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'''St Helens''' is a [[metropolitan borough]] in [[Merseyside]] (formerly in [[Lancashire]]).
[[File:St Helens UK locator map.svg|thumb|St Helens shown within Merseyside]]'''St Helens''' is a [[metropolitan borough]] in [[Merseyside]] (formerly in [[Lancashire]]).


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

Revision as of 11:29, 8 January 2014

St Helens shown within Merseyside

St Helens is a metropolitan borough in Merseyside (formerly in Lancashire).

LGBT history

The footballer Lily Parr was born in St Helens in 1905.

In November 2010, Paul Hayhurst, described in court as a secret bisexual and cross dresser, was jailed for murdering Alexander Toner, in Hayhurst's flat in St Helens. They had met through Gay Rabbit.[1]

The local gay bar, Flex 2, closed in January 2013 when the premises were sold,[2] but is being replaced by Bamboo Bar.[3]

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