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	In the 1970s one of Portsmouth's longest running gay pubs was the Balmoral Bar in Landport Terrace <ref> Gay News listings March 1974 issue number 43 </ref>. In 1975 the Boys and Girls Gay Society (known as BAGGS) was founded in Portsmouth. Over 150 people attended a disco held by BAGGS at its inaugural event in the Horseshoe Pub in Hampshire Terrace, Southsea in May 1975 <ref> Gay News number 71 and also number 73 19 June 1975 </ref>. In the 1980s there was a nightclub called Granny's in the Tricorn Centre which hosted gay discos <ref> Kim Miller interviewed by Y-Services Voices for Heritage Project 2017-8 Interview recording held at in Wessex Sound Archive at Hampshire Record Office, UK </ref>.		In the 1970s one of Portsmouth's longest running gay pubs was the Balmoral Bar in Landport Terrace <ref> Gay News listings March 1974 issue number 43 </ref>. In 1975 the Boys and Girls Gay Society (known as BAGGS) was founded in Portsmouth. Over 150 people attended a disco held by BAGGS at its inaugural event in the Horseshoe Pub in Hampshire Terrace, Southsea in May 1975 <ref> Gay News number 71 and also number 73 19 June 1975 </ref>. In the 1980s there was a nightclub called Granny's in the Tricorn Centre which hosted gay discos <ref> Kim Miller interviewed by Y-Services Voices for Heritage Project 2017-8 Interview recording held at in Wessex Sound Archive at Hampshire Record Office, UK </ref>.

	The [[Portsmouth Defence]] is a defence sometimes used in trials for assault or murder, in which the defendant ~~claims~~ to have been suffering from "homosexual panic" in response to a sexual approach.		The [[Portsmouth Defence]] was a defence sometimes used in trials for assault or murder, in which the defendant claimed to have been suffering from "homosexual panic" in response to a sexual approach <ref> No 'Portsmouth defence' Letters to The Independent Thursday 06 November 2003 https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/letters/no-portsmouth-defence-father-and-child-let-down-and-others-76917.html (Accessed 22 March 2026) </ref>.

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	[[File:~~Victory Portsmouth um 1900~~.~~jpg~~\|thumb\|~~HMS ''Victory''~~ in ~~1900~~]]'''Portsmouth''', sometimes known as "Pompey" is a city in southern England, mainly located on Portsea island. it is a unitary authority, within the ceremonial county of [[Hampshire]]. Portsmouth has long been one of the UK's main naval ports, and is the home of HMS ''Victory'' and other historic naval ships.		[[File:Portsmouthlibrarylgbthistorydisplay.JPG\|thumb\|right\|LGBT History Display in the Central Library 2020 curated by Dr Clifford Williams]]'''Portsmouth''', sometimes known as "Pompey" is a city in southern England, mainly located on Portsea island. it is a unitary authority, within the ceremonial county of [[Hampshire]]. Portsmouth has long been one of the UK's main naval ports, and is the home of HMS ''Victory'' and other historic naval ships.

