On a windy afternoon in October 1972, a small group of people gathered between the piers on Brighton seafront. There were roughly 20 of them with an assortment of banners, badges and a great deal of courage.
This was the Sussex Gay Liberation Front (SGLF) and they were there to make a point.Mark Rowlands, one of the founding members, remembers “we followed King’s Road along to the Palace Pier and round into the Old Steine.
We did our best to make our presence felt. ‘Give us G’, someone yelled. ‘Give us an A. Give us a Y. What does that spell?’ ‘GAY’, we tried to roar.