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Annual events

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	Events have been held in Croydon since 2006 for [[LGBT History Month]]<ref>http://www.lgbt-croydon.org.uk/lgbthm</ref> and for [[IDAHO]],<ref>http://www.lgbt-croydon.org.uk/idaho</ref> for the [[Trans Day of Remembrance]] since 2011,<ref>www.lgbt-croydon.org.uk/tdor</ref><ref>http://www.croydontrans.org.uk/news.shtml</ref> and for Black History Month in 2010, 2012 and 2013.<ref>http://www.lgbt-croydon.org.uk/blackhm</ref> The IDAHO event for 2014 was branded "[[One Love (Croydon)\|One Love]]".		Events have been held in Croydon since 2006 for [[LGBT History Month]]<ref>http://www.lgbt-croydon.org.uk/lgbthm</ref> and for [[IDAHO]],<ref>http://www.lgbt-croydon.org.uk/idaho</ref> for the [[Trans Day of Remembrance]] since 2011,<ref>www.lgbt-croydon.org.uk/tdor</ref><ref>http://www.croydontrans.org.uk/news.shtml</ref> and for Black History Month in 2010, 2012 and 2013.<ref>http://www.lgbt-croydon.org.uk/blackhm</ref> The IDAHO event for 2014 was branded "[[One Love (Croydon)\|One Love]]".

	A [[Croydon Pride]] event was held in 1993, but failed to become a regular event. A Croydon Pride event was suggested for 2014.<ref>http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/Time-bring-gay-pride-festival-Croydon/story-19668074-detail/story.html#axzz2c8N5zuyl Andrew Jameson, "Time to bring gay pride festival to Croydon" ''Croydon Advertiser'', 16 August 2013.</ref> but this came to nothing. However a [[Croydon PrideFest]] is being organised for August 2016.		A [[Croydon Pride (1993)\|Croydon Pride]] event was held in 1993, but failed to become a regular event. A Croydon Pride event was suggested for 2014.<ref>http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/Time-bring-gay-pride-festival-Croydon/story-19668074-detail/story.html#axzz2c8N5zuyl Andrew Jameson, "Time to bring gay pride festival to Croydon" ''Croydon Advertiser'', 16 August 2013.</ref> but this came to nothing. However a [[Croydon PrideFest]] is being organised for August 2016.

	==External links==		==External links==

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	There have been one or more gay or LGBT groups in the Borough since 1971.		There have been one or more gay or LGBT groups in the Borough since 1971.

	[[File:Croydonchenewsletter1978.JPG\|thumb\|left\|Croydon CHE Group newsletter header Sep 1978 (Hall Carpenter Archives CHE/7/114)]]		[[File:Croydonchenewsletter1978.JPG\|thumb\|left\|Croydon CHE Group newsletter header Sep 1978 ([[Hall-Carpenter Archives]] CHE/7/114)]]

	[[Steve Reed]] has been MP for Croydon North since 2012, and [[Mark Watson]], founder of the UK Lesbian & Gay Immigration Group, is a local councillor.		[[Steve Reed]] has been MP for Croydon North since 2012, and [[Mark Watson]], founder of the UK Lesbian & Gay Immigration Group, is a local councillor.
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	==Gay venues==		==Gay venues==
	At one time there were a number of gay venues in Croydon, including [[The Croydon]] in St George's Walk (long boarded up, but now re-opened as "The Odd Shoe" and claiming to be gay-friendly), the [[Goose and Carrot]] (demolished), the		At one time there were a number of gay venues in Croydon, including [[The Croydon]] in St George's Walk (long boarded up, but now re-opened as "The Odd Shoe" and claiming to be gay-friendly), the [[Goose and Carrot]] (demolished), the
	[[Hollybush (Crystal Palace)]], [[PJs]] in [[Thornton Heath]], the [[Duke of Clarence (pub)\|Duke of Clarence]] in [[South Norwood]] and The Wine Lines in Station Approach, [[Norwood Junction]] <ref> Croydon CHE Sep 1978 Group Newsletter lists The Croydon (Park St.), [[The Wine Lines]] and The Star (Sunday evenings) LSE Hall Carpenter Archives HCA/CHE/7/114 </ref>.		[[Hollybush (Crystal Palace)]], [[PJs]] in [[Thornton Heath]], the [[Duke of Clarence (pub)\|Duke of Clarence]] in [[South Norwood]] and [[The Wine Lines]] in Station Approach, [[Norwood Junction]] <ref> Croydon CHE Sep 1978 Group Newsletter lists The Croydon (Park St.), The Wine Lines and The Star (Sunday evenings) LSE Hall Carpenter Archives HCA/CHE/7/114 </ref>.
	[[The Star]] in West Croydon, although not gay, was the location for a very successful series of discos which raised money for the [[Croydon CHE Group]]. It has since been renamed the [[Broad Green Tavern]].		[[The Star]] in West Croydon, although not gay, was the location for a very successful series of discos which raised money for the [[Croydon CHE Group]]. It has since been renamed the [[Broad Green Tavern]].

