Gay villages in the United Kingdom

{{Main|Birmingham Gay Village}}

Birmingham is home to 60,000 gay people.{{cite web|url=http://gaybirminghamremembered.co.uk/topics/Birmingham+localities+and+the+gay+population|title=Gay Birmingham Remembered - The Gay Birmingham History Project|website=gaybirminghamremembered.co.uk|access-date=14 February 2018|archive-date=15 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215143520/http://gaybirminghamremembered.co.uk/topics/Birmingham+localities+and+the+gay+population|url-status=live}} The Birmingham Gay Village, which became prominent in the 1990s,{{cite web|url=http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/birmingham-gay-pride-photos-1997-9255604|title=Can you see yourself in our pictures? Did you go to the gay prides of the past?|first=David|last=Bentley|date=21 May 2015|access-date=14 February 2018|archive-date=15 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215204146/https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/birmingham-gay-pride-photos-1997-9255604|url-status=live}} is located around Hurst Street in Southside and features clubs, bars and shops.

Birmingham Pride is celebrated each year around the late May bank holiday weekend; its entertainment and festivities are centred around the Gay Village.{{cite web |last1=Herald |first1=Tamworth |title=Thousands set to flock to Birmingham Gay Pride 2015 |url=http://www.tamworthherald.co.uk/Thousands-set-flock-Birmingham-Gay-Pride/story-26554149-detail/story.html |website=tamworthherald.co.uk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150525224127/http://www.tamworthherald.co.uk/Thousands-set-flock-Birmingham-Gay-Pride/story-26554149-detail/story.html |archive-date=2015-05-25}} Organisers estimated that Pride brings around £15 million to the city's economy.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-22666063|title=Thousands join in Pride parade|work=BBC News|date=25 May 2013|access-date=14 February 2018|archive-date=13 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181013215530/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-22666063|url-status=live}} In 2014, it attracted over 50,000 people.{{cite web|url=http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/birmingham-pride-2015-announces-record-breaking-9298126|title=Birmingham Pride 2015 announces record-breaking advance ticket sales|first=David|last=Bentley|date=20 May 2015|access-date=14 February 2018|archive-date=15 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215204158/https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/birmingham-pride-2015-announces-record-breaking-9298126|url-status=live}}

The city also has its own LGBT centre, opened in 2013, for support with health and well-being.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-21242840|title=New centre for gay health opens|work=BBC News|date=14 February 2018|access-date=14 February 2018|archive-date=7 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007053735/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-21242840|url-status=live}} Midlands Zone, the LGBT magazine for the region, was published every month (1997–2020.)

{{See also|LGBTQ culture in Brighton and Hove}}

File:Brighton Gay Pride 2008 (2737520038).jpg in Brighton during Brighton Pride]]

Brighton has a significant LGBT population,{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/brighton-is-gay-capital-7298902.html|title=Brighton is 'gay capital'|date=13 April 2012|access-date=14 February 2018|archive-date=21 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621172312/https://www.standard.co.uk/news/brighton-is-gay-capital-7298902.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://metro.co.uk/2014/03/25/sorry-bristol-brighton-is-probably-the-best-city-in-the-uk-4677619/|title=Sorry Bristol, Brighton is probably the best city in the UK|date=25 March 2014|access-date=14 February 2018|archive-date=28 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150728061513/http://metro.co.uk/2014/03/25/sorry-bristol-brighton-is-probably-the-best-city-in-the-uk-4677619/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham/features/2004/04/gay_city_census_statistics.shtml|title=Nottingham: Seventh most gay place in England and Wales|website=www.bbc.co.uk|access-date=14 February 2018|archive-date=3 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203203403/http://www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham/features/2004/04/gay_city_census_statistics.shtml|url-status=live}} and records LGBT history in the city since the 19th century.{{cite web|url=http://www.brightonourstory.co.uk/brighton-s-history/|title=Brighton Ourstory :: Brighton's history|first=Simon Chilton -|last=www.sitebysimon.co.uk|website=www.brightonourstory.co.uk|access-date=14 February 2018|archive-date=3 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003085617/http://www.brightonourstory.co.uk/brighton-s-history|url-status=dead}} Brighton Pride is at the start of August and attracts around 160,000 people every year.{{cite web|url=http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2014/11/14/brighton-pride-safe-until-2020-under-new-license/|title=Brighton Pride safe 'until 2020' under new license|date=14 November 2014|access-date=14 February 2018|archive-date=12 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712153604/http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2014/11/14/brighton-pride-safe-until-2020-under-new-license/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/story/2014-08-03/brighton-pride-a-great-success-despite-arrests/|title=Brighton Pride a "great success" despite arrests|access-date=14 February 2018|archive-date=2015-07-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712173459/http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/story/2014-08-03/brighton-pride-a-great-success-despite-arrests/|url-status=live}} Many LGBT pubs, clubs, bars, restaurants, cafés and shops are located around Brighton and in particular around St James's Street in Kemptown.{{cite web|url=http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/11096502.Calls_for_Brighton_s_St_James_s_Street_to_be_pedestrianised_or_it_will__wither_and_die_/|title=Calls for Brighton's St James's Street to be pedestrianised or it will 'wither and die'|website=The Argus|access-date=14 February 2018|archive-date=9 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180809215629/http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/11096502.Calls_for_Brighton_s_St_James_s_Street_to_be_pedestrianised_or_it_will__wither_and_die_/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/9374498.Calls_for_Brighton_and_Hove__gay_village_/|title=Calls for Brighton and Hove "gay village"|website=The Argus|access-date=14 February 2018|archive-date=9 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180809215906/http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/9374498.Calls_for_Brighton_and_Hove__gay_village_/|url-status=live}}