	==LGBT history==		==LGBT history==

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	Portsmouth CHE was formed in 1972 <ref> page 575 Peter Scott-Presland 'Amiable Warriors' (2015) volume 1 Paradise Press </ref>. The group first met on 30 June with 14 CHE members present. It proposed to Head Office that it be called the South East Hampshire Group <ref> Letter David Eddy to Paul Temperton 2nd July 1972 in HCA at LSE </ref>. The group folded soon after <ref> in August 1973 </ref> but was revived in February 1975, only to fold again <ref> Gay News number 65 Feb 1975 </ref>. A new society, called Portsmouth Gay Group (CHE) was set up in January 1980 <ref> David Sweeney, Covenors report in HCA LSE </ref>. Portsmouth Gay Community Society moved to meetings at the King's Hotel in 1981. [[Portsmouth CHE Group]] was reformed in September 1982 after dividing off from the Portsmouth Gay Community Society <ref> Gay Solent Newsletter no 48 April 1983. Copies of some of the Gay Solent newsletters are held in the Hall-Carpenter Archives at the London School of Economics Ref HCA/CHE/7/55 </ref>.		Portsmouth CHE was formed in 1972 <ref> page 575 Peter Scott-Presland 'Amiable Warriors' (2015) volume 1 Paradise Press </ref>. The group first met on 30 June with 14 CHE members present. It proposed to Head Office that it be called the South East Hampshire Group <ref> Letter David Eddy to Paul Temperton 2nd July 1972 in HCA at LSE </ref>. The group folded soon after <ref> in August 1973 </ref> but was revived in February 1975, only to fold again <ref> Gay News number 65 Feb 1975 </ref>. A new society, called Portsmouth Gay Group (CHE) was set up in January 1980 <ref> David Sweeney, Covenors report in HCA LSE </ref>. Portsmouth Gay Community Society moved to meetings at the King's Hotel in 1981. [[Portsmouth CHE Group]] was reformed in September 1982 after dividing off from the Portsmouth Gay Community Society <ref> Gay Solent Newsletter no 48 April 1983. Copies of some of the Gay Solent newsletters are held in the Hall-Carpenter Archives at the London School of Economics Ref HCA/CHE/7/55 </ref>.
	[[File:PortsmouthGayGroup1980DSC09370.JPG\|thumb\|left\|Portsmouth Gay Group leaflet 1980 (HCA at LSE)]]		[[File:PortsmouthGayGroup1980DSC09370.JPG\|thumb\|left\|Portsmouth Gay Group leaflet 1980 (HCA at LSE)]]
	In the 1970s one of Portsmouth's longest running gay pubs was the Balmoral Bar in Landport Terrace <ref> Gay News listings March 1974 issue number 43 </ref>. In 1975 the Boys and Girls Gay Society (known as BAGGS) was founded in Portsmouth. Over 150 people attended a disco held by BAGGS at its inaugural event in the Horseshoe Pub in Hampshire Terrace, Southsea in May 1975 <ref> Gay News number 71 and also number 73 19 June 1975 </ref>. In the 1980s there was a nightclub called Granny's in the Tricorn Centre which hosted gay discos <ref> Kim Miller ~~interview~~ by Y-Services Voices for Heritage Project 2017-8 Interview recording held at in Wessex Sound Archive at Hampshire Record Office, UK ~~(not accessible nor catalogued yet (24.7.19))~~ </ref>.		In the 1970s one of Portsmouth's longest running gay pubs was the Balmoral Bar in Landport Terrace <ref> Gay News listings March 1974 issue number 43 </ref>. In 1975 the Boys and Girls Gay Society (known as BAGGS) was founded in Portsmouth. Over 150 people attended a disco held by BAGGS at its inaugural event in the Horseshoe Pub in Hampshire Terrace, Southsea in May 1975 <ref> Gay News number 71 and also number 73 19 June 1975 </ref>. In the 1980s there was a nightclub called Granny's in the Tricorn Centre which hosted gay discos <ref> Kim Miller interviewed by Y-Services Voices for Heritage Project 2017-8 Interview recording held at in Wessex Sound Archive at Hampshire Record Office, UK </ref>.

	The [[Portsmouth Defence]] is a defence sometimes used in trials for assault or murder, in which the defendant claims to have been suffering from "homosexual panic" in response to a sexual approach.		The [[Portsmouth Defence]] is a defence sometimes used in trials for assault or murder, in which the defendant claims to have been suffering from "homosexual panic" in response to a sexual approach.

