Bill Fuge: LGBT Campaigner
Bill Fuge describes his memories of attending the first national conference of the Campaign for Homosexual Equality (CHE), held in Morecambe in 1973. Bill also talks about his work as secretary and then convener of...
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Anthony Peppiatt: LGBT Activist
Anthony Peppiatt talks about how he was politicised through his involvement with Lancaster Gay Liberation Front (GLF) and radical gay politics, which began while he was an undergraduate at Lancaster University during the early 1970s....
Peter
Peter reflects on his work with the Lancaster Gay Switchboard and some of the local resistance the Switchboard faced, particularly in the early days....
David: LGBT Activist
David describes here how as a young man he was motivated by Section 28 to get involved in politics, travelling down to from Lancaster to Manchester by coach with others from his group to take...
Ruth: LGBT Youth Worker
Ruth was involved in running the PYRO (Proud Youth r Out) LGBT youth group in Lancaster in the late 1990s. Here she discusses why she feels there is still a need for groups like this...
Lancaster and Morecambe LGBT Social Life and Activism Since the Early 1970s
Zephyrine Barbarachild discusses, how LGBT activism in Lancaster and Morecambe has been firmly linked to the LGBT social scene since the early days. LGBT social spaces can be places to meet others, have fun and...
Global LGBT Rights Activity
While the UK has introduced legislation in recent years that protects the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) people, in other parts of the world the law actively discriminates against members of the...
LGBT Rights: the Global Picture
While the UK has introduced legislation in recent years that protects the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) people, in other parts of the world the law actively discriminates against members of the...