Welcome to our section for lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgendered (LGBT) resources for the Lancaster and Morecambe area.

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This section needs your info + contributions:
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1/2/12: Get set for Lancaster Pride 2012. Want to find out more? Help out? Go to a fundraising gig? Just get the gossip? Contact lancaster.pride@hotmail.co.uk or ask in one of the pubs below. More details to follow.

LOCAL LINKS
Updated 26/01/12

THE DUKE OF LANCASTER
75 Church Street, Lancaster, LA1 1ET
Tel: 01524 842843
Hours Thu: 8pm - 12am, Fri - Sun: 8pm - 1am
Lancaster's Premier Gay Friendly Entertainment Venue. This little bar packs a massive punch! Whether you're looking for a relaxed environment or having a huge comical night out on a weekend with our resident Drags. The Duke of Lancaster is the place!

THE NEW ALBERT


84 King Street, Lancaster, LA1 1RJ
Tel: 01524 237701
Lancaster's newest gay venue - Serving you with Pride
Truly relaxing envinroment, great entertainment... Excellent Prices...
... Operated for the GAY community
www.thenewalbert.com

DISABILITY ONLINE
Local information & advice website / support service by a disabled person for disabled people.
And supporting LGBT disabled people online and in the community.

FREEDOM GROUP (BLACKPOOL) .
Transgender day social group MF/ FM and questioning. Meets every Monday 12.15 to 2.15. Contact www.transgenderblackpool.com for further details. Transgender swimming time. Private swimming pool time for the trans community in the North West. Meets every third Sunday of the month. Contact www.transgenderblackpool.com or for further details of both the above contact Darren at the Richmond Fellowship on 07876568260.

Lavender Lounge
Lavender Lounge is a long running Lancaster based women's organisation based around cabaret evenings, sensational talent and having fun....
facebook group

LGBT OUT IN THE BAY
are a group who cater specifically to the needs of Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual and Transgender people. We seek to offer a safe environment in which people can discuss issues that they may feel more comfortable discussing with people from within the community in the Lancaster and Morecambe area.
For more information you can contact Rob on 079 6046 2921 or visit facebook (search ‘LGBT Out In The Bay’.)

Lunettes: Lesbians around Lancaster-Morecambe
The Lunettes lesbian social network group meets every third Friday of the month @ 7pm at the Gregson Community Centre, Lancaster. The group started in 2005. If you’re on your own or have never been to anything like this before don’t worry – just turn up and there will be people to talk to. No commitment – just a chance to meet others and join in if you like. For further information please email: lunettes@btinternet.com

OUTING THE PAST - LGBT HISTORY MONTH
Every February, Lancashire Archives, Libraries and Museums contribute to events and projects to celebrate the history, culture, and experience of lesbian, gay, bisexual , and transgender people of Lancashire. You’ll be able to find out about all that’s going on and what has been on.
We’ll welcome your comments and, most importantly, your contributions. If things that you read strike a chord and bring back a memory, please let us know. The whole point of “Outing the Past” is to tell our Lancashire story in a way we never have before!

PYRO - Proud YOUTH r Out
PYrO Youth group, Lancaster
We are a youth group specifically for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual (LGB) and questioning young people in Lancaster, Morecambe and the surrounding rural areas aged 13 - 19 years old.
For more information, or just for a one-to-one chat, please text or call Naomh, the young people's worker tel: 07717 301821 or email us on naomh.mckee@lancashire.gov.uk or
pyro@ed.lancscc.gov.uk

Rainbow Readers Lancaster
Rainbow Readers LGBT Book Group.
Meets at 7.30pm on the second Tuesday of the month.
No Admission cost.
Each month someone will give a short talk about how they found the book and suggest questions for the group to discuss. It should be thoughtful, fun and a way for people to connect with a common interest. No one should feel excluded; if you don’t get a chance to read the book before hand, then come anyway. We hope to also include some additional social events as well such as cinema and theatre trips, bowling etc.
Click the title link above to take you to our website.

YOURlgbt
Lancaster University LGBT - Meets Friday 5-6pm in Pendle TV Room, Lancaster University.
http://yourlgbtq.lusu.co.uk/

REGIONAL LINKS

Clangles (lost link, sorry)
LGBT community website serving people in Central & South Lancashire. Not sure what's happened to it at the moment but let us know if it comes back please!

CLASH Cumbria and Lancashire Sexual Health Networks. Info page on local LGBT initiatives and groups.

Lancashire Lads
FTM Trans male group. An informal group for Trans men in all stages of transition in and around the Lancashire area
E-mail only: lancashirelads[AT]googlegroups.com

Liberty Church, Blackpool
an inclusive christian church that welcomes everyone who celebrates the diversity of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered people.

Northern Concord Manchester support group with regular meetings and events

Renaissance Group Transgender And Transvestite Support Group
The Gynway Hotel 205 Dickson Road Blackpool FY1 2HQ 01253 314747
Meetings 2nd and 4th Tuesday every month from 6.30pm

Ride Out
UK based lesbian biker group, working together with other groups to organise regular events including rides and meets all over the country. A great way to meet friends and indulge your motorbike passion

Transforum - Manchester based online support forum - anonymously post questions and get answers.

NATIONAL LINKS

QUEER UK UK News & forums.

The Edward Carpenter Community - a group of gay men, based in the UK, committed to caring, trusting, personal growth, sharing, creativity and other principles and intentions
aimed at nurturing 'community', and which runs residential events for gay men.

Peter Tatchell's gay rights and activism website

Housing & Mortgages for Gay & Lesbian Couples
Commercial website carrying a comprehensive consumer guide to LGBT mortgages. Explains the different approaches that same-sex couples can take in jointly owning property, getting a mortgage and other legal issues that lgbt couples may face.