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Events tagged with "Women's Centre"

Balsall Heath

Not only did a number of contributors note that they had or do live in Balsall Heath, this area was also home to the Birmingham Women's Centre, drawing in a number of lesbians to the various activities held there. Balsall Heath is a run down inner ci...

Lesbian Group set up, May 1976

A group of lesbians announce, in the Brum Women's Paper, that they are setting up a lesbian group at the Women's Centre, to provide an opportunity for lesbians and bisexual women to talk together, have social events and to continue the discussion wit...

Women's Centre, Balsall Heath, 1970s

A group of women established a Women's Centre at 76 Brighton Road, Balsall Heath Birmingham 12 in the mid 1970s. The House became a meeting place for a range of lesbian, feminist, and women's groups or meetings.It was eventually closed down by Birmin...

Women's Liberation Movement

The Women's Liberation Movement, or Women's Movement, or feminism, is very closely linked with many lesbians' lives, particularly those coming to recognise or define themselves as lesbian during the 1970s and 1980s. There are so many contributions ...

Memories tagged with "Women's Centre"

Getting involved with the women’s movement

Trisha came to Birmingham in 1974 aged 18 to go to University. She was engaged – it hadn’t occurred to her that she was gay. She stayed on after graduating to do some research in 1977 and tried to get involved with the Women's Movement, going to the ...

Meetings at the Women's Centre, mid-70s

Gill: “We were also marginally involved in the Women’s Liberation Movement, who had rented a house on Brighton Road and it was used as a Women's Centre until Birmingham City Council got wind that this house was being used as something that it shouldn...

Men at the Women's Centre?

From Brum Women’s Paper November 1975                    A Women's Centre For Birmingham The idea of a women’s centre is something which has been discussed i...