Pride of Place Is the National LGBT Map. Nottinghamshire Has Over 240 Pinpoints, Far More Per Head of the Population Than Anywhe
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Pride of Place is the national LGBT map. Nottinghamshire has over 240 pinpoints, far more per head of the population than anywhere else Sir John Clanvowe was the Nottingham‐based 14th Century poet who wrote the original, legend of Robin Hood. He went through a ceremony of "wedded brotherhood" with Sir William Neville. The Robin Hood Statue is located in front of Nottingham Castle Thrumpton Hall George Seymour (a descendant of Charles II) was Lord of Thrumpton Hall. He was married and had children, but in later life he lived with a string of young men at the hall. One of the young men shot himself and George died of grief shortly after. La Chic and Part II La Chic on Canal Street opened in 1973 and was the first club in the UK that in its licence said "We are a club for gay men and lesbians“. Part II club opened in 1981. The name originates in the fact that it took over the building previously occupied by La Chic club. Ray Gosling The Ray Gosling archives are stored at Nottingham Trent University's Clifton campus. He wrote and presented several hundred television and radio documentaries and regional programmes for BBC Radio 4 and Granada Television. His later documentaries focused on his personal life and his emergence as a gay activist. Out in Education Out in Education is a not‐for‐profit organisation based at the University of Nottingham. It delivers workshops, lessons and assemblies about homophobia and what is means to be lesbian, gay, bisexual and/or transgender to primary and secondary schools across the UK. NG1 In 2000, Nottingham's first proper gay club for several years opened as NG1 on Lower Parliament St. It is large, well‐equipped and clean and (here the resemblance to a personal ad breaks down) on two floors. It was certainly one of the best gay clubs in the region and also gave support, via fundraising events, to the Hardship Fund, Switchboard and Pride. From about 2012 its clientele became more mixed until in 2015 it announced it was no longer a gay venue. Nottingham Teachers’ Centre, Cranmer Street The tape/slide kit "Homosexuality ‐ a fact of life" was produced in Tyneside by CHE in 1978. Nottingham CHE wished to show it to teachers in Nottingham, but there was strong opposition ‐ including from the Director of Education. Eventually on June 28th 1979 it was shown at the Cranmer Street Teachers' Centre. The Federation Club The Federation Club on Claremont Road is the base for Juice, a quarterly women only dance night. Nottingham Forest was the first professional football club to take independent action about countering homophobia and transphobia. The 2008 poster included pictures of both the men’s and women’s teams. The Church of St Mary Magdelene The Church, in Hucknall, is the burial place of Lord Byron The Mill In the early 1980s the Mill on Cranbrook Street had a vague reputation of being gay‐friendly. It was never an out‐and‐out gay bar, but towards the end of the 1990s it was popular with a mixed gay/studentish crowd. Lace Market Square Nottingham Pride moved to Hockley and the Lace Market in 2014. In 2014 and 2015, the main stage was set up in Lace Market Square opposite New College Nottingham's Adams Building. The White Swan The White Swan in Sutton in Ashfield was the venue for social meetings of the Mansfield Campaign for Homosexual Equality in the 1970s Sherwood Lodge Notts Police HQ People representing all the groups murdered in the Holocaust took part in a ceremony at Notts Police HQ on January 27th 2016. Candles were lit for each one of these groups, including LGBT people. The National Holocaust Centre The Centre at Laxton, Nottinghamshire, displays a pink triangle plaque in its Memorial Garden to commemorate LGBT people murdered in the Holocaust WOW WOW is an LGBT Youth Group which meets at Centre Place Worksop Mushroom Bookshop Mushroom Bookshop used to occupy a space which is now Paramount Pictures on Heathcoat Street. Mushroom was there from the 1970s until it closed in 2000. It had a comprehensive lesbian and gay section, displayed the gay free papers, had gay info on its notice board. Southwell Minster In February 1981 Southwell Diocese opened a wide‐ reaching debate on homosexuality, the subject of a report to go to the General Synod. Jacey’s Established as a gay pub in 1999 ‐ the largest gay pub in Nottingham ‐ Jacey's was very popular for a while. It changed to ICE, then closed, then re‐opened as PINK, then closed, then re‐ opened as Queen of Clubs …. then closed. This was a short‐lived sauna in the 1990s Justin Fashanu Justin Fashanu was the first professional