Timele of LGBT history Manchter This is a timele of notable events the history of the lbian, gay, bisexual and trans muny Manchter. 19th century 1880 The Manchter Cy Police raid a fancy drs ball which was takg place at the Temperance Hall Hulme. 47 men were arrted and charged wh solicg and cg each other to…
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MANCHTER GAY MENS LUNCHEON CLUB
The Gay men’s luncheon (formerly supper) group meets monthly rtrants around Manchter. Origally started as a South Manchter group 2017 but we’ve grown too big for most rtrants there so we’re cy meet monthly for lunch/dner which is then followed by drks. Group siz a * manchester gay group *
Adam* said was dangero to e out as gay his home untry and feared beg forced to an arranged marriage wh a said he was "so lucky" to wed his soulmate, Ray, Manchter and wish everyone uld marry who they love. There are more than 60 untri wh laws that crimalise same-sex sexual acts acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn, cludg Sdi Arabia.
'Authentilly myself'Ray said he had also stggled growg up gay the 1970s and 80s England, which was "tough" said his relig school "dmmed to you, 'you are gog to hell'" Adam returned home to Sdi Arabia, spe beg more than 3, 000 apart and later rtricted by the Covid-19 panmic, they kept touch daily and the romance years ago, Ray proposed on a vio ll and after succsfully applyg for a UK fiancé visa, Adam moved to Manchter December 2022. Adam said he had been aaid to even wear lours his home untry so the first thg he did when he moved was start to "grow my mullet, got my ears pierced and booked appotments for tattoos" relled how, ntrast, one of his gay iends Sdi had been forced to marry a woman, addg: "It has ed not only his life but the life of his wife. The uple, who live London, said a "really betiful memory" was on the way home when one of their sons shouted out of the black b wdow to Trafalgar Square, "My dads jt got married" and cheered "Yay, gay marriage".
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