Upcoming Events:
- 4 August Border Women coffee social in the town centre. 11am. Details.
- 6 August Chill Out Mondays social in the Old Market Hall. From 8.15pm onwards.
- 6 August Fabulous LGBT club night at Havana (aka C:21). Hosted by Miss Penny. Free cabaret with KY Kelly.
- 11 August XYZ youth group meet in the town centre at 3.30pm. Details here.
- 16 August Ex Libris book reading discussion group. The Hive at 1030.
- 20 August Fabulous LGBT club night at Havana (aka C:21). Hosted by Miss Penny. Free cabaret with Baga Chipz.
Updated 2 August 2018
This is the site for all the Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans stuff happening in the Shrewsbury area. Several groups meet regularly, and extra stuff happens too. The site's eleven pages contain links to everything. If you have something to add please tell us.
If you’d like to help the tiny teams organise something new don’t be shy - they'd love it!
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Contact the Webmaster at lgbtshrewsbury@hotmail.com
Latest News:
- Getting married? Shrewsbury now has 2 churches offering marriage for same-sex couples. The United Reformed Church by the English Bridge's new minister has met with us to offer this service, in addition to the Unitarian Church in High Street. Details on our Help/Support page.
- More than half of young people (55%) describe their sexuality as something other than 'completely heterosexual' according to a new survey by YouGov. That's up 6% compared with three years ago. Midlands Zone has details.
- Havana (aka C:21) is holding two cabaret Mondays in August. On 6th Miss Penny is joined by KY Kelly, and on the 20th by Baga Chipz.
- Midlands Zone reports that Telford Pride (which didn't go ahead in July) will be held instead on 15 September. However their website only mentions the July date, so we're not sure what is happening. More details if we get them.
- In September we have two special events to tempt you. 15th Sep there's a one-person act about dementia, brought to you by SAND and the Purple List theatre company. Details and tickets here. And then on 21st Sep there's a talk about two former gay residents of Shrewsbury: Wilfred Owen the war poet and his friend Philip Gillespie Bainbrigge. More on our What's On page.
- National / international LGBT News here.
- Midlands LGBT News here.