Cheltenham
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Cheltenham is a spa town and borough in Gloucestershire, noted for horse-racing and other festivals, and the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ).
Cheltenham College and Cheltenham Ladies College are notable public schools in the town. Pat Arrowsmith attended the Ladies College.
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 new club, Embassy, opened later that year.[2]
In 2023 and 2024 Cheltenham held a Pride event. The 2024 march was led by men dressed as dogs carrying a banner with the letters K and F.