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	Portsmouth CHE was formed in 1972 <ref> page 575 Peter Scott-Presland 'Amiable Warriors' (2015) volume 1 Paradise Press </ref>. The group first met on 30 June with 14 CHE members present. It proposed to Head Office that it be called the South East Hampshire Group <ref> Letter David Eddy to Paul Temperton 2nd July 1972 in HCA at LSE </ref>. The group folded soon after <ref> in August 1973 </ref> but was revived in February 1975, only to fold again <ref> Gay News number 65 Feb 1975 </ref>. A new society, called Portsmouth Gay Group (CHE) was set up in January 1980 <ref> David Sweeney, Covenors report in HCA LSE </ref>. Portsmouth Gay Community Society moved to meetings at the King's Hotel in 1981. [[Portsmouth CHE Group]] was reformed in September 1982 after dividing off from the Portsmouth Gay Community Society <ref> Gay Solent Newsletter no 48 April 1983. Copies of some of the Gay Solent newsletters are held in the Hall-Carpenter Archives at the London School of Economics Ref HCA/CHE/7/55 </ref>.		Portsmouth CHE was formed in 1972 <ref> page 575 Peter Scott-Presland 'Amiable Warriors' (2015) volume 1 Paradise Press </ref>. The group first met on 30 June with 14 CHE members present. It proposed to Head Office that it be called the South East Hampshire Group <ref> Letter David Eddy to Paul Temperton 2nd July 1972 in HCA at LSE </ref>. The group folded soon after <ref> in August 1973 </ref> but was revived in February 1975, only to fold again <ref> Gay News number 65 Feb 1975 </ref>. A new society, called Portsmouth Gay Group (CHE) was set up in January 1980 <ref> David Sweeney, Covenors report in HCA LSE </ref>. Portsmouth Gay Community Society moved to meetings at the King's Hotel in 1981. [[Portsmouth CHE Group]] was reformed in September 1982 after dividing off from the Portsmouth Gay Community Society <ref> Gay Solent Newsletter no 48 April 1983. Copies of some of the Gay Solent newsletters are held in the Hall-Carpenter Archives at the London School of Economics Ref HCA/CHE/7/55 </ref>.
			[[File:PortsmouthGayGroup1980DSC09370.JPG\|thumb\|left\|Portsmouth Gay Group leaflet 1980 (HCA at LSE)]]
	In the 1970s one of Portsmouth's longest running gay pubs was the Balmoral Bar in Landport Terrace <ref> Gay News listings March 1974 issue number 43 </ref>. In 1975 the Boys and Girls Gay Society (known as BAGGS) was founded in Portsmouth. Over 150 people attended a disco held by BAGGS at its inaugural event in the Horseshoe Pub in Hampshire Terrace, Southsea in May 1975 <ref> Gay News number 71 and also number 73 19 June 1975 </ref>. In the 1980s there was a nightclub called Granny's in the Tricorn Centre which hosted gay discos <ref> Kim Miller interview by Y-Services Voices for Heritage Project 2017-8 Interview recording held at in Wessex Sound Archive at Hampshire Record Office, UK (not accessible nor catalogued yet (24.7.19)) </ref>.		In the 1970s one of Portsmouth's longest running gay pubs was the Balmoral Bar in Landport Terrace <ref> Gay News listings March 1974 issue number 43 </ref>. In 1975 the Boys and Girls Gay Society (known as BAGGS) was founded in Portsmouth. Over 150 people attended a disco held by BAGGS at its inaugural event in the Horseshoe Pub in Hampshire Terrace, Southsea in May 1975 <ref> Gay News number 71 and also number 73 19 June 1975 </ref>. In the 1980s there was a nightclub called Granny's in the Tricorn Centre which hosted gay discos <ref> Kim Miller interview by Y-Services Voices for Heritage Project 2017-8 Interview recording held at in Wessex Sound Archive at Hampshire Record Office, UK (not accessible nor catalogued yet (24.7.19)) </ref>.

Wessexman: group folded Aug 1973 CHE Archives in LSE

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	Following the prosecution of [[Oscar Wilde]] for gross indecency, in 1895 the city council committee responsible for libraries agreed that all works by Oscar Wilde should be removed from library shelves and destroyed <ref> Note from Portsmouth Library and Archive Senior Archivist 18 Dec 2019 </ref>.		Following the prosecution of [[Oscar Wilde]] for gross indecency, in 1895 the city council committee responsible for libraries agreed that all works by Oscar Wilde should be removed from library shelves and destroyed <ref> Note from Portsmouth Library and Archive Senior Archivist 18 Dec 2019 </ref>.

