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TODAY IN LGBT HISTORY | 1933: Nazis start the destruction of lesbian and gay culture in Germany
Today in 1933 the Nazis started their war against the gay and lesbian community in Germany by confiscating materials from the Institute of Sexual Science. The institute’s works were destroyed as part of the regime’s censorship programme, by youth brigades. The organisation was opened in 1919 and key in collecting and collating data concerning sexuality, […]
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GAY HISTORY | Remember the opening of the Crew Gay Bar in London
After being served one too many warm beers at a rival, Crews was born. “Chris” takes us down memory lane. CREWS: 1990-1998 St Martins Lane, next to Stringfellows Crews came about after I was served yet another warm beer at the Brief Encounter and the manager asked me what I would do, lose him his […]
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GAY HISTORY | Remembering the first time at The Catacombs
A contributor to our Lost LGBT+ Scene project left this recollection of his first encounter at The Catacombs as an 18-year-old in the heydays of the early 70s. Vivid memories of The Catacombs….. At the tender age of 18, new to London, very green and exceedingly shy and discovering freedom! Soon discovered Gay News (a […]
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GAY HISTORY | Remembering sexual encounters at Biograph cinema
Oh, the “Biograph” was a grubby, run-down, sordid, glorious place. I’d first heard about it in 1965, from friends that lived in Pimlico, and who constantly made jokes about the alleged goings-on. I already knew that I wouldn’t be averse to something like this. I’d had a friend in school that I used to “play” […]
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Where and how did pride begin? How a riot at Stonewall led to a world-wide pride movement
The rise and rise of Pride
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OPINION | It may not be an obligation to learn LGBT history, but you really should
Next year sees the 50th anniversary of The Stonewall Riots, which I’ve written about before here, yet still, there are some people out there who feel that the younger generation doesn’t need to care about the violent history of struggling for gay rights because they are too busy having a good time. “What they fail to […]