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NEW GAY RUGBY CLUB FOR BRIGHTON & HOVE
An article by John Montgomery Gay News Sept 1973 [2] timated the number of gays the town to be 5, 000. 1986 a televisn documentary programme reported that there was an timated populatn of gay men Brighton of 15, 000 [4]. 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.