Steve Bull once raced agast time to try to save the memoirs of one of Mae's gay rights pneers. His trip led him down memory lane.
Contents:
- NFL ACH KEV MAXEN MAK SPORTS HISTORY BY G OUT AS GAY
- RACG TO PRERVE THE HISTORY OF MAE’S 1ST GAY RIGHTS ANIZATN
NFL ACH KEV MAXEN MAK SPORTS HISTORY BY G OUT AS GAY
Lookg through our llectn for signs of the long stggle for gay rights. * uk gay history *
We’ve gone om homosexualy beg punishable by imprisonment or ath, banned om beg tght schools, and diagnosed as a mental illns, to beg celebrated Pri paras and given equal marriage and adoptn rights.
People who intify as LGBTQ+ (lbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, and other sexualy and genr inti) have stggled wh opprsn for centuri. In fact, one famo anti-homosexualy law was created durg the reign of Henry VIII the 1500s, known as the ‘Buggery Act’. The Act outlawed homosexualy Bra, makg punishable by ath.
Fortunately, the last legal executns were 1835, but homosexualy wasn’t crimalised until as recently as 1967 – and this was only partially. 1964: The formatn of the North Wtern Homosexual Law Reform Commtee (NWHLRC). This group worked to promote legal and social equaly for lbian, gay, and bisexual people.
RACG TO PRERVE THE HISTORY OF MAE’S 1ST GAY RIGHTS ANIZATN
It is now known as the Campaign for Homosexual Equaly. However, homosexualy was still wily discrimated and the Act still lead to arrts, as certa ndns were still nsired illegal. Rts by LGBTQ+ people were sparked after police raid the Stonewall Inn (now a Natnal Historic Landmark), a famo gay bar New York Cy.
Activists groups, cludg the Gay Liberatn Front (GLF) formed as a rult and the Stonewall rts are now remembered as one of the most important talysts for morn LGBT movements worldwi. 1970: The tablishment of the London Gay Liberatn Front.
1978: Gilbert Baker, artist and gay rights activist, signs the Pri flag.