University of Lancaster

The University of Lancaster was founded in 1964. Originally based in Lancaster city centre, it moved in 1968 to a purpose-build campus at Bailrigg, three miles south of the city centre. In the 1970s the University was seen as a haven for homosexuals and the students produced gay liberation literature ^[1].

LGBT societies

Lancaster University Students Union LGBT Association (yourLGBTQ*) was a member of the LGBT Consortium in 2011.^[2] and is listed as a member of ILGA^[3]

Alumni

Damian Barr, writer
David Hyde, barrister
Andrew McMillan, poet
Cat Smith, Labour MP
Sarah Waters, novelist

References

↑ Pride, Protest, and Gay Liberation at Lancaster University EPOCH Dec 1, 2024 Jude Rowley | Lancaster University https://www.epoch-magazine.com/post/pride-protest-and-gay-liberation-at-lancaster-university (accessed 12 July 2025)
↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20130409031855/http://www.lgbtconsortium.org.uk/directory/lancaster_university_students_union_lgbt_association
↑ http://ilga.org/directory/en/search_process_list?offset=j&united%20kingdom&search=united%20kingdom&o=&m=&s=&o_id=. Accessed: 2016-06-26. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/6iY6ZRdZU)

[1] Pride, Protest, and Gay Liberation at Lancaster University EPOCH Dec 1, 2024 Jude Rowley | Lancaster University https://www.epoch-magazine.com/post/pride-protest-and-gay-liberation-at-lancaster-university (accessed 12 July 2025)

[2] ttp://web.archive.org/web/20130409031855/http://www.lgbtconsortium.org.uk/directory/lancaster_university_students_union_lgbt_association

[3] ttp://ilga.org/directory/en/search_process_list?offset=j&united%20kingdom&search=united%20kingdom&o=&m=&s=&o_id=. Accessed: 2016-06-26. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/6iY6ZRdZU)

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