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Lancaster

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The Ashton Memorial, Lancaster

Lancaster is a city and district of Lancashire. it includes the historic city of the same name, as well as other towns including Morecambe.

LGBT History

Lancaster GLF was listed in Gay News issue 1.

Humphrey Berkeley Conservative M.P. for Lancaster (1959-1966) sponsored a Sexual Offences Bill in 1966 which sought to partially decriminalise homosexual acts. The Bill ran out of time before Parliament was dissolved and Berkeley lost his seat at the ensuing General Election [1].

Lancaster CHE Group was founded in Lancaster in the autumn of 1972, but never actually recognised as a CHE group.

In 2009 the Lancaster District Local Strategic Parnership LGBT Community Focus Group published the results of research carried out by CN Research Ltd.[2]

The New Albert was established as a gay pub in 2012.[3]

Virtual Lancaster has a page listing LGBT resources[4]

References

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