172 – The Birmgham Gay Village and LBGTQ District

Contents:

• THE 8 BT BIRMGHAM GAY BARS AND CLUBS
• BIRMGHAM GAY VILLAGE STOCK PHOTOS AND IMAG
• GAY UPL AT HOME THE VILLAG
• EXPRS & STARHOMENEWSSPORTENTERTAMENTSERVICNOTIFITN SETTGSSUBSCRIBE TO ONE OR ALL NOTIFITN SOURC OM THIS ONE PLACE.NEWSLETTERSUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO GET THE DAY'S TOP STORI SENT DIRECTLY TO YOU.SIGN ME UPNEWSALL NEWS COST OF LIVGLOL HUBSCRIMEPOLICSHEALTHBSEDUTNVOICFEATURENVIRONMENTMORE UK NEWSNOSTALGIAPROPERTYTRANSPORTMOTORSWORLD NEWSVIRAL NEWSFEED A FAYSPONSORED ARTICLFD NEWS FOR YOUR TOWNBIRMGHAMBIRMGHAMSUTTON COLDFIELDLATE-NIGHT VENU WERE HERE FIRST SAYS UNCILLOR, AS BIRMGHAM GAY VILLAGE FLATS PLAN RAIS NCERNSBY GURDIP THANDIBIRMGHAMPUBLISHED: DEC 9, 2021CALLS HAVE BEEN MA TO PROTECT MUCH-LOVED CLUBS AND PUBS BIRMGHAM’S GAY VILLAGE OM NOISE PLATS OF POTENTIAL NEW RINTS.SUBSCRIBE TO OUR DAILY NEWSLETTER!SIGN UPTHE NIGHTGALE CLUB BIRMGHAM. PICTURE: GOOGLEOASIS DEVELOPMENTS IS LOOKG TO MOLISH BUILDGS ON LAND BORRED BY GOOCH STREET NORTH, KENT STREET AND LOWER ESSEX STREET AND BUILD 456 ONE AND TWO-BEDROOM FLATS.HOWEVER, THE VELOPMENT WOULD BE NEAR A NUMBER OF CLUBS, WH NIGHTGALE AND THE FOX PUB BEG CLOST.COUNCILLOR GARETH MOORE OBJECTED TO THE PLANS AND SAID SUFFICIENT NOISE MIGATN WORK NEED TO BE RRIED OUT TO PROTECT THE VENU OM PLATS, ADDG THE SUGGTN PEOPLE ULD “CLOSE THEIR WDOWS” AT NOISY TIM WOULDN’T WORK.HE ALSO SAID THE VELOPERS’ PROPOSED SECTN 106 NTRIBUTN OF £1.5M SHOULD BE ED TO FUND STREET LIGHTG AND CCTV THE WAKE OF RECENT ATTACKS ON MEMBERS OF THE LGBT MUNY.OPERATORS OF THE NIGHTGALE CLUB SAID THE UNCIL HAD FACILATED ‘AGENT OF CHANGE’ DISCSNS BETWEEN THEMSELV AND THE VELOPERS OF A SEPARATE PROPOSED VELOPMENT KENT STREET TO ENSURE NOISE MIGATN MEASUR WOULD BE PLACE.THEY ADD THEY EXPECTED THE UNCIL TO HONOUR THIS MMENT FOR THIS VELOPMENT OR FACE A POSSIBLE LEGAL CHALLENGE.REGULATORY SERVIC OFFICERS ALSO OBJECTED TO THE PROPOSAL, SAYG THE NOISE ISSUE NEED TO BE ROLVED BETWEEN NIGHTGALE, THE FOX AND THE VELOPERS.COUNCILLOR MOORE SAID: “WHILST AN AGENT OF CHANGE PRCIPLE IS PLACE FOR THE VELOPMENT AT 16 KENT STREET TO HELP PROVI BETTER NOISE MIGATN FOR THE NIGHTGALE, THE REMENDATN DO NOT SUFFICIENTLY ADDRS THE POSSIBILY THAT THIS VELOPMENT MAY BE PLETED PRR TO 16 KENT STREET AND THAT WOULD LEAVE THE NIGHTGALE AT SEVERE RISK OF PLATS OM FUTURE OCCUPIERS ABOUT NOISE NUISANCE.“THE REPORT SUGGTS MIGATN AT THE FOX IS NOT NEED AND FUTURE OCCUPIERS N CLOSE THEIR WDOWS AT NOISY TIM.“THIS HAS BEEN SHOWN TIME AND AGA NOT TO BE AN EFFECTIVE FORM OF MIGATN WH A NUMBER OF LGBT VENU CLUDG THE LOFT, MISSG AND SIWALK BEG SUBJECT TO NOISE PLATS OM RINTS WHO ARE NOT WILLG TO CLOSE THEIR WDOWS.