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• GAY VILLAGE
• THE 8 BT BIRMGHAM GAY BARS AND CLUBS
• AREA: GAY VILLAGE / HURST ST
• THE GREATT BARS BIRMGHAM'S GAY VILLAGE
• GAY BIRMGHAM, AL TRAVEL GUI
• THIS IS WHAT THE GAY VILLAGE REALLY MEANS TO BIRMGHAM’S LGBT MUNYBIRMGHAM’S LGBT MUNY HAS OPENED UP ABOUT WHAT THE GAY VILLAGE REALLY MEANS TO THEM.BIRMGHAMMAILBOOKMARKSHARENEWSBYKIRSTY CARDCOMMUNY REPORTER05:30, 29 SEP 2019BOOKMARKVIO LOADGVIO UNAVAILABLECLICK TO PLAYTAP TO PLAYTHE VIO WILL TO-PLAY SOON8CANCELPLAY NOWTHE 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!
• BIRMGHAM GAY VILLAGE
• MEN HURT HOMOPHOBIC ATTACK AT BIRMGHAM'S GAY VILLAGE
• CLONEZONE: REWARD OFFERED OVER GAY VILLAGE SHOP ATTACKS
• THREE MEN SOUGHT BY POLICE BIRMGHAM GAY VILLAGE ATTACK PROBE
• CATEGORY:BIRMGHAM GAY VILLAGE
• MULTI-LN POUND APARTMENTS THAT THREATENED FUTURE OF BIRMGHAM GAY VILLAGE SCRAPPED
• TOP 11 GAY FRIENDLY HOTELS IN BIRMGHAM
• COUPLE BEATEN AND STABBED ANOTHER BTAL HOMOPHOBIC ATTACK BIRMGHAM’S GAY VILLAGE
• MAN HELD AFTER 'BTAL' BIRMGHAM GAY VILLAGE ATTACK - AS POLICE SEARCH FOR TWO OTHER MEN NTU
• MEN JURED HOMOPHOBIC ATTACK BIRMGHAM’S GAY VILLAGE
• STAABLE TRAVEL GAY VILLAGE | RENT BY OWNER
• GAY VILLAGE VATN RENTALS
• LAKE BLUFF NSIRS FLYG GAY PRI FLAG ON VILLAGE FLAGPOLE; ‘WE N SEND THE RIGHT MSAGE, THAT WE ARE AN ACCEPTG ... MUNY’
• GAY VILLAGE HOLIDAY LETTGS

GAY VILLAGE

Once known as a Caberet Bar, the Missg Management soon realised that there was a Party Bar lackg om the Birmgham Gay Scene, and cid…. Spread over jt a few streets the “Southsi” of Birmgham, jt a few mut walk om the Bullrg, and New Street Tra Statn, the Gay Village has venu for everyone’s tast – twk to leather lover! The ma drag (exce the pun) of the gay village is Hurst Street, and the Birmgham Gay Village is often referred to as simply “Hurst Street”.

Especially popular wh bears, gby gays, football gays, and the slightly olr crowd, but ’s super clive and you’ll fd lots of girls here too. The Wellgton Hotel – This closed and was reopened as a gig-goers bar but ’s most certaly very gay iendly and they serve a nice pt. Qut Club is a vibrant gay club that is very popular wh Birmgham’s gay muny and is famo for s drag shows, DJs, and karaoke.

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Frequent visors to the gay scene have had to fight agast velopment plans several tim over the last year to keep their ‘safe space. The performers 'We lerally have nowhere else we n go' Drag performers and events anisers Amber Cadavero and Pl Aleksandr shared the view that the Gay Village is their 'safe space' and they've been workg hard to keep the evolutn of the area full-swg.

" Gary said that he's a great believer the need for the Gay Village as a safe space and feels as though they're so close to losg a space that has been part of their muny for so long. ' Drag Artist Eilish Nolan intifi as heterosexual but feels safer the Gay Village area than Broad Street where alternative style is 'not accepted'. Eilish, also known unr the drag name Eyelash, said: "Gay Village on Hurst Street is really important to me bee beg very alternative and que different, I don't really f plac like Broad Street.

AREA: GAY VILLAGE / HURST ST

Clonezone, Hurst Street, has been a leadg gay adult store across the UK for more than 30 years and has a shop the area. CJ, manager of Clonezone, said: "Nowadays people say we don't need a gay village but 's a safe and clive space where people have the eedom to hold hands and be wh who ever they want.

