My Hometown - A Gay History Of Luton - LGBT+ History Month

Contents:

• THE BEST LUTON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS LUTON
• THE BEST LUTON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS LUTON
• MY HOMETOWN – A GAY HISTORY OF LUTON
• GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS LUTON
• LGBTQ+ AFFIRMG COUNSELLORS LUTON, ENG
• WHY WE MT HAVE THE RIGHT TO LL ALLAH GAY
• EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS LUTON
• FAR-RIGHT CANADIAN WOMAN ‘BANNED OM UK’ AFTER ‘SOCIAL EXPERIMENT’ LUTON CLAIMG ‘ALLAH IS GAY’ IS BROKEN UP BY POLICE
• MY HOMETOWN – A GAY HISTORY OF LUTON
• THE BEST LUTON GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS LUTON
• MY HOMETOWN – A GAY HISTORY OF LUTON
• LGBTQ+ AFFIRMG COUNSELLORS LUTON, ENG

THE BEST LUTON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS LUTON

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MY HOMETOWN – A GAY HISTORY OF LUTON

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Image source, Tham Valley PoliceImage ptn, Peter Farquhar and Ann Moore-Mart were both sgle and vulnerableBoth Peter Farquhar and Ann Moore-Mart were relig, sgle and whout Farquhar retired as Stowe School's head of English 2004 and was ved to be a gut lecturer at the Universy of Buckgham, where he met stunt the urt se, the jury heard how Mr Farquhar had a wi circle of iends but he was lonely and, as a gay man, he stggled wh his sexualy, regardg as patible wh his Anglin fah. Onle EventThu, Aug 3 · 6:00 PM UTCProud2Be LGBTQ+ Onle SocialGroup name:Proud2Be • Newton Abbot, D4Group name:Proud2BeNewton Abbot, D4Onle EventSat, Aug 19 · 1:00 PM UTCProud2Be LGBTQ+ Onle SocialGroup name:Proud2Be • Newton Abbot, D4Group name:Proud2BeNewton Abbot, D4Onle EventTue, Aug 15 · 12:00 AM UTCReverg From Relig Trma wh Mary ClarkGroup name:Consc Lbian/Queer Datg & Love London • London, 17Group name:Consc Lbian/Queer Datg & Love LondonLondon, 17Onle EventFri, Aug 11 · 11:00 PM UTCLbian Datg & Love for HSPs (And Those Who Love Them) Masterclass + WorkshopGroup name:Consc Lbian/Queer Datg & Love London • London, 17Group name:Consc Lbian/Queer Datg & Love LondonLondon, 17Onle EventThu, Aug 17 · 6:00 PM UTCArt Workshop - Explorg Your Trans IntyGroup name:London Transgenr Meetup Group • London, 17Group name:London Transgenr Meetup GroupLondon, 17Onle EventTue, Aug 15 · 6:00 PM UTCThe Rabow LoungeGroup name:Well Proud Edburgh • Edburgh, U8Group name:Well Proud EdburghEdburgh, U8Onle EventWed, Aug 9 · 5:30 PM UTCTrans WedndaysGroup name:Well Proud Edburgh • Edburgh, U8Group name:Well Proud EdburghEdburgh, U8Onle EventThu, Aug 17 · 4:00 PM UTCCoffee Posse OnleGroup name:Olr and Proud • Edburgh, U8Group name:Olr and ProudEdburgh, U8Onle EventMon, Aug 7 · 4:00 PM UTCQuiz Club AugtGroup name:LGBT Women Manchter • Manchter, 18Group name:LGBT Women ManchterManchter, 18Onle EventSat, Aug 19 · 9:30 AM UTCGIN Saathi Deeper Connectns (ONLINE) - Sat 19th AugtGroup name:GIN (Gay Indian Network) The LGBTQIA Indian Network UK • London, 17Group name:GIN (Gay Indian Network) The LGBTQIA Indian Network UKLondon, 17Onle EventMon, Aug 28 · 5:00 PM UTCStrs Management WorkshopGroup name:Well Proud Glasgow • Glasgow, V2Group name:Well Proud GlasgowGlasgow, V2Onle EventWed, Aug 30 · 6:30 PM UTCLet's Evolve - Dealg Wh A Toxic Environment - Live WebarGroup name:London Transgenr Meetup Group • London, 17Group name:London Transgenr Meetup GroupLondon, 17Onle EventFri, Sep 1 · 5:00 PM UTCHost your own eventGroup name:qMeet NL • Amsterdam, NLGroup name:qMeet NLAmsterdam, NLOnle EventSun, Aug 20 · 11:00 AM UTCSocial rounrs wh The Outlaws.

