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

Contents:

• THE 10 BEST YORKSHIRE GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS YORKSHIRE
• OUT THE UNTRY – RAL HOTSPOTS FOUND AS GAY POPULATN MAPPED
• A MANC’S GUI TO: THE GAY VILLAGE, MORE THAN JT A LATE-NIGHT PARTY DISTRICT
• GAY VILLAGE SOUTH YORKSHIRE
• THE BT GAY VILLAG IN THE UNED KGDOM FOR FABULO QUEER FUN! ??
• GAY VILLAGE HARROGATE
• GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI
• SUBS LOOKG FOR DOMS (GAY MEN ONLY)
• THE SPARKLE WEEKENDFRIDAY 7TH - SUNDAY 9TH JULY 2023THE SPARKLE WEEKEND GUI​DOWNLOAD THE SPARKLE WEEKEND GUI FOR THE FULL PROGRAM OF WEEKEND ACTIVI, HEADLERS, GE EVENTS, MUNY NTENT, PROMOTNS AND MUCH MORE!​BY DOWNLOAD TO YOUR PHONE, YOU HAVE THE WEEKEND PROGRAM YOUR POCKET!THE SPARKLE WEEKEND 2023THE SPARKLE WEEKEND IS THE WORLD’S LARGT EE-TO-ATTEND CELEBRATN OF GENR DIVERSY, AND A SAFE SPACE FOR ANYONE WHO INTIFI AS GENR NON-NFORMG, THEIR FAI, IENDS, AND ALLI. IN 2019, WE WELED MORE THAN 22,000 VISORS OVER THE WEEKEND. THE SPARKLE WEEKEND IS A FTIVAL-STYLE FAY EVENT, FEATURG LIVE MIC AND ENTERTAMENT, TALKS AND WORKSHOPS, AND AN OPPORTUNY FOR OUR RPORATE SPONSORS, GRASSROOTS CHARI, AND TRANS-N BS TO ENGAGE WH OUR VISORS.WE ALSO WORK WH LOL AND NATNAL CHARI WHO SUPPORT YOUNG TRANS AND GENR QUTNG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAI SO THAT ALL AGE GROUPS FEEL CLUD. ONE OF THE CHARY’S RE VALU IS THAT THE EVENT REMAS EE-TO-ATTEND ORR TO BE ACCSIBLE TO EVERYONE, REGARDLS OF GENR INTY, RACE, RELIGN, OR PHYSIL ABILY.THE SPARKLE WEEKEND CURRENTLY STS TENS-OF-THOANDS OF POUNDS TO LIVER AND IS CURRENTLY FUND BY PANI WHO SHARE THE CHARY’S VALU OF EQUALY AND CLN FOR ALL GENR NON-NFORMG DIVIDUALS, AND VISOR DONATNS. SPONSORSHIP AND DONATNS MEAN THAT THE CHARY N ALSO CLU SMALLER GRASSROOTS GROUPS WHO SUPPORT SUB-SECTNAL MORI THE EVENT. WHAT OUR VISITORS SAY ABOUT THE SPARKLE WEEKEND “SPARKLE IS MY FAY, ’S LIKE A RNN WH YOUR FAVOURE IENDS, YOUR MUNY, AND 'S THE HIGHLIGHT OF MY YEAR!” “WOW! WHAT N I SAY? IT WAS JT SO FULL OF DIVERSY AND MUNY SPIR. WE ARE LOOKG FORWARD TO OUR NEXT SPARKLE WEEKEND!” HOME: ABOUT USHOME: IMAGE"SPARKLE IS MY FAY, S LIKE A RNN WH YOUR FAVOURE IENDS, YOUR MUNY AND 'S THE HIGHLIGHT OF MY YEAR. IT'S A SPACE THAT I FEEL ABLE TO BE MYSELF AND SURROUND MYSELF WH PEOPLE WHO I HAVE A EP NNECTN WH."CLAIRE OM PORTSMOUTHHOME: QUOTETHE SPARKLE CHARY'THE WORLDS LARGT FREE TO ATTEND CELEBRATN OF GENR DIVERSY'WE ORGANISE THE ANNUAL SPARKLE WEEKEND, THE WORLD’S LARGT EE-TO-ATTEND CELEBRATN OF GENR DIVERSY, HELD SACKVILLE GARNS AT THE HEART OF MANCHTER’S GAY VILLAGEWE PROMOTE A POSIVE REPRENTATN, AWARENS AND ACCEPTANCE OF THE TRANS, NON-BARY/GENRFLUID AND INTERSEX MUNY THROUGH OUR EVENTS, MUNITNS, ADVOCY AND ARTS PROJECTSWE PROVIDE ADVICE, TRAG AND SUPPORT TO BS, NOT-FOR-PROF ANISATNS, AND THE PUBLIC SECTOR​WE ARE ENTIRELY VOLUNTEER-LED, AND ONE OF OUR RE VALU TO IS THAT OUR EVENTS REMA EE-TO-ATTEND AND ACCSIBLE TO EVERYONEFIGHTG AGAST INEQUALY & DISCRIMATNRAISG FUNDS FOR THE NATNAL TRANS MEMORIAL SACKVILLE GARNSPROVIDG PLATFORMS FOR GENR DIVERSE TALENT & UPLIFTG TRANS VOICHOME: OUR CS"TO FD A PLACE WHERE I N SIMPLY BELONG, IS REHG AND WONRFUL. LONG MAY SPARKLE WEEKEND LIVE!"CHRIS OM YORKHOME: QUOTESUBSCRIBE FORM

