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[[Category:North Yorkshire]]
[[Category:North Yorkshire]]
[[Category:Non-unitary districts]]

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The Grand Hotel Scarborough

Scarborough is a seaside town in North Yorkshire. The Borough of Scarborough, formed in 1974, covers a wider area, including Whitby.

LGBT history

In 1976 the council refused to allow CHE to hold a conference in the town.[1] CHE then campaigned for trade unions to boycott Scarborough as a conference centre, which is thought to have cost the town millions of pounds in lost business.[2]

Scarborough Pride began in 2009 with a picnic attended by 150 people.[3] In 2011, Scarborough Pride was a three-day event.[4] In 2012 it is planned for the 1st of September.[5]

The Gay Scarborough group dissolved itself in January 2012.[6]

Yorkshire MESMAC operate LGBTQ youth groups in Scarborough and Selby.[7]

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