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A GLIMPSE TO THE MAKG OF GAY HISTORY

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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:.

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 *

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.

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

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.

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