Gay Group States Town Is Not Welcoming Enough

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Gay Group States Town Is Not Welcoming Enough

Canterbury Branded Not Gay Enough

Do You Want Them To Paint The City Pink Or Something?

May 15. 2009

Canterbury Cathedral (British History Online)

A gay organization is targeting historic, picturesque Canterbury, England, stating it is not welcoming enough towards gays. They did not complain of being harassed, but state there are no gay bars, theatres or meeting places.

In life you have to make your own fun. Stop being whiny fusspots.

I'm a Jamaican. I come from a small nation that spawned several million people worldwide. Do you think I go into cities of the world whining it is not welcoming enough to Jamaicans? No. Wherever I visit, I try to blend in and assimilate, as who I am and where I come from is always in my heart. When in Rome...

The world does not revolve around me. Conversely, it does not revolve around gays either.

Canterbury, the city that simply isn't gay enough (according to equality campaigners)

Last updated at 11:41 PM on 13th May 2009 - With its ancient cathedral and literary associations, you might regard Canterbury as one of Britain’s most cultured cities.

But for one section of society it seems, it is quite the opposite.

The campaign group Pride in Canterbury has condemned it as a ‘cultural wilderness’ because it has no gay bar and fails to extend a proper welcome to the homosexual community...

Every year millions of people visit Canterbury Cathedral, a haven for pilgrims since the Middle Ages. The city’s place in literary history was secured by Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales...

The group is awaiting the outcome of an official complaint to the local government ombudsman..

Bernard Makin, 41, who runs a fast-food stall, said: ‘I can’t imagine a gay American bloke saying, “Well, I’d love to see one of the most beautiful cathedrals in the world – but let’s go somewhere else because there’s no gay bar”.’

The ombudsman has already told Pride in Canterbury its key complaints are unlikely to succeed.

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