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• GEE MONTAGUE – THE OLST GAY IN THE VILLAGE
• ‘THE OLST GAY THE VILLAGE’ GEE MONTAGUE REMEMBERED AT BRIGHTON PRI
• BRIGHTON PRI HONOURS ‘OLST GAY THE VILLAGE’ WH SPECIAL B
• A LOURFUL FAREWELL TO GEE MONTAGUE – THE OLST GAY THE VILLAGE
• CHRIS JEPSONHOMEBLOGEVENTSABOUTTHE INTY PROJECTEXHIBITIONSRATESPRIVACY STATEMENTSHOPTERMSMOREUSE TAB TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THE MENU EMS.LOG IN0ALL POSTSPORTRADOCUMENTARYTRAVELLIFTYLEPERFORMANCECORPORATEFE ARTEXHIBNEVENTSEARCHCHRISJAUG 9, 2022‘THE OLST GAY THE VILLAGE’, GEE MONTAGUE, IMMORTALISED ON BRIGHTON & HOVE B
• GEE MONTAGUE: TRIBUT FOR ‘OLST GAY THE VILLAGE’ AS MPAIGNER DI AGED 98
• TIRELS MPAIGNER GEE MONTAGUE, THE ‘OLST GAY THE VILLAGE’, DI AGED 98
• LE VILLAGE- CLOSEDBRIGHTONMENUHOTELSGUTHOON TODAYBARSDANCE CLUBSLBIAN BARSCISE CLUBSSNASMASSAGEGAY BEACHGYMSRTRANTSSHOPSSERVICCY GUIGAY MAPGAY WEDDGSLE VILLAGE- CLOSED

GEE MONTAGUE – THE OLST GAY IN THE VILLAGE

He’s Gee Montague and he’s the olst gay the village. I first went on the Brighton Pri Para 10 years ago and I mt adm I flunked , there was nothg to suggt that I was gay, I jt went on a soter that was rated like a boat and people said what are you dog on the para? And the next year I thought I’ve got to put that right and the Ltle Bra tchphrase “I’m the only gay the village” gave me the ia, I’m the olst gay the village.

You’ve been an avid mpaigner for Turg’s Law and not only for pardons for historic offence charg agast gay men, but also apologi.

The letter om John Woodck at the Home Office was such an explic apology sayg how very sorry and ashamed they are for the way they treated , wrg; “The legislatn unr which they were nvicted and utned was discrimatory and homophobic. Brighton Pri has paid tribute to the 'Olst Gay the Village’, Gee gay rights mpaigner has been immortalised on a special b - the Brighton & Hove B fleet number as a lol legend, and self-proclaimed ‘the Olst Gay the Village’, Gee Montague passed away March aged was a famo fixture of Brighton Pri who joed the para year after year on his rabow mobily Montage tirelsly fought to receive an apology om the ernment for a nvictn for gross cency the Montague fought tirelsly for an apology stead after beg nvicted of gross cency wh an another missn, though ultimately succsful, took 43 98-year-old sadly passed away peacefully at home March of this year, wh his hband Somchai Phkhlai by his, Gee Montague has been immortalised on an open top b (fleet number 919) which was unveiled today and attend by Somchai.

‘THE OLST GAY THE VILLAGE’ GEE MONTAGUE REMEMBERED AT BRIGHTON PRI

”A spokperson for Brighton & Hove Pri said: “As 'the olst gay the village' Gee Montague was one of the highlights of our annual LGBTQ+ muny para and always got huge cheers wherever he went. Stay ahead of the trend fashn and beyond wh our ee weekly Liftyle Ed newsletterStay ahead of the trend fashn and beyond wh our ee weekly Liftyle Ed newsletter Brighton Pri has paid tribute to gay rights mpaigner and self-proclaimed “Olst Gay the Village”, Gee Montague, wh a special Pri b.

Montague, who passed away March aged 98, was well-loved among the cy’s LGBT+ regularly attend Pri celebratns an electric wheelchair adorned wh Pri flags and year, the anisers of Brighton Pri honoured Montague wh a special personalised b bears his name bold pal letters and the moniker: “Olst Gay the Village”. ”In a statement to The Inpennt, Brighton Pri said: “As ‘the olst gay the village’ Gee Montague was one of the highlights of our annual LGBT+ muny para and always got huge cheers wherever he went.