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	There have been one or more gay or LGBT groups in the Borough since 1971.		There have been one or more gay or LGBT groups in the Borough since 1971.

			[[File:Croydonchenewsletter1978.JPG\|thumb\|left\|Croydon CHE Group newsletter header Sep 1978 (Hall Carpenter Archives CHE/7/114)]]

	[[Steve Reed]] has been MP for Croydon North since 2012, and [[Mark Watson]], founder of the UK Lesbian & Gay Immigration Group, is a local councillor.		[[Steve Reed]] has been MP for Croydon North since 2012, and [[Mark Watson]], founder of the UK Lesbian & Gay Immigration Group, is a local councillor.

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Gay venues: added The Wine Lines and reference

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	==Gay venues==		==Gay venues==
	At one time there were a number of gay venues in Croydon, including [[The Croydon]] in St George's Walk (long boarded up, but now re-opened as "The Odd Shoe" and claiming to be gay-friendly), the [[Goose and Carrot]] (demolished), the		At one time there were a number of gay venues in Croydon, including [[The Croydon]] in St George's Walk (long boarded up, but now re-opened as "The Odd Shoe" and claiming to be gay-friendly), the [[Goose and Carrot]] (demolished), the
	[[Hollybush (Crystal Palace)]], [[PJs]] in [[Thornton Heath]], the [[Duke of Clarence (pub)\|Duke of Clarence]] in [[South Norwood]]. [[The Star]] in West Croydon, although not gay, was the location for a very successful series of discos which raised money for the [[Croydon CHE Group]]. It has since been renamed the [[Broad Green Tavern]].		[[Hollybush (Crystal Palace)]], [[PJs]] in [[Thornton Heath]], the [[Duke of Clarence (pub)\|Duke of Clarence]] in [[South Norwood]] and The Wine Lines in Station Approach, [[Norwood Junction]] <ref> Croydon CHE Sep 1978 Group Newsletter lists The Croydon (Park St.), [[The Wine Lines]] and The Star (Sunday evenings) LSE Hall Carpenter Archives HCA/CHE/7/114 </ref>.
			[[The Star]] in West Croydon, although not gay, was the location for a very successful series of discos which raised money for the [[Croydon CHE Group]]. It has since been renamed the [[Broad Green Tavern]].

	This left the [[Bird in Hand]], Sydenham Road, as the only full-time gay pub in the town, and it is now better described (like many other formerly gay pubs) as "gay-friendly" rather than "gay".<ref>http://www.eastlondonlines.co.uk/2015/04/gayeastlondon-croydon/ Joel Watson, "GayEastLondon: Where is Croydon’s gay community?". ''East London Lines'', 2 April 2015. Accessed: 2016-03-12. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/6fxt8XWIP)</ref>		This left the [[Bird in Hand]], Sydenham Road, as the only full-time gay pub in the town, and it is now better described (like many other formerly gay pubs) as "gay-friendly" rather than "gay".<ref>http://www.eastlondonlines.co.uk/2015/04/gayeastlondon-croydon/ Joel Watson, "GayEastLondon: Where is Croydon’s gay community?". ''East London Lines'', 2 April 2015. Accessed: 2016-03-12. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/6fxt8XWIP)</ref>

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	==Annual events==		==Annual events==

	Events have been held in Croydon since 2006 for [[LGBT History Month]]<ref>http://www.lgbt-croydon.org.uk/lgbthm</ref> and for [[IDAHO]],<ref>http://www.lgbt-croydon.org.uk/idaho</ref> for the [[Trans Day of Remembrance]] since 2011,<ref>www.lgbt-croydon.org.uk/tdor</ref><ref>http://www.croydontrans.org.uk/news.shtml</ref> and for Black History Month in 2010, 2012 and 2013.<ref>http://www.lgbt-croydon.org.uk/blackhm</ref> A [[Croydon ~~Pride~~]] event was held in 1993, but failed to become a regular event. A Croydon Pride event was briefly suggested for 2014.<ref>http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/Time-bring-gay-pride-festival-Croydon/story-19668074-detail/story.~~html#axzz2c8N5zuyl Andrew Jameson, "Time to bring gay pride festival to Croydon" ''Croydon Advertiser'', 16 August 2013</ref>~~		Events have been held in Croydon since 2006 for [[LGBT History Month]]<ref>http://www.lgbt-croydon.org.uk/lgbthm</ref> and for [[IDAHO]],<ref>http://www.lgbt-croydon.org.uk/idaho</ref> for the [[Trans Day of Remembrance]] since 2011,<ref>www.lgbt-croydon.org.uk/tdor</ref><ref>http://www.croydontrans.org.uk/news.shtml</ref> and for Black History Month in 2010, 2012 and 2013.<ref>http://www.lgbt-croydon.org.uk/blackhm</ref> The IDAHO event for 2014 was branded "[[One Love (Croydon)\|One Love]]".

