Reds
During the 1990s venues like Reds have been described as places for the LGBTQ community to “explore and to feel safe and to think… that it was OK to be gay”, while also having “a...
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The Duke of Lancaster
The Duke of Lancaster was a popular pub during the mid to late 2000s, presided over by drag DJ Norma and her friends....
City Bar
Opening during the early 1990s, the City Bar was Lancaster’s first exclusively LGBTQ bar. It was open Thursday-Saturday evenings plus Sunday lunchtimes. Special and evening events were held downstairs in the Castlegate Restaurant....
Yorkshire House
In the 1980s and 90s, the Yorkshire House was known locally as an LGBTQ-friendly pub and hosted Women in Lancaster District (WILD) events, Lavender Lounge and Dancing Divas. The Gutter Girls also wrote and performed...
Trades Hall
The Trades Hall was a popular venue for gay men’s discos and women-only discos during the 1980s. It was also a venue for meetings of the Lancaster Gay Group. This had developed from the CHE...
Bar Navigation
The Navigation was a popular bar during the 1990s until it closed at the end of the decade. For some LGB & T people who arrived in Lancaster, the Navigation became their new home from...
West Road
In 1971 two lesbians and two gay men sharing a house in West Road decided to live collectively and this became throughout the 1970s the West Road Gay Collective. They were inspired by the slogan...
Ashton Memorial
Following the Civil Partnerships Act in 2004 and later the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act in 2013, the Ashton Memorial has been a venue for same-sex civil partnership and wedding ceremonies....