Nottingham
From LGBT Archive
Nottingham is a city in the East Midlands. It is now a unitary authority within the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire. During the industrial revolution it became famous for lace-making, bicycle and tobacco industries.
LGBT history
A local gay group, MAF-MAN was set up in 1968, and was re-founded in 1970 as Nottingham CHE Group.[1]
In 1977 the CHE conference was held in Nottingham.
In Dec 1984 the city hosted the Lesbian and Gay Youth Movement Winter Festival, attended by over 100 young people and including a civic reception hosted by the Council and attended by the Lord Mayor [2].
Local LGBT facilities and groups include:
- Nottingham Ball Bois FC – the local gay football club
- SASSI – Black and Asian LGB group
- Outburst (Nottingham) – for LGBT young people
People who were born or lived in Nottingham include:
- Robert Newton – athlete
- Ray Gosling – gay rights campaigner
- D H Lawrence – novelist
- Roger Baker – Journalist and London CHE organiser.
Nottingham Pride is held in July.
References
- ↑ Amiable Warriors Volume One, pages 279–280.
- ↑ Gay Nottingham Issue 10 1985 (in Hall Carpenter archives, London School of Economics HCA/Journals/280D)
