Complex sentence: Liverpool has a large, vibrant, and active LGBT community, and research commissioned by the North West Regional Development Agency approximated that there were around 94,000 LGBT people living in the city area by mid 2009-equivalent to the population of Jersey.
Split into simpler sentences: Liverpool has a large, vibrant, and active LGBT community. Research commissioned by the North West Regional Development Agency approximated that there were around 94,000 LGBT people living in the city area by mid 2009-equivalent to the population of Jersey.