Among Cardiff's high-rise buildgs and nstctn projects stands Wal' olst gay bar.
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- THE BEST CARDIFF GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS CARDIFF
- PRI: WAL' OLST GAY BAR REMAS AMID VELOPG CY
- GAY & LGBT CLUBS CARDIFF
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- TOP SEVEN GAY BARS CARDIFF
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Among Cardiff cy centre's high rise buildgs, offic, flats and numero nstctn projects stands Wal' olst gay ed to be over a dozen pubs this small rner of the pal, but today the Gra II-listed Goln Cross, a stone's throw om St David's 2 Shoppg Centre, is the only one still s openg as the Shields and Newstle Tavern the mid-19th Century, to s stat as a waterg hole for the cy's LGBT populatn for the past 24 years, this eye-tchg pub has a fascatg Pri Cym draws to a close, here's a brief history of Wal' olst gay ptn, The Goln Cross ss one of the most veloped areas of the cyThe pub has a iendly atmosphere a regenerated part of Cardiff, but this was historilly an area many people avoid due to s reputatn for thievery, vlence and prostutn.
"Image ptn, The hand-pated pictorial panel of Cardiff Castle at the public barImage ptn, A pictn of the old Bras Brewery on St Mary's St Victorian tim, seen on the wall towards the back of the pubThe Goln Cross officially beme a gay bar 24 years ago, and over the years Cardiff has seen s LGBT pub scene grow, wh many other tablishments openg. "Nowadays, Cardiff's gay pubs are more spread out across the cy, wh Pulse on Churchill Way beg a popular spot. Ameri's strict anti-gay laws had forced many om the LGBT muny unrground but the raid was met wh fiance: no longer would people nform to police orrs.
The events are now nsired the most important of the gay liberatn movement.
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A "small band of people" first took to Cardiff's street 1985 as part of the gay liberatn movement. * cardiff gay area *
The act partly crimalised homosexual acts between two men over the age of 21 private England and Wal, although not Stland or Northern Ireland. Abse, then a standg ndidate for Pontypool, has often been herald as the man who "legalised homosexualy", but the bill actually creased the penalty for the offence of gross cency om two years' imprisonment to five. The gay liberatn movement was far om, the 1980s beme a which life for those the LGBT muny would be challenged.
He soon joed the universy's gay social group, which would hold regular meetgs on life the cy centre. Cardiff had a small gay muny, where many people gathered safely. "When I first me to Cardiff I thk there were two gay clubs, and the Tunnel Club, " Mr Foskett said.
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"There was the Term, that was the first gay pub I went to, and wasn't always strictly gay.
You had to walk through the pub to get to the gay society meetg. "There was somebody who parked his r outsi, and had two stickers the back wdow that were absolutely homophobic. I n't remember now, some stupid rhyme about gays and Aids, " said Mr Foskett.
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Tim FoskettThere was a sense that was time for gay people to be much more public, and much more prent, and that equaly should happenThe fight for equaly ntued, but a wave of h trma was on the horizon. "Loads and loads of young gay men died those years, " Mr Foskett said. "All of the latent homophobia unr the surface had an exce to e out.
"Wh some newspaper reports suggtg homosexuals should be extermated to stop the spread of Aids, people Wal cid was time for change. "There was a sense that was time for gay people to be much more public, and much more prent, and that equaly should happen. He said: "At one of the [gay social] meetgs he [Mr Foskett] said 'I thk we should have a gay pri march Cardiff'.
Wh plards readg "gay love is good love", the procsn marched om Queen Street to the stunts' unn Cardiff. "The newspapers were begng to really take agast gay people.
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And a Stats Wal' survey on sexual orientatn found that the proportn of the Welsh populatn intifyg as lbian, gay or bisexual has creased om 1. The gay scene is pretty small wh only a handful of bars and even fewer clubs – but there is more than enough 'chee' for everyone (assumg that's your cup of brie.
When I first me out (18 long years ago), Cardiff had a thrivg gay scene that ntued to flourish for 10 years; terg to a diversy of tast.
Like many people om that generatn, I look back fondly at days of (the origal) WOW and Atlanti, Ex, the Kgs Cross and The Goln Cross (which was not to be missed on a Saturday night, and is still open - Cardiff's olst gay bar.