Brighton: The LGBTQ+ history of the 'gay pal of UK' | The Arg

Contents:

• WHY IS ROCHFORD ENGLAND’S STRAIGHTT PLACE AND BRIGHTON S GAY PAL?
• BRIGHTON IS 'GAY PAL'
• TOP 10 GAY CAPALS FOR TRAVELAUGT 25, 2021 BY EDOR--CHIEFDPE THE FACT THAT THERE ARE STILL POLIL REGIM AND EVEN SO-LLED SOCIAL GROUPS AND RELIG ANIZATNS THAT FAIL TO PREHEND THE TE MEANG OF EQUALY REGARDLS OF WHO PEOPLE CHOOSE TO LOVE, HOW THEY CHOOSE TO LOOK PUBLIC, AND WHO THEY CHOOSE TO BE, MORE AND MORE DIVIDUALS – AND UPL – ARE NOW G OUT TO THE OPEN PUBLICLY ANNOUNCG TO THE WHOLE WORLD THEIR TE INTI. AND WHILE THE RT OF THE WORLD IS SLOW G TO TERMS WH THE RIGHTS OF THE LGBT MUNY, THERE ARE THOSE THAT HAVE OPENLY EMBRACED THEM AND PROVID A SAFE HAVEN FOR THOSE WHO RELISH EQUAL RIGHTS REGARDLS OF SEXUAL PREFERENC OR ORIENTATN. INED, THE UNTRI AND CI HAVE PROVID REFUGE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE FACED RIDICULE AND NMNATN THEIR OWN UNTRI AND CI.WHILE ON THE WHOLE, THE WORLD IS A MUCH MORE AMENABLE TO GAY VISORS THAN ED TO BE, THERE ARE CERTA STATNS WHERE GAYS FEEL MORE FORTABLE AND WELE THAN OTHERS. THIS ARTICLE FOC ON TEN TOP STATNS THAT AREN’T JT GAY IENDLY; THEY ACTIVELY ENURAGE GAY VISORS AND GO ALL OUT TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE BT TIME EVER.WHAT IS THE GAY CAPAL OF THE WORLD? SAN FRANCIS IS UALLY THE THE PLACE MOST PEOPLE WOULD SAY IS THE GAY PAL IF ASKED, BUT IF PENDS HOW YOU FE PAL. WE REARCHED THE HIGHT GAY MUNI PER PA, BUT EVEN THE DATA FOUND IS OUTDATED AND NOT PERFECT. THE REARCH N BE BASED ON PER PA, BUT PEOPLE ARE NOT ALWAYS OPEN AND HONT WHEN SURVEYED.REARCH HAS ALSO BEEN RRIED OUT BY HOW ‘GAY IENDLY’ CI ARE WHICH IS MUCH MORE MEASURABLE.WHAT IS THE GAY CAPAL OF THE USA?THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPA (HRC) NS A YEARLY MUNICIPAL EQUALIY INXCI ARE RANKED BY:NON-DISCRIMATN LAWS MUNICIPAL EMPLOYMENT POLICI CLIVENS OF CY SERVIC, LAW ENFORCEMENT (CLUDG HATE CRIM REPORTG) MUNICIPAL LEARSHIP ON MATTERS OF EQUALYTHOUGH THE MA NTENRS LIKE SAN FRANCIS, NEW YORK ARE HIGHT RANKED, THERE ARE MANY OTHER CI THAT DO VERY WELL UNR THE ABOVE CRERIA. WELL DONE PHEONIX, ORLANDO AND ATLANTA!!WHAT IS THE GAYT COUNTRY EUROPE?ACRDG TO REARCH, GERMANY HAS THE LARGT LGBT MUNY EUROPE, 7.4% OF GERMANS SAID THEY INTIFIED WH LGBT.ACRDG TO RABOW EUROPE THE BT UNTRY TERMS OF GAY IENDLY LEGISLATN MALTA!BT GAY CI THE WORLD (ACRDG TO )
• BRIGHTON: THE LGBTQ+ HISTORY OF THE 'GAY PAL OF UK'
• PIERS & QUEERS: TAKE A TOUR OF ENGLAND’S ‘GAY CAPAL’
• BRIGHTON – THE GAY CAPAL OF BRA
• AN LGBTQ+ GUI TO BRIGHTON'S KEMPTOWN: PUBS, BARS AND HOTELSBRIGHTON IS OFTEN REGARD AS THE 'GAY PAL' AND THERE'S NO AREA MORE LGBTQ+ IENDLY THAN KEMPTOWNSSEXLIVEBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSWHAT'S ONBYYASM SYEDMULTIMEDIA JOURNALIST18:45, 1 AUG 2021UPDATED18:46, 1 AUG 2021BOOKMARKST JAM'S STREET IS THE HEART OF KEMPTOWN - BRIGHTON'S 'LGBTQ+ VILLAGE' (IMAGE: DOMIC ALV (CC BY 2.0) FLICKR)SIGN UP TO OUR UNTOLD STORI NEWSLETTER FOR NEWS AND FEATUR OM SSEX AND BRIGHTON'S DIVERSE MUNIMORE 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 SIGN UP TO OUR UNTOLD STORI NEWSLETTER FOR NEWS AND FEATUR OM SSEX AND BRIGHTON'S DIVERSE MUNIINVALID 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!
• BRA'S 'GAY PALS' REVEALED - FD OUT WHERE YOUR PART OF THE UK RANKS
• WHY IS BRIGHTON THE GAY CAPAL OF THE UK
• BRIGHTON - THE GAY CAPAL OF BRA
• BRIGHTON - GAY CAPAL OF THE UK
• CHA’S LGBT MUNY DON’T NEED WTERN ‘GAY PRI’
• BRIGHTON GAY AND LBIAN SCENE
• SLIPPERY GEOGRAPHI OF THE URBAN AND THE RAL: PUBLIC SECTOR LGBT EQUALI WORK THE SHADOW OF THE ‘GAY CAPAL’
• LET ME TELL YOU WHAT ’S LIKE BEG GAY THE STRAIGHTT TOWN ENGLAND AND WAL
• EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS EAST SSEX

