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LGBT Illustrators: Cathy White

Gay in the 80s Posted on January 23, 2014 by Colin ClewsJanuary 23, 2014

I first met Cathy White when we were planning the launch of Gay East Midlands (GEM)in 1983. Despite a series of public meetings we’d failed to attract any lesbian input to our enterprise. Then, out of the blue, Cathy stuck … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Gay media, Gay Scene, Gay Scene UK, LGBT History | Tagged Cathy White, Dykes About Town, Gay East Midlands | Leave a reply

1983. Establishing a gay community newspaper.

Gay in the 80s Posted on August 20, 2012 by Colin ClewsJuly 31, 2012

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 →

Posted in Gay media, Gay Scene UK, LGBT History | Tagged Cathy White, Dykes About Town, Gay East Midlands, GEM, Mancunian Gay | Leave a reply

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