GB 0097 HCA/Gay Activists Alliance - Gay Activists Alliance

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[Deposited in the Hall-Carpenter Archives prior to their move to the British Library of Political and Economic Science in 1988].
GB 0097 HCA/Gay Activists Alliance 1977-1980 Subfonds of the Hall-Carpenter Archives 1 box Gay Activists Alliance
The Gay Activists Alliance (GAA) grew out of the Gay News Defence Committee set up to support Gay News against a blasphemy charge and organise a large support demonstration on 11 Feb 1978. On 15 Feb, a special meeting agreed to form an umbrella organisation to monitor issues concerning gay people and generate and publicise action. GAA had no social function, but simply drew together individuals and groups concerned with gay issues. Regional groups were formed in Brighton, London, Oxford, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Leicester, Coventry and Birmingham. A secretariat coordinating the work of these local groups rotated between them on a six-monthly basis. Local groups were autonomous and the secretariat had no decision-making powers. The GAA concerned itself with issues such as the decriminalisation of homosexuality in Scotland, the refusal of W H Smith's to stock Gay News, paedophilia, opposition to the National Festival of Light, the age of consent and police harassment.

[Deposited in the Hall-Carpenter Archives prior to their move to the British Library of Political and Economic Science in 1988].

Papers of the Gay Activists Alliance (GAA), 1977-1980, notably GAA minutes, 1978, especially concerning Gay News; GAA newsletters, 1978-1979, and bulletins, 1979-1980; material relating to local groups, 1978-1980, namely the Edinburgh Gay Activists Alliance and the Scottish Gay Activists Alliance; GAA leaflets and pamphlets, 1979, on subjects including fascism, the National Abortion Campaign and the Moss Side Community Press; general papers, 1976-1979, including material relating to the Gay Liberation Front and the Nighthawks.

Arranged in sections as follows: minutes, newsletters, local groups, leaflets, pamphlets and general papers.

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Full handlist and on-line catalogue available.

The Hall-Carpenter Archives at the British Library of Political and Economic Science hold material relating to the Gay Activists Alliance in the papers of the Campaign for Homosexual Equality, the Gay Christian Movement, the Joint Council on Gay Teenagers, and Antony Grey, as well as in the Hall-Carpenter ephemera and journals collections.

Sources: British Library of Political and Economic Science Archives catalogue. Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. Nov 2000 Bisexuality England Europe Gay Activists Alliance Gay Liberation Front Groups Homosexuality Homosexual law reform Lancashire Law Law reform Legal systems Lesbian and gay press Lesbian, gay and bisexual campaigning groups Lesbianism Manchester Moss Side Community Press National Abortion Campaign Nighthawks Press Sexuality UK Western Europe London

Papers of the Gay Activists Alliance (GAA), 1977-1980, notably GAA minutes, 1978, especially concerning Gay News; GAA newsletters, 1978-1979, and bulletins, 1979-1980; material relating to local groups, 1978-1980, namely the Edinburgh Gay Activists Alliance and the Scottish Gay Activists Alliance; GAA leaflets and pamphlets, 1979, on subjects including fascism, the National Abortion Campaign and the Moss Side Community Press; general papers, 1976-1979, including material relating to the Gay Liberation Front and the Nighthawks.

Arranged in sections as follows: minutes, newsletters, local groups, leaflets, pamphlets and general papers.

Apply to Archivist.

Apply to Archivist for copyright details.

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English

The Hall-Carpenter Archives at the British Library of Political and Economic Science hold material relating to the Gay Activists Alliance in the papers of the Campaign for Homosexual Equality, the Gay Christian Movement, the Joint Council on Gay Teenagers, and Antony Grey, as well as in the Hall-Carpenter ephemera and journals collections.

Full handlist and on-line catalogue available.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• English