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• THE BAR CRAWL EVERY FIRST-TIMER TO LIVERPOOL'S GAY QUARTER NEEDS TO GO ONEVERYONE IS WELE TO THIS FABULO NIGHT OUT AROUND STANLEY STREETLIVERPOOLECHOBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSWHAT'S ONBYJAMIE MCLOUGHL09:00, 11 OCT 2017UPDATED09:32, 11 OCT 2017BOOKMARKDON'T MISS THE BIGGT STORI AND BREAKG NEWS WH THE ECHO DAILY NEWSLETTERMORE 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 DON'T MISS THE BIGGT STORI AND BREAKG NEWS WH THE ECHO DAILY NEWSLETTERINVALID 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!
• SETBACK FOR GAY VILLAGE
• THE 5 BEST LIVERPOOL GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS LIVERPOOL
• GAY BARS IN LIVERPOOL
• 59 SPIRATNAL LGBTQ+ PEOPLE THAT ARE MAKG LIVERPOOL A MORE CLIVE PLACE; AHEAD OF LIVERPOOL PRI THIS WEEKEND, WE CELEBRATE THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE CY'S LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR PEOPLE.
• LIVERPOOL GAY QUARTER - HISTORY OF GAY LIVERPOOL - FURTHER REARCH
• GASTROGAYS GUI: WHERE TO EAT & DRK LIVERPOOL

THE BAR CRAWL EVERY FIRST-TIMER TO LIVERPOOL'S GAY QUARTER NEEDS TO GO ONEVERYONE IS WELE TO THIS FABULO NIGHT OUT AROUND STANLEY STREETLIVERPOOLECHOBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSWHAT'S ONBYJAMIE MCLOUGHL09:00, 11 OCT 2017UPDATED09:32, 11 OCT 2017BOOKMARKDON'T MISS THE BIGGT STORI AND BREAKG NEWS WH THE ECHO DAILY NEWSLETTERMORE 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 DON'T MISS THE BIGGT STORI AND BREAKG NEWS WH THE ECHO DAILY NEWSLETTERINVALID 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!

Liverpool’s gay quarter is a fun, buzzg and welg place. You’ll regnise them by the LGBT Pri rabow symbols on the street signs (the first of their kd the untry) - Liverpool Council has officially regnised this as the cy’s gay scene sce 2011. Not every venue listed is strictly a gay bar but wh them beg so close to the actn, would be a shame to miss them out.

The Poste Hoe A good startg off pot for any night out on the cy gay scene, The Poste Hoe is a mol of how Sers have long been able to live together harmony, regardls of their background.

SETBACK FOR GAY VILLAGE

Upstairs, ’s gay iendly, reflectg the Poste Hoe’s proximy to several of the cy centre’s key gay venu. The Lisbon is one of Liverpool's most well-known gay bars. This is the one gay bar that most people Liverpool will have popped to at some pot their liv, even if ’s jt to nose at the pk and green ceilg.

Most nights out the gay quarter start eher here or the Poste Hoe, pendg which one feels more like your lol. You’re on Eberle Street, the home of GBar, probably the other gay venue most people the cy have vised at some pot.

Eher way, ’s one of the bt experienc the cy’s gay quarter.

THE 5 BEST LIVERPOOL GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS LIVERPOOL

You n always vis Jupers on Hacks Hey which is set back om the rt of the gay quarter (pecially if you need another crack at pool or karaoke) or you uld jt see the wee small hours at Gbar.

PLANS to pestrianise part of Liverpool cy centre to create a “gay quarter” uld be thwarted by uncil remendatns that streets only be closed after 10pm.

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Campaigners for the plans, backed by the Gay Bs Associatn, say there is ltle pot closg Stanley Street and Eberle Street at that time bee license will miss out on the early eveng tra.

He said this went agast the wish of the overwhelmg majory of bs the quarter, and would keep Liverpool “years behd” Manchter, wh s famo Canal Street gay village. She said: “I’m favour of the gay village but I thk needs to be at around 7pm. Liverpool will host s first official Gay Pri Ftival on 7 Augt, this year Liverpool was the largt cy whout a Pri ftival and anisers hope the event will rival those Manchter and London.

The ftival is likely to be foced the heart of Liverpool's Gay Quarter and around Erbele Street, Stanley Street and Cumberland Street. The gay scene Liverpool dat back to s early days as a port when gay seafarers would e ashore and fd gay bars om 'memory maps' shared amongst homosexual sailors.

59 SPIRATNAL LGBTQ+ PEOPLE THAT ARE MAKG LIVERPOOL A MORE CLIVE PLACE; AHEAD OF LIVERPOOL PRI THIS WEEKEND, WE CELEBRATE THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE CY'S LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR PEOPLE.

The Lisbon was one of the first gay bars along wh the Masquera Bar the area around Cumberland Street, which would grow to bee the heart of gay scene. The hidn history of gay life at sea om the 1950s to the 1980s is the foc of the Hello Sailor!

As Liverpool beme more smopolan durg the 1990s, a vibrant gay scene veloped. Unofficial gay pri events took place the early 1990s and June 1994 Garlands nightclub opened Erbele Street.

In November 2004 the annual ftival 'Homotopia' was lnched celebratg gay culture the cy.

LIVERPOOL GAY QUARTER - HISTORY OF GAY LIVERPOOL - FURTHER REARCH

The two-week event featured the bt gay theatre, film, photography and art venu across the cy and is now a highlight on the Liverpool cultural lendar. Homotopia also beme a regular feature the annual Lord Mayor's Para, reprentg the gay muny wh s own float and street performers.

The report found that spe a raised profile and accepted nightlife, the gay muny still felt threatened. The rults showed that almost six out of ten Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr people had experienced homophobic crime Liverpool and that the average homosexual adult livg or workg the cy was likely to experience 15 crim their lifetime, wh more than half sayg they lived fear of attacks. Two years later, 2008, the Liverpool LGB&T (Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr) Network was lnched to provi the gay muny wh an official voice.

GASTROGAYS GUI: WHERE TO EAT & DRK LIVERPOOL

The gay area of Liverpool ntued to velop and the number of new gay bars and clubs openg led to the announcement June 2008 of plans to partially pestrianise the streets and create an official Gay Quarter. Two months later, July 2008, an 18 year old gay man was serly jured what police believed to be a homophobic attack. Gay Pri.

Homotopia was lnched 2004. Throughout Liverpool's Capal of Culture Year 2008, the LGB&T Network had mpaigned to make a Gay Pri event a key prry the cy. In January 2009 the event was approved by Liverpool Council and on 17 May 2009 Liverpool Town Hall flew the Rabow Flag, which reprents gay pri, as part of s mment to end homophobia the cy.