Getting involved in GLF
1971
“Les, another student at Keele University, went to the first meeting
of London GLF (Gay Liberation Front) at LSE (London School of
Economics). I hardly knew him but he had identified me as gay. He came
straight up to me and said, ‘You’re gay aren’t you?’ and said that we
must start a [Gay Liberation Front
group at the university. So I sort of
took the plunge really, a few of us started leafleting the refectories
and halls of residence. This was at the end of 1971 when GLF was taking
off; lots of universities had groups starting in them. I read the GLF
manifesto, which Les gave me and it blew my mind. It seemed so
undeniable, true and obvious, from then on I was radicalised. I had
been a socialist from an early age and it (GLF) fitted in with that, I
had left for university in 1968 and it was an exciting time in left
politics.”
Contributed by: Malcolm Gibb, 58