</p><p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-58240" src="https://static.travelgay.com/media/67838/Gay-Birmingham-Guide-2017.jpg" alt="gay-birmingham-guide-2017" width="100%" /></p><h2>Birmingham</h2><p>From its industrial roots, the city has evolved into a major commercial and cultural destination, and is now one of the UK’s most dynamic and youthful cities (40% of the population is under 25).</p><p>The largely pedestrianised city centre features some seriously modern architecture, cultural landmarks and world class retail, with the old industrial canals cleaned up and serving as backdrops for a thriving café, bar and restaurant scene.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><h2>Gay Scene</h2><p>Being a large city, Birmingham has its own well-established Gay Village, located just to the south of the city centre, in an area now known as Southside.</p><p>The Gay Village is concentrated around Hurst Street and features many <a title="Birmingham gay bars" href="https://www.travelgay.com/birmingham-gay-bars/">Gay Bars</a>, <a title="gay Birmingham dance clubs" href="https://www.travelgay.com/birmingham-gay-dance-clubs-parties/">Clubs</a> and shops and is very much the main focus of gay nightlife.</p><p>The Birmingham gay scene caters mainly for the huge and relatively young urban population. Tourism is growing rapidly (Birmingham is England's second most-visited city outside of London) but does not yet attract the same volume of gay visitors as London, Manchester or Brighton.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><h2>Getting to Birmingham</h2><p>With its location at the very heart of England, Birmingham is easy to reach. The city is a major UK rail hub, with fast and frequent connections to London and other major UK cities from the main station, Birmingham New Street. There are additional rail services from Snow Hill and Moor Street stations.</p><p>Birmingham International Airport is located near Solihull, 8 miles from the city centre. It has frequent daily flights to other major UK and European cities. There are also direct flights to Delhi, Dubai, Islamabad, New York and Toronto. A free Air-Rail service links the passenger terminals to the International Rail Station, with frequent rail services to New Street Station (costing between £3-4). The X1 and 97/A buses go into the city centre for £2.40. Taxis can cost close to £40.</p><p>Birmingham is also at the heart of the UK’s motorway network, with fast road connections to London and the South East via the M42, to the East via the M6 and the South West via the M5.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><h2>Getting around Birmingham</h2><p>With a good range of city centre hotels and the central location of the Gay Village, you will be able to easily reach most destinations by walking, or taking a local taxi.</p><p><a href="https://www.networkwestmidlands.com/">Network West Midlands</a> provides a public transport network of buses, trains and metros connecting all areas of the city. Whereas in other European cities it is common for public transport systems to be integrated this generally not the case in the UK (at least, outside of London) therefore you will have to buy separate tickets depending on your mode of transport or pay extra "add-ons" to your original price.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><h2>Where to Stay in Birmingham</h2><p>For out list of recommended hotels near the Gay Village on Hurst Street and within the Birmingham city centre, visit our <a title="hotels in Birmingham" href="https://www.travelgay.com/gay-birmingham-hotels/">Gay Birmingham Hotels page</a>.</p><h2></h2><h2>Things to See &amp; Do</h2><h3><span style="color: #000000;"><em>Shopping</em></span></h3><p>Highlights include the city centre <strong>Bullring</strong>, rejuvenated with the architectural wonder that is the Selfridges store. The city also has a <strong>Harvey Nichols</strong>, a wider selection of exclusive stores at <strong>The Mailbox</strong> and the world famous<strong> Jewellery Quarter</strong>.</p><p><h5><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-73665" src="https://static.travelgay.com/media/67840/Chamberlain-Square-Birmingham.jpg" alt="" width="100%" /><em>Chamberlain Square, Birmingham</em></h5></p><p>&nbsp;</p><h3><span style="color: #000000;"><em>Culture</em></span></h3><p><strong>Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery</strong> – Chamberlain Square. Home to a large permanent art collection, temporary exhibitions and The Waterhall Gallery of Modern Art.</p><p><strong>IKON Gallery</strong> – Oozells Square off Broad Street. Modern and conceptual art gallery with a great café.</p><p><strong>Aston Hall</strong>, Trinity Road, Aston. A restored Jacobean mansion featuring period rooms and works of art.</p><p><strong>Symphony Hall</strong>, Broad Street. This major concert venue is located in the heart of the city centre.</p><p><strong>Birmingham Royal Ballet</strong>, Thorp Street.  One of the major UK ballet companies, whose performance home is the Birmingham Hippodrome, located in the city centre and close to the Gay Village.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><h3><em><span style="color: #000000;">Popular Attractions</span></em></h3><p><strong>Cadbury World Museum</strong> – Cadbury chocolate is synonymous with Birmingham. Their huge chocolate factory is just to the south of the gay village and open to visitors most days.</p><p><strong>Think Tank Gallery</strong>, Millennium Point, Curzon Street – hands-on Science Museum. Combination tickets are available for the nearby IMAX cinema.</p><p><strong>Museum of the Jewellery Quarter</strong>, Vyse Street, Hockley - An opportunity to visit an abandoned jewellery workshop, in the area of many commercial jewellers.</p><h3>Multi-cultural Birmingham</h3><p>The city is home to diverse communities from around the world, and features many different religious centres including <strong>Birmingham Cathedral</strong>, <strong>Birmingham Central Mosque</strong> and <strong>Birmingham Buddhist Centre</strong>.</p><p>The world’s cuisines are also well represented in the city with many Chinese, Indian, Thai, Italian, French, Spanish and even South American restaurants.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><h2>When to Visit</h2><p><a href="https://www.travelgay.com/event/birmingham-pride-2017/">Birmingham Pride</a> kicks off the UK’s Gay Pride season and is held over the Spring Bank Holiday weekend, attracting large numbers of participants (around 70,000 in 2014).</p><p>The festival is held at the Gay Village, with market stalls, performances, a funfair and a Pride Parade. The event now charges an entry fee, and is one the UK’s largest Pride events.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><h2>Visa</h2><p>In recent years, the UK has tightened its immigration procedures and introduced the use of biometrics. Full details can be <a href="https://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/visas-immigration/">found here</a>.</p><p>Most visitors from Hong Kong SAR, Singapore and Taiwan do not require a visa (please <a href="https://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/visas-immigration/do-you-need-a-visa/">check here</a> to see if this applies to you). Other visitors from Asia need to obtain a visa before travelling to the UK. You will normally be required to attend an interview at your local British Embassy.</p><p>Entry is normally permitted for a period of 6 months, and you are free to travel anywhere in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. A British visa is not valid for travel to other European countries.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><h2>Money</h2><p>The UK currency is the Pound Sterling, symbolised by £. Euros are not accepted as payment in the UK.</p><p>Visa &amp; MasterCard and debit cards are accepted almost everywhere. American Express and Diners cards are widely accepted. The UK uses a ‘Chip and PIN’ system for all payments. If your card has a microchip, expect to be asked to enter your PIN number rather than sign. If you do not have a PIN, expect to be asked to show official photo ID.</p><p>Exchanging cash into British Pounds in the UK can be expensive. Most Asian travelers get a better rate by exchanging currency before travelling to the UK.

