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Swansea (Welsh: Abertawe) is a city and county in South Wales. The local authority district includes the built-up area of Swansea as well as the scenic Gower Peninsula. It was formerly in Glamorgan, and is within the preserved county of South Glamorgan. It was once a centre of the copper industry. The Swansea and Mumbles Railway was the first in the world to carry fare-paying passengers.

LGBT history

Swansea at one time had a GLF group, and later a CHE group.

Swansea Pride is held annually on the last Saturday in June.^[1]

Local LGBT organisations include:

the Swansea Bay LGBT Unity Project^[2]
the Swansea LGBT Forum^[3]

The LGBT Excellence Centre lists a number of LGBT-related events from 1976 onwards.^[4]

References

[1] ttp://www.swanseapride.com/

[2] ttp://swansealgbtproject.webs.com/

[3] ttps://twitter.com/SwanseaLGBTForu

[4] ttp://lgbtec.org.uk/swansea

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