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LGBT-HP: Fix bare tag: MW 1.45.1 Cite requires self-closing

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Fix bare <references> tag: MW 1.45.1 Cite requires self-closing <references/>

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	==References==		==References==
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	[[Category:Berkshire]]		[[Category:Berkshire]]

Wessexman: added image

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	In 2003, Rev [[Jeffrey John]], who is in a celibate relationship with another man, was chosen to be Bishop of Reading, but withdrew in the ensuing controversy.<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jun/19/church-england-allow-gay-bishops</ref>		In 2003, Rev [[Jeffrey John]], who is in a celibate relationship with another man, was chosen to be Bishop of Reading, but withdrew in the ensuing controversy.<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jun/19/church-england-allow-gay-bishops</ref>

	[[Reading Pride]] has been held annually since 2004 (except 2020 and 2021 because of Covid).<ref>http://www.readingpride.co.uk/. Accessed: 2013-05-25. (Archived by [[WebCite]]® at http://www.webcitation.org/6Gss9epPS)</ref>		[[Reading Pride]] has been held annually since 2004 (except 2020 and 2021 because of Covid).<ref>http://www.readingpride.co.uk/. Accessed: 2013-05-25. (Archived by [[WebCite]]® at http://www.webcitation.org/6Gss9epPS)</ref> [[File:Readingpridestalls2017a.JPG\|thumb\|400 pxs\|right\|Stalls at Reading Pride 2017 (photo Dr Clifford Williams)]]

	[[Support U]] is an LGBT health and wellbeing centre based in Reading. [[File:Readingpride2007CW.jpg\|thumb\|400 pxs\|left\|Reading Pride 2007:Police women on the Hampshire Constabulary stall (photo Dr Clifford Williams)]]		[[Support U]] is an LGBT health and wellbeing centre based in Reading. [[File:Readingpride2007CW.jpg\|thumb\|400 pxs\|left\|Reading Pride 2007:Police women on the Hampshire Constabulary stall (photo Dr Clifford Williams)]]

Wessexman at 16:28, 7 April 2022

2022-04-07T16:28:21Z

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	In 2003, Rev [[Jeffrey John]], who is in a celibate relationship with another man, was chosen to be Bishop of Reading, but withdrew in the ensuing controversy.<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jun/19/church-england-allow-gay-bishops</ref>		In 2003, Rev [[Jeffrey John]], who is in a celibate relationship with another man, was chosen to be Bishop of Reading, but withdrew in the ensuing controversy.<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jun/19/church-england-allow-gay-bishops</ref>

	[[Reading Pride]] has been held annually since 2004.<ref>http://www.readingpride.co.uk/. Accessed: 2013-05-25. (Archived by [[WebCite]]® at http://www.webcitation.org/6Gss9epPS)</ref>		[[Reading Pride]] has been held annually since 2004 (except 2020 and 2021 because of Covid).<ref>http://www.readingpride.co.uk/. Accessed: 2013-05-25. (Archived by [[WebCite]]® at http://www.webcitation.org/6Gss9epPS)</ref>

	[[Support U]] is an LGBT health and wellbeing centre based in Reading. [[File:Readingpride2007CW.jpg\|thumb\|400 pxs\|left\|Reading Pride 2007:Police women on the Hampshire Constabulary stall (photo Dr Clifford Williams)]]		[[Support U]] is an LGBT health and wellbeing centre based in Reading. [[File:Readingpride2007CW.jpg\|thumb\|400 pxs\|left\|Reading Pride 2007:Police women on the Hampshire Constabulary stall (photo Dr Clifford Williams)]]

Wessexman: added image

2022-04-07T16:27:30Z

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	[[Reading Pride]] has been held annually since 2004.<ref>http://www.readingpride.co.uk/. Accessed: 2013-05-25. (Archived by [[WebCite]]® at http://www.webcitation.org/6Gss9epPS)</ref>		[[Reading Pride]] has been held annually since 2004.<ref>http://www.readingpride.co.uk/. Accessed: 2013-05-25. (Archived by [[WebCite]]® at http://www.webcitation.org/6Gss9epPS)</ref>

	[[Support U]] is an LGBT health and wellbeing centre based in Reading.		[[Support U]] is an LGBT health and wellbeing centre based in Reading. [[File:Readingpride2007CW.jpg\|thumb\|400 pxs\|left\|Reading Pride 2007:Police women on the Hampshire Constabulary stall (photo Dr Clifford Williams)]]

	The [[Wynford Arms]] was a local gay pub for over 20 years, but closed down in 2015. The [[Blagrave Arms]] is now thought to be the only LGBT venue in the town.		The [[Wynford Arms]] was a local gay pub for over 20 years, but closed down in 2015. The [[Blagrave Arms]] is now thought to be the only LGBT venue in the town.

Wessexman: new categories

2021-01-11T16:34:19Z

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	The [[Wynford Arms]] was a local gay pub for over 20 years, but closed down in 2015. The [[Blagrave Arms]] is now thought to be the only LGBT venue in the town.		The [[Wynford Arms]] was a local gay pub for over 20 years, but closed down in 2015. The [[Blagrave Arms]] is now thought to be the only LGBT venue in the town.