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On November 30, 2000 a bill was signed to make the ages of consent equitable, regardless of gender.  The law came into effect on August 1, 2001.  The age of consent for men who have sex with men was reduced from 18 to 16, on par with different sex individuals.

The difference between legal age of consent for homosexual sex and heterosexual sex.

A bill was signed to reduce the age of consent for men who have sex with men from 21 to 18.

The Sexual Offenses Act made sex between two men legal in 1967*, but it was only legal between consenting men who were 21 or older, whereas the age of consent for different sex couples was 16.<br />
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*Sex between more than two men remained illegal until later.

Sexual activities between two or more men were illegal prior to 1967, and therefore, the age of consent was irrelevant; it was all illegal.

The 3-month deferral for MSM has been dropped in England, Wales and Scotland. Instead, donors of any gender will be asked about their recent sexual activity, and those who have only had one sexual partner within the last 3-months will be eligible to donate. <br />
Northern Ireland is due to follow suit with these changes in September 2021.

The ability for MSMs (men who have sex with men) to donate blood or tissue for organ transplants. A deferral period refers to a waiting time before a man can donate after having sex.

In 2017, the 3-month blood donation rule came into force at blood donation centres in Scotland in November, and in early 2018 in England.

Following an evidence-based review by the Advisory Committee on the Safety of Blood, Tissues and Organs (SaBTO) the lifetime ban was reduced to a 1-year deferral period in England, Wales, and Scotland.

In reaction to the HIV/AIDS crisis, MSMs were banned from donating blood for life. 

Previous law repealed by section 122 of the Local Government Act 2003.

Censorship or prohibition of discussing, promoting, or teaching LGBTQ+ topics in media, schools, and in the general public.

Section 28 of the Local Government Act 1988 stated that local authorities could not "intentionally promote homosexuality or publish material with the intention of promoting homosexuality" or "promote the teaching in any maintained school of the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship". The law did not create a criminal offence, leaving staff to fear losing their jobs if they breached the rules. 

Legal gender recognition is possible in all four constituent countries of the United Kingdom (England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland) as per the Gender Recognition Act (2004, in effect 2005). Section 1 of the law states that "any person of either gender" who is aged at least 18 can make an application for "a gender recognition certificate" on the basis of— (a) living in the other gender, or (b) having changed gender under the law of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom. These certificates are issued by a Gender Recognition Panel.<br />
The law includes the following requirements for obtaining such certificate: (1) a "gender dysphoria" diagnosis, proved through two reports (one by a registered medical practitioner or psychologist specialised in gender dysphoria, and another one made by a registered medical practitioner); (2) having lived in the “acquired gender” for two years before filing the application, proved through different means (such as a statutory declaration or documents where their gender identity is stated -i.e. pay slips, benefit documentation, bank statements, utility bills); (3) a statutory declaration showing intention "to continue to live in the acquired gender until death"; (4) spousal consent, if the applicant is married or in a civil partnership (partner must consent to the marriage or partnership continuing after the issue of the full gender recognition certificate).

Legal recognition of sex reassignment by permitting a change of legal gender on an individual's birth certificate.

