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First Out Cafe, London (with Ali Brumfitt)

2019/12/11
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Lost Spaces: Memories from Gay Bars, Lesbian Clubs, and LGBTQ+ Parties

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We are back to London this week, and visiting another venue that fell victim to the Crossrail development (a large scale construction project which saw a good chunk of central London demolished to make way for a high speed train line).

I had the delight of talking to Ali Brumfitt, a performance poet and all around charmer, about First Out Cafe, one of London's only daytime queer venues, which was open from the mid-80s up until 2011.