footballer to come out. He played for Nottingham Forest and was treated with blatant homophobia by manager Brian Clough. The Manning Girls School In the 1970s, unbeknown to 98% of the staff, Chimaera ‐ the Newsletter of the Nottingham CHE group ‐ was surreptitiously printed in the school's reprographics department Nottinghamshire Archives The Nottinghamshire Archives on Castle Meadow Road are where the documents, photographs and publications collected by Nottinghamshire’s Rainbow Heritage are stored. University of Nottingham In May 2011 The University of Nottingham organised an IDAHO Day conference as part of an initiative involving four countries: the UK, Italy, Hungary and Slovenia. The picture above shows Dr. Luca Trappolin (of the University of Padua) talking against a delightfully starry and rather camp background. Reflections Reflections Gay and Bi men’s Sauna and Health Club opened on Crocus Street (near Nottingham Station) in 2006. In March 2012, they moved to new premises on Kilbourn Street (off Huntingdon St.) The Lace Market Theatre The Lace Market Theatre on Halifax Place is a small independent amateur theatre with a high reputation. It has put on several gay‐ themed plays, such as "Bent" and, most notably "The Gay Man's Guide", which was performed in February 2008. The latter play has several Nottingham connections. The Anchor Inn The Anchor Inn at Gunthorpe (now the Pontefino Italian Restaurant) was an attempt in 2001 to start a gay disco beyond the City boundary. The organiser said "There's not much to do in villages since all the sheep have gone". Pride at the Embankment In 2000 a new committee changed the "Pink Lace" name to “Nottingham Pride”. The venue also changed from the Castle to the Embankment (“Bent by the Trent”, was the headline in the local QB newsletter). Though well‐organised, the event was not wholly successful. Moving out of the city centre and splitting the event across two days led to a decrease in the numbers attending. Outburst Outburst is a safe space for young people aged 11‐19 who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans or questioning, to be themselves, meet friends, get involved in activities such as the crafts, music making, watch movies, get some help but most of all just have fun! It meets at NGY on Castle Gate. Newstead Abbey Newstead Abbey is the ancestral home of Lord Byron Whatton Prison Whatton Prison is for sex offenders. Notts Healthcare Trust has encouraged and supported an LGBT group at the prison. In 2014 they were given a presentation on LGBT history through Nottinghamshire’s Rainbow Heritage For a short time it was a venue for a Wednesday night gay disco. The pub has since been demolished and the land is now occupied by Marks and Spencers. The Queen’s Walk Community Centre The Centre was used by the Metropolitan Community Church in the 1990s and 2000s. In 2004 the same venue hosted gay folk dancing sessions. Mike Raymond’s plaque on Iremonger Road Mike Raymond was a central figure in Nottingham CHE in the 1970s and 80s and in Switchboard up to his death in 2000. The plaque was set up by Bennetts and is near to the Bennetts store off London Road. Cellos Before its current incarnation shown on the picture, 22 Fletcher Gate was the Old Vic. In 1993 it house the Cellos Club, a women‐only night. Cellos also had a second existence at the Meadow Club, Meadow Lane. Nottingham Contemporary Nottingham Contemporary was the venue for Nottingham Lesbian & Gay Switchboard’s 40th Anniversary Gala Zara Lord Byron's "immorality" prevented him from being buried in Westminster Abbey. His coffin was taken to be buried in Hucknall. On the way the coffin was placed in a room at the Blackamore’s Head in Pelham Street, where for four days people queued to view the coffin. The site is now occupied by a branch of Zara. Pride of Place is the national LGBT map. Nottinghamshire has over 240 pinpoints, far more per head of the population than anywhere else The old Prudential building In the 1940s gay men lived in the "twilight world“ and blackmail was rife. I could never get used to the idea that you could have a permanent relationship ‐ it was all one night stands. During the blackouts in World War 2 I met a Canadian commander in the English forces and we had an enjoyable time on the steps of what was the Prudential building between King Street and Queen Street ‐ it was pitch black. (Wallace Edge) In the mid 1980s Nottingham AIDS Information Project was set up by, amongst others, Colin Clews using a budget of £1000. It started a twice‐a‐week helpline and produced safe‐sex literature. It was based at 114 Mansfield Road. The YMCA on Shakespeare Street In 2000 the OutHouse obtained a Millennium grant to run an LGBT history project.