Worthing

From LGBT Archive
Revision as of 09:01, 30 November 2013 by Ross Burgess (Talk | contribs)

Jump to: navigation, search
Worthing Pier
Worthing is a seaside town 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

  1. Said by the character Jack Worthing in Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, Act I
  2. 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
  3. https://sites.google.com/site/worthingpride/home
  4. http://pinkuk.com/venues/venue.aspx?id=2632