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

Contents:

• 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

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

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. 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.

GAY & LBIAN SWCHBOARD OF NEW YORK

Rabow DoorRabow Door is a ee specialist LGBTIQA+ (Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr and Genr Diverse, Intersex, Queer, Asexual, BrotherBoys, SisterGirls) helple providg Informatn, support, and referral to all LGBTIQA+ Victorians, their iends and fay durg and after COVID 19. RFV supports and promot equaly for ‘rabow’ fai (parents, rers and prospective parents who intify as lbian, gay, bi, transgenr, genr diverse or tersex) cludg our children. Black RabowBlack Rabow supports the strong & fabulo Aborigal & Torr Stra Islanr lbian, gay, bisexual, sistergirl & brotherboy & queer.

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

Funrs of Lbian, Gay and Bisexual Programs, A Directory for Grantseekers, September 1993.

BRISTOL LBIAN AND GAY SWCHBOARD

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.

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. "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.

A ‘LOVE LETTER’ SPIRED BY BRISTOL’S LBIAN AND GAY SWCHBOARD

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.

LONDON LBIAN AND GAY SWCHBOARD

A woman who'd been stg near her on the beach me up to her to thank her for beg the first person she had ever spoken to about beg gay. "The unnecsary stultifitn of people's liv, people who were jt too sred to tell people they were gay.