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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
The bt gay bars, gay dance clubs, gay-rated hotels, gay snas, gay beach and more Brighton, UK. Exclive reviews, maps & disunts. * 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.
GAY BRIGHTON
* gay history of brighton *
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WHY IS ROCHFORD ENGLAND’S STRAIGHTT PLACE AND BRIGHTON S GAY PAL?
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.