Manchester Archives

England’s most queer-friendly cities – apart from London and Brighton!

Charlotte Dingle7th July 20227th July 2022

Suggest a queer-friendly sojourn anywhere on our mainland and your potential holiday-mates are likely to think of London and Brighton first.

The Proud Trust opens multi-million pound LGBT+ centre in Manchester.

Newsdesk1st June 20221st June 2022

Features / News

The Proud Trust has unveiled its new, state-of-the-art LGBT+ centre, which has undergone a massive £2.4million redevelopment.

Revealed at last! Britain’s kinkiest city.

Fifi Goldberg2nd December 20202nd December 2020

Features / Sex

As reported by OutNewsGlobal back in March, sales of sex toys have soared during the pandemic.

Coming out as a kid in the 90’s was never going to be easy…

Newsdesk1st February 20182nd February 2018

Arts & Culture / Events / News

Chris Hoyle’s semi-autobiographical coming-of-age play, The Newspaper Boy, returns to Manchester’s 53Two Presented as part of Queer Contact 2018, Manchester’s foremost queer arts festival, the reimagined production includes an all-star cast: Samantha Siddall (Shameless), Karen Henthorn (Coronation Street), Sam Retford (Hollyoaks, Ackley Bridge), Hollie-Jay Bowes (Hollyoaks), and introducing Daniel Maley in the lead […]

LGBT Foundation: Safe sex stories wanted

Danielle Mustarde21st November 201721st November 2017

Events / News / UK

Manchester’s LGBT Foundation is looking for people to share their stories as part of an exciting history project launched this week The project will look to celebrate and commemorate over 30 years of safer sex promotion in Greater Manchester’s LGBTQ+ communities, from the initial response in the wake of the AIDS […]

Police bring in ‘angels’ to cope with hate crime in Manchester’s Gay Village

Cash Boyle27th October 201727th October 2017

Crime / News / UK

Hate crimes in Manchester’s ‘gay village’ are now so common, the Police say they can’t cope with the number of reports on busy nights. In August 2017 alone, 85 violent and sexual offences were recorded in the Gay Village. Considering only 10% of LGBT hate crimes are actually reported, the true […]