"It's important for our store to be here bee people may not necsarily feel fortable visg a space that isn't as safe as the gay village.

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It has been the home of the cy’s gay scene sce the 1970s wh well known bars such as Jters and Nightgal servg the LGBT muny - often discretely. The area, which is even regnised as the Gay Village on Google Maps, is not currently protected as such but uncil reprentativ have said uld be the future.

Co-chair of Planng Out, Yohanna Webber said: "It's been 50 years sce the partial discrimatn of homosexualy the UK and the Stonewall rts New York. Siarly, you'll also fd the Gay and Lbian Pri Ball held here, which rais money for lol LGBTQ anisatns and HIV and AIDS chari.

Media ptn, Rob and Patrick faced homophobic abe and were h wh bottl durg a night out BirmghamTwo men have been attacked wh bottl and had homophobic abe shouted at them Birmgham, police have and Patrick, their 30s, were outsi the Missg Bar the cy's Gay Village on Midlands Police said the abe me om a group of four men a black SUV, who then got out and asslted the victims. Patrick was knocked unnsc the attack and his partner said was "shockg that would happen 2021" said he and Patrick, om Bicter, Oxfordshire, had been at a iend's hoewarmg party and cid towards the end of the night to go dancg the Gay they left Missg Bar he said he saw the men wh balloons the r and jokgly asked them if was their birthday.

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"They did not like that and went to all sort of foul language, cludg homophobic slurs directed at , " he source, OtherImage ptn, Rob suffered several laceratns and cutsDetectiv said an attacker snatched a phone om Patrick as he tried to film them and one of their female iends was dragged along by the SUV as she tried to get woman, her 20s, suffered a foot said he then ran after the r to try and challenge the group but, when they stopped at a red light, they got out and attacked him wh bottl. Patrick said he ran to help his partner but "someone om the r got out and h me om behd my head and I blacked out" been treated hospal for laceratns and cuts, Rob said he regretted chasg after the he add: "[The Gay Village] should be a safe area to be who you want and not have to tolerate people yellg homophobic remarks at you. Image source, CrimtoppersImage ptn, Detectiv are lookg for masked men seen on a motorbikeA £2, 000 reward has been offered for rmatn about "abhorrent" attacks on a shop Manchter's Gay Village.

The bike was also ed three prev attacks, Crimtoppers anisatn said was a distctive red/orange off-road style GASGAS bike, which was thought to have been ed durg attacks at the store on 2 March, 13 April and 24 ptn, Clonezone Manchter scrib self as a "gay superstore"The chary has offered up to £2, 000 for rmatn that leads to the arrt and nvictn of those volved the attacks. Regnal manager for the North Wt, Gary Murray, said Manchter was "renowned for many thgs, cludg s diversy and world-famo Gay Village".

Media ptn, Rob and Patrick faced homophobic abe and were h wh bottl durg a night out BirmghamPolice have released tails of three men they want to speak to nnectn wh a vlent homophobic attack and Patrick, their 30s, were outsi the Missg Bar the cy's Gay Village on Midlands Police said homophobic abe was shouted at them and the pair were asslted wh bottl. Detectiv said they want to speak to Sohail Khan, 24, Mos Mahmood, 31 and Ishaaq Ayaz, 21, who are all om Birmgham, nnectn wh the source, Wt Midlands PoliceImage ptn, Police said they wanted to speak to Ishaaq Ayaz (left), Mos Mahmood (centre) and Sohail Khan about the attackRob told the BBC he and Patrick, om Bicter, Oxfordshire, had been at a iend's hoewarmg party and cid to go dancg the they left Missg Bar, on Bromsgrove Street, Rob said he ma a joke towards a group of men a r and they shouted homophobic slurs back. Rob and Patrick need treatment hospal for their said he regretted chasg after the group but add: "[The Gay Village] should be a safe area to be who you want and not have to tolerate people yellg homophobic remarks at you.

THIS IS WHAT THE GAY VILLAGE REALLY MEANS TO BIRMGHAM’S LGBT MUNYBIRMGHAM’S LGBT MUNY HAS OPENED UP ABOUT WHAT THE GAY VILLAGE REALLY MEANS TO THEM.BIRMGHAMMAILBOOKMARKSHARENEWSBYKIRSTY CARDCOMMUNY REPORTER05:30, 29 SEP 2019BOOKMARKVIO LOADGVIO UNAVAILABLECLICK TO PLAYTAP TO PLAYTHE VIO WILL TO-PLAY SOON8CANCELPLAY NOWTHE 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!