In a 2014 estimate, 11–15% of the city's population aged 16 or over is thought to be lesbian, gay or bisexual.{{cite web |title=Brighton & Hove City Snapshot: Report of Statistics 2014 |url=http://www.bhconnected.org.uk/sites/bhconnected/files/City%20Snapshot%20Report%20of%20Statistics%202014%202.pdf |website=bhconnected.org.uk |access-date=2018-08-09 |archive-date=2016-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303215608/http://www.bhconnected.org.uk/sites/bhconnected/files/City%20Snapshot%20Report%20of%20Statistics%202014%202.pdf |url-status=live }} The city also had the highest percentage of same-sex households in the UK in 2004{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/3456635.stm|title=Brighton 'has most gay couples'|date=3 February 2004|access-date=14 February 2018|via=news.bbc.co.uk|archive-date=11 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911100035/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/3456635.stm|url-status=live}} and the largest number of civil partnership registrations outside of London in 2013.{{cite web |url=http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/vsob2/civil-partnership-statistics--united-kingdom/2013/stb-civil-partnerships-2013.html?format=print |date=February 11, 2015 |title=Statistical Bulletin: Civil Partnerships in the UK, 2013 |website=Office for National Statistics |access-date=April 24, 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924130241/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/vsob2/civil-partnership-statistics--united-kingdom/2013/stb-civil-partnerships-2013.html?format=print |archive-date=September 24, 2015}}

Old Market is the main gay village in Bristol, with its scene centred on West Street.{{cite web |url=http://www.pridewest.co.uk/events/scene/bristol.php |title=Bristol Gay Scene |work=pridewest |access-date=2011-03-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110424072341/http://www.pridewest.co.uk/events/scene/bristol.php |archive-date=24 April 2011 |url-status=dead }} Across the city centre, Frogmore Street in the Old City is a gay area. Queenshilling first opened here in 1992,{{Cite web|url=https://visitbristol.co.uk/things-to-do/nightlife/lgbt-nightlife|title=LGBTQ+ Nightlife|website=Visit Bristol|access-date=21 July 2021}} although the first post-1967 gay club to open in Bristol was the Moulin Rouge on Worrall Road, Clifton, in 1970.{{Cite web|url=https://outstoriesbristol.org.uk/places/pubs-clubs/|title=Pubs & Clubs|website=Out Stories Bristol|date=18 September 2011|access-date=21 July 2021}}

The city's first Pride took place in 1977 as a fundraiser.{{cite web|url=http://outstoriesbristol.org.uk/timeline/timeline-1967-to-present/ |title=OutStories - First Pride in Bristol |date=28 September 2011 |access-date=11 July 2016}} Some unofficial celebrations took place in the 2000s until Bristol Pride was re-established in 2010.

