Gay Centre built in Manchester when Manchester City Council approved funding of £118,000. The centre, on Sidney Street, is still serving the community today. 1987 Greater Manchester Police launches what will become the UK-wide Operation Spanner police investigation into same-sex male sadomasochism. 1988 A huge anti-Section 28 protest is held in Manchester in which over 20,000 take to the streets to let their disquiet be heard. As a result, the Council produced over 6,000 leaflets that set out how they aimed to prevent LGBT staff and service users from receiving unequal treatment. 1989 The Northwest Campaign for Lesbian & Gay Equality organises Manchester's "Celebration of Gay and Lesbian Diversity" Love Rights. It consists of a music festival at the Free Trade Hall and a political march starting at All Saints Park culminating in a rally with stalls in Albert Square. The main focus of the gay rights movement at the time was opposing Section 28. 1990s 1990 Manto opens as the first bar in the area not to be hidden away. Instead the front of the bar featured windows, allowing passers-by to see in. The building was the first in the area to be clad with large plate glass windows. The Albert Kennedy Trust opens in Manchester to support young homeless LGBT people. The Trust is opened following the death the previous year (30 April 1989) of Albert Kennedy who died after falling from a car park roof in Manchester city centre, while being chased by several attackers in a car. 1991 Village Charity established and commences the festival then known as Manchester Mardi Gras, 'The Festival of Fun' it raised £15,000. 1992 22 May – Nightclub Cruz 101 opens. Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays is launched. 1993 June – Nightclub The Paradise Factory opens. 1994 Healthy Gay Manchester is formed. BiPhoria launches on September 1. 1995 The UK's first conference on policing LGBT communities "Police and Diversity: An Agenda for Change" is hosted by the Greater Manchester Lesbian and Gay Policing Initiative at Manchester Town Hall, attracting approximately 350 delegates. 1996 The first Poptastic club night takes place in Manchester. 1998 The Bolton 7 are convicted of gross indecency. Manchester's gay and inclusive rugby union team Manchester Village Spartans is formed. Bi Community News magazine moves to publishing in Manchester. 1999 23 February – The first episode of Queer as Folk, a drama series based on Manchester's