Support groups say the lack of a LGBT community venue in Derry is adding to a sense of isolation.
Drag performer Aaron Deery says a new venue would put a 'wee bit of life back into Derry's nightlife"If you're growing up here now you're going to want to find your queer community and you're going to have the venture further out to do that."
That, Aaron told BBC News NI, means "people from the community are going to be leaving the town if there's no safe space for them.It's incredibly sad, he added, that the city no longer had a dedicated gay venue. Eimear Willis from The Rainbow Project said the level of isolation felt within the LGBT community in the north west was among Northern Ireland's highest.
"We need opportunities for the community to socialise after an isolating pandemic for lots of people in Northern Ireland."Damian Kerlin is an LGBT community journalist and writer from Craigbane in the outskirts of Derry.He said it would be a safe space for the community to be able to meet and enjoy themselves in a place that catered for them.Damian said growing up in Northern Ireland was for a long time dangerous for people in the queer community.
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