Liverpool

Liverpool is a city and seaport on the river Mersey in North-West England. It is currently a metropolitan borough within Merseyside but was previously in Lancashire.

Its population is somewhat over 400,000, but was almost double that in 1930. It owed its rise to its status as a major port, including a connection with the slave trade. At one time, 40% of the world's trade passed through its docks. It is known for its ethnic mix. Many of its inhabitants have Welsh or Irish ancestry. It has the oldest Black African community in the country and the oldest Chinese community in Europe. Notable landmarks include its two cathedrals (Anglican and Roman Catholic) and the Liver Building and other buildings on its waterfront.

Liverpool is known for its rich and diverse culture, and rose to world-wide fame during the 1960s with the popularity of the Beatles and other bands. Liverpool is internationally known for music and is recognised by Guinness World Records as the World Capital City of Pop Musicians from the city have produced 56 number one singles, more than any other city in the world.

LGBT history

The Bear's Paw was a well-known gay club in the 1970s.

The Stanley Street Quarter has become known as Liverpool's gay village.

Notable LGBT people from Liverpool and Merseyside

• Marc Almond (Musician, singer-songwriter)
• April Ashley (Former transsexual model)
• Clive Barker (Author, film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, playwright, painter, illustrator & visual artist)
• Pete Burns (Singer-songwriter)
• Marcus Collins (Singer)
• Craig Colton (Singer)
• Terence Davies (Screenwriter, film director, sometime novelist and actor)
• Angela Eagle (MP, Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury)
• Brian Epstein (Businessman, personal manager, impresario)
• Kenny Everett (Comedian, radio DJ and television entertainer)
• Yankel Feather (Painter)
• Jonathan Harvey (playwright)
• Anton Hysén (Football player)
• Holly Johnson (Musician, painter, writer)
• William MacDonald (serial killer)
• Ste McCabe (Singer, songwriter, radio DJ)
• George Melly (Jazz and blues singer, lecturer, critic and writer)
• Paul O'Grady (Comedian, television presenter, actor, writer and radio DJ)
• Kele Okereke (Singer and rhythm guitarist)
• Pete Price (Radio presenter)
• Steve Radford (Politician, former leader of the post-1989 continuing Liberal Party)
• Paul Rutherford (Musician, singer)
• Stephen Twigg (MP, Former Minister of State for Schools, Shadow Secretary of State for Education)

References

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