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Contents:

• HOMOSEXUAL? LANSTER GAY SWCHBOARD AND LOL LGBT+ CULTURE
• GAY SWCHBOARD RELNCH AS THE SWCHBOARD WH EVEN MORE SUPPORTS FOR THE LGBTQ+ MUNY
• GAY SWCHBOARD OF HARRISBURG (GSH)
• ABOUT THE CENTERSCE 1983 THE CENTER HAS BEEN SUPPORTG, FOSTERG AND CELEBRATG THE LGBT MUNY OF NEW YORK CY. FD MORE RMATN ON AND OUR WORK ABOUT THE CENTER. VIS ABOUT THE CENTEROUR MISSNCYBER CENTERCENTER HISTORYRACE EQUYMEDIA CENTERLEARSHIP & STAFFEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNICORPORATE PARTNERSHIPSANNUAL REPORTS & FANCIAL INFORMATNCONTACT USHOURS & LOTNSEMAPSUPPORT THE CENTER
• GAY SWCHBOARD
• GAY SWCHBOARD
• GAY SWCHBOARD.
• BEFORE INDY PRI WEEK, THE 'GAY SWCHBOARD' OFFERED A LIFELE

HOMOSEXUAL? LANSTER GAY SWCHBOARD AND LOL LGBT+ CULTURE

Here, they met Peter Wa who was showsg rare material relatg to LGBT+ culture Lanster om the archiv of Lanster Gay Swchboard.

Peter livered a fascatg talk explorg this material and Lanster’s role gay liberatn om the mid-1960s to the prent day. Each image is acpanied by Peter’s mentary on the work of Lanster Gay Swchboard and the changg posn of LGBT+ culture the lol area. The Suatn 1976Lanster Gay Swchboard, as was origally named, set out to provi rmatn and advice to llers om North Lanshire and Cumbria.

Captn: Cover of a leaflet produced by Lanster Gay Swchboard 1979 which outl the necsy of the service light of prejudicial attus prevalent Brish society at the time. The top half of this leaflet, Lanster Gay Swchboard: A Confintial Informatn & Advice Service n by Homosexual Women & Men., picts a range of rtoon figur, cludg a doctor and prit, offerg prejudicial and unhelpful advice. In a clockwise directn this advice reads their ments read as follows: ‘We n cure homosexuals.

GAY SWCHBOARD RELNCH AS THE SWCHBOARD WH EVEN MORE SUPPORTS FOR THE LGBTQ+ MUNY

The text reads as follows:‘There is no shortage of advice offered to people who thk that they are homosexual – om iends, ‘help agenci’, parents, doctors, and clergy – but unfortunately most of is bad advice, often a rult of ignorance or prejudice. People our society are generally prejudiced agast homosexuals and srn their sexualy. As a nsequence of this many gay people are forced to hi their sexualy and suffer tratn and lonels as a rult.

GAY SWCHBOARD OF HARRISBURG (GSH)

The kd of ‘help’ and ‘advice’ which most people offer to the person who realis that they are gay is only likely to succeed makg them more sperate and unhappy.

We feel gay people need practil advice om people who unrstand what they have to go through – other words, om other gay people. This is why Lanster Gay Swchboard operat’.

'LGBT Culture and the Role of Lanster Gay SwchboardThe LGBT prence Lanster was generally very low profile and to a gree margal. A regnal work of the Gay Outdoor Club helped provi some sort of LGBT prence across Cumbria. Only rarely were any of the gay-owned or n.

ABOUT THE CENTERSCE 1983 THE CENTER HAS BEEN SUPPORTG, FOSTERG AND CELEBRATG THE LGBT MUNY OF NEW YORK CY. FD MORE RMATN ON AND OUR WORK ABOUT THE CENTER. VIS ABOUT THE CENTEROUR MISSNCYBER CENTERCENTER HISTORYRACE EQUYMEDIA CENTERLEARSHIP & STAFFEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNICORPORATE PARTNERSHIPSANNUAL REPORTS & FANCIAL INFORMATNCONTACT USHOURS & LOTNSEMAPSUPPORT THE CENTER

A Natnal Unn of Stunts Gay Liberatn Campaign poster, c.

This poster advertis Lanster Gay Swchboard. The tle reads ‘Homosexual? One holds a Gays Agast Fascism poster.

The text unrneath the photo reads as follows:‘make iends wh gay people; fight for gay rights'.

GAY SWCHBOARD

'for rmatn about gay groups the north-wt phone: lanster gay swchboard thurs & i 6pm-8pm. lanster 63021' 'Or manchter gay rmatn centre daily 7pm-9.

30pm manchter 273 3725'Into the Twenty-First CenturyWhile gay pubs have cled recent years om an already very low prence, there has been a rise gay-iendly venu.

Lanster has also had an out gay mayor recent years. Further readg:People’s rellectns of their volvement LGBT activism Lanster and Morembe have been ptured an oral history project available on the Global Lk’s Documentg Dissent, Peter, ‘Nowt So Queer: Lanster and Gay Liberatn, 1965-2007’, Centre for North Wt Regnal Studi, 10 (2011), pp.

GAY SWCHBOARD

Is the ctodian of the archive of Lanster Gay Swchboard which currently occupi a uple of box fil the bottom of his wardrobe.

The sential support service for the muny, Gay Swchboard, has relnched as The Swchboard, and still provis a listeng ear to those need.

GAY SWCHBOARD.

Declan add, “When I was about 14, growg up a small town the wt of Ireland, om feelg isolated and thkg I was the only gay the village, I lled the then Gay Galway helple, was so helpful to me, I wanted to give somethg thg back and 25 years later I joed Swchboard. Ruairí spoke about another of the groups – “We n a peer support group for men who are or who were a long term relatnship wh a woman, but who are now feelg gay/bi or experiencg sexual attractns to other men. John has ma lifelong iends amongst the volunteers, as he scrib, “I joed the Gay Swchboard six years ago as a volunteer – I wanted to give back to the LGBTQIA muny the support I received when I first rang the service all those years ago.

© 2021 GCN (Gay Communy News). It was ially nceived as a telephone listeng and rmatn service for LGBTQ people by a group of gay rights activists, cludg Senator David Norris.

BEFORE INDY PRI WEEK, THE 'GAY SWCHBOARD' OFFERED A LIFELE

” The service officially began 1974 at 48 Parnell Square Dubl, home of the gay rights movement at the time as 1979 Tel-A-Friend had moved to the Hirschfield Centre Temple Bar and would rema there for the next .

One of the dited volunteers at the time remarks “…The Samarans reported that of the 180 lls received om homosexuals 1978, 20% were suicidal…” (Patrick McDonagh) people were more likely to ll The Samarans the early years and was que a stggle for the service to fd s’ dience. 1986 - 1987 was Tel-A-Friend’s bit time wh over 4, 500 lls beg received wh a 12-month perd, but on November 5th 1987 a fire which stroyed The Hirschfield centre left Tel-A-Friend whout a 1989 Tel-A-Friend renamed self Gay Swchboard service ntued over the followg years wh many volunteers g and gog.

After spendg a long time hoed Carmicheal Hoe Dubl, 2011 Gay Swchboard Dubl to Outhoe on Capel Street, the recently opened LGBTQ+ rource 2014 the service had 51 volunteers and took 2, 900 lls. It was also the 40th anniversary of the service and the service changed s name to Gay Swchboard Ireland to reflect the fact that had long been takg lls om all parts of the untry.