GayWest is an LGBT+ social group covering Bath, Bristol and the country between them, and its Bath fixture is the Rainbow Cafe, a volunteer-run coffee morning at St Michael's Day Centre next to the Little Theatre. Members and visitors are equally welcome, and around thirty people usually come for coffee, tea, cake and conversation.
The group traces itself back to 1970 and took the GayWest name in 1982. The coffee morning has run in central Bath since 1983 and at this address since 1993.
Alongside the cafe there are socials in a city-centre pub, picnics, walks, outings and a Christmas dinner, plus a library and a newsletter for members. For a visitor it is a straightforward way to meet queer locals in Bath without a night out, and it costs nothing to walk in.
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