THE co-owner of Worcester's first LGBT cafe said Worcester has a lot of potential for young queer people. 

André Oldfield, co-owner of Sugar Daddies on Trinity Passage in the city centre, said he wants to offer queer people in Worcester a safe space as the country marks LGBT History Month. 

Although cities like Birmingham, Manchester, and London usually put together large-scale events, Mr Oldfield said Worcester has come a long way. 

Mr Oldfield, age 37, said: "We should be celebrating queer history month all year round, but sometimes we need to snap it into focus for people to pay attention. 

"We don't have the funding Birmingham gets for its Pride events, but it's about looking at what queerness looks like for a place like Worcestershire. 

"It is important for queer people in Worcester to come together and not lose the momentum we have made. 

"It is important for queer people who live in rural areas who want to be part of a community. 

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"This city has a lot of potential for young queer people." 

Mr Oldfield said the community has come so far in Worcester and can't let things get backwards. 

"Especially in this political climate, there has been a tug and wore over transpeople's futures in the UK and America. 

"It's not really about the transpeople though, it's about people feeling disempowered and trying to make decisions for them.  

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"I'm a black queer man and I have seen my fair share of nonsense and they do verbal acrobatics to justify what they are saying when they are just homophobic. 

"People are tentative with their homophobia because the culture has shifted enough to know that it is frowned upon.  

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"There have been black people in history and there have been gay people in history. 

"And until we are all on the same page and learn about the different people in history, we will need black history month and LGBT+ History month. 

"We need to be reminded that history is not just white cis, straight men and let's not pretend that it is." 

"Worcestershire is a very old school rural and conservative place, but it's also very cool and upcoming with the students."