Manchester Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Gay village=== [[Public house]]s in the [[Canal Street (Manchester)|Canal Street]] area have had an LGBTQ+ clientele since at least 1940,<ref name=Park/> and now form the centre of Manchester's LGBTQ+ community. Since the opening of new bars and clubs, the area attracts 20,000 visitors each weekend<ref name=Park/> and has hosted a popular festival, [[Manchester Pride]], each August since 1995.<ref>{{cite news |title=Europe's biggest gay festival to be held in UK |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/feb/11/gayrights.world |work=[[The Guardian]] |publisher=M.E.N media |date=11 February 2003 |access-date=20 May 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130826221150/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/feb/11/gayrights.world |archive-date=26 August 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page