{{See also|LGBTQ culture in Cardiff}}

Cardiff has been ranked as the 8th most accepting city in the world for the LGBT community{{Cite web |title=Most LGBTQ+ accepting cities {{!}} money.co.uk |url=https://www.money.co.uk/mortgages/most-accepting-cities |access-date=2023-07-12 |website=www.money.co.uk |language=en}} and is home to many gay venues such as the Golden Cross.{{Cite web |title=Guide to some of the best LGBT+ places in Cardiff |url=https://www.visitwales.com/inspire-me/city-breaks/guide-some-best-lgbt-places-cardiff |access-date=2023-07-12 |website=VisitWales |language=en}} The first Pride to be held in Cardiff took place in 1985.{{Cite news |date=2020-06-20 |title=Pride Cymru: 35 years since 'huge step' in Cardiff |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-53052494 |access-date=2023-07-12}}{{Citation |title=Evolution of LGBTQ+ in Cardiff |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBUxpoMbDcs |access-date=2023-07-12 |language=en|website=YouTube}}

Portobello, voted as one of the best neighbourhoods to live in the UK by The Times,{{Cite web |last=Bennett |first=Gabriella |date=2023-03-24 |title=Why Portobello, Edinburgh, is one of the best places to live 2023 |url=https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/property-home/article/portobello-edinburgh-best-place-to-live-scotland-uk-2023-2fgxddfhm |access-date=2025-06-08 |website=www.thetimes.com |language=en}} is a vibrant gay community, with an annual Porty Pride event by the beach and a range of locally owned LGBTQ+ restaurants, cafes and local shops. The New Town end of Leith Walk from Picardy Place to Broughton Street is known locally as the 'Pink Triangle' and is home to a number of LGBTQ+ venues.{{Cite web|url=https://edinburgh.org/inspire/edinburgh-city-guides/lgbtq/|title=LGBTQ+ city guide|website=Forever Edinburgh}} The West End has also historically held LGBTQ connections, and has a number of LGBTQ+ friendly hotels.https://uk.hotels.com/de554344-th21/lgbtq-welcoming-hotels-edinburgh-united-kingdom/{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldrainbowhotels.com/europe/united-kingdom/edinburgh/the-resident-edinburgh/|title=The Resident Edinburgh}}

Since the 1990s the Yorkshire market town of Hebden Bridge has been branded "the lesbian capital of the UK",{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04cffpj|title=Gaybourhood and City Life, Thinking Allowed - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC|access-date=14 February 2018|archive-date=31 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180331210948/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04cffpj|url-status=live}} and is reported to have the highest number of lesbians per capita anywhere in the UK.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/why-has-hebden-bridge-become-suicide-central-1811034.html|title=Why has Hebden Bridge become suicide central?|date=1 November 2009|access-date=14 February 2018|archive-date=15 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215143734/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/why-has-hebden-bridge-become-suicide-central-1811034.html|url-status=live}}

{{See also|LGBTQ culture in Leeds}}

Leeds's gay district is centred around Leeds Bridge and Lower Briggate in The Calls.{{Cite web |url=http://www.leeds.gov.uk/docs/Gay%20Leeds%20Map%20and%20Guide.pdf |title=Gay Leeds Map and Guide |access-date=April 24, 2021 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051046/http://www.leeds.gov.uk/docs/Gay%20Leeds%20Map%20and%20Guide.pdf}} Leeds Pride brings approximately 25,000 people to the city each year.

Leicester has an LGBT community{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/leicester/content/articles/2005/02/16/gay_leicester_feature.shtml|title=I wanna take you to a Gay Bar...|website=www.bbc.co.uk|access-date=14 February 2018|archive-date=18 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118215225/http://www.bbc.co.uk/leicester/content/articles/2005/02/16/gay_leicester_feature.shtml|url-status=live}} and hosts Leicester Pride.{{cite web |last1=Duffin |first1=Yasmin |title=Leicester Pride 2014: Hundreds attend procession in support of city's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community |url=https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Parade-colour-takes-city-Leicester-Pride-2014/story-22852965-detail/story.html |website=leicestermercury.co.uk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904124327/https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Parade-colour-takes-city-Leicester-Pride-2014/story-22852965-detail/story.html |archive-date=2014-09-04}}

{{see also|LGBTQ culture in Liverpool}}

File:Liverpool Pride Celebrations 2011.jpg is home to a significant LGBT population.]]