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

Tripadvisor performs checks on HLln, UK94 ntributnsAs visors to the cy we checked out the lol gay bar. This is a proper old fashned gay bar ( a good way) wh steps and sclub playg and a iendly atmosphere. 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).

3% of Devon’s populatn told rearchers they were gay, lbian or bisexual, slightly ahead of the 1.

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 . ”Devon is largely welg for gay people, he said, but this is not universal.

OUT THE UNTRY – RAL HOTSPOTS FOUND AS GAY POPULATN MAPPED

”In other parts of the untry, very few people are tellg rearchers they are gay, lbian or bisexual. 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. ”By a slenr marg, Northern Ireland was the untry of the UK found to have the hight proportn of gay men – an timated 1. “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.

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

”The discrepancy between gay men and lbians the data do not reflect his experienc.

Known for s late-night clubs and cheap drks als, the Gay Village is popular wh Manchter partygoers - but there's more gog on behd the scen. Today, Manchter’s Gay Village is a verable party district. The neighbourhood has weled a gay clientele sce the 1940s, but, by all acunts, ’s only the past twenty years or so that thgs have really started to turn a rner, spe homosexualy beg crimalised 1967.

GAY VILLAGE SOUTH YORKSHIRE

An excerpt om Mancunian Gay magaze 1984 tled ‘Not tonight, Anrton’ tells the story of how one night 20 pla cloth officers stormed to Napoleons and forced everyone attendance to provi their personal rmatn before beg allowed to leave – an cint that was later brand as “an obv se of police victimisatn” a prs release issued by the Gay Centre.

THE BT GAY VILLAG IN THE UNED KGDOM FOR FABULO QUEER FUN! ??

In spe of this, the first Gay Pub and Club Olympics event (now thought of as the gural Manchter Pri) still went ahead on the Augt Bank Holiday weekend of 1985. Notably, had the support of a new generatn of Labour uncillors elected 1984 – who gave the gay muny their support and appoted Lbian and Gay officers.

GAY VILLAGE HARROGATE

Inspired by Ken Livgstone‘s early days on the Greater London Council, those new uncillors created an Equal Opportuni Commtee and appoted Maggie Turner and Pl Fairweather what would prove a landmark move for gay rights the north of England. 1986 saw thgs gradually improve for the muny, as uncillors’ ‘put their arms around’ the gay muny, welg a Northern Pri event 1986 and ntributg public funds towards the celebratns. As the ’80s ntued, Manchter’s fight for gay rights ntued wh the Sectn 28 march 1988 actg as a huge turng pot as the Thatcher ernment’s dranian legislatn brought people out onto the streets to prott their drov.