BRIGHTON PRI HONOURS ‘OLST GAY THE VILLAGE’ WH SPECIAL B

”Montague famoly mpaigned for an apology over a nvictn of gross cency 1974 after the UK ernment led 2016 that would pardon gay and bisexual men who had prevly been nvicted unr historil anti-gay laws. Mourners said a fond farewell to Gee Montague – the self-proclaimed olst gay the village – at his funeral today (Monday 11 April). Inspiratnal LGBT+ mpaigner #GeeMontague, the ‘olst gay the village’, di aged 98.

A LOURFUL FAREWELL TO GEE MONTAGUE – THE OLST GAY THE VILLAGE

His flower-becked hearse clud the sign that adorned his wheelchair year after year at Pri and which read: “I’m the olst gay the village. The veteran gay rights mpaigner was sufferg om Alzheimer’s disease when he died at the age of 98 on Friday 18 March. The uple met 25 years ago, 1997, entered to a civil partnership 2006 and 2015, after gay marriage was legalised, they wed at Brighton Town Hall.

CHRIS JEPSONHOMEBLOGEVENTSABOUTTHE INTY PROJECTEXHIBITIONSRATESPRIVACY STATEMENTSHOPTERMSMOREUSE TAB TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THE MENU EMS.LOG IN0ALL POSTSPORTRADOCUMENTARYTRAVELLIFTYLEPERFORMANCECORPORATEFE ARTEXHIBNEVENTSEARCHCHRISJAUG 9, 2022‘THE OLST GAY THE VILLAGE’, GEE MONTAGUE, IMMORTALISED ON BRIGHTON & HOVE B

But even after the law was relaxed, he was nvicted for gross cency wh another man – like many other gay men the 1960s and 1970s. The ernment said, 2016, that gay and bisexual men nvicted of sexual offenc that had sce been abolished would receive pardons. Brighton – 10am, 6th Augt, 2022: Brighton & Hove B, which featured two b this year’s Brighton & Hove Pri celebratns, has unveiled a special Pri b featurg lol legend, gay-rights mpaigner and self-proclaimed ‘The Olst Gay the Village’, Gee Montague.

GEE MONTAGUE: TRIBUT FOR ‘OLST GAY THE VILLAGE’ AS MPAIGNER DI AGED 98

A “heroic” gay rights mpaigner often spotted at Pri ftivals his mobily soter proclaimg himself to be “the olst gay the village” has died aged Montague mpaigned for over 40 years for his apology om the UK Government for beg nvicted of “cency” personal Twter acunt revealed he had passed away peacefully on Friday March 18 wh his hband of 25 years, Somchai Phkhlai at his Montague regularly appeared at Brighton Pri on his rabow-draped electric wheelchair wh a sign on the back readg “the olst gay the village” rights mpaigner Peter Tatchell tweeted: “Gee was a valiant mpaigner who ma his mark. He had to qu his posn at the Cub Suts lookg after disabled children spe “workg to the bone for them” 2016 he went to No 10 Downg Street wh a petn he got people to sign at Pri march mandg an apology om the Government for himself and thoands of other gay men nvicted of “gross cency” told Vice News: “When there was talk of Alan Turg beg given a pardon, ma me cross, bee you don’t give a pardon to an nocent person — only if one is guilty.

“No gay person is guilty of ‘gross cency, ’ but gay men have been persecuted and hunted down and given crimal nvictns jt for beg born only able to fall love wh another man.

TIRELS MPAIGNER GEE MONTAGUE, THE ‘OLST GAY THE VILLAGE’, DI AGED 98

Gay rights mpaigner Gee Montague, the self-tled “olst gay the village”, has passed away at the age of 98. Deeply sad news that Gee Montague aged 98 affectnately known as #TheOlstGayInTheVillae passed away peacefully on Friday 18th March.

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Gee Montague was charged wh gross cency by ‘homophobic police’.

Gee Montague realised he was gay when he was his 20s, and was nvicted of gross cency 1974. He told The Arg that he was placed on a “queer list” by lol police, and his memoir, tled The Olst Gay the Village, he relled: “Unr Gross Incency law, we were arrted and charged enthiastilly by homophobic police, assisted by provotrs and rmers.