	~~The IDAHO~~ event for 2014 ~~was branded~~ "[[~~One Love (~~Croydon~~)\|One Love~~]]".		A [[Croydon Pride]] event was held in 1993, but failed to become a regular event. A Croydon Pride event was suggested for 2014.<ref>http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/Time-bring-gay-pride-festival-Croydon/story-19668074-detail/story.html#axzz2c8N5zuyl Andrew Jameson, "Time to bring gay pride festival to Croydon" ''Croydon Advertiser'', 16 August 2013.</ref> but this came to nothing. However a [[Croydon PrideFest]] is being organised for August 2016.

	==External links==		==External links==

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Gay venues

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	This left the [[Bird in Hand]], Sydenham Road, as the only full-time gay pub in the town, and it is now better described (like many other formerly gay pubs) as "gay-friendly" rather than "gay".<ref>http://www.eastlondonlines.co.uk/2015/04/gayeastlondon-croydon/ Joel Watson, "GayEastLondon: Where is Croydon’s gay community?". ''East London Lines'', 2 April 2015. Accessed: 2016-03-12. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/6fxt8XWIP)</ref>		This left the [[Bird in Hand]], Sydenham Road, as the only full-time gay pub in the town, and it is now better described (like many other formerly gay pubs) as "gay-friendly" rather than "gay".<ref>http://www.eastlondonlines.co.uk/2015/04/gayeastlondon-croydon/ Joel Watson, "GayEastLondon: Where is Croydon’s gay community?". ''East London Lines'', 2 April 2015. Accessed: 2016-03-12. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/6fxt8XWIP)</ref>

			[[Beaulieu Heights]] in [[Upper Norwood]] is a long-established local cruising ground.

	==Annual events==		==Annual events==

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LGBT history

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	In 2003 the Mayor of Croydon launched an anti-homophobia poster on the side of trams on two Tramlink routes.<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20050205153203/http://www.croydonaha.co.uk/news/news.html</ref>		In 2003 the Mayor of Croydon launched an anti-homophobia poster on the side of trams on two Tramlink routes.<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20050205153203/http://www.croydonaha.co.uk/news/news.html</ref>

	Cllr [[Wayne Trakas-Lawlor]] became Croydon's first openly gay mayor in 2016.		Cllr [[Wayne Trakas-Lawlor]] became Croydon's first openly gay mayor in 2016.<ref name=welcome>http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/Croydon-welcome-openly-gay-mayor-Wayne-Trakas/story-28607400-detail/story.html Samantha Booth, "Croydon to welcome first openly gay mayor Wayne Trakas-Lawlor this year". ''Croydon Advertiser'', 26 January 2016</ref>

	==General gay/LGBT groups==		==General gay/LGBT groups==

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	In 2003 the Mayor of Croydon launched an anti-homophobia poster on the side of trams on two Tramlink routes.<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20050205153203/http://www.croydonaha.co.uk/news/news.html</ref>		In 2003 the Mayor of Croydon launched an anti-homophobia poster on the side of trams on two Tramlink routes.<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20050205153203/http://www.croydonaha.co.uk/news/news.html</ref>

	Cllr [[Wayne Trakas-Lawlor]] ~~is to become~~ Croydon's first openly gay mayor in 2016.		Cllr [[Wayne Trakas-Lawlor]] became Croydon's first openly gay mayor in 2016.

	==General gay/LGBT groups==		==General gay/LGBT groups==

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	In 2003 the Mayor of Croydon launched an anti-homophobia poster on the side of trams on two Tramlink routes.<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20050205153203/http://www.croydonaha.co.uk/news/news.html</ref>		In 2003 the Mayor of Croydon launched an anti-homophobia poster on the side of trams on two Tramlink routes.<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20050205153203/http://www.croydonaha.co.uk/news/news.html</ref>

			Cllr [[Wayne Trakas-Lawlor]] is to become Croydon's first openly gay mayor in 2016.

	==General gay/LGBT groups==		==General gay/LGBT groups==