WHY IS ROCHFORD ENGLAND’S STRAIGHTT PLACE AND BRIGHTON S GAY PAL?

It was exactly le wh the s-old timat based on the works of the 1940s US profsor Aled Ksey who ntend homosexualy was far more wispread than officialdom ntrast, the district of Rochford Essex was shown as the straightt place England. 6% of the populatn there said they were LGB+, suggtg that those livg the largely ral, somewhat nservative area near Southend-on-Sea are six tim ls likely to be gay than those Brighton and Hove.

“Brighton has a huge amount of LGBT+ venu and muny support anisatns that mak a very very attractive place for LGBT+ people to live, ” said the gay rights mpaigner Peter Tatchell. From havg the hight percentage of same-sex hoeholds the UK to the timated 160, 000 Brighton Pri visors each year, the cy’s LGBTQ muny has ma Brighton the unofficial gay pal of Great Bra. The Peers and Queers tour explor parts of Brighton’s lser-known gay history and illumat historic characters of the cy’s past cludg Osr Wil and Lord Byron.

“It’s fun that the Marqus of Queensberry, the father of Osr Wil’s boyiend, whose homophobia led to Wil’s imprisonment, has a pub named after him, which is now a gay pub. Brighton’s open-md approach has created one of the most vibrant and excg gay scen found anywhere the world, but while the wir LGBTQ muny the UK is aware of Brighton as an extremely popular gay statn, many are not aware how rich and plex the LGBTQ history of Brighton is.

BRIGHTON IS 'GAY PAL'

Sce the UK marked the 50th anniversary of the partial crimalizatn of homosexualy 2017, a number of cultural projects discsg gay histori have been lnched, but for such a broad muny there are relatively few prehensive iativ examg LGBTQ histori.

Gay life Brighton n differ om the experience found self-ntaed gay villag larger ci like London’s Soho or Manchter’s Canal Street, where outsi of the villag certa areas are ls gay-iendly than others. “Brighton’s gay scene is relatively small pared to bigger ci, and almost entirely owned by lol bsmen, but as far as I’m ncerned, every pub the cy is gay-iendly.

