Events tagged with "Quakers"
Homosexual Friends Fellowship (Quakers) set up
The Homosexual Friends Fellowship was set up within the Quakers. A Birmingham (Hall Green) man, Michael Hutchinson, one of the founders, in 1974. He has since moved up within the Quakers to hold a significant position. It later changed its name to th...
Religion
Religion has played an important role in the lives of lesbians and gay men in a variety of ways. Three main areas are covered in the memories from contributors and associated events. Firstly, for many people, the religious and cultural traditions in...
Memories tagged with "Quakers"
Chaos and hostility at the WLM Conference, 1978
Betty: “Women’s Liberation Conferences at that point were annual conferences, the last one, was in Birmingham in 1978, at a school in Ladywood. Different women’s and lesbian groups took responsibility for certain things. The Socialist feminists were ...
Joining the Quakers
Gill and Betty were both Quakers since they were in their late teens, long before they got together. Gill: “I joined the Quakers because my parents were both pacifists, my father was a conscientious objector but they were Church of England and I foun...
Long time on and off before pairing up
Gill: “We’d known each other since we first met at a lesbian conference in Bristol in 1975, I went there from Aberystwyth.” (Where Gill was living at that time). Betty: “And that is the conference of which my abiding memory is...
Our Quaker Friends cherished us
Gill and Betty are both Quakers.Gill: “In the mid ‘90s when we (their Quaker meeting) had some discussions around sexuality at a discussion group, they were really very keen that Betty and I should have a proper commitment ceremony…”Betty: “…and we d...
Quaker Lesbian and Gay Fellowship
Gill and Betty are both Quakers. B: “Quakers, as a religious body, are accepting of lesbian and gay couples, and the Quaker Lesbian and Gay Fellowship is what is known as a listed group so that there are various small interest groups that nonet...
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...