↓
 

Gay in the 80s

A personal account of LGBT life in the 1980s in the UK, USA and Australia

  • Home
  • Blog
  • Book
  • Checkout
    • Purchase Confirmation
    • Purchase History
  • Gay East Midlands
    • Each Issue of GEM
  • Links
  • The Author (incl. Contact)
Home→Tags gay only swimming sessions

Tag Archives: gay only swimming sessions

1986. Challenging the homophobia of the Nottingham Post

Gay in the 80s Posted on June 17, 2013 by Colin ClewsJune 17, 2013

For the first part of the 1980’s the Nottingham Post was my local newspaper. It certainly wasn’t my choice: Nottingham was a great city but had been blighted by this right-wing, homophobic rag long before my arrival. Unsurprisingly, as lesbian … Continue reading →

Posted in HIV/AIDS, LGBT History, Local politics, Media, Politics | Tagged gay only swimming sessions, nottingham city council, nottingham post | Leave a reply

Categories

  • Art (12)
  • Books (22)
    • Bookshops (6)
  • Coming Out (29)
  • Employment (6)
  • Fashion (8)
  • Film (60)
  • Gay Scene (73)
    • Gay Scene Australia (25)
    • Gay Scene UK (30)
    • Gay Scene USA (17)
  • HIV/AIDS (98)
  • LGBT History (357)
  • Media (88)
    • Gay media (26)
  • Music (63)
  • Parenting (4)
  • Politics (180)
    • Gay politics (66)
    • Global politics (22)
    • Local politics (40)
    • National politics (82)
  • Racism (2)
  • Sport (4)
  • Television (36)
  • Theatre (16)

RSS Pink News

  • Sapphics have hilarious reactions to Kathryn Hahn being cast as Tangled villain Mother Gothel: ‘We keep winning!’
  • Catherine Opie on why National Portrait Gallery exhibition still feels ‘radical’ for a ‘butch d***’
  • Statue of Trump and Epstein in famous Titanic pose erected in Washington DC
  • Boy George tells Chappell Roan to ‘cheer up’ after paparazzi incident: ‘Boundaries are boring’
  • BBC axes LGBTQ+ dating shows I Kissed A Boy and I Kissed A Girl due to ‘funding challenges’

Recent Posts

  • 1981. Television: Something for the Boys
  • The misguided myth of Patient Zero
  • 1986. Bowers v Hardwick. Upholding US anti-sodomy laws
  • Perry Watkins: Army Homophobia, Queer Community Racism
  • Movie: After 82

Archives

All original material on this blog is copyright © Colin Clews 2012 unless otherwise indicated. Every effort has been taken to establish the copyright of non-original material used on this site. If ownership of non-original material is established it will be taken down unless the owner consents for it to remain (with full credit)

©2026 - Gay in the 80s - Weaver Xtreme Theme
↑