The center of gay Brighton is St Jam’s Street, wh the wir Kemptown area offerg pubs, bars, and nightclubs for all members of the LGBTQ muny. From The Bulldog, Brighton’s olst gay bar, to Club Revenge, which holds Brighton’s biggt lbian night, and bear bar The Camelford Arms, few are left out of the gay scene. UK gay rights anizatn Stonewall published rearch earlier this year showg that 20 percent of LGBTQ people Bra have experienced a hate crime or cint over the past year.

TOP 10 GAY CAPALS FOR TRAVELAUGT 25, 2021 BY EDOR--CHIEFDPE THE FACT THAT THERE ARE STILL POLIL REGIM AND EVEN SO-LLED SOCIAL GROUPS AND RELIG ANIZATNS THAT FAIL TO PREHEND THE TE MEANG OF EQUALY REGARDLS OF WHO PEOPLE CHOOSE TO LOVE, HOW THEY CHOOSE TO LOOK PUBLIC, AND WHO THEY CHOOSE TO BE, MORE AND MORE DIVIDUALS – AND UPL – ARE NOW G OUT TO THE OPEN PUBLICLY ANNOUNCG TO THE WHOLE WORLD THEIR TE INTI. AND WHILE THE RT OF THE WORLD IS SLOW G TO TERMS WH THE RIGHTS OF THE LGBT MUNY, THERE ARE THOSE THAT HAVE OPENLY EMBRACED THEM AND PROVID A SAFE HAVEN FOR THOSE WHO RELISH EQUAL RIGHTS REGARDLS OF SEXUAL PREFERENC OR ORIENTATN. INED, THE UNTRI AND CI HAVE PROVID REFUGE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE FACED RIDICULE AND NMNATN THEIR OWN UNTRI AND CI.WHILE ON THE WHOLE, THE WORLD IS A MUCH MORE AMENABLE TO GAY VISORS THAN ED TO BE, THERE ARE CERTA STATNS WHERE GAYS FEEL MORE FORTABLE AND WELE THAN OTHERS. THIS ARTICLE FOC ON TEN TOP STATNS THAT AREN’T JT GAY IENDLY; THEY ACTIVELY ENURAGE GAY VISORS AND GO ALL OUT TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE BT TIME EVER.WHAT IS THE GAY CAPAL OF THE WORLD? SAN FRANCIS IS UALLY THE THE PLACE MOST PEOPLE WOULD SAY IS THE GAY PAL IF ASKED, BUT IF PENDS HOW YOU FE PAL. WE REARCHED THE HIGHT GAY MUNI PER PA, BUT EVEN THE DATA FOUND IS OUTDATED AND NOT PERFECT. THE REARCH N BE BASED ON PER PA, BUT PEOPLE ARE NOT ALWAYS OPEN AND HONT WHEN SURVEYED.REARCH HAS ALSO BEEN RRIED OUT BY HOW ‘GAY IENDLY’ CI ARE WHICH IS MUCH MORE MEASURABLE.WHAT IS THE GAY CAPAL OF THE USA?THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPA (HRC) NS A YEARLY MUNICIPAL EQUALIY INXCI ARE RANKED BY:NON-DISCRIMATN LAWS MUNICIPAL EMPLOYMENT POLICI CLIVENS OF CY SERVIC, LAW ENFORCEMENT (CLUDG HATE CRIM REPORTG) MUNICIPAL LEARSHIP ON MATTERS OF EQUALYTHOUGH THE MA NTENRS LIKE SAN FRANCIS, NEW YORK ARE HIGHT RANKED, THERE ARE MANY OTHER CI THAT DO VERY WELL UNR THE ABOVE CRERIA. WELL DONE PHEONIX, ORLANDO AND ATLANTA!!WHAT IS THE GAYT COUNTRY EUROPE?ACRDG TO REARCH, GERMANY HAS THE LARGT LGBT MUNY EUROPE, 7.4% OF GERMANS SAID THEY INTIFIED WH LGBT.ACRDG TO RABOW EUROPE THE BT UNTRY TERMS OF GAY IENDLY LEGISLATN MALTA!BT GAY CI THE WORLD (ACRDG TO )

Some of the most vlent and egreg anti-LGBTQ attacks have taken place gay ‘safe havens, ’ wh some attackers sglg out the areas due to the high LGBTQ populatns.

