{"id":48739,"date":"2019-10-24T12:20:56","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T12:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=48739"},"modified":"2019-10-24T12:20:56","modified_gmt":"2019-10-24T12:20:56","slug":"wine-club-hosts-monthly-meetups-for-the-lgbt-community-and-allies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2019\/10\/24\/wine-club-hosts-monthly-meetups-for-the-lgbt-community-and-allies\/","title":{"rendered":"Wine club hosts monthly meetups for the LGBT community and allies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gays Who Wine is working to tackle social isolation in the LGBT community by hosting regular food and wine meetups in Cardiff<br><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/10\/nologo_3_ggw1_pj.jpg\" alt=\"Red wine and Cheese Gays Who Wine Event in Cardiff\" class=\"wp-image-48753\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/10\/nologo_3_ggw1_pj.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/10\/nologo_3_ggw1_pj-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/10\/nologo_3_ggw1_pj-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/10\/nologo_3_ggw1_pj.jpg\" alt=\"Red wine and Cheese Gays Who Wine Event in Cardiff\" class=\"wp-image-48753\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/10\/nologo_3_ggw1_pj.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/10\/nologo_3_ggw1_pj-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/10\/nologo_3_ggw1_pj-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption><em>Photo courtesy of Melissa Walker Horn via Unsplash<br><\/em><strong>Guests will enjoy three different red wines paired with artisan bread and local cheeses<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A wine club for the LGBT community and allies, Gays Who Wine (GWW), is hosting an event at the Pettigrew Tea Rooms in Cardiff on 25 October.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event offers members of the LGBT community the opportunity to meet new people over a shared love of wine and food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The theme of the meetup is \u2018Bread &amp; Red\u2019. Guests will sample three red wines from across Europe as well as local cheeses and artisan bread provided by master baker at the Pettigrew Tea Rooms, Dave Lemas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Co-founders Shaun Houcke and Owen Davies started GWW in April to provide LGBT people with a safe and relaxed environment to socialise and make friends, away from gay bars and dating apps.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGay bars have a great place in the community but we wanted to create a calmer environment where people can actually talk and engage with each other in a meaningful way,\u201d said Shaun.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mentalhealth.org.uk\/statistics\/mental-health-statistics-lgbt-people\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Mental Health Foundation<\/a>, people identifying as LGBT are more likely to experience mental health problems due to factors including discrimination, isolation and homophobia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/statistics\/hate-crime-england-and-wales-2018-to-2019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"report (opens in a new tab)\">report<\/a> by the Home Office records a 23% rise in hate crimes based on sexual orientation from 2018 to 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With GWW, the duo are working to tackle the issue of social isolation within the LGBT community. A proportion of the ticket price, which includes food and wine, will be donated to mental health charity <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cardiffmind.org\/\">Cardiff Mind<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although created as a safe space for LGBT people, Shaun and Owen want GWW to be as inclusive as possible.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shaun explained they have welcomed LGBT people of all ages as well as heterosexual groups at their previous events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s about bringing people together,&#8221; he said, &#8220;with no judgement on who you are, who you love or what you want to do.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Find out more about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/gays-who-wine-bread-red-tickets-74090477613?aff=erelexpmlt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">event<\/a> and pricing.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gays Who Wine is tackling social isolation in the LGBT community by hosting regular meetups for food and wine lovers in Cardiff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":331,"featured_media":48750,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,162],"tags":[6671,6672,6673,6674,6675,6676],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-48739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food","category-food-home","tag-cheese-and-wine-club","tag-gays-who-wine","tag-lgbt-community-cardiff","tag-lgbt-wales","tag-meetup-cardiff","tag-wine-club"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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