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• THE PC LIST: THE 40 MOST FLUENTIAL LGBT PEOPLE WALWAL' FIRST EVER PC LIST OF THE 40 LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANS PEOPLE MAKG A DIFFERENCEWALONLEBOOKMARKSHAREWHAT'S ONBYHANNAH JONNICHE BRANDS DIRECTOR05:00, 15 AUG 2015UPDATED12:13, 25 AUG 2015BOOKMARKWANT THE BT FOOD, FILM, MIC, ARTS AND CULTURE NEWS SENT STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOX?MORE 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 WANT THE BT FOOD, FILM, MIC, ARTS AND CULTURE NEWS SENT STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOX?INVALID 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!
• LIFE RAL WAL AS A GAY UPLE: THEN AND NOW
• THE BEST SOUTH WAL GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS SOUTH WAL
• CATEGORY:GAY MEN OM WAL
• MEET GAY MEN IN WAL, ENGLAND
• THE SENTIAL LGBTQ+ GUI TO NORTH WALWHATEVER YOUR LOTN, ORIENTATN OR INTIFITN, THERE'S A GROWG SOCIAL SCENE FOR MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQ+ MUNY ACROSS THE REGNNORTHWALBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSWHAT'S ONBYZARA WHELANWHAT'S ON REPORTER09:00, 10 MAR 2018UPDATED09:36, 12 MAR 2018BOOKMARKVIO LOADGVIO UNAVAILABLECLICK TO PLAYTAP TO PLAYTHE VIO WILL TO-PLAY SOON8CANCELPLAY NOWGET OUR ULTIMATE GUI ON THGS TO DO NORTH WAL WH OUR LOVE NORTH WAL NEWSLETTERMORE 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 GET OUR ULTIMATE GUI ON THGS TO DO NORTH WAL WH OUR LOVE NORTH WAL NEWSLETTERINVALID 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!
• GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN ARE NOW ALLOWED TO DONATE BLOOD IN ENGLAND, STLAND AND WAL

THE PC LIST: THE 40 MOST FLUENTIAL LGBT PEOPLE WALWAL' FIRST EVER PC LIST OF THE 40 LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANS PEOPLE MAKG A DIFFERENCEWALONLEBOOKMARKSHAREWHAT'S ONBYHANNAH JONNICHE BRANDS DIRECTOR05:00, 15 AUG 2015UPDATED12:13, 25 AUG 2015BOOKMARKWANT THE BT FOOD, FILM, MIC, ARTS AND CULTURE NEWS SENT STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOX?MORE 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 WANT THE BT FOOD, FILM, MIC, ARTS AND CULTURE NEWS SENT STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOX?INVALID 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!

@LeonjWard UK Young Ambassador Settled Cardiff via London and his hometown of Grimsby, he went on BBC'S Newsbeat programme to argue agast the UK's first school for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people Manchter. There should also be a more wholome approach to sex tn wh teachers openly talkg about gay, straight and bisexual sex.

@PlBurston Wrer and mentator His books clu the crilly-acclaimed novels Shamels, Star People Lovers & Losers and The Gay Divorcee. The Inpennt on Sunday lled the former Brynteg Comprehensive pupil "a fearls chronicler of morn gay life" while Attu magaze hailed him as "easily one of the most important mentators of his generatn". The centre anis and ns events such as the regular monthly bnch club for trans people, works closely wh the Swansea Police Hate Crime un to support victims of homophobia and transphobia.

As one of Stonewall Cym's role mols, he says: "We are gettg LGBT patients the partment and I’ve been able to challenge homophobia, not an aggrsive way but an ted way, gettg people to thk about what they’ve said and hopefully not say aga.

LIFE RAL WAL AS A GAY UPLE: THEN AND NOW

"As a rult now gay people are accepted, " she said.

THE BEST SOUTH WAL GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS SOUTH WAL

One of the -founrs of Stonewall, the highly succsful LGBT lobby group and an early Secretary-General of the Internatnal Lbian & Gay Associatn (ILGA), she was the first openly LGBT person to speak on gay rights at the Uned Natns New York. He's currently wrg his first novel about a group of gay and bisexual policians who opposed appeasement and were brand the “glamour boys”. But 's not been bed of ros for Chris, spe havg one of the most popular shows the UK, his book Highs and Lows he ponred: “Why do people love you beg gay on stage or on air, but they don’t like real life?

” As far as g out was ncerned, he admted the book It's Ok To Be Gay: "I never really ever me out… I was never . South Wal Gay Men's Chos (Image: Facebook: South Wal Gay Men's Chos). @ABCardiff Mil director Andy (above left) found the South Wal Gay Men’s Chos 2008.