	Portsmouth CHE was formed in 1972 <ref> page 575 Peter Scott-Presland 'Amiable Warriors' (2015) volume 1 Paradise Press </ref>. The group first met on 30 June with 14 CHE members present. It proposed to Head Office that it be called the South East Hampshire Group <ref> Letter David Eddy to Paul Temperton 2nd July 1972 in HCA at LSE </ref>. The group folded soon after but was revived in February 1975, only to fold again <ref> Gay News number 65 Feb 1975 </ref>. A new society, called Portsmouth Gay Group (CHE) was set up in January 1980 <ref> David Sweeney, Covenors report in HCA LSE </ref>. Portsmouth Gay Community Society moved to meetings at the King's Hotel in 1981. [[Portsmouth CHE Group]] was reformed in September 1982 after dividing off from the Portsmouth Gay Community Society <ref> Gay Solent Newsletter no 48 April 1983. Copies of some of the Gay Solent newsletters are held in the Hall-Carpenter Archives at the London School of Economics Ref HCA/CHE/7/55 </ref>.		Portsmouth CHE was formed in 1972 <ref> page 575 Peter Scott-Presland 'Amiable Warriors' (2015) volume 1 Paradise Press </ref>. The group first met on 30 June with 14 CHE members present. It proposed to Head Office that it be called the South East Hampshire Group <ref> Letter David Eddy to Paul Temperton 2nd July 1972 in HCA at LSE </ref>. The group folded soon after <ref> in August 1973 </ref> but was revived in February 1975, only to fold again <ref> Gay News number 65 Feb 1975 </ref>. A new society, called Portsmouth Gay Group (CHE) was set up in January 1980 <ref> David Sweeney, Covenors report in HCA LSE </ref>. Portsmouth Gay Community Society moved to meetings at the King's Hotel in 1981. [[Portsmouth CHE Group]] was reformed in September 1982 after dividing off from the Portsmouth Gay Community Society <ref> Gay Solent Newsletter no 48 April 1983. Copies of some of the Gay Solent newsletters are held in the Hall-Carpenter Archives at the London School of Economics Ref HCA/CHE/7/55 </ref>.

	In the 1970s one of Portsmouth's longest running gay pubs was the Balmoral Bar in Landport Terrace <ref> Gay News listings March 1974 issue number 43 </ref>. In 1975 the Boys and Girls Gay Society (known as BAGGS) was founded in Portsmouth. Over 150 people attended a disco held by BAGGS at its inaugural event in the Horseshoe Pub in Hampshire Terrace, Southsea in May 1975 <ref> Gay News number 71 and also number 73 19 June 1975 </ref>. In the 1980s there was a nightclub called Granny's in the Tricorn Centre which hosted gay discos <ref> Kim Miller interview by Y-Services Voices for Heritage Project 2017-8 Interview recording held at in Wessex Sound Archive at Hampshire Record Office, UK (not accessible nor catalogued yet (24.7.19)) </ref>.		In the 1970s one of Portsmouth's longest running gay pubs was the Balmoral Bar in Landport Terrace <ref> Gay News listings March 1974 issue number 43 </ref>. In 1975 the Boys and Girls Gay Society (known as BAGGS) was founded in Portsmouth. Over 150 people attended a disco held by BAGGS at its inaugural event in the Horseshoe Pub in Hampshire Terrace, Southsea in May 1975 <ref> Gay News number 71 and also number 73 19 June 1975 </ref>. In the 1980s there was a nightclub called Granny's in the Tricorn Centre which hosted gay discos <ref> Kim Miller interview by Y-Services Voices for Heritage Project 2017-8 Interview recording held at in Wessex Sound Archive at Hampshire Record Office, UK (not accessible nor catalogued yet (24.7.19)) </ref>.

