Uttoxeter

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Uttoxeter Market Place
Uttoxeter is a town in East Staffordshire, noted for its racecourse.

LGBT history

Quentin Crisp attended Denstone College, a local public school, in the 1920s.

In 2011 a shopfitter, Jason Gascoigne, was jailed for homophobic abuse and spitting at a gay couple.[1]

The lesbian music festival, L Fest was held at the racecourse in 2013.

References

  1. http://www.uttoxeter-news.co.uk/News/Shop-fitter-is-jailed-for-spitting-at-a-gay-couple.htm Uttoxeter News 19 January 2011