New To Bristol? Welcome!

Coming to a new city is both, exciting and intimidating.  On our website we try to supply a whole range of information to help you navigate your way around the City's LGBT scene, groups, activities, support networks and events.

Something for Everyone: as well as the red 'Scene' tab, in the tabs bar above, this gives a listing of venues, there are also tabs for: specific sectors of our community, from young people to families, older people, people with disabilities as well as Black and Ethnic Minority LGBT people, as well as specific topics, like housing, health and jobs.

Clubbing: You might want to throw yourself in at the deep-end and go clubbing all night in one of Bristol's lively venues, there are several in Old Market and some in the City Centre.

Chilling: Maybe you'd prefer to relax in a men's sauna, go for a drink at an LGBT or LGBT-friendly pub or chill-out with a cup of coffee and share some good, stimulating conversation.

Entertainment: you might like to check-out shows and film events at the Bristol Queer Caf, or go and watch an LGBT movie, during LGBT Film month, held every year at the Watershed.

Outdoor activities: If you are a lesbian and like walking, you might like to join Bristol's 'wild walking women'.  There is an LGBT cycle riding group, Cycle Out Bristol, and even an LGBT climbing group.

Books and Music: If books are your thing, we have a brand-new LGBT book Club, or you might prefer to epress yourself in a more musical context, and join our excellent LGBT Choir 'Sing Out Bristol', who hold regular performances through the year.

Younger people: If you are a student, you might want to join your University's LGBT Society, or, if you are between 13 and 21, you might find Freedom Youth a useful way of getting to know young LGBT people your age.

Older people: if you are on the 'mature' side of 30, then you might like to hook-up with others who remember the Beatles and don't think that Danny La Rue is a street in Paris and Harvey Milk a chocolate bar.

Activism: of course, you might also like to involve yourself with the Forum's work more directly, either as an ad-hoc volunteer or by joiing our Management Committee, as a Trustee, and gain excellent expreience, while contributing to the furthering of the LGBT Equality Agenda in the City, fighting ignorance and homophobia, engaging with local people and immersing yourself with the lively activist mix of queer politics.

Sector-specific information: the badges at the top give access of information of general interest to LGBT men or women, whether the smaller badges on the right provide access to information of more specific relevance to lesbian, gay, bisexual or trans people.

The main menu: gives you acces to a whole range of information about the Forum, listings for venues, social and support groups,  websites, publications and special interest networks.

Events: You can check out what's happening in our Diary page, or look at the Calendar, but there is a lso a digest of the next 10 or so forthcoming events on the right-hand side of the screen.

Interact: we also have eFroums and eNewsletters on the site.

To find out about the Forum, you can vist the 'About Us' page, while our Consititution and Policies can be found in the Documents section.