Wessexman: 30 June 1972 first meeting CHE group New Group Jan 1980

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30 June 1972 first meeting CHE group New Group Jan 1980

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	Following the prosecution of [[Oscar Wilde]] for gross indecency, in 1895 the city council committee responsible for libraries agreed that all works by Oscar Wilde should be removed from library shelves and destroyed <ref> Note from Portsmouth Library and Archive Senior Archivist 18 Dec 2019 </ref>.		Following the prosecution of [[Oscar Wilde]] for gross indecency, in 1895 the city council committee responsible for libraries agreed that all works by Oscar Wilde should be removed from library shelves and destroyed <ref> Note from Portsmouth Library and Archive Senior Archivist 18 Dec 2019 </ref>.

	Portsmouth CHE was formed in 1972 <ref> page 575 Peter Scott-Presland 'Amiable Warriors' (2015) volume 1 Paradise Press </ref>.The group folded soon after but was revived in February 1975, only to fold again <ref> Gay News number 65 Feb 1975 </ref>. Portsmouth Gay Community Society moved to meetings at the King's Hotel in 1981. [[Portsmouth CHE Group]] was reformed in September 1982 after dividing off from the Portsmouth Gay Community Society <ref> Gay Solent Newsletter no 48 April 1983. Copies of some of the Gay Solent newsletters are held in the Hall-Carpenter Archives at the London School of Economics Ref HCA/CHE/7/55 </ref>.		Portsmouth CHE was formed in 1972 <ref> page 575 Peter Scott-Presland 'Amiable Warriors' (2015) volume 1 Paradise Press </ref>. The group first met on 30 June with 14 CHE members present. It proposed to Head Office that it be called the South East Hampshire Group <ref> Letter David Eddy to Paul Temperton 2nd July 1972 in HCA at LSE </ref>. The group folded soon after but was revived in February 1975, only to fold again <ref> Gay News number 65 Feb 1975 </ref>. A new society, called Portsmouth Gay Group (CHE) was set up in January 1980 <ref> David Sweeney, Covenors report in HCA LSE </ref>. Portsmouth Gay Community Society moved to meetings at the King's Hotel in 1981. [[Portsmouth CHE Group]] was reformed in September 1982 after dividing off from the Portsmouth Gay Community Society <ref> Gay Solent Newsletter no 48 April 1983. Copies of some of the Gay Solent newsletters are held in the Hall-Carpenter Archives at the London School of Economics Ref HCA/CHE/7/55 </ref>.

	In the 1970s one of Portsmouth's longest running gay pubs was the Balmoral Bar in Landport Terrace <ref> Gay News listings March 1974 issue number 43 </ref>. In 1975 the Boys and Girls Gay Society (known as BAGGS) was founded in Portsmouth. Over 150 people attended a disco held by BAGGS at its inaugural event in the Horseshoe Pub in Hampshire Terrace, Southsea in May 1975 <ref> Gay News number 71 and also number 73 19 June 1975 </ref>. In the 1980s there was a nightclub called Granny's in the Tricorn Centre which hosted gay discos <ref> Kim Miller interview by Y-Services Voices for Heritage Project 2017-8 Interview recording held at in Wessex Sound Archive at Hampshire Record Office, UK (not accessible nor catalogued yet (24.7.19)) </ref>.		In the 1970s one of Portsmouth's longest running gay pubs was the Balmoral Bar in Landport Terrace <ref> Gay News listings March 1974 issue number 43 </ref>. In 1975 the Boys and Girls Gay Society (known as BAGGS) was founded in Portsmouth. Over 150 people attended a disco held by BAGGS at its inaugural event in the Horseshoe Pub in Hampshire Terrace, Southsea in May 1975 <ref> Gay News number 71 and also number 73 19 June 1975 </ref>. In the 1980s there was a nightclub called Granny's in the Tricorn Centre which hosted gay discos <ref> Kim Miller interview by Y-Services Voices for Heritage Project 2017-8 Interview recording held at in Wessex Sound Archive at Hampshire Record Office, UK (not accessible nor catalogued yet (24.7.19)) </ref>.