Jump to searchBirmgham Gay Village gay village Birmgham, Birmgham, England, UKUpload media WikipediaInstance ofgay villageLotnBirmgham, Wt Midlands, England52° 28′ 24″ N, 1° 53′ 45″ WAuthory file Q4916700ReasonatorScholiaPetSnstatisticsWikiMapLotor toolKML fileWikiShootMeOpenStreetMapSearch picted. Categori: Plac BirmghamGay villag the Uned KgdomNon-topil/x: Us of Wikidata InfoboxUs of Wikidata Infobox wh mapsPag wh maps. The Birmgham Gay Village is an LGBT district or "gaybourhood" next to the Che Quarter Birmgham cy centre, centred along Hurst Street, which hosts many LGBT-iendly bs.

Plans for a 12-storey block of flats Birmgham’s Gay Village have been whdrawn after rints warned of “possible tensns” over the al.

The proposed block of flats would have sat the cy’s gay village and jt down the road om the famo nightclub, the Nightgale. Birmgham Labour’s LGBTQ+ officer Lren Rabow told the Guardian that many people the muny are “keen to jt make sure that the gay village is protected”.

BIRMGHAM GAY VILLAGE

Rabow add there were ncerns over potential “risg tensn om the people who are movg to the new hog gettg trated wh the noise and behavur” the cy’s gay village.

MEN HURT HOMOPHOBIC ATTACK AT BIRMGHAM'S GAY VILLAGE

Rabow explaed there’s also been a “risg number of attacks” on the LGBTQ+ muny wh a “lot of homophobia and transphobia” gog “unrreported”. The Birmgham Gay Village is an LGBTQ district next to the Che Quarter Birmgham cy centre, centred along Hurst Street, which hosts many LGBT-iendly bs.

The Gay Village fally took s form the 1990s after the number of venu creased and gave the area more of a boundary, while the creasg number of bars rulted om an creasg number of ctomers and amount of diversy offered.

The startg pot for unhred growth of the gay village was the partial crimalisatn of gay sex between nsentg mal wh the Sexual Offenc Act 1967.

CLONEZONE: REWARD OFFERED OVER GAY VILLAGE SHOP ATTACKS

A victory for gay rights and a reflectn of attus changg towards gay people, the act beme a sprgboard for a gay liberatn movement Birmgham and untls lbian and gay anizatns were created over the followg s to challenge attus. The Rhtone Rho stands atop a roof at the junctn of Hurst Street and Bromsgrove Street at the entrance to the Southsi, Gay Village, Chatown and Theatre District.

The project is a jot llaboratn between the Cy Council, Birmgham Lbian Gay Bisexual and Transgenr muny, GB Trag Ltd and the Southsi Bs Improvement District (BID).

THREE MEN SOUGHT BY POLICE BIRMGHAM GAY VILLAGE ATTACK PROBE

When to Birmgham gay bars and clubs, mds naturally wanr to the growg scene centred around the Gay Village Southsi. An assortment of the gay bars and clubs and around Hurst Street are, The Nightgale, The Village Inn, The Loft Lounge, The Siwalk, Missg, Boltz, Club Jter, En, The Equator Bar, The Chic Nightclub, and The Fox. The first Birmgham Gay Pri Weekend took place on 8–9 July 1972, one week after the first London Gay Pri Week, self the first Gay Pri Rally to take place outsi the Uned Stat.

Although “hastily arranged and not very well nceived”, the Birmgham event featured danc, two “Gay Days” Cannon Hill Park and a march up New Street om the Bull Rg, culmatg a small rally on the steps of Birmgham Town Hall. Acrdg to one of s anisers “Our aim was to announce ourselv and let Birmgham know gay people were here: ‘Here we are and here we’ll stay’” Two or three further such events were anised by Birmgham Gay Liberatn Front until the anisatn cled the mid 1970s.

CATEGORY:BIRMGHAM GAY VILLAGE

Unlike the 1970s Pri weekends and the earlier “Gay Days”, Five Days of Fun was not tend as a polil statement but as a social event and celebratn. Daytime and eveng events would take place throughout the cy’s ma gay bars and clubs the village – culmatg an It’s a Knockout petn between teams of the venu’ staff, held the garn/swimmg pool at The Grosvenor Hoe Hotel, Hagley Road, Edgbaston.

