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Kenneth Williams (1926-1988) was an actor, comedian, diarist, and raconteur, most famous for his roles in the 'Carry On' films.

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October 8, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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Pictured: Benjamin Britten & Peter Pears.

Benjamin and Peter were in a romantic relationship from 1939 until Britten’s death in 1976. Their relationship was illegal for all but the last 9 years.

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October 29, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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Pictured: Benjamin Britten & Peter Pears.

Benjamin and Peter were in a romantic relationship from 1939 until Britten’s death in 1976. Their relationship was illegal for all but the last 9 years.

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April 10, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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Robert 'Bob' Crossman (right) was the first openly gay Mayor in the UK, serving as Mayor of Islington from 1986-1987.

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December 11, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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Robert 'Bob' Crossman was the first openly gay Mayor in the UK, serving as Mayor of Islington from 1986-1987. 

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July 9, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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On the 27th of November 1970, around 150 members of the London Gay Liberation Front protested against police harassment in London.

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July 23, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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Pictured: Derek Jarman (1942-1994) - film director, artist, diarist, author and tireless activist for #LGBTQ+ rights

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November 29, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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Trade, first beginning in 1990, was #London’s first #gay after-hours club night, hosted at Turnmills nightclub.

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November 7, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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Gaywaves was a radio programme that was broadcast on a pirate station during the 1980s.

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December 23, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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#Section28 was a piece of legislation that was in existence from 1988 to 2003 in the UK, with the intention to prevent the “promotion” of homosexuality in schools.

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September 21, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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Pictured: an Excerpt from Boyz, June 1993

Paradise Club, which ran a variety of gay and straight club nights, stood on this site from the late 1980s until the late 90s. 

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February 21, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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Pictured: Dockyard Doris, an iconic #Islington drag queen and entertainer.

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August 25, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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Holloway Prison, founded in 1852, had several well-known inmates including Oscar Wilde and Colonel Victor Barker.

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September 11, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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Peter Scott-Presland is a writer, actor, playwright and director.

He runs the gay theatre company Homo Promos (Horomos_UK!)

www.homopromos.org/

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January 3, 2026 at 12:37 PM
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Emmanuel Cooper was a prominent artist and writer, whose career as a potter spanned 50 years. 

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November 28, 2024 at 9:53 AM
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Derek Jarman was a film director, artist, diarist, author and tireless activist for LGBTQ+ rights.

He died of an AIDS-related illness in 1994.

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August 3, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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🏳️‍🌈 "The Highbury Fields protest was...the first known public protest for #LGBTQ+ rights in the UK...."

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May 25, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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Sir Francis Bacon was an English philosopher, essayist, author, and Lord High Chancellor of England (1618-1621).

He was widely known for having male lovers and coined the term "masculine love."

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October 16, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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#Section28 was a piece of legislation that was in existence from 1988 to 2003 in the UK, with the intention to prevent the “promotion” of homosexuality in schools.

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April 25, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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On the 27th of November 1970 the Gay Liberation Front held a torchlight rally in Highbury Fields to protest against the continual harassment of the gay community in ##London by the police.

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December 17, 2024 at 9:09 AM
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Fay Presto is an award winning magician and illusionist, as well as a lifelong campaigner for #LGBTQ+ rights.

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October 22, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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Phil Cox founded Gaywaves, a radio programme broadcast on the pirate station Our Radio during the 1980s

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June 26, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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Peter Wildeblood was a prominent journalist and author. In 1954 he served an 18 month prison sentence for “gross indecency offences (homosexual activity).”

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March 24, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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Robert 'Bob' Crossman (right) was the first openly gay Mayor in the UK, serving as Mayor of Islington from 1986-1987.

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February 12, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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The Pink Angel Festival was an annual event held around Islington, lauded by national newspapers as "Britain's Biggest Gay and Lesbian Festival". 

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February 1, 2025 at 9:59 AM