Image:Stanley Street official signage, Liverpool, England.jpg

Liverpool is home to a significant LGBT population, with an estimated 94,000 LGBT people living in the city, equivalent to the LGBT population of San Francisco.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-25260739|title=New company for city's Gay Quarter|work=BBC News|date=6 December 2013|access-date=14 February 2018|archive-date=8 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008160313/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-25260739|url-status=live}} Liverpool is also the first and only British city to officially recognise its gay quarter Stanley Street Quarter, installing street signs bearing the rainbow-coloured Pride flag to identify it in 2011 on Stanley Street, Cumberland Street, Temple Lane, Eberle Street and Temple Street.{{cite web|url=http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2011/11/11/liverpool-unveils-uks-first-gay-street-signs/|title=Liverpool unveils UK's first gay street signs|date=11 November 2011|access-date=14 February 2018|archive-date=15 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215143612/http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2011/11/11/liverpool-unveils-uks-first-gay-street-signs/|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://www.seenmag.co.uk/news-and-features/sign-up-for-gay-village.phuse |title=Sign Up for Gay Village |website=Seen Magazine |access-date=April 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514072721/http://www.seenmag.co.uk/news-and-features/sign-up-for-gay-village.phuse |archive-date=May 14, 2013}}

Liverpool Pride was established in 2010{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/liverpool-pride-return-sixth-year-8937103|title=Liverpool pride to return for sixth year|first=Jade|last=Wright|date=27 March 2015|access-date=14 February 2018|archive-date=15 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215143808/https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/liverpool-pride-return-sixth-year-8937103|url-status=live}} and draws tens of thousands each year.{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/superheroes-theme-liverpool-pride-2013-3011133|title=Superheroes theme for Liverpool Pride 2013|first=Alan|last=Weston|date=30 March 2013|access-date=14 February 2018|archive-date=15 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215143712/https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/superheroes-theme-liverpool-pride-2013-3011133|url-status=live}} The city's annual Homotopia festival is run by the only lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer combined arts organisation in northern England.{{cite web |last1=Lloyd |first1=Peter |title=LIVERPOOL'S HOMOTOPIA FESTIVAL RETURNS FOR 8TH YEAR |url=https://divamag.co.uk/category/news/liverpool's-homotopia-festival-returns-for-8th-year.aspx |website=divamag.co.uk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111112101810/https://divamag.co.uk/category/news/liverpool's-homotopia-festival-returns-for-8th-year.aspx |archive-date=2011-11-12}}{{cite web |author=Peter Lloyd |url=http://www.divamag.co.uk/category/news/liverpool%27s-homotopia-festival-returns-for-8th-year.aspx |title=Liverpool's Homotopia festival returns for 8th year |publisher=Diva Mag |date=27 October 2011 |access-date=2012-06-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111112101810/http://www.divamag.co.uk/category/news/liverpool's-homotopia-festival-returns-for-8th-year.aspx |archive-date=12 November 2011 }}

{{See also|LGBTQ culture in London}}

File:Royal Vauxhall Tavern, Vauxhall, SE11 (2866697236).jpg is London's oldest surviving gay venue.]]

London's LGBT community has historically been centred around Soho since the 18th century, and Old Compton Street in particular, where bars, clubs, restaurants, cafés, shops and theatres now line the streets.{{cite web |title=WEST END BOYS |url=http://qxmagazine.com/pdf/gayhistory-soho.pdf |website=qxmagazine.com |access-date=2018-08-09 |archive-date=2018-02-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215084002/http://qxmagazine.com/pdf/gayhistory-soho.pdf |url-status=live }} Vauxhall, known colloquially as Voho, is also popular, with bars, nightclubs and a sauna as well as the historic Royal Vauxhall Tavern and Above The Stag Theatre, the UK's only LGBT theatre.{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/clubbing/londons-lgbtq-party-scene-the-best-gay-bars-and-clubs-for-all-9207627.html|title=London's LGBTQ party scene: the best gay bars and clubs for all|access-date=14 February 2018|archive-date=2 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170302030801/http://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/clubbing/londons-lgbtq-party-scene-the-best-gay-bars-and-clubs-for-all-9207627.html|url-status=live}} Recently,{{When|date=April 2023}} venues in Dalston, Shoreditch and Bethnal Green have become popular with the LGBT community. The Gay Liberation Front in the UK started in London in the 1970s, which spawned the first official UK Gay Pride Rally in the city in 1972.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-13965769|title=Audio slideshow: London Pride at 40|work=BBC News|date=1 July 2011|access-date=14 February 2018|archive-date=7 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007205231/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-13965769|url-status=live}}