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	In 1628 [[George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham]] was murdered in the Greyhound public house in Old Portsmouth.		In 1628 [[George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham]] was murdered in the Greyhound public house in Old Portsmouth.

	Following the prosecution of [[Oscar Wilde]] for ~~sodomy~~, in 1895 the city council committee responsible for libraries agreed that all works by Oscar Wilde should be removed from library shelves and destroyed <ref> Note from Portsmouth Library and Archive Senior Archivist 18 Dec 2019 </ref>.		Following the prosecution of [[Oscar Wilde]] for gross indecency, in 1895 the city council committee responsible for libraries agreed that all works by Oscar Wilde should be removed from library shelves and destroyed <ref> Note from Portsmouth Library and Archive Senior Archivist 18 Dec 2019 </ref>.

	Portsmouth CHE was formed in 1972 <ref> page 575 Peter Scott-Presland 'Amiable Warriors' (2015) volume 1 Paradise Press </ref>.The group folded soon after but was revived in February 1975, only to fold again <ref> Gay News number 65 Feb 1975 </ref>. Portsmouth Gay Community Society moved to meetings at the King's Hotel in 1981. [[Portsmouth CHE Group]] was reformed in September 1982 after dividing off from the Portsmouth Gay Community Society <ref> Gay Solent Newsletter no 48 April 1983. Copies of some of the Gay Solent newsletters are held in the Hall-Carpenter Archives at the London School of Economics Ref HCA/CHE/7/55 </ref>.		Portsmouth CHE was formed in 1972 <ref> page 575 Peter Scott-Presland 'Amiable Warriors' (2015) volume 1 Paradise Press </ref>.The group folded soon after but was revived in February 1975, only to fold again <ref> Gay News number 65 Feb 1975 </ref>. Portsmouth Gay Community Society moved to meetings at the King's Hotel in 1981. [[Portsmouth CHE Group]] was reformed in September 1982 after dividing off from the Portsmouth Gay Community Society <ref> Gay Solent Newsletter no 48 April 1983. Copies of some of the Gay Solent newsletters are held in the Hall-Carpenter Archives at the London School of Economics Ref HCA/CHE/7/55 </ref>.

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	Portsmouth CHE was formed in 1972 <ref> page 575 Peter Scott-Presland 'Amiable Warriors' (2015) volume 1 Paradise Press </ref>.The group folded soon after but was revived in February 1975, only to fold again <ref> Gay News number 65 Feb 1975 </ref>. Portsmouth Gay Community Society moved to meetings at the King's Hotel in 1981. [[Portsmouth CHE Group]] was reformed in September 1982 after dividing off from the Portsmouth Gay Community Society <ref> Gay Solent Newsletter no 48 April 1983. Copies of some of the Gay Solent newsletters are held in the Hall-Carpenter Archives at the London School of Economics Ref HCA/CHE/7/55 </ref>.		Portsmouth CHE was formed in 1972 <ref> page 575 Peter Scott-Presland 'Amiable Warriors' (2015) volume 1 Paradise Press </ref>.The group folded soon after but was revived in February 1975, only to fold again <ref> Gay News number 65 Feb 1975 </ref>. Portsmouth Gay Community Society moved to meetings at the King's Hotel in 1981. [[Portsmouth CHE Group]] was reformed in September 1982 after dividing off from the Portsmouth Gay Community Society <ref> Gay Solent Newsletter no 48 April 1983. Copies of some of the Gay Solent newsletters are held in the Hall-Carpenter Archives at the London School of Economics Ref HCA/CHE/7/55 </ref>.

