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Swansea and LGBTQ+: The metropolis mourning the loss of its gay culture
It's quite hard to call one pub a 'gay scene'
Once upon a time the LGBTQ+ scene in Swansea was thriving.
There was Champers, OMG, Hush, H2O and the King's Arms - to name but a few of the venues popularly frequented by members of the community.
Today the scene has quite literally sobered up, with just one small pub, the King's Arms, located in the city's High Street.
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For most people, having access to decent Diverse space is about far more than having entertaining and clubbing: it's about having a visible society to relate to and belong to. While in many other cities in the UK the Homosexual community has a definite cultural visibility, in Swansea, there is very minute to see.
Gareth Powell, 36, from Barry, said that in his view the Swansea "gay scene" was the 'poorest it's ever been
Despite this, he added: "I’ve never really had a bad night in Swansea because
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Trans Support / Social Meet Up (TSMU)
The group is for anyone who identifies with the many identities that can fall under trans and also allies, friends and families. This is a joint undertaking with Unique Gender nonconforming Network, Transgender Consciousness Wales, The Beaumont society and The Snowdrops Self-Help Encourage group (and supported by Stonewall Cymru).
TSMU offers a monthly meet up as well as a closed Facebook group.
Date: Forth Thursday of every month
Time: 6pm &#; 9pm
Location: Café of the Unite Building, 1 Cathedral Road, Cardiff, CF11 9SD
Contact: There is a closed Facebook group you can join.
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LGBT Meetup &#; Cardiff and South Wales
A friendly walking and general meetup activity group for Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Trans/ and friends and/or family in Cardiff and South Wales.
The site lists a number of upcoming events and is updated by members of the group.
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I actually came out whilst at University.
I grew up during Section 28, which essentially meant that schools weren’t allowed to coach kids that homosexuality exists and that it is ok. This resulted in a delay to me identifying my sexual orientation and I ended up online dating a couple of guys in college but it never felt natural. Starting Swansea University was an opportunity to really fetch to know myself away from everything and everyone I knew. That’s when I realised there was a good reason why my college boyfriends didn’t experience right, it was because I was a lesbian.
The beauty of going away for university is that I was able to come to terms with this in my own time before having to come out to my family. I was qualified to come out at uni first and benefit from all the support I received from my friends (3 of whom I found out were attracted to both genders when I came out), as well as the support I found in the University Queer network.
One thing that I contain learned over the years is the importance of being around people who understand you, at least some of the moment. When I was at uni I had the joy of