In 1980 the collective of gay men that had produced Gay Left since 1975 announced that they were going to ‘pause’ publication whilst they considered the best way forward. Perhaps that decision to suspend publication took away an important motivational … Continue reading →
One area of LGBT history that I feel is often neglected is that of regional gay publications. Admittedly, I do have a bit of a biased view here given my own involvement in one such publication, Gay East Midlands. But, … Continue reading →
It seemed like a good idea at the time: setting up a local LGBT newspaper at a time when our only national publication – Gay News – was in crisis. The fact that none of us had the slightest experience … Continue reading →
By the end of 1982 Gay News – Britain’s only national gay and lesbian paper – was looking increasingly shaky. The internal disputes had become so bad that, as one commentator put it, ‘they made up an increasingly large percentage … Continue reading →
On 26th June, 1981, Graham McKerrow and Michael Mason (a former director and news editor of Gay News) published the first issue of Capital Gay. It was London’s first city-wide gay newspaper. The free paper was published weekly and distributed … Continue reading →