This new show of support for the LGBTQ muny is sure to make this Southern town feel even more welg to members of the gay muny lookg to move to the followg are some of the LGBTQ-iendly offergs rints of Birmgham enjoy – and why more members of the LGBTQ muny may want to nsir llg Birmgham home. Organized 1982, the league beme a member of the North Amerin Gay Amatr Athletic Alliance 1983 and clus players of all experience and skill levels. The group meets once a week on Sundays and starts wh terval walk/ns so all levels and abili feel Youth Support The Magic Cy Acceptance Center (MCAC) is an LGBTQ-Youth support space that provis muny events, workshops, heath servic, ee unselg and more to lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer kids and their alli ag 13-24.

The origs of Birmgham’s gay scene go back to the 1980s wh the rise of Birmgham Gay Village, one of the livelit gayborhoods England. Centered around Hurst Street next to the Che Quarter, Gay Bm, as is also known, is the epicenter of the clive gay life the cy.

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While the gay-iendly Clayton is a b removed om the cy center, is close enough to the ma attractns and far enough om all the btle. The Grand Central metro statn is a four-mute walk, while the dazzlg gay scene at Hurst Street is a mere 10-mute walk. Birmgham’s fabulo gay life lerally begs steps om the hotel the form of Hurst Street bars like Bar Jter and Glamoro right the next street.

Perfectly posned between Gay Village and the Jewelry Quarter, Hotel Indigo is the perfect dulgent base for an all-round exploratn of Birmgham. Wh Hurst Street and s gay bars like En and The Fox a stone’s throw away, gay guts at StayCy even have entertament right at their doorstep. For young, budget-nsc gay travelers who want to stay the cy center, Hampton by Hilton is one of Birmgham’s bt optns.

Loted on the btlg Broad Street, the gay-iendly hotel has a stellar central lotn which also has some of Birmgham’s livelit bars and fast-food outlets. Young gay travelers will love the fact that Hampton by Hilton is a mere 20-mute walk om Birmgham’s fabulo gay bars at Hurst Street. Apart om gay bars and clubs, Birmgham’s Gay Village even has sex shops, an adult cema, and even a sexual health clic.

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In a statement, a spokperson for the Wt Midlands Police said: “We rried out a full vtigatn to two men who were asslted after spendg time Birmgham’s Gay Village. “One man received a stab wound to his leg which did not require medil treatment and the other man was phed durg the homophobic attack. Drayford shared his experience jt days after police said they would be “steppg up” patrols Birmgham followg a spate of homophobic attacks.

Ltlehal’ ments me jt weeks after a gay uple were hospalised after they were beaten wh glass bottl durg a btal homophobic attack Birmgham. “I don’t know why on Earth the guys thk a fun Saturday night is gog down to the Gay Village at four the morng to ll people f****ts outsi a gay bar, ” Rob told PkNews  Augt. A man has been arrted over a "btal" attack Birmgham's Gay Village, wh a police search ntug for two other attack happened the early hours of the morng last Sunday.

A group of men hurled homophobic at Rob and his hband Patrick om a passg r, before grabbg one of their mobile phon and attackg them wh bottl, knockg one unnsc and leavg the other wh cuts.

COUPLE BEATEN AND STABBED ANOTHER BTAL HOMOPHOBIC ATTACK BIRMGHAM’S GAY VILLAGE

Two men were attacked wh bottl and subjected to homophobic abe an “appallg hate crime” Birmgham’s Gay Village, police have and Patrick, who are their 30s, were outsi the Missg bar on Saturday night when four men a black SUV shouted homophobic abe at them before gettg out of the r and assltg men were left vered blood after sufferg cuts to their head and arms, and Patrick was knocked Steve Lloyd, om Wt Midlands police, said the force was workg wh bs the area to “reassure them that we are takg this appallg hate crime very serly”. Especially the Gay Village, that should be a safe area to be who you want and not have to tolerate people yellg homophobic remarks at you. The men the r were scribed as beg of Middle Eastern or Asian appearance, police Street, the mayor of the Wt Midlands and the first openly gay directly elected metro mayor, said: “There is no place our home for this disgtg, homophobic behavur.

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The Lake Bluff Village Board is nsirg raisg a gay pri flag on a village flagpole, but tste are lookg for addnal rmatn before takg formal members discsed the ia at a July 10 Commtee of the Whole meetg, rumg a nversatn that began at a June ssn after two rints ntacted village officials supportg the ia of raisg a pri flag, acrdg to village documents.