Augt Group name:Haywards Heath LGBTQ+ Social • Haywards Heath, P6Group name:Haywards Heath LGBTQ+ SocialHaywards Heath, P6Onle EventWed, Sep 6 · 6:00 PM UTCThe Qut Wednday (Theme: Beyond words - wisdom of the body)Group name:The Qut for Gay, Bi & Queer Men • London, 17Group name:The Qut for Gay, Bi & Queer MenLondon, 17Sat, Sep 9 · 12:00 PM UTCBBH LQW: Milton Keyn Pri ?️‍??️‍⚧️?Group name:Beds, Bucks and Herts Lbians & Queer Women • Milton Keyn, B9New GroupGroup name:Beds, Bucks and Herts Lbians & Queer WomenMilton Keyn, B9New GroupSat, Sep 9 · 12:00 PM UTCLQW: Milton Keyn Pri ?️‍??️‍⚧️✨?Group name:London Lbians & Queer Womxn • London, 17Group name:London Lbians & Queer WomxnLondon, 17Sat, Sep 9 · 12:00 PM UTCThe Midlands LQW: Milton Keyn Pri ?️‍??️‍⚧️✨?Group name:The Midlands Lbians and Queer Womxn • Birmgham, 43Group name:The Midlands Lbians and Queer WomxnBirmgham, 43Onle EventSat, Aug 26 · 1:00 PM UTCBirmgham LGBTQ+ Wrers ZoomGroup name:Bm LGBTQ+ Wrers • Birmgham, 43Group name:Bm LGBTQ+ WrersBirmgham, 43.

Gay Lane. She once distributed a leaflet Luton wh the words ‘Allah is gay, Allah is trans, Allah is lbian…’, and acrdg to the letter she received om the Home Office rmg her of her ban om Bra, such behavur pos a ‘threat to the fundamental terts of [Brish] society’.

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That someone has been banned om Bra for, among other thgs, sayg ‘Allah is gay’ should send shivers down the spe of all genue liberals. It is ttament to the long and difficult and strange stggle for ee speech Bra that people have actually been dragged to urt and sentenced to prison this untry for the right to imply that i are gay.

WHY WE MT HAVE THE RIGHT TO LL ALLAH GAY

It was 1976, when Gay News published a poem tled ‘The love that dare not speak s name’, which was a fantasy volvg a Roman centurn fellatg J Christ and brgg him to asm. Mary Whehoe brought a private blasphemy se agast Gay News and won: the publisher of the magaze was fed £500 and sentenced to ne months jail (spend).

Liberals and gay-rights activists were outraged by this se. The great barrister and thor and ventor of Rumpole of the Bailey, John Mortimer, who fend Gay News urt, said was ‘as if we had been whisked on some time mache back to the Middle Ag’. As one observer put , this was large part down to Gay News and s poem – was ‘the poem that broke the blasphemy laws’.

So, the suggtn that Christ was gay might have been offensive to many but helped to make all eer, by provokg and eventually endg the mon law of blasphemo libel. Fast forward 40 years and the thori are once aga tellg is unacceptable to say a god is gay.

EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS LUTON

Far-right Canadian woman ‘banned om UK’ after ‘social experiment’ Luton claimg ‘Allah is gay’ is broken up by policeLren Southern was taed at Calais after a prev trip saw an event she was hostg broken up by policePolice said the event nstuted a risk for a public orr offenceA far right Canadian activist has been banned om enterg the UK for distributg posters that said "Allah is gay". The event saw her hand out leaflets that read "Allah is gay" and "Allah is trans" on a street Luton town centre, quickly promptg a police rponse.

Southern adds: "This highlights a double standard Wtern societi, why is racist to say Allah is gay, but not J is gay?

To get volved wh Vada Voic please email by Tony FenwickLuton has a long history of gay activy throughout the twentieth century. Luton’s gay bars existed before the Send World War.

FAR-RIGHT CANADIAN WOMAN ‘BANNED OM UK’ AFTER ‘SOCIAL EXPERIMENT’ LUTON CLAIMG ‘ALLAH IS GAY’ IS BROKEN UP BY POLICE

The upshot of this was that the town was pch black durg the night and this offered a lot of opportuni for opportunistic sual gay sex.

After the war, there were meetgs of gay men the town several dwellgs: not jt for liaisons but for discsns and bat.

The lol Liberal party was always popular Luton and doubled as a kd of gay men’s social work durg the ‘50s and ‘ to 1967.

MY HOMETOWN – A GAY HISTORY OF LUTON

But there was a back stairse that led to a gay bar upstairs.

They pulled down Waller Street, together wh the rt of the old town centre, to build The Arndale the hard days the gay muny upped sticks and moved to Dunstable – the old town on the other si of what is now the M1 – to a pub that to this day is known as The First and Last. It still exists wh the same name today but is no longer a gay venue. ) who turned to an excg new gay venue lled Louis Bar, wh blacked out wdows and lots of door mirrors for cisg.

He left for the better clim of Bournemouth where he ntu to n The Creffield, an exclively gay hotel. ) was round the rner and went gay 1998.

THE BEST LUTON GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS LUTON

About the same time a huge Whbread pub reopened as a gay venue lled The Green Dragon. About a year later The Coopers Arms Bute Street went gay.

It failed and the new tenants turned to a gay bar. It was probably the only gay Greene Kg pub the world! For a year or so Luton had a serly big gay and lbian scene.

A crep old bar Dunstable Place was licked to shape and opened a gay night-club Flame 2000. The California has changed ownership but remas gay. "[My dad] was the person I was most nervo to tell [that I was gay], but [he] wound up beg the easit, " Brandon says.

MY HOMETOWN – A GAY HISTORY OF LUTON

The Greenhoe Luton is a large morn sna and spa for gay and bi sexual men which has been operatg for over 15 years.

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