He says: “Havg ‘Gay’ at the heart of SWGC isn’t about showg what mak different, ’s about showg what mak the same, and g our name as a bean of pri, muny and llective strength.

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@Nigelrefowens Internatnal gby referee He's gone through some difficult tim g to terms wh his homosexualy, even takg an overdose.

"So I get the odd tweet that is a b homophobic. I’ve been lled thgs on Twter and there have been general thgs like, ‘Who is this gay guy, he’s as mp as t***. @gareththomas14 Author, sportsman and gby legend In a climate where there are few openly gay Brish profsnal gby players, Thomas’ stat as both sportg legend and proud gay man has changed the face of Welsh sport forever.

He appeared the headl and on The 9 o'Clock News when his Brooksi character, Christopher Dunn, was part of the first gay kiss to be broadst on Brish televisn. @BerwynR Founr of Iris Prize In 2006, the former boss of Welsh film agency Sgr found the Ftivals Company which has a number of high profile projects cludg the Iris Prize Ftival - the world’s largt lbian and gay short film prize and Fh - the UK’s largt and longt nng stunt movg image event. You’ll often see him on TV or hear him on rad talkg about gay rights.

MEET GAY MEN IN WAL, ENGLAND

Related:Gay Rugby World Cup documentary Scm to open Iris Prize Ftival 2015 9. @ssellhair66 Hairdrser The owner of Rsell Pl Hairdrsg Prtatyn ma headl when he put a sign his wdow which stated: “If you are racist, sexist, homophobic or an a***’t e .

” He did after a salon ctomer refed to let stylist Richard Evans (above left) cut his son’s hair when he realised he was gay. "To which I said 'No bee I’m gay as well'! Davi the most fluential gay person Bra.

THE SENTIAL LGBTQ+ GUI TO NORTH WALWHATEVER YOUR LOTN, ORIENTATN OR INTIFITN, THERE'S A GROWG SOCIAL SCENE FOR MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQ+ MUNY ACROSS THE REGNNORTHWALBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSWHAT'S ONBYZARA WHELANWHAT'S ON REPORTER09:00, 10 MAR 2018UPDATED09:36, 12 MAR 2018BOOKMARKVIO LOADGVIO UNAVAILABLECLICK TO PLAYTAP TO PLAYTHE VIO WILL TO-PLAY SOON8CANCELPLAY NOWGET OUR ULTIMATE GUI ON THGS TO DO NORTH WAL WH OUR LOVE NORTH WAL NEWSLETTERMORE 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 GET OUR ULTIMATE GUI ON THGS TO DO NORTH WAL WH OUR LOVE NORTH WAL NEWSLETTERINVALID 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!

Earlier this year he ma Cucumber for Channel 4, explorg the passns and pfalls of 21st century gay life.

Gee, then 89, and Reg, a younger, were ially reluctant to go through wh the ceremony - damaged by the prevalent homophobia they had experienced as young adults the 1940s and 50s. More than this, however, they had also been left a lifetime's llectn of the uple's diari, photographs, letters and books, all revealg an extraordary was the letters and diari that sparked Mike to wre his book, On The Red Hill - not only a documentatn of the two uple's liv wh the hoe, but also the social history of beg gay Wal throughout much of the 20th Century. "For Mike himself, growg up Worctershire five s after Reg and Gee, life was signifintly easier for gay men.

GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN ARE NOW ALLOWED TO DONATE BLOOD IN ENGLAND, STLAND AND WAL

"When I first began to realise I was gay my teenage years, I did everythg to fight , " he said. "Of urse, there have always been gay people the untrysi - the uncle who liv on his own, or wh his 'iend', the two ladi who live next door to each other. "Image source, Gee WaltonImage ptn, Soakg up the rays on Bournemouth beach the 1950s: Gee took this photo of his iends enjoyg the sunDpe his own posive experience, however, Mike knows om rearchg his book that not all stori have end happily for gay people om Wal.

In the 1920s, for stance, poet Edward Prosser Rhys sndalised the chapels when he gave a nod to same-sex affectn one of his artist Sir Cedric Morris, origally om Sketty, Swansea, felt he had to leave Wal behd the early 1900s orr to live his te had a torrid source, Mike ParkerImage ptn, Reg and Gee were forced to hi their relatnshipIn 1942, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, two dozen gay men were put on trial for homosexual said: "Many of the men were sent to prison and at least one mted suici. "Gay men had to be extremely reful not to e their real name or addrs or phone number.

Homosexualy was only crimalised the late sixti, a few years before they moved to ral Wal 1972. Mike said: "For most of their liv, they were tght to be a homosexual was a crime.