Torquay
Torquay is a seaside town in the Torbay district of Devon.
LGBT history
Sir Richard Burton was born there in 1821.
The Cliff House Hotel was a very long-standing gay hotel. It closed in 2013.[1]
Torbay Express and South Devon Echo on Saturday 30 November 1996 reported on a suicide attempt by 35 year old Stephanie Foster. Stephanie praised the police officers who saved her and told the newspaper about the hell she was suffering between being a male and a female. Stephanie served as a man in the RAF. In Torquay she set up the transgender support group.
The Transfigurations trans support group is based in Torquay.
References
- ↑ http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowUserReviews-g186259-d1421475-r213357735-Cliff_House_Hotel-Torquay_English_Riviera_Devon_England.html. Accessed: 2015-05-20. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/6YfeDUUVn)