BRIGHTON: THE LGBTQ+ HISTORY OF THE 'GAY PAL OF UK'

Olr LGBTQ people may not fd many spac that don’t predomately ter to younger people and disabled LGBTQ people n fd physil barriers to enterg gay-iendly venu.

Even wh the problematic elements found gay villag, ’s still better to be an environment that, on the whole, let’s all typ of LGBTQ people live the life they choose whout fear of anti-LGBTQ hate. “Brighton is a te haven of acceptance for all people, cludg lbian, gay, bi, and trans folk, and tly pris self on beg somewhere where all people feel able to be themselv, ” says Matt Horwood, Senr Communitns Officer at Stonewall. Bar Broadway – Anyone who is after a lic bnch and a karaoke ssn afterward will love to vis Bar Broadway – one the bt gay bars Brighton has to offer.

An example of this is back 2017 when one eight marriag that took place Brighton were gay marriag, which is the hight proportn out of all other gay marriage numbers the UK. If you are new to the LGBTQ+ muny and wish to beg visg gay bars and nightclubs (as well as fdg out more about ), then Brighton is the ial statn for you.

PIERS & QUEERS: TAKE A TOUR OF ENGLAND’S ‘GAY CAPAL’

The South Coast cy has 2, 554 people homosexual upl - or 13 for every 1, 000 next ne areas wh the hight 'pk populatns' are all London boroughs. Ined, the untri and ci have provid refuge for those who have faced ridicule and nmnatn their own untri and on the whole, the world is a much more amenable to gay visors than ed to be, there are certa statns where gays feel more fortable and wele than others. This article foc on ten top statns that aren’t jt gay iendly; they actively enurage gay visors and go all out to make sure they have the bt time is the Gay Capal of the world?

Bt Gay Ci the World (acrdg to )Contents San Francis Sydney BrightonAmsterdamBerl Mexi, Puerto Vallarta Chelsea and Greenwich Village (NYC) R Prague BangkokCopenhagen: The Birthplace of Gay RightsToronto: The Bean of LGBTQ Rights San FrancisFor those who have been before, will e as no surprise to see San Francis at the top of the list. BrightonBrighton on the south east ast of England is a long tablished, gay iendly haven havg openly weled the gay muny for over 100 years. Kemptown, or Camptown, is the heart of all, wh numero gay owned hotels, bars, fés, snas and even bookshops, and there is also a ‘Gay’s the Word’ walkg tour to enjoy.

BRIGHTON – THE GAY CAPAL OF BRA

AmsterdamFor many years, Amsterdam has been hailed as the gay pal of Europe, wh the proportn of gay rints timated to be 20-30% of the populatn. On the first Saturday Augt, Amsterdam hosts the only gay pri para the world that is held on the water, and this is somethg everyone should try to experience.

AN LGBTQ+ GUI TO BRIGHTON'S KEMPTOWN: PUBS, BARS AND HOTELSBRIGHTON IS OFTEN REGARD AS THE 'GAY PAL' AND THERE'S NO AREA MORE LGBTQ+ IENDLY THAN KEMPTOWNSSEXLIVEBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSWHAT'S ONBYYASM SYEDMULTIMEDIA JOURNALIST18:45, 1 AUG 2021UPDATED18:46, 1 AUG 2021BOOKMARKST JAM'S STREET IS THE HEART OF KEMPTOWN - BRIGHTON'S 'LGBTQ+ VILLAGE' (IMAGE: DOMIC ALV (CC BY 2.0) FLICKR)SIGN UP TO OUR UNTOLD STORI NEWSLETTER FOR NEWS AND FEATUR OM SSEX AND BRIGHTON'S DIVERSE MUNIMORE 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 SIGN UP TO OUR UNTOLD STORI NEWSLETTER FOR NEWS AND FEATUR OM SSEX AND BRIGHTON'S DIVERSE MUNIINVALID 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!

