Not such a gay day after all

Six months ago, I wrote a post called Canterbury is officially ‘gay’ enough. The local ‘Pride’ group had reported the Council to the Local Government Ombudsman for allegedly failing in its ‘duty’ to promote and cater for homosexuality in the city, despite giving financial backing to their cause. The claim was rejected.
The pride group, which [...]

Canterbury is officially ‘gay’ enough

If you ask me, one person wearing a Village People T-shirt would make a city ‘gay enough’.
The Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) has rejected a claim by Pride of Canterbury that the City Council has ignored the needs of the ‘LGBT community’. The Council have given them funding and even held “a gay open day in [...]