Lost Spaces: Memories from Gay Bars, Lesbian Clubs, and LGBTQ+ Parties

Crackers, Gloucester, England (with Darryl W. Bullock)

Not all queer spaces are queer. Or, at least, exclusively queer...
In smaller towns and cities, where there isn't the population to support a full-time queer bar, straight bars can fill the gap by hosting themed nights weekly or monthly, providing a much needed opportunity for local queers to meet and interact...
I caught up with Darryl Bullock, author of 'David Bowie Made Me Gay: 100 Years of LGBT Music' to talk about Crackers, a bar in the south western English town of Gloucester, which held a weekly gay night on Mondays in the late 80s.
Tantrums, smashed items and picking strange men up in phone boxes… It's another episode of Lost Spaces!

How do queer spaces help to shape people's lives? 

Why are they so important to the LGBTQ+ community?

What is the impact of losing these spaces?

Lost Spaces explores these questions (and more!) through conversations with members of the LGBT community. 

Each week host K Anderson sits down with a different guest to discuss a space from their past, why it was important to them, and how it helped shape who they are. 

Expect conversations about coming out, going out, and getting down. 

And snogging strangers on sweaty dancefloors. We can't talk about gay history without that coming up.