Gay manchester uk
The Village
AXM Prevent & Club
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MAYA
Situated at the bustling intersection of Chorlton Street and Canal Street, the 20th-century…
Napoleon's
Friendly block over two floors with a varied crowd.
New Union Hotel & Show Bar
Built in 1865, the Modern Union was one of the first ever male lover establishments in Manchester and has been…
Oscars
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Salon Madre
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The Eagle Bar
Men only basement block with industrial and elegant décor open seven nights a week with a faithful…
The Molly House
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Via
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View
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Gay Village
The neighbourhood reference to the Homosexual Village
The Gay Village, or just the Village, is your place to leave for LGBTQ+ bars in Manchester. Centred around the pedestrianised, waterside Canal Avenue, it’s a society hub, a buzzy nightlife destination, and a chilled setting for daytime drinks. It’s also the home of the annual Manchester Event Festival held on August bank holiday weekend.
The area has been a focal point for same-sex attracted life in Manchester since the 1950s when the Modern Union became a meeting place for lesbians and queer men. The village really took off in the 1990s when continental block culture was becoming a big thing in the town centre, and Manto (a bar and club in the spot now occupied by On Bar), was at the centre of it all.
In 1999 the TV drama Queer as Folk brought the Village international attention and for a while it was seen as ‘the’ place to go out in Manchester; not always a good thing when you’re trying to maintain a safe space for the LGBTQ+ community.
Nowadays, with the climb of the Northern Quarter as Manchester’s main nightlife neighbourhood, you’re less likely to find Canal Street overrun with hen parties, and more likely to find the gay com
Many cities have a 'gay village' – an area with bars and clubs where LGBT+ people can feel protected to express their identity.
Manchester’s is called Canal Street. It's recognised as one of the UK’s liveliest LGBT+ hubs.
The beginnings of Canal Street
In the 19th Century, the area surrounding Canal Lane was thriving – not with bars and clubs but with the cotton trade. Manchester had become Cottonopolis – at its summit producing 30% of the world's cotton. At the heart of Cottonopolis was the network of canals that kept the cotton trade moving through the city.
Booms are typically followed by bust, and when canals were replaced by other transport methods and the cotton industry stalled, the areas around the canals became deserted. This vacuum created a red flash district, attracting sex workers and male lover men to the area.
On the corner of Canal Highway today stands a pub called the New Union. It was built in 1865, and in the 1950s became a place for lesbians and same-sex attracted men to come across up.
It looks love a normal pub, but when you take a closer look you can see the windows are filled with clouded glass – anyone on the outside can’t view in. This meant that those
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