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- 1983-1993 (Creation)
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No information available at present. Publications: State of the queer nation: a critique of gay and lesbian politics in 1990s Britain (Cassell, London, 1995).
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Deposited by Woods in 1994.
GB 0097 HCA/Woods papers 1983-1993 Subfonds of the Hall-Carpenter Archives 3 boxes Woods , Christopher , b 1966 , journalist and gay activist
No information available at present. Publications: State of the queer nation: a critique of gay and lesbian politics in 1990s Britain (Cassell, London, 1995).
Deposited by Woods in 1994.
Papers collated by Christopher Woods, 1983-1993, on gay issues, notably subject files concerning HIV/AIDS, including leaflets and press releases of the Terence Higgins Trust and Gay Men Fighting AIDS, campaigns against the Church of England, overseas issues and organisations, the outing of closet homosexuals, and discrimination against gay men and women in the tabloid press; files containing leaflets and correspondence relating to gay organisations, 1983-1993, including Stonewall, Outrage!, the Gay London Policing Group (GALOP), the International Lesbian and Gay Organisation and Amnesty International, London Gay and Lesbian Centre and the National Council for Civil Liberties.
Arranged in two parts, namely subject files and organisation files.
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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 Amnesty International Bisexuality Church of England Gay London Policing Group Gay Men Fighting AIDS Groups Health education HIV/AIDS education Homosexuality International Lesbian and Gay organisation Lesbian, gay and bisexual campaigning groups Lesbianism London Gay and Lesbian Centre National Council for Civil Liberties x Liberty OutRage! Sexuality Stonewall Terrence Higgins Trust Woods , Christopher , b 1966 , journalist and gay activist
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Papers collated by Christopher Woods, 1983-1993, on gay issues, notably subject files concerning HIV/AIDS, including leaflets and press releases of the Terence Higgins Trust and Gay Men Fighting AIDS, campaigns against the Church of England, overseas issues and organisations, the outing of closet homosexuals, and discrimination against gay men and women in the tabloid press; files containing leaflets and correspondence relating to gay organisations, 1983-1993, including Stonewall, Outrage!, the Gay London Policing Group (GALOP), the International Lesbian and Gay Organisation and Amnesty International, London Gay and Lesbian Centre and the National Council for Civil Liberties.
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Arranged in two parts, namely subject files and organisation files.
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- English
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- Latin
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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.
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