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Gay activists work to help mers durg their lengthy strike of the Natnal Unn of Meworkers the summer of 1984.
Gay activists work to help mers durg their lengthy strike of the Natnal Unn of Meworkers the summer of productn, box office & pany Vios56More like thisReview Life-enhancgPRIDE memorat the hherto unremarked but neverthels remarkable alliance between Welsh mers and London lbians and gay men.
It's the summer of 1984, Margaret Thatcher is power and the Natnal Unn of Meworkers is on strike, promptg a London-based group of gay and lbian activists to raise money to support the strikers' fai.
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