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Contents:
- A GLIMPSE TO THE MAKG OF GAY HISTORY
- GAY BRIGHTON
- WHY IS ROCHFORD ENGLAND’S STRAIGHTT PLACE AND BRIGHTON S GAY PAL?
A GLIMPSE TO THE MAKG OF GAY HISTORY
* gay history of brighton *
For a more tailed journey back through time, see A History of Lbian & Gay Brighton. When Brighton began to flourish as a pleasure rort at the end of the eighteenth century unr the patronage of the Prce of Wal, he nnot have imaged that the small fishg town would one day bee the Gay Capal of the South. Pubs wh a lbian or gay clientele were flourishg - among the the Star of Bnswick Bnswick Street Wt and Pigott's bar at the St Jam Tavern Maira Place were pecially popular wh the boys and girls rpectively.
Women and men the forc who were away om home meetg other lbians and gay people for the first time their liv also heard about Brighton and s special pleasur - later they me om all over the untry to vis and many stayed to make their hom here and helped turn Brighton to a Shangri-La the post-war years. One gay man moved down om London jt after the war and ma his first gay iends on the newly-reopened men's beach Hove:. 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. Today, ’s thought that 11-15% of all adults Brighton intify as gay, lbian or bisexual. Brighton is undoubtedly one of the gayt ci the world.
GAY BRIGHTON
The cens suggted people the Essex district were six tim ls likely to be gay than those the East Ssex cy * gay history of brighton *
From havg the hight percentage of same-sex hoeholds the UK to the timated 160, 000 Brighton Pri visors each year, the cy’s LGBTQ muny has ma Brighton the unofficial gay pal of Great Bra. But this gay-iendly reputatn isn’t anythg new. The Peers and Queers tour explor parts of Brighton’s lser-known gay history and illumat historic characters of the cy’s past cludg Osr Wil and Lord Byron.
The muny’s prence n be seen throughout the relatively small cy of around 280, 000 people wh many landmarks havg extensive gay histori.
“It’s fun that the Marqus of Queensberry, the father of Osr Wil’s boyiend, whose homophobia led to Wil’s imprisonment, has a pub named after him, which is now a gay pub. Brighton’s open-md approach has created one of the most vibrant and excg gay scen found anywhere the world, but while the wir LGBTQ muny the UK is aware of Brighton as an extremely popular gay statn, many are not aware how rich and plex the LGBTQ history of Brighton is.
WHY IS ROCHFORD ENGLAND’S STRAIGHTT PLACE AND BRIGHTON S GAY PAL?
Sce the UK marked the 50th anniversary of the partial crimalizatn of homosexualy 2017, a number of cultural projects discsg gay histori have been lnched, but for such a broad muny there are relatively few prehensive iativ examg LGBTQ histori. Gay life Brighton n differ om the experience found self-ntaed gay villag larger ci like London’s Soho or Manchter’s Canal Street, where outsi of the villag certa areas are ls gay-iendly than others.
“Brighton’s gay scene is relatively small pared to bigger ci, and almost entirely owned by lol bsmen, but as far as I’m ncerned, every pub the cy is gay-iendly. The center of gay Brighton is St Jam’s Street, wh the wir Kemptown area offerg pubs, bars, and nightclubs for all members of the LGBTQ muny. From The Bulldog, Brighton’s olst gay bar, to Club Revenge, which holds Brighton’s biggt lbian night, and bear bar The Camelford Arms, few are left out of the gay scene.
There is a lim to how much LGBTQ safe spac n protect agast the reali of anti-gay attus and hate.