Gay pub at heart of crime battle - CoventryLive

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• GAY AREA COVENTRY (CY AND BOROUGH)
• THE BEST COVENTRY GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS COVENTRY
• THE BEST COVENTRY GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS COVENTRY
• THE LEGEND OF COVENTRY'S FIRST UNRGROUND GAY BAR BACK ROOM OF IRISH PUBTHE CY CENTRE VENUE OFFERED A HAVEN FOR COVENTRY'S LGBT+ MUNY AT A TIME WHEN BEG OPENLY GAY WAS DANGEROVENTRYTELEGRAPHBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSNEWSBYNAOMI SOUZACOMMUNY REPORTER13:23, 20 FEB 2021UPDATED10:57, 21 FEB 2021BOOKMARK"MCGUIGAN'S" PUB SWANSWELL STREET, HILLFIELDS, AFTER AN ARSON ATTACK. THE ATTACK HAPPENED THE EARLY HOURS OF MONDAY, AFTER A WEEKEND OF VLENCE THE HILLFIELDS AREA. 26TH MAY 1992.THE WEEKLY EMAIL BRGS YOU ALL THE LATT NEWS OM THE LGBTQ+ MUNY PL EXCLIVE TERVIEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOXMORE 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 THE WEEKLY EMAIL BRGS YOU ALL THE LATT NEWS OM THE LGBTQ+ MUNY PL EXCLIVE TERVIEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOXINVALID 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!
• COVENTRY GAY BAR UP FOR SALE - JT WEEKS AFTER OPENGIT HAS FOUR BARS SET OVER TWO FLOORS AND AN "EXTENSIVE AL DRKG AND DG AREA"VENTRYTELEGRAPHBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSNEWSBYKATY HALLAMAUDIENCE EDOR12:10, 14 MAY 2018UPDATED14:02, 15 MAY 2018BOOKMARKVIO LOADGVIO UNAVAILABLECLICK TO PLAYTAP TO PLAYTHE VIO WILL TO-PLAY SOON8CANCELPLAY NOWOUR EE EMAIL UPDAT ARE THE BT WAY TO GET HEADL DIRECT TO YOUR BOXMORE 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 OUR EE EMAIL UPDAT ARE THE BT WAY TO GET HEADL DIRECT TO YOUR BOXINVALID 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!
• GAY PUB AT HEART OF CRIME BATTLEA GAY PUB COVENTRY IS TO JO FORC WH POLICE TO HELP TACKLE HOMOPHOBIC CRIME THE CY....VENTRYTELEGRAPHBOOKMARKSHARENEWSBYCOVENTRY LIVE00:00, 23 JUN 2001UPDATED22:00, 26 APR 2013BOOKMARKSUBSCRIBE TODAY TO GET THE LATT CRIME HEADL STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOX WH OUR EE EMAIL UPDATMORE 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 SUBSCRIBE TODAY TO GET THE LATT CRIME HEADL STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOX WH OUR EE EMAIL UPDATINVALID 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!
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GAY AREA COVENTRY (CY AND BOROUGH)

The unrstated prence of every attractive Gay Area Coventry (Cy and Borough) is terms of the marketg and advertisg of such, however, the premis of clubs and bars for gays beg really clearly earmarked as such to ease issu for foreigners and newers Gay Area Coventry (Cy and Borough) is the most well-liked regn town, there you will fd the ft parti and que a few events and exclive activi related wh the gay muny. The acceptance and cln that gay regns promote supply assistance for dividual who have as yet not accepted their sexualy sce they supply a haven exactly where one n disver and be themselv wh other like-md the gay area of your cy you n fd the ial bars and nightclubs if you are terted spendg a night out.

Gay areas and LGBT folks mon have a important artistic si to them wh paras showsg the artistilly exprsive clatn of LGBT dividuals and the areas beg distctly cultured wh referenc to their alternative plac/neighborhoods/villag/districts, otherwise known as gayborhoods have marted lims wh which the urban area enclosed is tailor-created to ter pecially to LGBT (lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr) dividuals and their special needs. Glamoro is one of the largt gay bars Coventry and only a short step om the cy centre and open 7 days a week. Long before terms like LGBT+ even entered our vernacular, a ltle Irish pub Coventry was quietly makg history as one of the first ever unrground gay bars the cy.

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One si of the pub beme a "sanctuary" for the gay muny the cy, while the other remaed a tradnal Irish pub. The HIV/AIDS crisis was startg to peak the 1980s, and Sectn 28 was implemented 1988 by then-Prime Mister Margaret Thatcher to stop schools and lol thori om “promotg the teachg of the acceptabily of homosexualy as a pretend fay relatnship”.

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We ma to two nights, three nights a week, and then the gay scene sort of explod Coventry. ” Kieron scribed how 'the back room' beme a place of safety for the cy's gay muny. “A lot of gay and lbian people, pecially the early days, [after] tellg their fay they’re g me to the pub or got teary or upset, my mum or dad would talk to them.

" When GG passed away Augt 2020, CoventryLive was undated wh ments om people who knew him, and many of those were om the LGBT+ muny, which is how we tracked down Chris Spreadbury who end up behd the bar the back room after g out as gay to his fay as a rult of the pub. He knew he was gay but had not e out to his fay, but he had heard about McGuigan's. I found out about bee of reports the lol prs and the Coventry Eveng Telegraph bee of a pub for homosexuals, there were reports on , and that’s how I got to know about .

