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Section 28: Hiding Homosexuality
To coincide with the 20th anniversary of the implementaiton of Clause 28 (the controversial amendment which prohibited local authorities from 'intentionally promoting homosexuality') LAGNA held:
Section 28 - Hiding Homosexuality
An evening of music, talks, exhibitions, headlines and TV footage. Our aim was to deconstruct the events that took place 20 years ago and find out how they still affect us today. We also held a fundraising raffle and launched our new website (developed by SAV.co.uk). Sponsorship for the event was provided by IPincubator - developed by Concept Innovation Ltd (see more below).
Programme of events for the evening included
3.30pm - Music, refreshments & exhibitions
4.20pm - Robert Thompson (Chair of LAGNA)
Introduction to the evening
4.30pm - Professor Jeffrey Weeks (Sociology, South Bank University)
The Political context of Clause 28
5.00pm - Lisa Power (Longstanding activist, Terence Higgins Trust)
The campaigns against the Clause
5.30pm - Break & Film Montage
6.00pm - Eve Featherstone (Haringey Council Equalities & Diversities)
Haringey's mid 80's strategy - 'Positive Images' & the media backlash to its
implementation
6.30pm - Elly Barnes (Stoke Newington School, Hackney LEA)
Current initiatives on the teaching of LGBT issues in the education sector
7.00pm - LAGNA Website demonstration & raffle prize draw
7.30pm - More music from '88 and refreshments
8.30pm - Close
The event coincided with The International Day Against Homophobia www.idaho.org.uk.
It was held on Saturday 17th May 2008 at Dragon Hall, 17 Stukeley Street, London, WC2B 5LT and admission was free.
The event was proudly sponsored by IPincubator dealing with the commercial development of intelectual property for licensing - developed by Concept Innovation Ltd.
You can visit our sponsor's websites (by clicking on their names above) to read more about the services they offer.
'1967 And All That' exhibit - dates and locations
Events where a copy of the Exhibition was shown:
June 2008
7th - Plymouth Pride
May 2008
12-26 - Lewisham Borough Council
April 2008
18th LGCM Annual Conference
St Alban's Centre, BaldwinGardens, Holborn, London EC1
St Alban's Centre, BaldwinGardens, Holborn, London EC1
February 2008
Swiss Cottage Library, London
January 2008
21st - 27th : London Borough of Southwark
December 2007
4th - 21st : LSE Library entrance hall
10, Portugal Street, London WC2A 2HD
1st : Fifth Annual LGBT History and Archives Conference
St Bride Foundation, Bride Lane, Fleet Street, London EC4Y 8EQ
Organised by LMA.
4th - 21st : LSE Library entrance hall
10, Portugal Street, London WC2A 2HD
1st : Fifth Annual LGBT History and Archives Conference
St Bride Foundation, Bride Lane, Fleet Street, London EC4Y 8EQ
Organised by LMA.
November 2007
Camden Local Studies and Archives Centre, Holborn Library
32-38 Theobalds Road, London WC1X 8PA
Camden Local Studies and Archives Centre, Holborn Library
32-38 Theobalds Road, London WC1X 8PA
October 2007
Throughout October: Exhibition was at Birkbeck Library, University of London
27th : Event at LSE Library, London
The speakers were:
Throughout October: Exhibition was at Birkbeck Library, University of London
27th : Event at LSE Library, London
The speakers were:
Matt Cook - the context of the 1967 Sexual Offences Act and the road to reform. Matt is a cultural historian based at Birbeck University and is editor of 'A Gay History of Britain'.
Rex Batten - life for gay men during the police campaigns against them. Rex wrote 'Rid England of This Plague', inspired by his experiences of being a gay man in the 1950's.
Robert Thompson of LAGNA - 'Twilight Men and Cake Shop Ladies: Homosexuality in the Press in the 1950s and 1960s'
Tamsin Bookey, project archivist at LSE - on working with the LGBT community to preserve and make accessible the historical records of the gay rights movement.
Two Man Alive programmes from BBC TV, about male and female homosexuals originally broadcast in 1967, were shown.
The event began with a short tribute to Tim Parry, the former Project Manager and Chair of LAGNA.
September 2007
3rd - 14th : Battersea Park Library
3rd - 14th : Battersea Park Library
17th - 28th : Balham Library
August 2007
6th - 17th : Battersea Library
6th - 17th : Battersea Library
20th - 31st : Earlsfield Library
arranged by Wandsworth Borough Council (London) Libraries.
arranged by Wandsworth Borough Council (London) Libraries.
July 2007
Barons Court Library
North End Crescent, London W14 8TG
Barons Court Library
North End Crescent, London W14 8TG
June 2007
24th : Exhibition at House of Homosexual Culture
Drill Hall, Chenies Street, London WC1
28th - 30th : Exhibition at Wolfenden50 Conference
King's College, Strand Campus, London WC2R 2LS
30th : Pride London Rally
Trafalgar Square, London
March 2007
Official Exhibition Launch
30th : Pride London Rally
Trafalgar Square, London
March 2007
Official Exhibition Launch
Church Farmhouse Museum
Greyhound Hill, Hendon, Barnet NW4 4JR
2nd February to 18th March 2007
Organised by Barnet LGBT Network, and the Lesbian and Gay Newsmedia Archives for LGBT History Month.
Greyhound Hill, Hendon, Barnet NW4 4JR
2nd February to 18th March 2007
Organised by Barnet LGBT Network, and the Lesbian and Gay Newsmedia Archives for LGBT History Month.
February 2007
Robert Thompson gave a number of talks or presentations at various Councils throughout LGBT History Month.
1st : Barnet
5th: Southwark
Cool Tan Arts, SE17
6th : St Albans, Herts
Harperbury Hospital
13th : Wandsworth
Putney Library
15th : Camden
Swiss Cottage Central Library
21st : Islington
338-346 Goswell Road, EC1
22nd : Brighton
Red Roaster Cafe
23rd : Redbridge
Town Hall, Ilford.
Robert Thompson gave a number of talks or presentations at various Councils throughout LGBT History Month.
1st : Barnet
5th: Southwark
Cool Tan Arts, SE17
6th : St Albans, Herts
Harperbury Hospital
13th : Wandsworth
Putney Library
15th : Camden
Swiss Cottage Central Library
21st : Islington
338-346 Goswell Road, EC1
22nd : Brighton
Red Roaster Cafe
23rd : Redbridge
Town Hall, Ilford.
A slide-show about the 1967 and All That Project was shown at the LGBT History and Archives Conference on 2 December 2006 at the London Metropolitan Archives.
