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[[MWAH]] have been holding LGBT nights monthly at Whispers nightclub in Gravesend.<ref>http://licklist.co.uk/venue/1600</ref> | [[MWAH]] have been holding LGBT nights monthly at Whispers nightclub in Gravesend.<ref>http://licklist.co.uk/venue/1600</ref> | ||
Latest revision as of 10:02, 29 August 2017
Gravesend is a town in the Gravesham district of Kent, on the south bank of the Thames estuary.
LGBT history
The Anglo-American poet Thom Gunn was born there in 1929.
MWAH have been holding LGBT nights monthly at Whispers nightclub in Gravesend.[1]
In October 2011, Robert Jackson was jailed for breaking a man's jaw in a homophobic attack outside a nightclub in Gravesend, despite being gay himself. [2]
References
- ↑ http://licklist.co.uk/venue/1600
- ↑ http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2011/10/17/gay-man-jailed-for-homophobic-attack/ Jessica Geen, "Gay man jailed for homophobic attack", Pink News, 17 October 2011.