THE LEGEND OF COVENTRY'S FIRST UNRGROUND GAY BAR BACK ROOM OF IRISH PUBTHE CY CENTRE VENUE OFFERED A HAVEN FOR COVENTRY'S LGBT+ MUNY AT A TIME WHEN BEG OPENLY GAY WAS DANGEROVENTRYTELEGRAPHBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSNEWSBYNAOMI SOUZACOMMUNY REPORTER13:23, 20 FEB 2021UPDATED10:57, 21 FEB 2021BOOKMARK"MCGUIGAN'S" PUB SWANSWELL STREET, HILLFIELDS, AFTER AN ARSON ATTACK. THE ATTACK HAPPENED THE EARLY HOURS OF MONDAY, AFTER A WEEKEND OF VLENCE THE HILLFIELDS AREA. 26TH MAY 1992.THE WEEKLY EMAIL BRGS YOU ALL THE LATT NEWS OM THE LGBTQ+ MUNY PL EXCLIVE TERVIEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOXMORE 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 THE WEEKLY EMAIL BRGS YOU ALL THE LATT NEWS OM THE LGBTQ+ MUNY PL EXCLIVE TERVIEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOXINVALID 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!

"When I phoned up Coventry Friends (the cy's LGBT+ support group) om a phone box, I said 'Look I know I’m gay, I want to go to McGuigan's, but I don’t want to go there alone'. "Once I admted to myself and cid I wanted to e out, I wanted to go as soon as I uld and see where all the gay people were!

COVENTRY GAY BAR UP FOR SALE - JT WEEKS AFTER OPENGIT HAS FOUR BARS SET OVER TWO FLOORS AND AN "EXTENSIVE AL DRKG AND DG AREA"VENTRYTELEGRAPHBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSNEWSBYKATY HALLAMAUDIENCE EDOR12:10, 14 MAY 2018UPDATED14:02, 15 MAY 2018BOOKMARKVIO LOADGVIO UNAVAILABLECLICK TO PLAYTAP TO PLAYTHE VIO WILL TO-PLAY SOON8CANCELPLAY NOWOUR EE EMAIL UPDAT ARE THE BT WAY TO GET HEADL DIRECT TO YOUR BOXMORE 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 OUR EE EMAIL UPDAT ARE THE BT WAY TO GET HEADL DIRECT TO YOUR BOXINVALID 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!

The 'back room' part was gay and other si was Irish, I thk some people ed to go to the Irish part first and thk 'Ooh, this isn’t right'. ” 'McGuigan's was a sanctuary' "Livg a time the 90s of people losg their kids bee they were gay, or kids were taken to re bee their parents were gay, ’s that type of thg that happened which people fet, " Chris add.

” The pub ed to screen Queer as Folk - a groundbreakg 1990s s about the gay muny Manchter - which was wrten by Rsell T Davi, wrer of 'It's A S'.

" From havg to knock on the door to get , to beg one of the biggt gay venu the cy, McGuigan's is a rnerstone of Coventry's LGBT+ history. But for Chris, walkg to McGuigan's tly changed his life: " It led me to bee more nfint wh myself, bee Sectn 28 had jt e about, and you were really worried about talkg to anybody if you were gay or not.

GAY PUB AT HEART OF CRIME BATTLEA GAY PUB COVENTRY IS TO JO FORC WH POLICE TO HELP TACKLE HOMOPHOBIC CRIME THE CY....VENTRYTELEGRAPHBOOKMARKSHARENEWSBYCOVENTRY LIVE00:00, 23 JUN 2001UPDATED22:00, 26 APR 2013BOOKMARKSUBSCRIBE TODAY TO GET THE LATT CRIME HEADL STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOX WH OUR EE EMAIL UPDATMORE 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 SUBSCRIBE TODAY TO GET THE LATT CRIME HEADL STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOX WH OUR EE EMAIL UPDATINVALID 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!

A Coventry gay bar is up for sale - jt weeks after openg. The pub, which was origally built as a watchmaker’s ttage 1855, has four bars spread over two floors and is one of only three gay venu the cy - The Yard Bull Yard and new club Glamoro, which opened s doors on March 2 at the former home of inic cy centre venue Rabows.

A GAY pub Coventry is to jo forc wh police to help tackle homophobic crime the cy. Gay men and lbians will be able to report crime anonymoly by fillg forms available om Rabows pub, Short Street, or the Terence Higgs Tst, after police the cy relnch the Lbian and Gay Policg Fom. Insp Debbie Walker, who heads the muny safety bure at Ltle Park Street police statn, hoped officers would be able to hold regular meetgs at Rabows wh the gay muny, enuragg people to report crim felt to be motivated by their sexualy.

She said: "Over the last two years Coventry there have been over 700 reported racist cints, but only 38 reported homophobic cints. "Is this a te picture of homophobic crime or is , as I spect, vastly unr reported?

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"I only wish the lbian, gay, transsexual and transgenr muny had the same tst. " Vulnerable persons'officers at the cy's three ma police statns are set to fe lks wh the gay muny, workg wh other agenci to offer victims nfintial support. Friendly, tablished gay bar, wh a pool room and chill-out lounge, pl upstairs dance floor.

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