The activities of Leeds-based gay rights organisations have been reported in newspapers as far back as 1971 . The University of Leeds branch of the national Gay Liberation Front , known as the Gay Liberation Society , distributed leaflets at events saying " there is nothing wrong in loving people of the same sex " . The group was also photographed demonstrating in solidarity with the people of Northern Ireland , following the events of Bloody Sunday ( 1972 ) . Its headquarters , which opened on Woodhouse Lane in December 1973 , were ransacked within weeks : a member reported to the '' Yorkshire Evening Post '' that a window was smashed , books were ripped , and decorations torn down . While the wider Gay Liberation Front movement disbanded in 1974 , the Leeds society continued for several more years
Bloody Sunday ( 1972 )
Bloody Sunday (1972)
LGBT culture in Leeds