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 →
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 →