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“Today they don’t have to” visit the bar to meet partners, Sipson says.
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Gay bars once provided rare opportunities for LGBT people to meet. But today, Sipson says, the barriers are down.Īnother factor could be the rise of online dating apps like Grindr or Tinder.
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Heterosexual people generally mingled in one section, and the rest of the bar belonged to the LGBT community. The Queen’s Head own clientele suggests that a change has taken place.įor many years, straight bar patrons self-segregated. “The older generation like myself, we’re dying out.” “A lot of the younger gay people feel like they don’t need to go to the gay bars like we used to do back in the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s - places where would be ourselves and discover ourselves,” Sipson says. One theory is that the gay bars may not be needed today as they once were, as mainstream society becomes more accepting of homosexuality. Source: UK public health bodies, gov.uk dashboard - England, Scotland and Northern Ireland data updated Monday, Wednesday and Friday, Wales data updated weekly.The dispute behind the closing of The Queen’s Head might seem specific, but it comes after a year of prominent gay bars closing abruptly across London. Booster doses and third primary doses for those with suppressed immune systems, are combined in the data. Caution should be taken when comparing areas. Areas will have different demographics which will affect how many people have been vaccinated. Booster and third doses are not being offered to everyone over the age of 12 but the same denominator is being used for this figure. These data include people who have an NHS number and are currently alive. Percentages in Wales use data from the Welsh Immunisation System. In England the percentages are calculated using the number of people on the National Immunisation Management Service (NIMS) database. In Scotland and Northern Ireland percentages are calculated using the most recent mid-year population estimates from the national statistics agencies. England, Scotland and Wales data is by local authority, Northern Ireland is national data. Vaccines are data for first, second, and booster and third doses. Source: UK public health bodies - updated Monday, Wednesday and Friday. This means the values for the two age groups cannot be added together to get the overall case rate in each area. Steeper rises in older age groups are of more concern because older people are more likely to be badly affected by the virus and are more likely to need hospital care. The case rate by age chart shows how many people have tested positive in each age group per 100,000 people. This average helps to show whether cases are rising or falling. The dark blue line shows the average daily rate over the past seven days. The case rate chart shows how many people have tested positive each day for every 100,000 people in that area. *The “average area” means the middle ranking council or local government district when ranked by cases per 100,000 people. Case rate by age only available for England. Public health bodies may occasionally revise their case numbers up or down. In Wales they include anyone who tested positive more than 42 days after their last positive test. In England, Scotland and Northern Ireland reinfections include anyone who tested positive more than 90 days after their last positive test. Cases are people who have tested positive for coronavirus.