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Stoke-on-Trent is a city and unitary authority in Staffordshire. It was historically a major centre for cermic manufacturing, hence often referred to as "the Potteries".

LGBT history

There was a Stoke-on-Trent CHE group in the 1970s.

LGBT Staffordshire is a charity supporting LGBT people in Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire.[1]

In 2003, Stoke Pride had to be cancelled because of the fear of a homophobic backlash, but it subsequently became an annual event.[2]

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