASGOW IS A CHARY REGISTERED STLAND, NO: SC051910UPG EVENTS

Dr Meek plotted a number of maps published on his webse Queer Stland by terviewg gay men as part of his PHD. He pored though archiv, legal rerds and gay magaz datg back to the 1980s, which listed bars, clubs, rtrants and cemas where people uld vis. Same-sex sexual activy wasn't legalised Stland until 1981 but there were many bars, rtrants and hot-spots across the cy for gay men and women to meet.

BT GAY BARS IN GLASGOW

Gay and bisexual men were forced to refully partmentalise their liv to keep their sexualy unr wraps and avoid beg exposed – as the nsequenc on their workg liv, fai and reputatns would be grave.

Dr Meek's terviewe also told how officers would also e to pubs at closg time on Friday and Saturday night for a drk to timidate patrons and staff, g homophobic language.

GAY GLASGOW · HOTELS

” There were gay or gay-iendly bars such as Vtners on Cly Street, At's and The Strand on Hope Street, while the bars at the Cizen's Theatre and the Central Hotel beme safe spac for the muny to socialise the 1950s and 1960s – even if they were not advertised as such.

GLASGOW STLAND GAY PRI

By the 1980s, there were more openly gay and mixed bars on the scene such as Delmoni's, Guys Bar, the Waterloo Bar and Bent's (now AXM) which attracted a typilly younger, more affluent crowd. The historian argu ltle has been done to regnise the cy's rich LGBTQ herage: One example was the Glasgow Gay Centre at 534 Schiehall Street, where the Charg X Hostel now stands.