“PROVIDG RINTIAL ACMODATN NEXT TO A LATE-NIGHT ENTERTAMENT WILL GENERATE PLATS AND SHOULD BE AVOID. IF THERE IS NOT A SUABLE FORM OF MIGATN, THEN THE APPLITN SHOULD BE REFED.“THERE IS NO ON ON THE VELOPER TO ENSURE THE FUTURE OCCUPIERS ARE AWARE THEY WILL BE LIVG NEXT TO A LATE-NIGHT VENUE.”ON THE SECTN 106 MONEY, HE ADD: “GIVEN THE RECENT HOMOPHOBIC VLENCE, THIS MONEY ULD BE PUT TO BETTER E BY ENABLG BETTER STREET LIGHTG AND CCTV WHICH HAS BEEN ASKED FOR BY MEMBERS OF THE LGBT MUNY.“I WOULD ASK THE SECTN 106 BE AMEND SO THIS PROVISN WOULD BE BETTER ED TO PROTECT A MUNY UNR ATTACK.”AN ARTIST'S IMPRSN OF THE PROPOSED VELOPMENT THE LGBT QUARTER BIRMGHAM. PICTURE: BROADWAY MALYANOFFICERS SAID THE VELOPERS HAD AGREED TO UNRTAKE SOUNDPROOFG WORKS TO THE NIGHTGALE AND THIS WOULD BE SECURED BEFORE THE VELOPMENT.THEY ADD MIGATN WORK IS ALSO PROPOSED FOR THE FOX, WHILE FUTURE OCCUPIERS WILL BE ADVISED OF THE LATE-NIGHT PREMIS THE AREA.IN THEIR REPORT, OFFICERS SAID: “THE SCHEME WOULD MAKE AN EFFICIENT E OF THIS BROWNFIELD SE AND NTRIBUTE TO THE CY’S NEED FOR RINTIAL ACMODATN.“AN AGENT OF CHANGE HAS BEEN AGREED TO SECURE MIGATN WORKS TO THE NIGHTGALE WHILST IS NSIRED THAT MIGATN OFFERED BY THE PROPOSED BUILDG WOULD BE AQUATE TO MIGATE AGAST THE FOX PUBLIC HOE.“THERE IS ALSO SOME HARM TO THE SIGNIFINCE OF THE FOX AS A HERAGE ASSET DUE TO THE SLE OF THE PROPOSED VELOPMENT WH S SETTG. HOWEVER, AS THE FOX IS AN UNSIGNATED HERAGE ASSET, THE SLE OF HARM IS NSIRED TO BE LOW WH THIS HARM OUTWEIGHED BY THE PUBLIC BENEFS OF THE SCHEME.“THE PRISE THE PROVISN OF HOG, THE ENOMIC BENEFS DURG AND AFTER NSTCTN AND SOCIAL BENEFS OF CREATG A PLACE WH GOOD NNECTIVY.”HOWEVER, AT A MEETG TODAY, PLANNG MTEE MEMBERS VOTED TO FER THE CISN TO ALLOW FOR MORE DISCSNS ON NOISE MIGATN BETWEEN THE VENU AND VELOPERS.BIRMGHAMLOL HUBSNEWSBY GURDIP THANDI@GURDOLOL DEMOCRACY REPORTER VERG WALSALL.MOST READ
• LONGT SERVG PUBLIN BIRMGHAM'S GAY VILLAGE MARKS 25TH ANNIVERSARYANDY KG OF THE FOX HAS PLAYED A CENTRAL ROLE BIRMGHAM'S GAY SCENE FOR A QUARTER OF A BIRMGHAMMAILBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSNEWSBYNATHAN CLARKECOMMUNY REPORTER05:30, 13 DEC 2022UPDATED09:25, 13 DEC 2022BOOKMARKANDY KG IS THE LONGT SERVG LICENSEE BIRMGHAM’S GAY VILLAGE. (IMAGE: IAN HODGKSON / PICTURE IT)THE 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!
• THE GREATT BARS BIRMGHAM'S GAY VILLAGE
• EMBRAC EXTRATERRTRIAL COMMUNY AND EXPANDS INCLIVY DURG PRI MONTH
• WISNS MIDDLE SCHOOL FEATUR 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' LIBRARY, STIRRG ONLE OUTRAGE
• FOX NEWS HOSTS CONFED ABOUT WHETHER TO CALL GAY MAN MR. OR MS.

