The Gay Centre, Manchester

The Gay Centre is a very welcoming space which has a very “community” feel to it. There’s a cafe/kitchen area and also rooms available for local LGBT community groups to use for meetings and events. Most of the groups that meet here tend to be aimed at specific groups such as young people, transgender people, older people and women however recently lots more projects and social events (open to everyone) have made the centre their home as an alternative to canal street and the gay village such as the monthly Queer Cafe, KaffeeQueeria and a number of arts/media and cultural projects. You can also get copies of most free community gay magazines here such as OutNorthWest (if the centre door is open call in) as well as information about other groups and services from the huge leaflet rack. Free Condoms and Lube are also available from the centre.

The place informally known as 'The Gay Centre' should not be confused with the LGF in the City Centre. The 'Gay Centre' has loads of different groups, for young men, young women, trans people, older lesbians, disabled LGBT people and many more. The centre has offices, leaflets, organised social/support meetings, and has it's own full kitchen. If you want something 'gay' to do without heading down Canal Street, try your luck here. You're best off having a look online for what groups run at what times, and contact details should be available online or you can message me and I'll get back to you with relevant contact details.