Queer. Rural. UK.

Allegedly, Grindr killed our city gay bars. But what if it didn’t? Four decades ago, being queer was more tolerated in the South East of England, and the North East, home to Brighton, London and Newcastle. Yet by 2012, gay-friendly attitudes were strongest in Yorkshire and Humberside, the South-West, the North-West, and (still) the North-East,…