'The gay community came out in the '90s': book of rediscovered photos celebrates Lancashire's historic gay clubbing scene

The emergence of the northern gay scene in the '90s ushered in an era of self-expression and pride in identity. An era of love and acceptance during a decade unfolding under the twin shadows of Thatcher's abhorrent Section 28, which prohibited governmental 'promotion of homosexuality', and the HIV/AIDS crisis. It was an era of revolution.

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