LGBTQ friendly places

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I know this is a bit of a sweeping generalised question, but we are looking to relocate in the UK and a member of the family is gay. We live in quite a homophobic town and want to move away as a result. We don’t want to jump from the frying pan into the fire though. Obviously there are the obvious places like Brighton and London, but where else?

Thank you.

Do you mean LGBTQIA+ friendly?
Or LGB friendly?
There is a significant difference in my opinion.

I live in the south west and I would hope that it feels like a friendly and accepting place.
Bristol has a lot of LGBTQ groups and is generally a very ‘lefty’ city.

Manchester!

Manchester or Liverpool

Lancaster

Eh? Homophobic IS TQ+!!

Hebdon bridge if you want rural.

In The North
Hebden Bridge (always mentioned on these threads)
Todmorden
Sowerby Bridge
Leeds
Manchester
Halifax
Some of the Huddersfield villages
I think most places are pretty LGB friendly these days, I have gay/lesbian friends and nobody seeme to care but I can say 100% as I don't face homophobia myself

I'd avoid the westcountry apart from the big cities.

I think you need to drill into that a bit more!

LGB friendly is one thing.

LGBTQ and all the rest of it - I think you might find that the loudly proclaimed trans and ‘queer’ friendly and ‘affirming’ vibe and the places which focus on it are completely homophobic. Mind you, they’re even more misogynistic than homophobic, so if he’s a gay male his choices of sexual partner are far more likely to be respected and celebrated than if you’re talking about a lesbian woman, in which case she’d find it hard to access gay spaces which aren’t entirely populated and dictated by men.

It’s always about the men 🤣 the lesbians had it sorted for a bit, but they’ve found a way to dominate so, back to square one!

@TheCultureHusks I didn’t know that about the TQ element, thanks for explaining that. A pps comment that confused me makes sense now.
To clarify, family member is gay male. So LGB friendly. We currently live in a town that is very bigoted where boys/men dress like they are all wearing the same uniform, lager lout/thug types, fights, violence. No gay bars. You get the picture. Which is why we want out.

In that case op, I would think most Uk towns are LGB friendly, certainly all the towns I've lived in, about half a dozen across England, have been.

You might want to actively avoid the towns detailed above who have lost the plot a bit with progressive pride.

@Hoppinggreen You have listed quite a few Northern towns there which is what I was looking for. Do you know if Preston or Chorley are gay friendly?
Are there any places in the North that we should avoid?