Memories tagged with "GLF"
Gay Pride London and Birmingham marches
The GLF group went to the Gay Pride marches in London and even held a few small marches in Birmingham in the early 1970s. “These were not very big and they were not police chaperoned at all, we took banners and marched down New Street, about 30 of us...
Getting involved in GLF
“Les, another student at Keele University, went to the first meeting of London GLF (Gay Liberation Front) at LSE (London School of Economics). I hardly knew him but he had identified me as gay. He came straight up to me and said, ‘You’re gay aren’t y...
GLF in Schools
GLF did make some presentations in local schools, which brought the group to the attention of the local press and the national press. “I think we advertised in the local press, we were quite keen to advertise our presence and we would advertise in pa...
International Women's Day and GLF
International Women’s Day + GLF “The morning after this first night, which was deeply disappointing in many ways, but I’d had my rite of passage, I was part of a group of women doing an International Women’s Day event (March '77) and we had a rehears...
Non-Monogamy Could Cause Tensions
Nick remembers one of the best things of the GLF manifesto was an attack on patriarchy. The GLF position on monogamy was that it was oppressive. Nobody owns another person’s body. They believed in open relationships and this was embraced in the Melch...
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 ...
Transformation from CHE to GLF 1971
Nick talks about the political and physical transition from CHE into the Gay Liberation Front (GLF) in the early 70s. "Before we moved to the Peace Centre, our first place in Birmingham was the Quakers Meeting House, we met there for nearly two...