In pictures: The wildest, sexiest gay club night of the 90s

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1991 was a difficult time for LGBTQ people in Britain, both in the country at large and in Manchester. Margaret Thatcher had just left office, but there were still years of stifling social conservatism ahead under the Tory party. The Aids crisis was well underway, with no effective treatment in sight and, in fact, had yet to reach its peak of mortality. Although he would resign that year, the chief police constable of Manchester was still a man named James Anderton, a right-winghellip;read more raquo;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;View Gallery (12 images)nbsp;