London Lbian & Gay Swchboard

Contents:

• LONDON LBIAN & GAY SWCHBOARD
• LONDON LBIAN AND GAY SWCHBOARD
• GAY SWCHBOARD UNVEILS NEW ONLE SERVIC
• LONDON'S LANDMARK BUILDG DOTTED WH STRIP CLUBS, GAY VENU TO TURN TO MOSQUE

LONDON LBIAN & GAY SWCHBOARD

About this ArchiveAdmistrative/bgraphil historySwchboard -the LGBT+ Helple, was tablished 1974 as 'London Gay Swchboard', takg s first ll on 4 March.

The purpose of the anisatn was to provi rmatn and advice for the gay and lbian muny. All telephonists were volunteers who self-intified as lbian, gay or bisexual. Swchboard was a key source of advice for gay men who faced discrimatn all areas of life throughout the 1970s, as well as beg at the foreont of AIDS awarens mpaigns the January 1986 Swchboard volunteers voted to change the anisatn's name to 'London Lbian and Gay Swchboard' and ma ncerted attempts to attract more women to the anisatn.

Photographs of Swchboard volunteers and events, releas, ternal and external newsletters, and histori of Swchboard, regardg partnerships and proposed partnerships between Swchboard and other anisatns, cuttgs regardg Swchboard the LGBT helple, of FROGS, Friends of Gay Swchboard, of Dudley Cave, a foundg member of Swchboard as well as the Lbian and Gay Bereavement Project, 1939-2010. As Gay Swchboard the helple started off based at 5 Caledonian Road, Kg's Cross the London Borough of Islgton. 1974 dis for Gay Swchboard held at the Prce Albert (om issue 45 Gay News April 1974).

LONDON LBIAN AND GAY SWCHBOARD

All volunteers intify as lbian, gay or bisexual, so that the person answerg the telephone has an unrstandg of the ller's suatn. The Swchboard, origally known as Gay Swchboard and subsequently as London Lbian & Gay Swchboard (LLGS) changed s name to Swchboard - LGBT+ Helple June 2015. London Lbian and Gay Swchboard | Cx.

London Lbian and Gay Swchboard. An rmatn, support and referral service for lbians, gay men and bisexual and trans people – and anyone nsirg issu around their sexualy and/or genr inty. Summary LLGS provis an rmatn, support and referral service for lbians, gay men, bisexual, trans people and anyone who is qutng or needs to nsir issu around sexualy.

GAY SWCHBOARD UNVEILS NEW ONLE SERVIC

After takg out a small advert the fortnightly Gay News newspaper, volunteers at the brand new LGBTQ rmatn and support helple anticipated about six or seven lls on their first the eveng went on, the phone didn’t stop rgg. An unprecented 45 people lled up the London Gay Swchboard – as was known back then – durg that first five-hour shift.

By 1975, Swchboard was open 24 hours a day, seven days a the years followg the partial crimalisatn of homosexualy 1967, society remaed eply homophobic, and the LGBTQ+ scene firmly unrground.

As well as nng an acmodatn service for fdg gay-iendly hoe-shar, Swchboard advised llers about virtually everythg: om legal advice, to what was happeng around town. “I will always remember the ltle old lady who was worried that her t might be a gay man who had AIDS, and he might give to the t, ” adds Lisa. ”And to the ’90s, Swchboard field an creasg number of lls om people ncerned and angry about Sectn 28; a cel policy troduced by the Conservative ernment 1988, which outlawed the “promotn of homosexualy” by schools and lol thori.

LONDON'S LANDMARK BUILDG DOTTED WH STRIP CLUBS, GAY VENU TO TURN TO MOSQUE

“I’d never spoken to an out gay person before.