At risk of stating the obvious, we didn’t have the internet back in the 80s. Instead, we relied on a diverse range of LGBT media – some of which was more accessible than others – to counter the everyday homophobia … Continue reading →
In September 1984, Rugby’s Conservative-led council removed ‘sexual orientation’ from its Equal Opportunities policies. Conservative councillors went out of their way to abuse LGBT people; amongst other things declaring that ‘all homosexuals are vile and perverted people’. Such comments showed … Continue reading →
Tensions between police and venue owners in San Francisco had been pretty much part of the LGBT scene in the period leading up to the 80s (for example, the ‘Gay-ola’ bribes of the 1960s and the White Night riots of … Continue reading →
One of the reasons I began this blog was to record our history: another was to challenge any re-writing of that history for political expediency. But never in my wildest dreams did I imagine that a Democratic candidate for the … Continue reading →
The current moral panic surrounding Australia’s ‘Safe Schools’ programme is the latest iteration of a ‘gay agenda’ conspiracy theory that goes back a long way. In 1980, for example, the government of the Australian state of Victoria decided to include … Continue reading →