hand in hand with that for "gay pride"
to commemorate time the gay fought back Many of the men had been harassed for being conspicuous uate", and that was what forced them to begin the Debtback. A crond gatbered determined to free those arrested.
Only the arrival of reinforcements rescued the cops who were trapped in their van. The nest night hundreds of people gathered on streets outside the bar and taunted the cops. Later in the week there was a Lating for an eni to basement. demonstrution for gay rights, Stonewall was the rebirth of the gay movement Internationally. Nine years later, a large part of our work is concerned with fighting the attacks of the State, the boises, and the right. The Gay Pride march in London on 8 July will focus particutarly on the enormons intensification in police harassment of gays, Bet as the nume Gay Pride Implies. the fight for gay more than defence against attacks: it also mewas organising to give collective sapport to individall gay people, to Ip people come out as gay vercome the self-haired that imposed on us These "social" aspects of gry libera. lion are sometimes seen as secondary to the 'political' fight agaimt ruling class attacks, In fact, the two things are Inseparable.
The establinhment and delesce of democrable rights — which in the end can ouly be guaranteed hy a workers' Is obviously a minimuin need lori social liberation. But there would not lie a struggle for clementary rights some gays have the personal support secesary to come out as ga and light their victimisution. will scept bet lad of night? propie And without The wims und content of the sochil etivities of the gry movement depen • our politiest situation, le is ther fore vital for socialists and the labour movement to support and where necessary, defend gay counselling setvices, centres, and swit chboards This support is now The crisis has given rise to a sharp sease: a the buglone ibe cupitalist wodd, and a assequent streagthenine of espect of our oppression as guys. The basic abn attarks.
SOCIALIST CHALLENGE 28 June 1978 page 8 9 July. Gay people in this country and internationally will demonstrate for gay rights and proclaim that gay sexuality is not something perverse to be hidden away, but that on the contrary, "Gay is Good'.
On these pages, we look at some aspects of the gay struggle now, and why the fight for gay rights goes GAY PRIDE week is celebrated at this time of year what has become known as the men and women who were arrested mine sex rules, and thes of the family.
In Britain, the polices of the Labour Governient have laid the brasis for un overall deit to the righi, which is cideal in the attacks an gass an less than those an hlucks.
The Government has directs reinforced this trend by. Tor Instance, the refusing to allow time for the Bill liberalising the age of consent for gay men in Scotland: by championing of Whitehouse's Child Porn Bill; and.
Callaghan's disgusting campuigs for a strengthening of the Tamily.
Non-gay people are asked to support direct the demonstration on 8 July by marching behind gay banners. non-tay people can not only the fight fur the elementary political rights of guys, but also experience and solidarise with the daily social appres sion of lesbians and gay men.
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Court area demanstration demands police harassment, reports, forced to Pub. in the almost nightly acres them over the country there seeite 10 malor offensive against pays;
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WITCH-HUNTS In this way Constable SUD DUT COULUT Again in arnests for public doors or spend bours watshi Car Information from Gay are hearing the brunt campaign of harassment from police, and the well established gay community in the Earl's of Endan has been But guys will not he forced back into the closets. Thisyear's Gay Pride Week Run und will march through Earl's Court. NIGEL YOUNG In Earl's Court, The Masquerade Catacombs, two gay clubs. cinse following raids, Colcherne same arca. bas had an Police presence for the lastrwo years. Many gay men have heer arrested in the area; plain clothes police roam thesirees, pick up men and then bopkshop has been forced to close and another shop in the raided & gay in London or kissing in public and been sene mu relationslups with men In Bradford and Cornwall there have been massive police witch-hunts. In Manchester the palice were considering Anderton's pubs in Earl's marching with prosocuting a club under an Act against licentious dancing! This basn't been used in this country since the 19th Anderkan's Lancashire, he speaks in public.
lavatories have gone nearly 200 percent. The police climb on roofs, spy through helen look under More and more gays are relusing to plead guilty to charges of obstruction, TOM ROBINSON BAND at the Gay News demonstr • LLing LIHA ARE ME VA
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Stonewall Rebellion, writes JAMIE GOUGH. In Greenwich Village, New York on 28 June 1969, cops raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar. But this