Wolverhampton
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Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands (originally in Staffordshire). it is a major centre for the engineering industry.
LGBT history
MANDFHAB (Male and Female Homosexual Association of Britain) was a short-lived local gay organisation in 1968, a precursor to the West Midlands CHE Group, founded in 1970.[1]
During the 1970s there was a Wolverhampton CHE Group and also a Wolverhampton Workers CHE Group.
The Silver Web was a popular gay club.
The Wolverhampton LGBT Network was set up in 2002.[2]
The Wolverhampton Harts football club was founded in 2010, and changed its name to Wolves Warriors AFC in 2013.
Wolverhampton and Black Country Pride was held in July 2012.[3]
The Wolverhampton LGBT Reading Group met monthly at the Greyhound pub.
x2y is a local LGBT youth group.
References
- ↑ Amiable Warriors Volume One, pages 273–276.
- ↑ http://www.lgbtwolverhampton.org.uk/about/
- ↑ http://www.wbcpride.co.uk/
