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1980s Gays – rebels or Tories?

The 70s 80s 90s Blog5 months ago5 months ago09 mins

In the 1980s – gays had the choice to be Tories or rebels. Faced with Clause 28 and bigotry around AIDS, most chose the latter as Tony McMahon discovers.

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1980s homophobia in the House of Lords

The 70s 80s 90s Blog11 months ago11 months ago014 mins

A debate in the House of Lords on the Local Government Act reveals 1980s homophobia at its very worst as Tony McMahon discovers

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What motivated skinhead attacks in the 70s?

The 70s 80s 90s Blog1 year ago1 year ago121 mins

The late 1970s saw a wave of attacks on LGBT people and ethnic minorities by young thugs of identifying as skinhead so what was the motive? Tony McMahon investigates.

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It’s a Sin – LGBT in the Thatcher era

The 70s 80s 90s Blog2 years ago2 years ago011 mins

The Russell T Davies series It’s a Sin shows what it was like to be young and gay in the 1980s under Margaret Thatcher and with AIDS

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LGBT woes in the early 1980s

The 70s 80s 90s Blog3 years ago3 years ago02 mins

LGBT people faced discrimination, the AIDS virus and homophobic legislation from the Thatcher government in the 1980s as Tony McMahon reports

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Grim times for LGBT people in the 1980s

The 70s 80s 90s Blog5 years ago3 years ago06 mins

Margaret Thatcher is sometimes presented as a gay icon, but in the 1980s she led an onslaught on LGBT rights at the height of the HIV crisis

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Peter Tatchell runs for Labour in 1983

The 70s 80s 90s Blog10 years ago11 months ago516 mins

In 1983 Peter Tatchell ran as the Labour candidate in the Bermondsey by-election facing a barrage of homophobia

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The last years of the Greater London Council and the battle with Thatcher

The 70s 80s 90s Blog10 years ago11 months ago02 mins

The last years of the Greater London Council and the battle with Thatcher

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King’s Road Chelsea in 1981

The 70s 80s 90s Blog12 years ago1 year ago03 mins

In the early 1980s, the King’s Road in Chelsea was still a magnet for hipsters and partygoers before it lost its cool

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