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[[File:East Riding Ceremonial Numbered.png|thumb|The East Riding ceremonial county: 
1 East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary);
2 [[Kingston upon Hull]] (Unitary)]]The '''East Riding of Yorkshire''' is a county in northern England.It is the only one of the divisions of [[Yorkshire]] to retain the ancient title of "riding". After 1974 most of the historic East Riding formed part of the new county of [[Humberside]], but this was abolished in 1996 and the East Riding resurrected but with somewhat different boundaries to the original East Riding. The East Riding is now a [[unitary authority]]; the ceremonial county of the same name also includes [[Kingston upon Hull]]. Towns within the unitary authority include [[Beverley]] (the county town), [[Bridlington]] and [[Goole]].

==LGBT History==

There was a Hull / North Humberside [[CHE group]] in the 1970s.

An LGBT Sexual Health Conference for the East Riding and Hull was held in December 2009.

[[Hull & East Yorkshire Transcendence]] (HEY Transcendence or HEYT) is a peer support group for all gender non-conforming people in [[Hull]] and the East Riding of Yorkshire.

[[File:Lollipoplogo.jpg|thumb|Lollipop based in Beverley]]

[[Lollipop]] is a LGBT group for young people that meets in [[Beverley]]. It was set up in 2009 and covers the whole of East Riding (which includes the towns of Beverley, [[Bridlington]] and Hornsea).

The LGBT+ Youth Network is a partnership between Cornerhouse, The Warren, East Riding Council and TPSG - aiming to support LGBT+ young people in [[Hull]] and East Riding Council, bringing the youth groups together to increase support and amplifying the voices of the LGBT+ communities.

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[[Category:Shire counties]]
[[Category:Yorkshire]]
[[Category:Humberside]]
[[Category:Unitary authorities]]