A Manc's gui to: the Gay Village, more than jt a party district

Contents:

• THE GAY CENTRE
• GAY VILLAGE
• MISTERS SET TO APOLOGISE TO LGBTQ+ PERSONNEL KICKED OUT OF THE ARMED FORC FOR BEG GAY
• BT GAY HOTELS MANCHTER
• A MANC’S GUI TO: THE GAY VILLAGE, MORE THAN JT A LATE-NIGHT PARTY DISTRICT
• THE 10 BEST MANCHTER GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS MANCHTER
• THE 10 BEST MANCHTER GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS MANCHTER

THE GAY CENTRE

The Centre works wh many Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans* groups and dividuals Manchter and om further afield. Manchter has a rich and fascatg LGBT+ History and so do The Proud is how we got here…1970sThe place nsired the first “Gay Centre” Manchter was a 700 square foot basement at 178 Waterloo Place on Oxford Road which was occupied by a group known as Manchter Gay Alliance.

GAY VILLAGE

1981The basement of 61A Bloom Street beme the new home for the Gay Centre.

From 1981 to 1988 acmodated a huge host of servic wh several phone l cludg Lbian Lk, Manchter Gay Swchboard and Friend, as well as havg meetg rooms. Dpe LGBTphobic opposn, the Planng Commtee approved the proposals for a Gay Centre on Sidney Street on 24th Augt 1987.

MISTERS SET TO APOLOGISE TO LGBTQ+ PERSONNEL KICKED OUT OF THE ARMED FORC FOR BEG GAY

Even wh enomic difficulti facg the cy, uncillors ntued to support the buildg of the Centre1988Durg 1988, a natnal mpaign agast Sectn 28 took place and was headquartered at the Gay Centre on Bloom Street.

Constctn work began on the Gay Centre on Sidney Street around the same time as Sectn 28 beme law. 2000In 2000 and wh chang fundg, Manchter Gay Swchboard moved out of the Centre and along wh Healthy Gay Manchter formed the LGF (Lbian and Gay foundatn) Council fund the LCP- Lbian Communy Project (prevly known as Lbian Lk) as the anisatn rponsible for managg the service at the Centre.

BT GAY HOTELS MANCHTER

The place rmally known as ‘The Gay Centre’ should not be nfed wh the LGF the Cy Centre. The ‘Gay Centre’ has loads of different groups, for young men, young women, trans people, olr lbians, disabled LGBT people and many more.

A MANC’S GUI TO: THE GAY VILLAGE, MORE THAN JT A LATE-NIGHT PARTY DISTRICT

If you want somethg ‘gay’ to do whout headg down Canal Street, try your luck here. The answer took four months of archival rearch, knee ep 80s gay magaz and patchy uncil meetg mut and rerds.

I unearthed an trigug story of how Manchter (potentially) beme the first place Europe to have an entirely publicly fund, purpose built centre for the gay muny.

1970s: The First Manchter Gay Centre. The place nsired the first “gay centre” Manchter was a small dank 700 sq ft basement on Oxford Road occupied by a group known as Manchter Gay Alliance.

THE 10 BEST MANCHTER GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS MANCHTER

The Alliance nsisted of Manchter Lbians Group, the TV/TS [Transvt / Transsexuals] group, the Universy gay soc [the Homophile Society], the Campaign for Homosexual Equaly (CHE) group, and Friend. The gay centre’s first annual report (1978/9) set out the ratnale for the centre and the need for alternative premis as their current space was damp, cramped, and, lerally, unrground. 1981- 1988: The Send Manchter Gay Centre….

In 1981, yet another basement, at 61A Bloom Street, beme the new home of the Gay Centre.

It provid several phone l cludg Lbian Lk, Manchter Gay Swchboard, and Friend as well as meetg rooms. Gay Life, July 1987.

THE 10 BEST MANCHTER GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS MANCHTER

Should rema wh the prumed safety of the gay area of Canal Street or relote somewhere more ntral and anonymo. Gay Life, Jan 1987.