THE 8 BT BIRMGHAM GAY BARS AND CLUBS

An energetic, gay-girl orientated bar that wel everyone, wh live mic and summer BBQsThe Fox is the only venue the gay quarter to market self to gay women and their iends. Owned by the much loved Andy Kg, The Fox offers women, men, gay, straight, transgenr and pretty much anyone a space to socialise, let loose and fet about their troubl.

When to Birmgham’s LGBTQ+ nightlife, everythg ed to revolve around the Gay Village Southsi. Here are all the bt gay bars and clubs Birmgham right now.

"You n tell jt about anyone around here that you're gay, and you won't have a problem, '' said Villag rint Lda Bernat.

BIRMGHAM GAY VILLAGE STOCK PHOTOS AND IMAG

Wily known as a cril votg bloc for right-wg ndidat, is also, ls nspicuoly, home to a thrivg gay Rabow club has no head unt — years of discrimatn have ma the gay muny leery of lists — but emails reach close to 2, leads to creasgly crlo qutns:1. What would posss so many gays to live a rabidly right-wg muny? How did the gay muny feel fortable enough to throw weekly dance parti at a untry club?

GAY UPL AT HOME THE VILLAG

(It's also why lbians say they far outnumber gay men here. ''It was the ncept of never havg to leave the neighborhood — the Villag has more than 100 rtrants, 45 golf urs, partment stor and almost every other necsy — that attracted Garv and O'Donnell om San Diego a social clubs for every nceivable persuasn already the Villag, the ia of gettg gay rints together seemed a is, until O'Donnell and Garv first tried 10 years ago.

We met wh a lot of ristance om the gay muny, '' Garv said. Gay upl who had grown fortable the muny, and were fancially secure retirement, no longer saw a reason to hi.

