Hen Parties? The UK Telegraph reports that working class hen parties are striking fear into Manchester's gay community. "The popularity of Manchester's "gay village" as a venue for hen nights is upsetting the locals, according to researchers. Members of the gay community say they feel threatened by the behaviour of visiting working class women from the Wythenshawe and Salford areas. Levels of drunkenness and rowdiness have become so high in the heart of the village, around Canal Street - which is the setting for Queer As Folk, the Channel 4 gay drama - that gay people want to see extra police officers on patrol."

There is undoubtedly some context here that I don't fully appreciate.