Still, wasn’t until the early neti that the Gay Village weled s first openly-gay bar and even then police raids the area ntued right up to 1994.

The battl agast stutnal homophobia were still beg fought, clearly, and some ntued to ll the Canal Street area ‘Satan’s Square Mile’ – but the openg of new nightclubs like Cz 101 and semal events Electric Chair and Poptastic saw the muny phg back. Repurposed at the end of the Indtrial Revolutn to a gay quarter that has sce bee one of the most famo the world, Manchter has a lot of thgs to be proud of – and the village is fely up there wh the bt. Habha – A hidn foodie gem the heart of the gay village, the Ethpian rtrant Habha ss above a pretty n-of-the-l takeaway and is que easy to miss.

GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI

Read more: The Ethpian rtrant hidn above a takeaway Manchter’s gay village. Napoleons – The olst gay pub the neighbourhood, Napoleon’s dat all the way back to 1941 and provis a safe space for trans people, crossdrsers and drag queens. Churchills – Somethg of an stutn the Gay Village, Churchills always has a buzz about .

Vanilla – The only lbian venue an unniably gay-domated neighbourhood, Vanilla is probably more nightclub than bar. Cz 101 – This gay nightclub an old textile warehoe is ready to party seven days a week, wh a range of different nights playg everythg om cuttg-edge hoe to mercial floor-fillers and 80s, 90s and 00s classics. New York New York – From cktails the glam Queens Bar, to live baret, DJ sets and dancg ’til late the club, ‘Party Palace’ NYNY is open to party seven nights a week A safe, iendly, welg space for all, ’s sat the heart of the Gay Village for over thirty years.

SUBS LOOKG FOR DOMS (GAY MEN ONLY)

Osrs – This timate, theatre-style gay bar shows film clips om a mix of classic and morn mils and offers live mic om sgers and pianists on selected nights. The Eagle – This popular men-only gay club gets packed wh guys, all of whom pretty much e for a siar thg. G-A-Y – A lbian and gay club known for blastg out the pop tun to the early hours, G-A-Y is one of the big fol pots of Canal Street and really is somewhere you n’t avoid endg up if you’re on a night out there.

Read more: Photos of Manchter’s legendary gay clubnight Flh go on display at Kimpton Clocktower. The home of Manchter Pri sce 1985, every year visors flock to the Gay Village their thoands to party the streets and celebrate love all s forms across the Augt Bank Holiday weekend.