EXPRS & STARHOMENEWSSPORTENTERTAMENTSERVICNOTIFITN SETTGSSUBSCRIBE TO ONE OR ALL NOTIFITN SOURC OM THIS ONE PLACE.NEWSLETTERSUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO GET THE DAY'S TOP STORI SENT DIRECTLY TO YOU.SIGN ME UPNEWSALL NEWS COST OF LIVGLOL HUBSCRIMEPOLICSHEALTHBSEDUTNVOICFEATURENVIRONMENTMORE UK NEWSNOSTALGIAPROPERTYTRANSPORTMOTORSWORLD NEWSVIRAL NEWSFEED A FAYSPONSORED ARTICLFD NEWS FOR YOUR TOWNBIRMGHAMBIRMGHAMSUTTON COLDFIELDLATE-NIGHT VENU WERE HERE FIRST SAYS UNCILLOR, AS BIRMGHAM GAY VILLAGE FLATS PLAN RAIS NCERNSBY GURDIP THANDIBIRMGHAMPUBLISHED: DEC 9, 2021CALLS HAVE BEEN MA TO PROTECT MUCH-LOVED CLUBS AND PUBS BIRMGHAM’S GAY VILLAGE OM NOISE PLATS OF POTENTIAL NEW RINTS.SUBSCRIBE TO OUR DAILY NEWSLETTER!SIGN UPTHE NIGHTGALE CLUB BIRMGHAM. PICTURE: GOOGLEOASIS DEVELOPMENTS IS LOOKG TO MOLISH BUILDGS ON LAND BORRED BY GOOCH STREET NORTH, KENT STREET AND LOWER ESSEX STREET AND BUILD 456 ONE AND TWO-BEDROOM FLATS.HOWEVER, THE VELOPMENT WOULD BE NEAR A NUMBER OF CLUBS, WH NIGHTGALE AND THE FOX PUB BEG CLOST.COUNCILLOR GARETH MOORE OBJECTED TO THE PLANS AND SAID SUFFICIENT NOISE MIGATN WORK NEED TO BE RRIED OUT TO PROTECT THE VENU OM PLATS, ADDG THE SUGGTN PEOPLE ULD “CLOSE THEIR WDOWS” AT NOISY TIM WOULDN’T WORK.HE ALSO SAID THE VELOPERS’ PROPOSED SECTN 106 NTRIBUTN OF £1.5M SHOULD BE ED TO FUND STREET LIGHTG AND CCTV THE WAKE OF RECENT ATTACKS ON MEMBERS OF THE LGBT MUNY.OPERATORS OF THE NIGHTGALE CLUB SAID THE UNCIL HAD FACILATED ‘AGENT OF CHANGE’ DISCSNS BETWEEN THEMSELV AND THE VELOPERS OF A SEPARATE PROPOSED VELOPMENT KENT STREET TO ENSURE NOISE MIGATN MEASUR WOULD BE PLACE.THEY ADD THEY EXPECTED THE UNCIL TO HONOUR THIS MMENT FOR THIS VELOPMENT OR FACE A POSSIBLE LEGAL CHALLENGE.REGULATORY SERVIC OFFICERS ALSO OBJECTED TO THE PROPOSAL, SAYG THE NOISE ISSUE NEED TO BE ROLVED BETWEEN NIGHTGALE, THE FOX AND THE VELOPERS.COUNCILLOR MOORE SAID: “WHILST AN AGENT OF CHANGE PRCIPLE IS PLACE FOR THE VELOPMENT AT 16 KENT STREET TO HELP PROVI BETTER NOISE MIGATN FOR THE NIGHTGALE, THE REMENDATN DO NOT SUFFICIENTLY ADDRS THE POSSIBILY THAT THIS VELOPMENT MAY BE PLETED PRR TO 16 KENT STREET AND THAT WOULD LEAVE THE NIGHTGALE AT SEVERE RISK OF PLATS OM FUTURE OCCUPIERS ABOUT NOISE NUISANCE.“THE REPORT SUGGTS MIGATN AT THE FOX IS NOT NEED AND FUTURE OCCUPIERS N CLOSE THEIR WDOWS AT NOISY TIM.“THIS HAS BEEN SHOWN TIME AND AGA NOT TO BE AN EFFECTIVE FORM OF MIGATN WH A NUMBER OF LGBT VENU CLUDG THE LOFT, MISSG AND SIWALK BEG SUBJECT TO NOISE PLATS OM RINTS WHO ARE NOT WILLG TO CLOSE THEIR WDOWS.“PROVIDG RINTIAL ACMODATN NEXT TO A LATE-NIGHT ENTERTAMENT WILL GENERATE PLATS AND SHOULD BE AVOID. IF THERE IS NOT A SUABLE FORM OF MIGATN, THEN THE APPLITN SHOULD BE REFED.“THERE IS NO ON ON THE VELOPER TO ENSURE THE FUTURE OCCUPIERS ARE AWARE THEY WILL BE LIVG NEXT TO A LATE-NIGHT VENUE.”ON THE SECTN 106 MONEY, HE ADD: “GIVEN THE RECENT HOMOPHOBIC VLENCE, THIS MONEY ULD BE PUT TO BETTER E BY ENABLG BETTER STREET LIGHTG AND CCTV WHICH HAS BEEN ASKED FOR BY MEMBERS OF THE LGBT MUNY.“I WOULD ASK THE SECTN 106 BE AMEND SO THIS PROVISN WOULD BE BETTER ED TO PROTECT A MUNY UNR ATTACK.”AN ARTIST'S IMPRSN OF THE PROPOSED VELOPMENT THE LGBT QUARTER BIRMGHAM. PICTURE: BROADWAY MALYANOFFICERS SAID THE VELOPERS HAD AGREED TO UNRTAKE SOUNDPROOFG WORKS TO THE NIGHTGALE AND THIS WOULD BE SECURED BEFORE THE VELOPMENT.THEY ADD MIGATN WORK IS ALSO PROPOSED FOR THE FOX, WHILE FUTURE OCCUPIERS WILL BE ADVISED OF THE LATE-NIGHT PREMIS THE AREA.IN THEIR REPORT, OFFICERS SAID: “THE SCHEME WOULD MAKE AN EFFICIENT E OF THIS BROWNFIELD SE AND NTRIBUTE TO THE CY’S NEED FOR RINTIAL ACMODATN.“AN AGENT OF CHANGE HAS BEEN AGREED TO SECURE MIGATN WORKS TO THE NIGHTGALE WHILST IS NSIRED THAT MIGATN OFFERED BY THE PROPOSED BUILDG WOULD BE AQUATE TO MIGATE AGAST THE FOX PUBLIC HOE.“THERE IS ALSO SOME HARM TO THE SIGNIFINCE OF THE FOX AS A HERAGE ASSET DUE TO THE SLE OF THE PROPOSED VELOPMENT WH S SETTG. HOWEVER, AS THE FOX IS AN UNSIGNATED HERAGE ASSET, THE SLE OF HARM IS NSIRED TO BE LOW WH THIS HARM OUTWEIGHED BY THE PUBLIC BENEFS OF THE SCHEME.“THE PRISE THE PROVISN OF HOG, THE ENOMIC BENEFS DURG AND AFTER NSTCTN AND SOCIAL BENEFS OF CREATG A PLACE WH GOOD NNECTIVY.”HOWEVER, AT A MEETG TODAY, PLANNG MTEE MEMBERS VOTED TO FER THE CISN TO ALLOW FOR MORE DISCSNS ON NOISE MIGATN BETWEEN THE VENU AND VELOPERS.BIRMGHAMLOL HUBSNEWSBY GURDIP THANDI@GURDOLOL DEMOCRACY REPORTER VERG WALSALL.MOST READ

