Crompton, E., 2025.
'Uncovering the history of Manchester's LGBTQ+ centre'
| Output Type: | Chapter in a book |
| Publication: | Queer Treasury/ Queer Beyond London Scrapbook |
| Brief Description/Editor(s): | Bengry, J. |
"When is our birthday?" asked Ali, the LGBT Centre manager. A simple enough question, or so I thought. The answer took four months of archival research, knee deep in 80s gay magazines and patchy council meeting minutes and records. I unearthed an intriguing story of how Manchester (potentially) became the first place in Europe to have an entirely publicly funded, purpose built centre for the gay community.