Places in Bristol associated with LGBT people
- Bristol Gay Centre, Gasferry Road
McArthur’s Warehouse in Gasferry Road was home to Bristol’s only gay centre from 1978 to 1983 - Clifton Hill House, Lower Clifton Hill
Home of John Addington Symonds from 1851 until 1877
- Hill Street, Totterdown
Bristol Gay Switchboard was set up in 1975 and operated for the first three years from a house in Hill Street - Newgate Prison, Newgate
Bristol’s main prison in the 18th century where most of those convicted of homosexual acts before 1820 were imprisoned
- The Pillory, Wine Street/Pithay junction
The pillory was the usual punishment for men convicted of homosexual crimes not punishable by death (as well as other offences) in the 18th century
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