Kls Wowere, the openly gay mayor, outed himself wh the immortal words “I’m gay and that’s a good thg”, and beftg the centralised nature of the cy, there is no specific gay ghetto, and there are tablished scen throughout Berl. Chelsea and Greenwich Village (NYC)The Chelsea and Greenwich Village areas of New York Cy are synonymo wh gay life, and both boast a thrivg and very ‘out there’ scene.

Durg the annual Carnaval Febary or March, lerally thoands of ex-pat Brazilian gays fly to to jo the fun, where transvt steal the show at many of the balls. There is a general acceptance of same sex partnerships here but the gay scene is segregated, and public displays of affectn are ill advised. BangkokDpe s associatn wh all thgs gay, there is actually no gay movement Bangkok, simply bee there is no anti-gay movement to challenge.

The gay scene is fairly prolific neverthels, wh the heart of beg the bars, which more often than not have baret wh a highly mp Gay Capals than nearly ma the cut!

BRA'S 'GAY PALS' REVEALED - FD OUT WHERE YOUR PART OF THE UK RANKS

Copenhagen: The Birthplace of Gay RightsLong before the equaly qutn me to the nscns of the global muny the early 90s, this cy well-known for s lorful history, s LEGO herage, and s Nordic cuise, pneered champng the rights of lbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgenrs when , as a natn, was the first to openly regnize same-sex relatnships or partnerships 1989.

Fast forward more than a later 2012 and openly gay upl were now able to get wed the Church, although they were only the 8th Europe and 11th the world to do so at the time. Wh a functnal yet very edgy fashn scene, Copenhagen has been a perennial favore of world-class gay uturiers, stylists, artists, and signers who fd Denmark’s exceptnally warm and vg hospaly as major reasons for settg up shop the land. Of urse, the Danish enomy and fancial astcture are one of the bt Europe and has been the blueprt for other enomi the are also an exceptnal array of gay-iendly cktail bars and boutique acmodatn that are pecially signed for same-sex partnerships.

All year round, queer events pack the lendar, further attractg tens of thoands of foreign gay visors the untry eher to partake the celebratns or to simply make a vow of loyalty and openns to their rpective partners.

WHY IS BRIGHTON THE GAY CAPAL OF THE UK

More than half a century later, the cy is now pockmarked wh a lot of openly gay bars and entertament tablishments cludg clubs and rtrants that are fast beg the favore of the global y muny.

One n always try Café Intime, Osr Bar and Café, Vela, and Jsie at Jolene, jt to name a the tourism partment of Denmark aptly puts s advertisg mpaigns, Copenhagen is where you make iends, fall love, and make tly lastg memori regardls of whether you’re gay or not.

For the bt openly gay tablishments, head to Queer Wt as has an excg array of bs, f, bars, rtrants, and galleri owned and managed by gays and may not have been the first regnizg same-sex partnerships, but Toronto n hold the distctn of extendg the equaly bate to clu queer dividuals. Wh the largt number of lbian, gay and bisexual people England, Brighton has gaed a reputatn over the s as beg the unofficial “gay pal” of the UK. Several pubs wh a lbian or gay clientele began to thrive durg this time, cludg the now-closed Star of Bnswick and Pigott’s bar at the St Jam Tavern Maira Place.

BRIGHTON - THE GAY CAPAL OF BRA

Throughout the 1950s and 60s, Brighton was the top statn for gay holidaymakers, wh gutho eher owned by gay men or willg to ignore stanc of illegal activy. The lnch of Gay News 1972, Bra’s first natnal gay newspaper, allowed LGBTQ+ venu and anisatns to let others know of their existence, cludg those om Brighton. Organisatns mpaigng for LGBTQ+ rights began to form the early 1970s, wh the Ssex Gay Liberatn Front lnched Febary 1971 by a group of universy stunts and LGBTQ+ rints.

