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!
