Cheltenham

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GCHQ building
Cheltenham is a spa town and borough in Gloucestershire, noted for horse-racing and other festivals, and the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ).

LGBT history

Sir James Agg-Gardner was MP for Cheltenham for four separate periods between 1874 and 1928. Gay News Issue 1 listed a Cheltenham GLF.

There was a Cheltenham CHE group in the 1970s.

EXS, Cheltenham's long-running gay nightclub, closed in 2012.[1] A hew club, Embassy, opened later that year.[2]

References

  1. http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/NEW-CHELTENHAM-GAY-CLUB/story-16266607-detail/story.html#axzz2OgIhiNDj
  2. http://www.thegayembassycheltenham.com/