London's Pride festival is now celebrated across the centre of city at the end of June, with particular focus on the main stage at Trafalgar Square and venues in Soho and Vauxhall. Pride is an annual event that closes London's Oxford Street and draws large numbers of spectators{{cite web|url=http://www.croydonguardian.co.uk/leisure/latest/13334993.17_things_you_need_to_know_about_Pride_in_London_2015/|title=17 things you need to know about Pride in London 2015|website=Croydon Guardian|access-date=14 February 2018|archive-date=15 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215083907/http://www.croydonguardian.co.uk/leisure/latest/13334993.17_things_you_need_to_know_about_Pride_in_London_2015/|url-status=live}}—in 2014, more than 750,000 people attended;{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-33297964|title=Thousands attend London Pride march|work=BBC News|date=27 June 2015|access-date=14 February 2018|archive-date=20 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620052735/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-33297964|url-status=live}} growing to an estimated 1.5 million in 2019, making it the biggest Pride yet.{{Cite journal|url= https://news.sky.com/story/london-awash-with-colour-for-biggest-pride-yet-11757918|title=London awash with colour for 'biggest Pride yet'|journal=Sky News|date=6 July 2019|access-date=20 July 2021}} London is also home to UK Black Pride.

In an Office for National Statistics survey in 2010, London was found to be home to the highest percentage of British people who identify as either gay, lesbian or bisexual than anywhere else in the UK at 2.5%.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/reality-check/2013/oct/03/gay-britain-what-do-statistics-say|title=Gay Britain: what do the statistics say?|first=Mona|last=Chalabi|date=3 October 2013|website=The Guardian|access-date=14 February 2018|archive-date=16 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180216025020/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/reality-check/2013/oct/03/gay-britain-what-do-statistics-say|url-status=live}}

File:Canal Street (Manchester).JPG is an LGBT destination in Manchester.]]

Canal Street has been the centre of Manchester's Gay Village since the 1960s.{{cite web|url=http://www.mancunianmatters.co.uk/content/291267170-canal-street-20-years-how-has-manchester%E2%80%99s-gay-village-changed-and-can-it-shed|title=Canal Street 20 years on: How has Manchester's gay village changed and can it shed image as 'gay ghetto'? - Mancunian Matters|website=www.mancunianmatters.co.uk|date=29 December 2013|access-date=14 February 2018|archive-date=15 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215084147/http://www.mancunianmatters.co.uk/content/291267170-canal-street-20-years-how-has-manchester%E2%80%99s-gay-village-changed-and-can-it-shed|url-status=live}} Manchester Pride, held every year in the village at the end of August, started from humble beginnings in the 1980s to achieving tens of thousands of spectators in the ensuing years.{{cite news|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/thousands-to-attend-pride-parade-30530234.html|title=Thousands to attend Pride parade|newspaper=Belfasttelegraph|agency=Press Association|access-date=14 February 2018|archive-date=29 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200529110824/https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/thousands-to-attend-pride-parade-30530234.html|url-status=live}} Manchester's Gay Village has been named one of the "most successful gay villages in Europe"{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/aug/07/gayrights.communities|title=Beatrix Campbell on the evolution of Manchester's gay village|first=Beatrix|last=Campbell|date=6 August 2004|website=The Guardian|access-date=14 February 2018|archive-date=16 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180216025213/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/aug/07/gayrights.communities|url-status=live}} and the "gay capital of the north," a reputation enhanced by LGBT TV shows Bob & Rose and Queer as Folk, both written by Russell T Davies, which were set there.{{cite web|url=http://www.mancunianmatters.co.uk/content/020473088-manchesters-gay-village-vibrant-ever-bars-need-their-game-survive|title=Manchester's Gay Village 'as vibrant as ever' but bars need to 'up their game to survive' - Mancunian Matters|website=www.mancunianmatters.co.uk|date=2 April 2015|access-date=14 February 2018|archive-date=15 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215084314/http://www.mancunianmatters.co.uk/content/020473088-manchesters-gay-village-vibrant-ever-bars-need-their-game-survive|url-status=live}} Cucumber/Banana, also by Davies, was also set there.

