Events tagged with "Wombourne 12"
90% of Gays Should Be Gassed
In 1986 the Conservative leader of South Staffordshire Council, William Frank Brownhill, called on 90% of gays and lesbians to be gassed to halt the spread of HIV in the UK.‘Those bunch of queers that legalise filth in homosexuality have a lot to ans...
The Wombourne 12
Following a speech by William Frank Brownhill, the leader of South Staffordshire Council, in which he said 90% of gays should be gassed, a group of young protesters from the National Lesbian and Gay Youth Movement were arrested by the police on 21st ...
Wombourne March
On Monday 23rd February 1987 300 people marched through the small village of Wombourne, near Wolverhampton, in protest against council leader William Frank Brownhill, who had recently called for lesbians and gay men to be gassed to halt the spread of...
Memories tagged with "Wombourne 12"
Gay Demo Arrests December 1986
The following article from 'In The Pink', January 1987, details the actions taken by the police towards The Wombourne 12. The group of young gays and lesbians were peacefully demonstrating against the remarks of councillor William Frank Brownhill who...