Taking place on Sunday 8th February 2015 as part of LGBT History Month 2015, the LGBT community were invited to Manchester Town Hall to ask a panel of experts, including The LGF, questions for this year’s Manchester City Council LGBT Question Time 2015.

Panelists at the event were:

Paul Martin OBE, Chief Executive, The Lesbian & Gay Foundation

Councillor Bev Craig, Lead member for LGBT women's issues

Smyth Harper, Head of Communications and Citizen Engagement, Office of the Police & Crime Commissioner;

Stephanie Fuller, Fundraising & Communications Manager from The Albert Kennedy Trust;

Paul McGarry, Age Friendly Lead, Manchester City Council

Sam Cresswell, Trans Youth Worker for LGBT Youth North West

We are pleased to post the full, unedited audio for this event.

LGBT Question Time 2015

Jonathan Harvey, the writer of 'Beautiful Thing', 'Gimme Gimme Gimme', 'Beautiful People' and 'Coronation Street' (among many others) talks to Grahame Robertson, editor of outnorthwest magazine, about the new production of 'Beautiful Thing' currently showing at The Royal Exchange in Manchester (until 3rd December 2011). Jonathan also talks about his inspirations, the life of a writer, and how much he loves writing for Coronation Street.

Jonathan Harvey Interview

 The Lesbian & Gay Foundation delivers community, health and support services to lesbian, gay and bisexual people in the UK. 