BRIGHTON - GAY CAPAL OF THE UK

The followg years also saw the lnch of the Brighton Gay Swchboard - then known as the Lavenr Le, which provid a support le for LGBTQ+ people. A new wave of LGBTQ+ activism started after Sectn 28 1988, which prohibed uncils and schools om the “promotn of homosexualy”, was troduced.

CHA’S LGBT MUNY DON’T NEED WTERN ‘GAY PRI’

LGBTQ+ people have also gaed more reprentatn on televisn, wh Brighton's Ollie Kg and Kalium Webster featurg on the UK's first gay datg show I Kissed A Boy earlier this year.

Such opportuny led to the velopment of gay bars and other iendly bs that provid a safe space to all who sought to pe the cy and explore sexualy and eedom safely whout reprsn. Hotspots like Kemp Town are strongly fluenced by the muny wh all different lotns all terg to the around 15% and more wh Brighton who intify at least some part as gay, lbian or bisexual. Internatnal visors are known to be surprised at jt how visible and tegrated gay culture is, wh s populatn as a fairly small cy helpg to further highlight the many landmarks that exist as pots of history to show the velopment of the LGBTQ muny and tell the story of the stori experienced wh the cy l.

BRIGHTON GAY AND LBIAN SCENE

What solidifi such diversy is that while other ci fd that some areas outsi their gay villag n be ls welg, almost all bs are believed to be gay-iendly across the entire cy wh the open-mdns jt almost a pre-requise of livg a cy such as Brighton.

SLIPPERY GEOGRAPHI OF THE URBAN AND THE RAL: PUBLIC SECTOR LGBT EQUALI WORK THE SHADOW OF THE ‘GAY CAPAL’

A walkg tour around Brighton, the ‘gay pal’ of England, looks at this betiful and historic cy through the ey s LGBTQ habants over the last 200 years as part of Brighton Frge ftival May. It is renowned throughout UK and Europe as gay-iendly cy and for that is often referred as “The Gay Capal of Bra”, every year the month of Augt Gay Pri rnival is held here which attracts thoands of people all over the world, this para nsist of part and funfair Prton Park. Brighton ntu beg a safe place for the muny wh a massive LGBTQ+ populatn as seen  a 2014 timate where 11–15% of the cy’s populatn aged 16 or over is thought to be lbian, gay or bisexual.

Councillor Steph Powell, jot chair of the Tourism, Equali, Communi & Culture Commtee, said: “While we n’t hold any physil events… is important that we take time to promote tolerance and raise awarens of the prejudic still faced by lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people. Throughout the 1950s and 60s, Brighton was the top statn for gay holidaymakers, wh word spreadg about gutho which were eher owned by gay men or would ignore stanc of what was then illegal activy.

LET ME TELL YOU WHAT ’S LIKE BEG GAY THE STRAIGHTT TOWN ENGLAND AND WAL

The age of "flower power" the late sixti saw homosexualy crimalised the UK and a movement grew among younger people to challenge homophobic attus and norms.

EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS EAST SSEX

LGBTQ+ anisatns started to form the early seventi, wh the Ssex Gay Liberatn Front lnched Febary 1971 by a group of universy stunts and LGBT rints.

The followg years saw the lnch of the Brighton Lbian Group, the Brighton Gay Swchboard - then known as the Lavenr Le - which provid a support le for LGBT people, as well as hostg the 1979 natnal nference of the Campaign for Homosexual Equaly. Lol activists spng to actn, fearg existg servic would be unable to pe wh the crisis, wh the Brighton Gay Swchboard publishg one of the first leaflets the untry to expla the facts of the disease. The troductn of Sectn 28 1988, which prohibed lol uncils om the "promotn of homosexualy", prompted a new wave of LGBTQ+ activism, wh the Brighton Area Actn Agast Sectn 28 (BAAAS28) anisg a march every May om Hove Town Hall to Brighton Town Hall to prott agast the legislatn.

LGBTQ+ nightclubs began to ga succs the town wh the first sizeable gay club, Revenge, lnchg 1991, and the first full-time bar aimed at lbians openg s doors 2000.