THE SPARKLE WEEKENDFRIDAY 7TH - SUNDAY 9TH JULY 2023THE SPARKLE WEEKEND GUI​DOWNLOAD THE SPARKLE WEEKEND GUI FOR THE FULL PROGRAM OF WEEKEND ACTIVI, HEADLERS, GE EVENTS, MUNY NTENT, PROMOTNS AND MUCH MORE!​BY DOWNLOAD TO YOUR PHONE, YOU HAVE THE WEEKEND PROGRAM YOUR POCKET!THE SPARKLE WEEKEND 2023THE SPARKLE WEEKEND IS THE WORLD’S LARGT EE-TO-ATTEND CELEBRATN OF GENR DIVERSY, AND A SAFE SPACE FOR ANYONE WHO INTIFI AS GENR NON-NFORMG, THEIR FAI, IENDS, AND ALLI. IN 2019, WE WELED MORE THAN 22,000 VISORS OVER THE WEEKEND. THE SPARKLE WEEKEND IS A FTIVAL-STYLE FAY EVENT, FEATURG LIVE MIC AND ENTERTAMENT, TALKS AND WORKSHOPS, AND AN OPPORTUNY FOR OUR RPORATE SPONSORS, GRASSROOTS CHARI, AND TRANS-N BS TO ENGAGE WH OUR VISORS.WE ALSO WORK WH LOL AND NATNAL CHARI WHO SUPPORT YOUNG TRANS AND GENR QUTNG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAI SO THAT ALL AGE GROUPS FEEL CLUD. ONE OF THE CHARY’S RE VALU IS THAT THE EVENT REMAS EE-TO-ATTEND ORR TO BE ACCSIBLE TO EVERYONE, REGARDLS OF GENR INTY, RACE, RELIGN, OR PHYSIL ABILY.THE SPARKLE WEEKEND CURRENTLY STS TENS-OF-THOANDS OF POUNDS TO LIVER AND IS CURRENTLY FUND BY PANI WHO SHARE THE CHARY’S VALU OF EQUALY AND CLN FOR ALL GENR NON-NFORMG DIVIDUALS, AND VISOR DONATNS. SPONSORSHIP AND DONATNS MEAN THAT THE CHARY N ALSO CLU SMALLER GRASSROOTS GROUPS WHO SUPPORT SUB-SECTNAL MORI THE EVENT. WHAT OUR VISITORS SAY ABOUT THE SPARKLE WEEKEND “SPARKLE IS MY FAY, ’S LIKE A RNN WH YOUR FAVOURE IENDS, YOUR MUNY, AND 'S THE HIGHLIGHT OF MY YEAR!” “WOW! WHAT N I SAY? IT WAS JT SO FULL OF DIVERSY AND MUNY SPIR. WE ARE LOOKG FORWARD TO OUR NEXT SPARKLE WEEKEND!” HOME: ABOUT USHOME: IMAGE"SPARKLE IS MY FAY, S LIKE A RNN WH YOUR FAVOURE IENDS, YOUR MUNY AND 'S THE HIGHLIGHT OF MY YEAR. IT'S A SPACE THAT I FEEL ABLE TO BE MYSELF AND SURROUND MYSELF WH PEOPLE WHO I HAVE A EP NNECTN WH."CLAIRE OM PORTSMOUTHHOME: QUOTETHE SPARKLE CHARY'THE WORLDS LARGT FREE TO ATTEND CELEBRATN OF GENR DIVERSY'WE ORGANISE THE ANNUAL SPARKLE WEEKEND, THE WORLD’S LARGT EE-TO-ATTEND CELEBRATN OF GENR DIVERSY, HELD SACKVILLE GARNS AT THE HEART OF MANCHTER’S GAY VILLAGEWE PROMOTE A POSIVE REPRENTATN, AWARENS AND ACCEPTANCE OF THE TRANS, NON-BARY/GENRFLUID AND INTERSEX MUNY THROUGH OUR EVENTS, MUNITNS, ADVOCY AND ARTS PROJECTSWE PROVIDE ADVICE, TRAG AND SUPPORT TO BS, NOT-FOR-PROF ANISATNS, AND THE PUBLIC SECTOR​WE ARE ENTIRELY VOLUNTEER-LED, AND ONE OF OUR RE VALU TO IS THAT OUR EVENTS REMA EE-TO-ATTEND AND ACCSIBLE TO EVERYONEFIGHTG AGAST INEQUALY & DISCRIMATNRAISG FUNDS FOR THE NATNAL TRANS MEMORIAL SACKVILLE GARNSPROVIDG PLATFORMS FOR GENR DIVERSE TALENT & UPLIFTG TRANS VOICHOME: OUR CS"TO FD A PLACE WHERE I N SIMPLY BELONG, IS REHG AND WONRFUL. LONG MAY SPARKLE WEEKEND LIVE!"CHRIS OM YORKHOME: QUOTESUBSCRIBE FORM

From The Bean of Hope, a symbol of solidary and memorial to everyone lost to HIV that was first nceived 1997, to the 2001 bronze statue of Manchter putg legend and gay in Alan Turg, head over to Sackville Garns to get your culture and nature fix one. Ho (well, mostly flats) the Gay Village are, on average, some of the pricit the cy centre.