The city of Manchester is estimated to be home to between 24,950 and 34,930 lesbian, gay and bisexual people.{{cite web |title=Evidence base for Manchester's lesbian, gay and bisexual population |url=http://www.manchester.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/19278/manchester_i_exist_survey_results.pdf |website=manchester.gov.uk |access-date=2018-08-09 |archive-date=2020-07-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200702195200/https://www.manchester.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/19278/manchester_i_exist_survey_results.pdf |url-status=live }}

Since opening its first gay bar Sundowners in 2003 and particularly since the 2010s when a number of related creatives and small businesses were drawn to the town, Margate become notable as "England's unassuming LGBTQ+ hub". On the 2021 census, 7.09% of residents in the Cliftonville West neighbourhood were recorded as belonging to the community. Other seaside towns reported similar numbers, including Hastings, St Leonards-on-Sea, and Bournemouth. Margate Pride attracts an attendance of 15,000, with the event being described as "laidback" and "noncommercial".{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20240603-margate-englands-unassuming-lgbtq-hub|title=Margate: England's unassuming LGBTQ+ hub|work=BBC News|first=Stephen|last=Emms|date=4 June 2024|access-date=8 June 2025}}

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Nottingham has an LGBT community and hosts Nottingham Pride.

Drag performers were recorded at the Forest Tavern on Mansfield Road in the 1880s. During the mid 20th century, a number of businesses in Nottingham had LGBT+ clientele, such as the George Hotel. In the 1970s, Switchboard were based in Nottingham, while Broadmarsh shopping centre hosted two of the UK's earliest licensed LGBTQ nightclubs: Le Chic and Mario's.{{Cite web|url=https://leftlion.co.uk/features/2024/07/gay-bourhoods-a-history-of-nottingham-queer-bars/|title=Gay-bourhoods: a history of Nottingham queer bars|work=Left Lion|first=CJ|last=DeBarra|date=10 July 2024|access-date=7 June 2025}} Hockley has been the Centre of the city's LGBTQ scene since at least the 1980s. Broadway Media Centre and the Gai Project opened in 1990 and 1994 respectively on Broad Street, where the first Nottingham Pride was held under the name Pink Lace in 1997.{{Cite web|url=https://leftlion.co.uk/features/2024/07/ahead-of-pride-hockleys-rainbow-crossing-is-being-repainted-for-its-fifth-anniversary/|title=Ahead of Pride, Hockley's Rainbow Crossing is being repainted for {{as written|i|t's [sic]}} fifth anniversary|work=Left Lion|first=CJ|last=DeBarra|date=12 July 2024|access-date=7 June 2025}}

Sheffield is reportedly home to between 27,635 and 38,689 lesbian, gay and bisexual people and 3,300 trans people.{{Cite web |url=https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/dms/scc/management/corporate-communications/documents/sheffield-profile/community-knowledge-profiles/LGBT-Community-Knowledge-Profile-2014/LGBT%20Community%20Knowledge%20Profile%202014.pdf |title=Sheffield Community Knowledge Profiles - Lesbian, Gay Bisexual and Transgender Community |date=2014 |access-date=April 24, 2021 |publisher=Sheffield City Council |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304114210/https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/dms/scc/management/corporate-communications/documents/sheffield-profile/community-knowledge-profiles/LGBT-Community-Knowledge-Profile-2014/LGBT%20Community%20Knowledge%20Profile%202014.pdf |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=dead }}

In the 1990s, Sheffield's gay scene was concentrated in Attercliffe. By the 2010s, it had moved to the city centre.{{cite news |last1=Patterson |first1=Heather |title=Sheffield is super! |url=https://www.exposedmagazine.co.uk/lgbt/sheffield-lgbt-scene/ |work=Exposed Magazine |date=7 January 2019}} In 2018, Sheffield had its first "gay quarter" established. Located on the corner of The Moor and Hereford Street in the city centre, it takes in the long-established Dempsey's bar and club and the newly opened Queer Junction. The 2018 LGBTQ+ Pride was its 10th anniversary.

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