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How Stonewall Can Teach LGBTQ+ People to Fight Today

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Maureen Duffy had the immense bravery and decency to argue on the BBC’s Late-Night Line-Up program that we deserved respect before the law.

Today it still takes courage to come out, but not many of us can imagine the bravery it took to do so, so publicly, over 50 years ago.Maureen is a true hero of our movement.

And so in 2014, when I was the editor of the U.K.’s Attitude magazine, we gave her a Lifetime Achievement Award at our annual awards event.

The audience rose, in tears, when we explained her story, but most hadn’t heard of her before. I found that depressing but not surprising.

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