For GLEN, Ireland’s Gay and Lesbian Equality Network, it was all about making equality a reality in people’s everyday lives.
Author: Bob Cant
Working Out: Reflections of gay trade union activism in the 1970s UK
Coming out at work was challenging enough but it was often overlooked in the early gay liberation movement.
Out and about with GLF in London, September 1971
There’s a real buzz about GLF and I want to be part of it.
‘Promoting homosexuality’, 1987-2017
We must find creative ways to disrupt complacency and convey the complexities of sexuality and gender identity.
Coming Out in the Trade Union Movement
Coming out was a core value of gay liberation, but trade unions interpreted attempts at self-organisation by minority groups as divisive.
Challenging Heterosexism: The Haringey Experiment, 1986-1987
Who is going to take responsibility for researching the sexual politics of Haringey in the 1980s?
Thatcher and Homosexuality: Waiting for Section 28
There was an exquisite cruelty about the way her remarks were directed towards the opposition Labour Party.