While gay rints threw a prott-ee celebratn a town square after the recent Supreme Court cisn legalizg same-sex marriag, there were a number of hate-filled ments on lol msage boards Joseph Flynn, the Villag Democratic Club director, says those who sport liberal bumper stickers still n the risk of beg Flynn and Rabow members say the image of the Villag beg overn by the tea party is exaggerated and outdated.

LONGT SERVG PUBLIN BIRMGHAM'S GAY VILLAGE MARKS 25TH ANNIVERSARYANDY KG OF THE FOX HAS PLAYED A CENTRAL ROLE BIRMGHAM'S GAY SCENE FOR A QUARTER OF A BIRMGHAMMAILBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSNEWSBYNATHAN CLARKECOMMUNY REPORTER05:30, 13 DEC 2022UPDATED09:25, 13 DEC 2022BOOKMARKANDY KG IS THE LONGT SERVG LICENSEE BIRMGHAM’S GAY VILLAGE. (IMAGE: IAN HODGKSON / PICTURE IT)THE 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!

The Birmgham Gay Village and LBGTQ District. 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. 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 GREATT BARS BIRMGHAM'S GAY VILLAGE

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). 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.

In the followg year, the charge was expand to clu entrance to the Gay Village. 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.

EMBRAC EXTRATERRTRIAL COMMUNY AND EXPANDS INCLIVY DURG PRI MONTH

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. Annual gay ftivals Birmgham rumed 1983 wh the first “Five Days of Fun”, origally known as “Gay Bm”.

WISNS MIDDLE SCHOOL FEATUR 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' LIBRARY, STIRRG ONLE OUTRAGE

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.

FOX NEWS HOSTS CONFED ABOUT WHETHER TO CALL GAY MAN MR. OR MS.

Most of the followg photographs were taken at the Gay Pri event on the 28th of May 2016. Calls have been ma to protect much-loved clubs and pubs Birmgham’s gay village om noise plats of potential new Nightgale club Birmgham.

”On the Sectn 106 money, he add: “Given the recent homophobic vlence, this money uld be put to better e by enablg better street lightg and CCTV which has been asked for by members of the LGBT muny.

The longt servg publin Birmgham's gay village is celebratg 25 years pullg pts the heart of the cy's gay muny.