Bristol Lbian and Gay Swchboard (BLAGS) was set up on Febary 1, 1975
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- LONDON LBIAN & GAY SWCHBOARD
- ABOUT THE CENTERSCE 1983 THE CENTER HAS BEEN SUPPORTG, FOSTERG AND CELEBRATG THE LGBT MUNY OF NEW YORK CY. FD MORE RMATN ON AND OUR WORK ABOUT THE CENTER. VIS ABOUT THE CENTEROUR MISSNCYBER CENTERCENTER HISTORYRACE EQUYMEDIA CENTERLEARSHIP & STAFFEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNICORPORATE PARTNERSHIPSANNUAL REPORTS & FANCIAL INFORMATNCONTACT USHOURS & LOTNSEMAPSUPPORT THE CENTER
- GAY & LBIAN SWCHBOARD OF NEW YORK
- BRISTOL LBIAN AND GAY SWCHBOARD: ALMOST 40 YEARS OF LGBTQ+ MUNY
- BRISTOL LBIAN AND GAY SWCHBOARD
- A ‘LOVE LETTER’ SPIRED BY BRISTOL’S LBIAN AND GAY SWCHBOARD
- LONDON LBIAN AND GAY SWCHBOARD
LONDON LBIAN & GAY SWCHBOARD
After beg oted om the U.S. ary for beg gay, she beme an early fighter for gay rights and a proment figure the nascent L.G.B.T.Q. rights movement. * lesbian gay switchboard *
Swchboard provis peer-driven support servic for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and genr diverse, tersex, queer and asexual (LGBTIQA+) people, their fai, alli and muni. Swchboard’s Out & About programme is a ee service for olr lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, or tersex (LGBTI) people.
About this ArchiveAdmistrative/bgraphil historySwchboard -the LGBT+ Helple, was tablished 1974 as 'London Gay Swchboard', takg s first ll on 4 March.
ABOUT THE CENTERSCE 1983 THE CENTER HAS BEEN SUPPORTG, FOSTERG AND CELEBRATG THE LGBT MUNY OF NEW YORK CY. FD MORE RMATN ON AND OUR WORK ABOUT THE CENTER. VIS ABOUT THE CENTEROUR MISSNCYBER CENTERCENTER HISTORYRACE EQUYMEDIA CENTERLEARSHIP & STAFFEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNICORPORATE PARTNERSHIPSANNUAL REPORTS & FANCIAL INFORMATNCONTACT USHOURS & LOTNSEMAPSUPPORT THE CENTER
LGBT Foundatn is a natnal chary liverg advice, support and rmatn servic to lbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) muni. * lesbian gay switchboard *
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.
GAY & LBIAN SWCHBOARD OF NEW YORK
The Gay & Lbian Swchboard of New York is nsired the "olst operatg GLBT hotle the world". Rerds of phone lls field by volunteers, om March 1972 to July 1983, form most of the archiv of the anizatn, prerved at the New York Public Library as part of s llectn hered om the Internatnal Gay Informatn Center Archiv. In 1977, the anizatn joed wh like-md anizatns to create the jot Gay and Lbian Servic Center , while rporatg on s own as the Gay Swchboard of New York, Inc. * lesbian gay switchboard *
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.
BRISTOL LBIAN AND GAY SWCHBOARD: ALMOST 40 YEARS OF LGBTQ+ MUNY
TextureConnectg you to LGBTQ SupportSwchboard is a chary that has been listeng to, supportg and nnectg lbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer muni sce 1975. Swchboard is a chary that has been listeng to, supportg and nnectg lbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer muni sce 1975.
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BRISTOL LBIAN AND GAY SWCHBOARD
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Funrs of Lbian, Gay and Bisexual Programs, A Directory for Grantseekers, September 1993. Use RtrictnsNo nam may be published unls they are publicly known to be gay, or their permissn has been obtaed, or they are ceased. When that buildg unrwent renovatns October 1987, the Swchboard moved to the Lbian & Gay Communy Servic Center (now Lbian Gay Bisexual and Transgenr Communy Center) where remaed until the Swchboard closed December 1997.
A ‘LOVE LETTER’ SPIRED BY BRISTOL’S LBIAN AND GAY SWCHBOARD
To mark the 45th anniversary, people have been sharg memori of a chary that's helped lns across the Power ed to thk of herself as a supporter or ally of the gay muny, rather than a 1976 at a march Lanshire prottg agast an employee at a BHS partment store losg his job after g out as gay, Lisa "accintally" revealed herself as a loud and proud lbian.
LONDON LBIAN AND GAY SWCHBOARD
"The next thg I know there's a big photo the lol paper wh me rryg a plard sayg 'BHS unfair to gays'… oops! " After that Lisa thought she "might as well" go along wh her new 's been a sharp-tongued LGBT activist ever source, SwchboardImage ptn, Lisa Power (left) says Swchboard tght her to be "a much better activist"Image source, Jon PountneyImage ptn, Sce leavg Swchboard 1994 Lisa has bee a renowned mpaigner for sexual health and LGBT rightsLisa joed Swchboard 1979, as the gay liberatn movement ma wav across the world. Although homosexualy was partly crimalised England and Wal 1967, Brish culture had not adapted fully to the ntued to face discrimatn at home, at work and a meetg a pub between several gay groups across London, Swchboard was set up to ter for the needs of people who need rmatn or an unrstandg, who now liv Cardiff, scrib the helple as beg "gay fishg school where you learned about everythg" ptn, Swchboard gaed tractn soon after lnchg 1974, and quickly beme a 24-hour serviceEach shift, volunteers answered lls varyg wildly subject matter and ller might want to know when certa gay club nights were maybe the ll had e om a gigglg group of teenagers, squished to a phone box, havg persuad each other a hoax ll would be a sometim, the ller would be on the brk of rponsibily Lisa had as a listener really h home while on holiday Greece wh her girliend.