Below is a list of some of the prominent LGBTQ+ Salfordians and those that have helped to campaign for equality.
Shelley HolroydShelley was born on 17th May 1973 in Salford. She is a female British former javelin thrower. She has devoted her life to athletics, from competing at the Olympics to coaching Paralympians - but she says being part of a new LGBT+ inclusion project in the sport is a chance to make her career "even more worthwhile". The former javelin thrower is one of the founding members of the Athletics Pride Network (APN), which has been established by UK Athletics to foster a greater sense of community for people in track and field who are lesbian, gay, bi and trans, with the support of allies welcomed too. |
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Shelagh Delaney
25th November 1938 - 20th November 2011 |
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies8th September 1934 – 14th March 2016 |
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Tony WarrenAnthony McVay Simpson MBE (8th July 1936 – 1st March 2016) publishing under pen name Tony Warren, was an English television screenwriter and actor, best known for creating the ITV soap opera Coronation Street. He created other television dramas and wrote critically acclaimed novels. Warren was born at 3 Wilton Avenue, Pendlebury. He attended Clarendon Road Primary School and Eccles Grammar School. Warren was openly gay from his early years of Coronation Street, at a time when homosexual acts were illegal. |