Bangor: Difference between revisions
Ross Burgess (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
Ross Burgess (talk | contribs) |
||
| Line 4: | Line 4: | ||
==LGBT history== | ==LGBT history== | ||
[[Griff Vaughan Williams]] was born in Bangor in 1940. | |||
[[A E Dyson]] was lecturing in Bangor from 1955. | [[A E Dyson]] was lecturing in Bangor from 1955. | ||
Revision as of 17:10, 3 January 2014
Bangor is a city in Gwynedd, North Wales. Local institutions include its cathedral and university.
Not to be confused with Bangor, County Down.
LGBT history
Griff Vaughan Williams was born in Bangor in 1940.
A E Dyson was lecturing in Bangor from 1955.
In 1979 the Bangor W H Smith branch was picketed to protest at the firm's refusal to sell Gay News.[1]
Unity Bangor is the local students' LGBTQ+ society.
The Three Crowns has been a gay pub since 2003.[2]
North Wales Pride was held for the first time in 2012.
References
<references>
- ↑ http://lgbtec.org.uk/page/gwynedd-1 LGBT Excellence Centre, quoting North Wales Chronicle 22 March 1979
- ↑ http://www.live-astro.com/microsites/thinkpink2/aboutus.html