Events tagged with "Stonewall"
Armed forces ban lifted for lesbians & gay men
In 2000, the Government lifted the ban on lesbian and gay men serving in the Armed Forces after an extended campaign in which Stonewall played a prominent role.In 1991 Stonewall gave evidence to Special Select Committee of the Armed Forces Bill.In 19...
Clause 28 (also known as Section 28) enacted
Section 28 of the Local Government Act (also known as Clause 28) became law on 24 May 1988 requiring that... 'A local government shall not intentionally promote homosexuality or publish material with the intention of promoting homosexuality' or 'prom...
Legislation impacting on gay men and lesbians
A summary of the legislation impacting on gay men and lesbians follows. More detail can be found in related events and memories.1900At the turn of the century, the 1885 Act which included the offence of ‘gross indecency’ was being used to arrest and...
Legislation pre twentieth century
1290 First mention in English common law of a punishment for homosexuality 1300 Treatise in England prescribed that sodomites should be burned alive 1533 Buggery Act introduced by Henry VIII brought sodomy within the scope of statute law for t...
Michael Cashman elected MEP for West Midlands
Michael Cashman is Labour Party MEP for the West Midlands region representing Sandwell, Dudley, Walsall, Coventry, Warwickshire & Staffordshire in the European Parliament. Michael was a founding member of Stonewall and was its Chair from 1988. ...
Stonewall Riots
The Stonewall riots were a series of violent conflicts between New York City police officers and groups of gay and transgender people that began during the early morning of June 28, 1969 and lasted several days. Also called the Stonewall Rebellion or...
Memories tagged with "Stonewall"
Birmingham activists just changed hats, 1970s
Betty: “In the ‘70’s, the Gay Community Centre started, but also the Peace Centre, and GLF (Gay Liberation Front). Around that time a mixture of gay and lesbian people including Pete Kirby and Helen Rose put on a musical starting with the song “There...
Birmingham Pride Community Trust’s origins
“Birmingham Pride Community Trust grew out of the Birmingham Pride festival as a number of us were frustrated that the festival was somewhat losing its political edge and becoming something of a three day beer festival. What we wanted to do was recog...
Current personal politics
“I’m not really involved in any politics now, I support Stonewall and Oxfam but I’m not involved in campaigning. I’ve always been issues based never party politics. A friend is working round people trafficking especially women for the sex industry, c...
Donations to gay causes
“Although my club (Subway City) is no longer a gay club, it’s frequented by straight people, I still use all the money we raise for charity, about £60K a year, to gay charities (except Children in Need) and the money I make is donated to the politica...
Working with Stonewall
“I then got involved at national level with Angela Mason at Stonewall and campaigned and lobbied for other government promises that we would get equality, i.e. legal partnerships, which I’ve taken advantage of, pension rights, and equality across the...