Cambridge

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King's College Chapel, seen from The Backs
Cambridge is a city in Cambridgeshire, mainly known as the location of the University of Cambridge, one of the two ancient English universities.

LGBT History

in 1970 John Hiles formed the Cambridge branch of CHE. The following year, Hiles, together with Chris Heron, set up Gay Cambridge. Hiles committed suicide in 1978 [1].

In 2007 Jenny Bailey became mayor of Cambridge. Sarah Brown is currently a Cambridge City councillor.

Queer Cambridge is a directory of queer groups, resources, organisations and links aimed for those in Cambridge.[2]

Cambridge Diamonds is a social and self-help group supporting the transgender community in Eastern England.[3]

References

  1. Gay News 16 November 1978 page 4
  2. http://www.queercambridge.co.uk/
  3. http://www.tgcambridge.org.uk/