Northampton gay szene
Northampton
Northampton is a town in Northamptonshire in the East Midlands region of England that lies between Birmingham and London. Northampton is one of the largest towns in the United Kingdom with a population of , ( census). Since the Second World War, the history of LGBT people in and around the town has been recorded and documented in local and national media. The town now has a notably large LGBT community. The Boston is the town's gay bar, and there are various social groups, youth groups, forums and support groups across the town and wider county.
The town first held a Pride event in , and despite not having an official Identity event every year, the LGBT people of Northampton continued to hold their own events to celebrate the local community. In recent years, in co-ordination with Northampton Borough Council, the Northampton LGBTQ and Allies Forum have helped to create a number of social events for the community. Northampton has had an official event to highlight Pride each year since A larger Pride week
I've worked in a very big, vertical nightclub in Northampton with a variety of people from the ages of 18 to
With the women it's a question of: "I've got a gay friend, his name's Steve, do you know him?" That's one of the typical things that come out.
It's so f****** annoying.
But it probably shows how much people still perceive it to be. You're either a Graham Norton or a Dale Winton. That's annoying.
It's amazing to have gay stuff on telly now, but it's still very stereotypical and I hate that.
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The gay scene anywhere is very manipulative. I think that is the big, big difficulty - because it is still shut away, because we are still scared of bashings or homophobic attacks or whatever.
I think the gay scene needs to be opened out. People need to see it, so people are aware of what goes on.
The scene didn't scar me, but it definitely had some effect of my animation. If I knew more about it early on, I'd have been so much more cautious.