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Cheltenham

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GCHQ building

Cheltenham is a spa town and borough in Gloucestershire, noted for horse-racing and other festivals, and the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ).

Cheltenham College is a local public school.

LGBT history

Sir James Agg-Gardner was MP for Cheltenham for four separate periods between 1874 and 1928.

Gay News Issue 1 listed a Cheltenham GLF.

There was a Cheltenham CHE group in the 1970s.

EXS, Cheltenham's long-running gay nightclub, closed in 2012.[1] A new club, Embassy, opened later that year.[2]

In 2023 and 2024 Cheltenham held a Pride event.

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