	In the 1970s one of Portsmouth's longest running gay pubs was the Balmoral Bar in Landport Terrace <ref> Gay News listings March 1974 issue number 43 </ref>. In 1975 the Boys and Girls Gay Society (known as BAGGS) was founded in Portsmouth. Over 150 people attended a disco held by BAGGS at its inaugural event in the Horseshoe Pub in Hampshire Terrace, Southsea in May 1975 <ref> Gay News number 71 and also number 73 19 June 1975 </ref>. In the 1980s there was a nightclub called Granny's in the Tricorn Centre which hosted gay discos <ref> Kim Miller interview by Y-Services Voices for Heritage Project 2017-8 Interview recording held at Hampshire Record Office, UK (not accessible nor catalogued yet (24.7.19)) </ref>.		In the 1970s one of Portsmouth's longest running gay pubs was the Balmoral Bar in Landport Terrace <ref> Gay News listings March 1974 issue number 43 </ref>. In 1975 the Boys and Girls Gay Society (known as BAGGS) was founded in Portsmouth. Over 150 people attended a disco held by BAGGS at its inaugural event in the Horseshoe Pub in Hampshire Terrace, Southsea in May 1975 <ref> Gay News number 71 and also number 73 19 June 1975 </ref>. In the 1980s there was a nightclub called Granny's in the Tricorn Centre which hosted gay discos <ref> Kim Miller interview by Y-Services Voices for Heritage Project 2017-8 Interview recording held at in Wessex Sound Archive at Hampshire Record Office, UK (not accessible nor catalogued yet (24.7.19)) </ref>.

	The [[Portsmouth Defence]] is a defence sometimes used in trials for assault or murder, in which the defendant claims to have been suffering from "homosexual panic" in response to a sexual approach.		The [[Portsmouth Defence]] is a defence sometimes used in trials for assault or murder, in which the defendant claims to have been suffering from "homosexual panic" in response to a sexual approach.

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	In the 1970s one of Portsmouth's longest running gay pubs was the Balmoral Bar in Landport Terrace <ref> Gay News listings March 1974 issue number 43 </ref>. In 1975 the Boys and Girls Gay Society (known as BAGGS) was founded in Portsmouth. Over 150 people attended a disco held by BAGGS at its inaugural event in the Horseshoe Pub in Hampshire Terrace, Southsea in May 1975 <ref> Gay News number 71 and also number 73 19 June 1975 </ref>. In the 1980s there was a nightclub called Granny's in the Tricorn Centre which hosted gay discos <ref> Kim Miller interview by Y-Services Voices for Heritage Project 2017-8 Interview recording held at Hampshire Record Office, UK (not accessible nor catalogued yet (24.7.19)) </ref>.		In the 1970s one of Portsmouth's longest running gay pubs was the Balmoral Bar in Landport Terrace <ref> Gay News listings March 1974 issue number 43 </ref>. In 1975 the Boys and Girls Gay Society (known as BAGGS) was founded in Portsmouth. Over 150 people attended a disco held by BAGGS at its inaugural event in the Horseshoe Pub in Hampshire Terrace, Southsea in May 1975 <ref> Gay News number 71 and also number 73 19 June 1975 </ref>. In the 1980s there was a nightclub called Granny's in the Tricorn Centre which hosted gay discos <ref> Kim Miller interview by Y-Services Voices for Heritage Project 2017-8 Interview recording held at Hampshire Record Office, UK (not accessible nor catalogued yet (24.7.19)) </ref>.

	In the Portsmouth there is a project called the 4U Project which is specifically designed for young people aged 19 and under who are exploring their sexuality or gender or who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. 4U provides a confidential service, as well as running a weekly youth group in the city in a safe and fun environment <ref> http://shapingportsmouth.co.uk/shaping-blog/1514-4u-project-award </ref>.

	The [[Portsmouth Defence]] is a defence sometimes used in trials for assault or murder, in which the defendant claims to have been suffering from "homosexual panic" in response to a sexual approach.		The [[Portsmouth Defence]] is a defence sometimes used in trials for assault or murder, in which the defendant claims to have been suffering from "homosexual panic" in response to a sexual approach.