Birmgham Pri was the largt ee Pri event the UK before 2013, when an entry fee was troduced for entry to the Gay Village. In 2013, the charge was expand to clu entrance to the Gay and Lbian Pri BallThe Gay and Lbian Pri Ball tak place every sprg at the Internatnal Conventn Centre wh an average dience of 1000 pl atten. It is anized by Midland Zone Magaze and featur an openg act to beg wh, the Midlands Zone Rears' Awards, a three-urse meal, a live entertament event, a dis, and then an after-party the Gay first Pri Ball took place 1998 at the Birmgham Botanil Garns and was the ia of Graham Brogn, who was a mtee member for Birmgham Pri at the time.

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And anizatns to ga fundg were prented wh their cheque the Nightgale Club by Louie Spence of Peapple Dance 8 November 2012 the first Christmas Ball and chary fundraiser created for the Birmgham gay muny was announced.

Recently refurbished by owner and former Mr Gay UK Richard Carr, is now a karaoke and live baret bar open every night of the is a members only cisg club for men. Once known as a baret bar, the management stead attempted to make Missg a "party bar", sce they felt the Birmgham gay scene was lackg one. Digned by Hurley Robson, The baths and surroundg buildgs suffered heavy damage durg World War II to a heavy night raid on 3 December 1940, wh repairs ma after the war baths were historilly signifint to the gay history of the area, beg popular wh gay men the 1950s as a safe meetg September 2009, after lyg empty for years, the baths were molished by Benacre Property, the landowner, provokg a lol outcry.

Origally a r showroom the 1930s, entreprenr Lrie Williams transformed the premis to a private members gay bar 1996 unr the name Lrie's Internatnal Club and opened time for the first Birmgham Pri 1997. It had wi wdows all around, openg up to views om the street, a first the gay village and a prott to attus of the perd that gay people were viants or perverted.

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"Angels opened, wh plate-glass wdows – I was amazed to see gay people the open – I had thought gay people Birmgham mt be vampir! Andrew Norris, reprentg Queer Street, untered: "The only element mon to the name and logo of both bars is the word is monly and lloquially unrstood as scribg someone who is gay, th Queer the circumstanc has a scriptive meang. En Bar closed for a 5th birthday refurbishment between 17–22 March Fox is the only venue the Gay Village to market self exclively to a lbian dience.

The official webse for The Fox lists the club as a straight bar tablished 1901 and taken over 1997 by Andy Dunn Kg, later rtyled as a lbian bar first openg as a members-only club 1969, the Nightgale, often known simply as "The Gale", is the olst gay nightclub Birmgham, at over 40 years old. When first opened homosexualy was still illegal, and visors to the Nightgale Club had to be members, or signed by members, as police raids uld take place at any time.

Begng May 2012, the Nightgale played host to each of the ten nttants voted off BBC show The Voice every Saturday, until 7 July when the wng act was announced and appeared at the 20 October 2012 the Nightgale Club anised The Midlands Big Gay Night Out, which was a yearly event before the recsn.

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Atten who bought "The Big Gay Travel Pass" received a ach ri to and om the Club and ee entry to the UV party – spread over all three floors.

DV8 was born om an amb but failed plan by Bill Gavan to merge the premis of DV8 and the Nightgale Club, suated across the road, wh the tentn to create a gay leisure plex dwarfg every other venue the area. Affectnately known as "The Welly" by lols, the Wellgton Hotel is alleged to have held the first gay marriag all of Birmgham, and many years before the Civil Partnership Act of 2005 was enacted. The wng entry was sculpture was for a £15, 000 rhtone encsted statue of a rhoceros now loted on Wynner Hoe "as a mast for the cy's gay village".

" The Rhoceros is tend to reflect the strength and origal symbol of the gay rights movement the Uned Stat and the rhton refer to the jewellery productn history of Birmgham. HomeUned KgdomEnglandWt MidlandsBirmghamGay VillageDynamicDtatnRefementsAsyncDtatnInfographicAsyncDtatnInfographicAsyncDtatnInfographicAsyncDtatnInfographicAsyncExploreBookEnjoyAsyncExploreBookEnjoyAsyncExploreBookEnjoy. As Birmgham’s Gay Village fac the threat of a proposed rintial velopment, the Wt Midlands Police hate crime ordator has warned that the cy is already fallg short on safe spac for LGBT+ people.

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Acrdg to Birmgham Mail, 453 homophobic hate cints were reported to Wt Midlands Police between Febary and July of this year – almost double the figure for the prev six months. Wt Midlands Police ma their report ahead of a planng meetg on Augt 29, durg which a mtee will discs plans to build three blocks of flats the heart of Birmgham’s Gay Village.