Events tagged with "Festival of Light"
Gay News
Spring 1972 saw the launch of 'Gay News'. The paper ran until 1983. Famously the publication was taken to court by Festival of Light organiser and moral campaigner Mary Whitehouse for blasphemy, the editor received a 2 year suspended jail sentence. T...
Memories tagged with "Festival of Light"
Protesing against the Festival of Light 1971
“Cliff Richard and somebody else were having a Festival of Light event at Lancaster University at the same time. Mary Whitehouse was the main director and driver of it, they also had a meeting in Handsworth Park, and a friend took pictures of me and ...
The origins of the GLF manifesto
Nick talks about the origin of the GLF manifesto.“It was patriated from New York into London Gay Liberation Front by Aubrey (Walter) and then we looked at it here in Birmingham and discussed and contributed.”“It was all the classic stuff about equal ...