Bristol Lbian and Gay Swchboard: almost 40 years of LGBTQ+ muny

Contents:

• LONDON LBIAN & GAY SWCHBOARD
• LONDON LBIAN AND GAY SWCHBOARD
• BRISTOL LBIAN AND GAY SWCHBOARD: ALMOST 40 YEARS OF LGBTQ+ MUNY
• LONDON LBIAN & GAY SWCHBOARD TURNS 40
• LONDON LBIAN AND GAY SWCHBOARD
• LONDON LBIAN AND GAY SWCHBOARD
• LONDON LBIAN AND GAY SWCHBOARD
• LONDON LBIAN & GAY SWCHBOARD TURNS 40
• LONDON LBIAN AND GAY SWCHBOARD: 40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATED
• LONDON LBIAN AND GAY SWCHBOARD

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.

LONDON LBIAN AND GAY SWCHBOARD

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. The act did not explicly target homosexual acts between men, as also applied to sodomy between men and women and a person wh an animal.

BRISTOL LBIAN AND GAY SWCHBOARD: ALMOST 40 YEARS OF LGBTQ+ MUNY

However, male homosexual nvictns were the most mon and publicised. Photograph: London Metropolan archiv, Cy of London“Molly” was slang for homosexual men. A mon punishment for homosexual men was to be placed the pillory, where they would be pelted wh excrement, bbish, rottg vegetabl, ston and even ad animals.

LONDON LBIAN & GAY SWCHBOARD TURNS 40

Homosexual acts between men remaed punishable by ath. 1947: Alberte Wner’s Homosexualy WomenHomosexualy Women report 1947.

Photograph: London Metropolan Archiv, Cy of LondonAlberte Wner, the first female puty chief medil officer at the Department of Health, wrote Homosexualy Women: “There are two tegori of female homosexuals … the woman who tends to prefer the society of women … and a much more dangero type, the promiscuo Lbian who … may e great harm and unhapps. Photograph: Mrice Ambler/Getty Imag1955: The Problem of HomosexualyThe Problem of Homosexualy report 1955. Photograph: London Metropolan Archiv, Cy of LondonClergy, doctors and lawyers led by the Rev Dr Derrick Sherw Bailey produced the privately prted The Problem of Homosexualy 1955.

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Addrsg the Church of England’s role law reform, regnised the state’s role regulatg society but acknowledged the vlatn of the rights of homosexual people. It poted to evince of the suici of men who had been charged wh mtg homosexual acts wh an adult, sayg: “The sense of shame at public exposure appears to be a motive … if the law is unjt, then the longer remas rponsible for human tragedy, the more excable do s retentn bee.

Photograph: The GuardianThe Wolfenn mtee remend that “homosexual behavur between nsentg adults private should no longer be a crimal offence”. 1964: Campaign for Homosexual Equaly tablishedCampaign for Homosexual Equaly poster. Photograph: London Metropolan Archiv, Cy of London Courty of Campaign for Homosexual EqualyThis poster was produced for the Campaign for Homosexual Equaly to highlight the equi faced by LGBT people, particularly the armed forc.

Until 1994 homosexual nduct the forc remaed a crimal offence, and after 1994 homosexual nduct was no longer treated as crimal but would still lead to discharge.

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Photograph: London Metropolan Archiv, Cy of LondonThis law stated: “A homosexual act private shall not be an offence provid that the parti nsent thereto and have attaed the age of twenty-one years. Here’s how 1967 changed gay life Bra. 1977: Mary Whehoe v Gay NewsMembers of the Gay Liberatn Movement prottg outsi the Old Bailey over Mary Whehoe’s urt actn agast the Gay News Magaze, 4 July 1977.

Photograph: Mallm Clarke/Getty ImagMary Whehoe, founr of the Natnwi Ftival of Light and the Natnal Viewers’ and Listeners’ Associatn, took Gay News to trial for blasphemy, the first such se for 40 years. Gay News had published a homoerotic poem about J by Jam Kirkup tled The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name. Denis Lemon, founr of Gay News, ultimately lost the se.

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The issue lated to the hight levels of ernment and rulted Sectn 28 of the Lol Government Act 1988, unr which uncils were prohibed om tentnally promotg homosexualy – rultg fundg beg whdrawn om arts projects and tnal rourc. 1984: Changg the World – A London Charter for Gay and Lbian RightsChangg the world, GLC. In 1984 published Changg the World: A London Charter for Gay and Lbian Rights.

LONDON LBIAN & GAY SWCHBOARD TURNS 40

A year later the GLC fund the openg of the London Gay and Lbian Centre, where people uld meet and get advice. Photograph: London Metropolan Archiv, Cy of LondonA newsletter om Galop, which was found 1982 to expose discrimatn the police’s treatment of gay and lbian people.

Read more: Anti-Gay Law ‘Is a Legal Non-Starter’, Christian Wolmar, The Observer, 22 May 1988. 1991Outrage, a Brish LGBT rights group mted to nonvlent, direct actn and civil disobedience, was found followg the murrs of several gay men London. The stickers addrs a variety of such as equal parentg, anti-heterosexism and an end to homophobia.

LONDON LBIAN AND GAY SWCHBOARD: 40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATED

Also giv ntact numbers for the London Lbian and Gay Swchboard.

2001: Age of nsent for gay men lowered to 16Men drkg at Gayft Canal Street, Manchter, 2001. Photograph: Photofn Picture Library/Alamy Stock PhotoIn 1994 MP Edwa Currie’s amendment to lower the age of nsent for gay men om 21 to 16 was feated and was lowered to 18 stead.

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Seven years later, and after three feats the Hoe of Lords, the Labour ernment forced through legislatn lowerg the age of nsent for gay men to 16. 2013: Marriage (Same-sex Coupl) ActAndrew Wale and Neil Allard, who married at the Royal Paviln Brighton after wng a petn to bee the first gay uple legally married the cy.