Arran Rees explains: “The building that the Kings Cross was housed in has had a number of different uses, but was called the Kings Cross pub by c.1907. The Kings Cross pub attracted the LGBT community from the 1970s until its closure in 2011. The pub provided a safe space for many people who identify as LGBT and a night out there was often people’s first experience of going to a gay bar.”
Past patron of the Kings Cross, Tim, remembers,
“Cardiff King’s Cross was my first experience of a gay night out. It was a lovely night and really opened my eyes to how open and accepting a gay night out in town can be. Shame that it’s closed.”
