Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer histori our palac
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THE OLST GAYS HISTORY
Lookg through our llectn for signs of the long stggle for gay rights. * gay history in the uk *
He was known to have both male and female lovers, though the Romans did not fe sexualy such terms as ‘bi-sexual’ or ‘homosexual’. The terms we e today to scribe a range of sexuali and genr inti – lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer – are mostly que recent ventns. Up to 40 members of the Gay Liberatn Front had anised the prott, hopg would serve as an antidote to wispread gay shame prevalent throughout the muny.
“They were ashamed of their sexualy and genr inty so our unter to gay shame was Gay Pri, ” Peter Tatchell – one of the people who anised that 1972 Pri march – recently told GAY TIMES. “Back then the overwhelmg amount of LGBTQ+ people were closeted, shameful and didn’t believe they were entled to equal rights, ” Peter told , addg that gay patrons outsi of queer pubs would throw s and beer bottl at them.
“They said we were extremists, they said that mandg equal rights for gay people would only draw public attentn to and rult further opprsn, ” Peter explaed. In the UK we’ve fought for and won many rights – om same-sex marriage, equal age of nsent, the Genr Regnn Act, and the right to adopt, through to repealg the homophobic Sectn 28 that probed the teachg of LGBTQ+ experienc schools the 90s.