Veterans of the UK’s groundbreaking Gay Liberation Front have celebrated 50 years since they came together to fight for LGBT+ rights.
The group first came together on 13 October 1970 at the London School of Economics. Last night they returned to the university for a COVID-safe candlelit vigil to mark the anniversary.
Two students – Bob Mellors and Aubrey Walter – organized the first meeting and 19 people attended. However, it grew into weekly meetings with 200 to 300 people attending.
The Gay Liberation Front members eventually went their separate ways. However, many continued to fight for LGBT+ rights. They got involved in organizations as diverse as direct action group Outrage, the gay male nuns of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence and