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GAY LONDON POLICE MONORG GROUP
About this ArchiveAdmistrative/bgraphil historyEstablished 1982 as the Gay London Police Monorg Group, GALOP is a UK-wi anti-vlence and anti-abe chary, which offers advice and support to people who have experienced biphobia, homophobia, transphobia, sexual vlence or domtic abe.
It is an pennt muny-led and ntentPapers, prs releas, rrponnce, rmatn sheets, mtee meetg mut, reports and posn papers regardg the history and activi of GALOP, a charable anisatn tablished 1982 and origally known as the Gay London Police Monorg Group, [1982-2002].
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In June 1982 the Gay London Police Monorg Group was created, part to expose the systematic harassment of the gay and lbian muni by the police, but also to te those muni about their rights. At first, was a voluntary groupg of lawyers and terted parti providg a service to gay men who suffered om arbrary and discrimatory policg. Galop’s work alt wh new police powers of arrt, particular around public lbian and gay monstratns, raids on gay pubs and bookshops and bans on lbian and gay employment by lol thori.
As vlent and anised homophobic attacks beme more alarmg, Galop lled for the loggg of anti-gay crim as a separate tegory by the police.
Massive police rourc were beg dited to the ntrol of the sentially ‘victimls’ crim, spe the latn of homophobic hate crim wh genue victims. Followg several years of creased dialogue between the police and the gay muny, arrts for gross cency began to fall.