The Bethnal Green Working Men's Club (BGWMC), a crucial LGBTQ+ venue in East London, is at risk of closure pending eviction. A fundraiser initiated recently has gathered over £4,000 within hours, aiming to reach a goal of £12,000 for a planning bid to save the site. Local campaigners plan to develop a robust business plan and valuation for the building. The community seeks either council support for purchase or allowances for the group to buy it directly, emphasizing the cultural significance of the venue.
"For the LGBT+ community, too many venues have been lost and we're watching London becoming homogenised and sanitised, and made expensive and exclusive for performers, and just for Londoners, and that's not what London should be."
"The group says it wants either Tower Hamlets to purchase the club and lease it back to the community group, or the council to allow Friends of Bethnal Green Working Men's Club to purchase it themselves."
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