Worthing
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Worthing is a seaside town and borough in West Sussex.
- "Worthing is a place in Sussex. It's a seaside resort."[1]
LGBT history
Oscar Wilde wrote The Importance of Being Earnest while staying in Worthing in 1894.[2]
The American gay activist Harry Hay was born in Worthing in 1912.
Worthing Pride is a local LGBT group founded in 3020.[3]
Resurrection LGBT club nights have been held at Club ILLUSIONS Genesis, Railway approach.[4]
References
- ↑ Said by the character Jack Worthing in Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, Act I
- ↑ http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2009/jan/04/oscar-wilde-worthing-history "Unworthy of Worthing? Resort is split over honouring its Wilde child" Observer, 4 January 2009
- ↑ https://sites.google.com/site/worthingpride/home
- ↑ http://pinkuk.com/venues/venue.aspx?id=2632