According to ILGA, laws in force in United Kingdom do not regulate or restrict sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression change efforts (SOGIECE), regularly known as “conversion therapies”.<br />
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Conversion therapy ban has been discussed for many years. Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised to ban conversion therapy in July 2020 and this was reiterated in the 2021 Queen's Speech. In March 2022, the plans were dropped, only for a partial U-turn just hours later when the government announced that the ban would go ahead but not cover trans people.<br />
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On January 17 2023, the government announced they'd pass a new law to include transgender people in the conversion therapy ban.<br />
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Since 2023, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has failed to comment on actually banning practices of Conversion therapy. He is known to be Anti-LGBTQ, and preaches "Save the kids" 

Legal status of conducting sexual orientation changing therapy ("ex-gay" therapy)

LGBT discrimination in Great Britain is illegal, but Northern Ireland only offers limited anti-discrimination laws.

Prohibition of discrimination based on sexual orientation and/or gender identity.

Employment discrimination protections in the UK stem from several peices of legislation, which were combined into the wide-ranging Equality Act 2010. There are, however, exemptions for certain occupations (such as religious organisations).

Prohibition of discrimination based on sexual orientation and/or gender identity in employment, including hiring, promotion, termination, harassment, etc.

On March 12th 2024, England stopped the NHS from prescribing puberty blockers to minors. The drugs can still be accessed in the private sector, but are no longer covered in the public healthcare system.

Medical and psychological support designed to help individuals transition to the gender they identify with, including hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and surgeries.

In 2001, United Kingdom adopted the ICD-10 classification, which contains codes for diagnosing transsexualism in adulthood and childhood, which authorize the initiation of medical transition.

The Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000 repealed all criminal provisions regarding homosexuality; setting an equal age of consent for sexual activity between men.

Consensual sexual activity between individuals of the same sex.

**LEGAL, WITH RESTRICTIONS**<br />
The Sexual Offences Act of 1967 legalized sexual acts between two men who were 21 or older (Excluding men serving in the military), but it placed new restrictions on sex for men who have sex with men.  The act prohibited sex in places where a third party was likely to be present.

The Offences Against the Person Act 1861 lowered the maximum penalty to life imprisonment. <br />
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Subsequent laws, such as The Labouchere Amendment (Section 11 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885) redefined the offence and allowed for other punishments, for example Oscar Wilde was sentenced to two years hard labour in 1895, and in 1952 Alan Turing was chemically castrated.<br />
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Female homosexuality and sexual acts were not addressed in the law, and therefore, they technically would have been legal, though the law often applied the law towards women.

Under the Buggery Act 1533, which recieved Royal Assent from King Henry VIII in 1534, homosexuality in what is now the United Kingdom was punishible by death. <br />
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It was replaced in whole by the Offences Against the Person Act 1828, which carried the same punishment until repealed in 1861.

For Local Authorities they would be bound by Equality Act 2010 and have a duty under Public Sector Equality Duty. For private landlords would be bound by Equality Act 2010

Prohibition of discrimination based on sexual orientation and/or gender identity when applying for housing or discrimination by landlords / property owners.

There is currently no ban on intersex infant surgery in the UK.

Medical interventions performed on intersex infants to alter their genital appearance to conform to typical male or female standards, often without the informed consent of the child who is too young to participate in the decision-making process.

Same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland came into force on 13 January 2020.

Marriage and marriage recognition between two people of the same biological sex and/or gender identity.

Marriage equality in Northern Ireland was brought into line with the rest of the UK via the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019.

Came into force as of March 29th, 2014 . Same-sex marriage is still unrecognized fully in some parts of the UK (such as Northern Ireland).

The legislation allowed religious organisations to opt in to marry same-sex couples should they wish to do so and protected religious organisations and their representatives from successful legal challenge if they did not wish to marry same-sex couples.

The Civil Partnership Act (2004).<br />
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Under the Act, same-sex couples can register a civil partnership, which has almost the same legal effects, rights and obligations as marriage does for mixed-sex couples. For that reason, civil partnership is sometimes called ‘gay marriage’. However, legally, it is not marriage, but is a separate, segregated system

The Ministry of Defence were forced to change their stance on when the European Court of Human Rights ruled in September 1999 that the then current ban on gays in the military was unlawful.

The ability for homosexuals to serve in the military and be open about their sexuality.

The Sexual Offences Act of 1967 explicitly made serving in the military as an openly gay/bi man illegal.  Prior to this act, it was illegal for a man to have sex with another man entirely, and therefore, it was also illegal.

Same-sex sexual activity was illegal for men, and therefore, these individuals were not permitted in the military.

In 2021 the UK government said (in response to a petition) that legal recognition of non-binary gender identity would have "complex practical consequences for other areas of the law, service provision and public life", and said that they felt existing legislation allowing people to change their legal gender went far enough. Courts have, however, ruled that people with non-binary identities are protected from discrimination by the Equality Act. On 4 October 2023, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak asserted his stance on gender identity in a speech Wednesday, stating it was “common sense” that “a man is a man and a woman is a woman”. 

Legal recognition of non-binary, genderqueer, or third gender identities.

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