Plymouth
From LGBT Archive
(Redirected from County Borough of Plymouth)
Plymouth is a city in the south-west of England. It is a unitary authority within the ceremonial county of Devon. Devonport, which merged with Plymouth in 1914, has an important naval base and dockyard.
LGBT history
The composer Stanley Bate was born in Milehouse in 1911.
Plymouth had its own Plymouth CHE Group.
In 2012 the Plymouth City Museum hosted the "Pride in Our Past" exhibition; much of the collected material was then moved to the Plymouth LGBT Archive.[1]
There is a Torbay and Plymouth congregation of the Metropolitan Community Church.[2]
Pride in the Park was held for the first time in July 2012.[3]
Tom Daley lives in Plymouth. In 2021 the city granted him 'Freedom of the City' [4].
References
- ↑ http://www.lgbt-history.prideinplymouth.org.uk/
- ↑ http://www.mcctorbay.co.uk/
- ↑ http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/Gay-Pride-hold-outdoor-LGBT-festival-Plymouth/story-16582330-detail/story.html#axzz2UK3ODlxO
- ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-58544754 Plymouth gives Tom Daley Freedom of the City
