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Contents:

• OUT THE UNTRY – RAL HOTSPOTS FOUND AS GAY POPULATN MAPPED
• WHY IS ROCHFORD ENGLAND’S STRAIGHTT PLACE AND BRIGHTON S GAY PAL?
• 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!
• IS 10% OF THE POPULATN REALLY GAY?
• GAY MOSW · CY GUI
• AND THE GAYT CY EUROPE IS... (DISVER OUR TOP 10 WNERS)
• BRA'S 'GAY PALS' REVEALED - FD OUT WHERE YOUR PART OF THE UK RANKS

OUT THE UNTRY – RAL HOTSPOTS FOUND AS GAY POPULATN MAPPED

Unr nstctn durg the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815), ’s unrstood that the flux of soldiers to Brighton durg the years cis wh the first rerd LGBTQ (Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr and Queer) history the muny. In the 1930s, gay and lbian bars and pubs spread throughout the cy – and after World War II, whispers of Brighton’s unique diversns spread to others lookg for a safe space to explore their sexualy. 3 ln people England and Wal intify as lbian, gay or bisexual, cens data has revealed for the first people aged 16 and over, more than 1.

6 was circulated, the ernment said the rmatn would provi evince about equali to tackle discrimatn and improve cisns ma about health re, tn, employment, hog and social servic for lbian, gay and bisexual people. 7%) of people intifyg as "LGB+", - lbian, gay, bisexual or any non-heterosexual sexual of the other lol thori the top 10 were Wal, Cardiff was the lol thory wh the biggt LGB+ populatn (5. However, prev surveys found 16-24-year-olds are more likely to intify as lbian, gay or bisexual, and recent years there has been a small gradual cle the number of people intifyg as exclively straight.

The UK’s gay populatn has been mapped by the Office for Natnal Statistics (ONS) for the first time, revealg ncentratns of lbian, gay and bisexual people om central London to ral ONS – the ernment’s statistics body – has mapped how many people told rearchers they were gay, lbian or bisexual, broken down by unty and by lol thory, for an experimental dataset verg 2013 to of the fdgs are unsurprisg: six of the 10 lol thori wh the hight relative lbian, gay and bisexual populatns are ner London, cludg Hackney, Lambeth and Southwark, while Brighton and Manchter also make the the unty-by-unty data puts ral Devon slightly ahead of East Ssex (excludg the unary thory of Brighton and Hove, which is unted separately om the rt of the unty). There was a gay men’s group, so there had always been ltle groups, but there wasn’t a Pri event, so part of our missn was to crease visibily, ” he add: “It might be that people are startg to feel like they n live ral lotns and not jt London, Brighton and Manchter, and maybe part of is about feelg more nfint to report .

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

4% of people intify as gay, lbian or bisexual, wh a lower-end range as low as one 1, 000 people scribg themselv to rearchers as such.

For other unti, such as Buckghamshire and Suffolk, there was too ltle data available to produce robt timat, the ONS ONS created the dataset by bg data on 560, 000 dividuals om three years of the Annual Populatn Survey, which gathers data through nfintial phone or -person allowed the anisatn to break down the rults to a more lol level than prev reports, which foced on Guasp, head of rearch at LGBT mpaign group Stonewall, said: “It’s enuragg to see rearch efforts to ga a better unrstandg of the lbian, gay, bi and trans populatn and intify the diverse needs of different LGBT muni Bra. “Lots of out people would have difficulty intifyg themselv as gay to someone om the ernment who’s knockg on the door … ’s always gog to be a particular challenge for some people to answer that qutn hontly.

”But although the laws Stormont lag some way behd the rt of the UK – was the last untry to crimalise gay sex, and gay marriage remas illegal – attus Northern Ireland have progrsed rapidly, Boyd said.

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!

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.

Last year the cy said farewell to the self-proclaimed “olst gay the village”, Gee Montague, who died aged 98 after s of mpaigng.

“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. 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. 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.

IS 10% OF THE POPULATN REALLY GAY?

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.

GAY MOSW · CY GUI

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. The cy has had the hight number of same-sex hoeholds as well as the largt populatn who intify as gay, lbian and bisexual prev cens, so 's no wonr 's the place to be for members of the LGBTQ+ muny. Read more: Inspiratnal Brighton equal rights mpaigner tells of gratu after termal ncer diagnosis Naturally, wh Brighton now firmly earmarked as the untry's gay pal, attracts many who intify as LGBTQ+ and want to spend a weekend the cy that has been one of the most open and acceptg.

Wh that md, we have piled an LGBTQ+ gui to Kemptown - the heart of Brighton's gay scene - wh all the bt pubs, bars and hotels you n vis for the full experience.

AND THE GAYT CY EUROPE IS... (DISVER OUR TOP 10 WNERS)

It spans two floors and is often many people's choice to start the night wh some drks before headg out to the clubs, but as a late-night gay bar you n stay well to the eveng.

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

The gay-owned B&B has four stars and, after a night of fun, you n guarantee a good night of sleep wh s lotn on a quiet street Kemptown.

Back 1977, the US Natnal Gay Task Force (NGTF) was ved to the Whe Hoe to meet Print Jimmy Carter’s reprentativ – a first for gay and lbian groups. The NGTF’s most proment mpaigng slogan was “we are everywhere”, backed up by the memorable statistil claim that one 10 of the US populatn was gay – this figure was eply and passnately where did Bce Voeller, a scientist who was a founr and first director of the NGTF, get this nice round 10% om? To fd out, we have to lve back to Aled Ksey’s surveys 1940s Ameri, which were groundbreakg at the time but are now seen as archaic their methods: he sought out rponnts prisons and the gay unrworld, ma iends wh them and, over a cigarette, noted down their behavurs g an obscure .

Ksey did not believe that sexual inty was fixed and simply tegorised, and perhaps his most lastg ntributn was his sle, still ed today, which dividuals are rated om exclively heterosexual to exclively homosexual on a sle of 0 to ’s headle fdg was that “at least 37% of the male populatn has some homosexual experience between the begng of adolcence and old age”, meang physil ntact to the pot of asm.