
Meetings
January to June 2020
Meetings on the second Tuesday of each month at 8 pm, currently at:
The Bread & Roses, 68 Clapham Manor Street,
London SW4 6DZ
(a turning off Clapham High Street - nearest tubes: Clapham North and Clapham Common.
The Bread and Roses is opposite
the end of Navy Street).
View a map of the area
14 January |
Out of the Shadows:
SLG member Tony Walton reprises his book Out
of the Shadows on the
history of the pioneering London gay groups and organisations, 1967–2000. |
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11 February |
Entertaining the Troops:
From 1979 to 1988
Consenting Adults in Public
was one of the leading Lesbian and Gay Theatre
Companies in England. While
Gay Sweatshop battled with the Arts Council for
funding, this Community Theatre group performed plays, cabaret and musicals
in theatres and for Student Unions and Gay Groups up and down the country,
including two visits to the Edinburgh Fringe. Peter Scott-Presland, the Vera
Lynn of the gay movement and founder of the group as Eric Presland, tells
the story of the highlights and lowlights of a rollercoaster existence. |
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10 March |
The Cultural Legacy of
Stuart Marshall:
Drawing on the
television work and cultural activism of British artist, activist, educator,
curator and arts organiser
Stuart Marshall (1949–1993), artist, writer and
researcher Conal McStravick will consider the role of British television in
developing new kinds of LGBT+ Cultural activism, particularly in the context
of the global AIDS pandemic. |
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14 April |
SLAGO Quiz:
We are again hosting
the first of this year's SLAGO quizzes. [Postponed,
new date to be
announced, because of coronavirus.] |
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12 May |
Curious Cases and Tantalizing Trials:
Joseph, a Retired District Judge, describes some of the extraordinary people and situations
he encountered during 42 years of legal practice as a barrister and judge,
and also talks about the social and political changes which have influenced our
legal processes and procedures.
(Warning for the squeamish - some gory photographs will be shown!) [Postponed,
new date to be
announced, because of coronavirus.] |
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9 June |
E. M. Forster and the Labouchere Family:
Author and campaigner Andrew Lumsden describes how one member of the wealthy Labouchere
banking family did E. M/ Forster a very good turn while another, Henry Labouchere MP,
did him great harm by authoring the Labouchere Amendment in 1885 criminalising any
sexual move by one man towards another. [Subject to review.] |
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For other events organised by SLAGO groups,
see the SLAGO diary. |
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