Leicester

Leicester is a city in the East Midlands. It is a unitary authority, although located within the ceremonial county of Leicestershire.

LGBT history

Joe Orton was born in Leicester in 1933.

Ray Gosling studied at Leicester University.

There was a Leicester GLF and a Leicester CHE group.

Leicester Wildecats FC is a gay football team.

Leicester Pride is held at the beginning of September.

Bossa is a small gay café bar on Granby Street.

Leicester LGBT Centre is a voluntary organisation established to support LGBT people.^[1]

There is an LGBT Oral History Project for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.^[2]