| UK Gay Liberation Front 1971 Festival of Light action | |||
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| Part of Gay liberation movement | |||
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| Date | 9 September 1971 | ||
| Location | 51°30′00″N 0°07′48″W / 51.50000°N 0.13000°W | ||
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On 9 September 1971 the UK Gay Liberation Front (GLF) undertook an action to disrupt the launch of the Church-based morality campaign Nationwide Festival of Light at the Methodist Central Hall, Westminster.[1] A number of well-known British figures were involved in the disrupted rally, and the action involved the use of "radical drag" drawing on the Stonewall riots and subsequent GLF actions in the US. Peter Tatchell, gay human rights campaigner, was involved in the action which was one of a series which influenced the development of gay activism in the UK, received media attention at the time, and is still discussed by some of those involved.[2]
- ^ "Gay Liberation Front (GLF)". Database of Archives of Non-Government Organisations. University of Birmingham.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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