			==Homophobic triple murder 2020==

	On Saturday 20 June 2020 three gay men were murdered in Forbury Gardens. The three men; James Furlong, David Wails and Joe Ritchie-Bennett, were regular customers at the Blagrave pub, near Forbury Gardens <ref> Reading stabbings: Victims were 'true gentlemen' BBC News 23 June 2020 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53142464 </ref>. The murderer Khairi Saadallah, aged 26,killed the three men after shouting ''Allahu Akbar''. On 11 January 2021 the murderer was sentenced to a 'whole life sentence' <ref> BBC 11 Jan 2021 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-55622476 </ref>.		On Saturday 20 June 2020 three gay men were murdered in Forbury Gardens. The three men; James Furlong, David Wails and Joe Ritchie-Bennett, were regular customers at the Blagrave pub, near Forbury Gardens <ref> Reading stabbings: Victims were 'true gentlemen' BBC News 23 June 2020 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53142464 </ref>. The murderer Khairi Saadallah, aged 26,killed the three men after shouting ''Allahu Akbar''. On 11 January 2021 the murderer was sentenced to a 'whole life sentence' <ref> BBC 11 Jan 2021 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-55622476 </ref>.
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Wessexman: /* LGBT history */ sentenced murderer.

2021-01-11T16:32:08Z

LGBT history: sentenced murderer.

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	The [[Wynford Arms]] was a local gay pub for over 20 years, but closed down in 2015. The [[Blagrave Arms]] is now thought to be the only LGBT venue in the town.		The [[Wynford Arms]] was a local gay pub for over 20 years, but closed down in 2015. The [[Blagrave Arms]] is now thought to be the only LGBT venue in the town.

	On Saturday 20 June 2020 three gay men were murdered in Forbury Gardens. The three men; James Furlong, David Wails and Joe Ritchie-Bennett, were regular customers at the Blagrave pub, near Forbury Gardens <ref> Reading stabbings: Victims were 'true gentlemen' BBC News 23 June 2020 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53142464 </ref>.		On Saturday 20 June 2020 three gay men were murdered in Forbury Gardens. The three men; James Furlong, David Wails and Joe Ritchie-Bennett, were regular customers at the Blagrave pub, near Forbury Gardens <ref> Reading stabbings: Victims were 'true gentlemen' BBC News 23 June 2020 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53142464 </ref>. The murderer Khairi Saadallah, aged 26,killed the three men after shouting ''Allahu Akbar''. On 11 January 2021 the murderer was sentenced to a 'whole life sentence' <ref> BBC 11 Jan 2021 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-55622476 </ref>.

	==References==		==References==

Wessexman: Blagrave

2020-06-26T09:38:53Z

Blagrave

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	The [[Wynford Arms]] was a local gay pub for over 20 years, but closed down in 2015. The [[Blagrave Arms]] is now thought to be the only LGBT venue in the town.		The [[Wynford Arms]] was a local gay pub for over 20 years, but closed down in 2015. The [[Blagrave Arms]] is now thought to be the only LGBT venue in the town.

	On Saturday 20 June 2020 three gay men were murdered in Forbury Gardens. The three men; James Furlong, David Wails and Joe Ritchie-Bennett, were regular customers at a pub near Forbury Gardens <ref> Reading stabbings: Victims were 'true gentlemen' BBC News 23 June 2020 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53142464 </ref>.		On Saturday 20 June 2020 three gay men were murdered in Forbury Gardens. The three men; James Furlong, David Wails and Joe Ritchie-Bennett, were regular customers at the Blagrave pub, near Forbury Gardens <ref> Reading stabbings: Victims were 'true gentlemen' BBC News 23 June 2020 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53142464 </ref>.

	==References==		==References==

Wessexman: 3 gay men murdered.

2020-06-26T09:32:46Z

3 gay men murdered.

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	The [[Wynford Arms]] was a local gay pub for over 20 years, but closed down in 2015. The [[Blagrave Arms]] is now thought to be the only LGBT venue in the town.		The [[Wynford Arms]] was a local gay pub for over 20 years, but closed down in 2015. The [[Blagrave Arms]] is now thought to be the only LGBT venue in the town.

			On Saturday 20 June 2020 three gay men were murdered in Forbury Gardens. The three men; James Furlong, David Wails and Joe Ritchie-Bennett, were regular customers at a pub near Forbury Gardens <ref> Reading stabbings: Victims were 'true gentlemen' BBC News 23 June 2020 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53142464 </ref>.

	==References==		==References==

Ross Burgess at 12:53, 13 January 2018

2018-01-13T12:53:12Z

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	[[Support U]] is an LGBT health and wellbeing centre based in Reading.		[[Support U]] is an LGBT health and wellbeing centre based in Reading.

			The [[Wynford Arms]] was a local gay pub for over 20 years, but closed down in 2015. The [[Blagrave Arms]] is now thought to be the only LGBT venue in the town.

	==References==		==References==

Ross Burgess: /* LGBT history */

2015-07-29T09:37:58Z

LGBT history

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

	In the 1970s there were a Reading [[CHE group]] and a Reading [[GLF]].		[[Reading Gay Alliance]] was founded in October 1971. In the 1970s there were a Reading [[CHE group]] and a Reading [[GLF]].

	[[Tom Coates]] and [[Will Young]] were born in Reading.		[[Tom Coates]] and [[Will Young]] were born in Reading.