Introduction to the purpose of the website and the range of subjects covered
Covering the wider militant and uncompromisingly radical fight back against exploitation and oppression in which LGBT+ struggles were situated in the 1970s
Homelessness and Alternative ways of living - the squatters response to the housing crisis leading to the establishment of the South London Gay Community Centre
The first collective public appearance of radical drag queens in Brixton
Establishment of the South London Gay Liberation Front and early campaigns
First attempt at establishing a Gay Studies Course within the state education system
Icebreakers, a radical left-wing 'counselling' group, were part of the struggle for gay liberation
Coming out together: Squatting the first ever gay community centre in the UK
Malcolm Greatbanks, our candidate in the General Election, October 1974
Social activities at the South London Gay Community Centre
How the Brixton gay community dealt with violence and police harassment
Pearl's illicit drinking establishment for black gay men and white gay friends.
How the media reported the political and social activities at the centre
Frustrating Lambeth Council's bailiffs. Refurbishment, 'open day' celebrations and tea dance on re-squatting the gay centre
The gradual squatting of ten gay community houses on Railton and Mayall Roads with a shared garden
Brixton Faeries produced four or five plays, sketches and cabarets culminating in the recent play 'On Railton Road' which used one of the plays, 'Mr. Punch's Nuclear Family', as the centre piece.
Campaigns undertaken by the South London Gay Liberation Front and jointly with the Gay Activists' Alliance also as the initiators of the National Gay News Defence Committee
Audio taped autobiographical transcripts telling the stories of gay men and lesbians who took the plunge and squatted as part of the gay community
Every page of every edition of the radical gay publication Gay Noise
The legacy of the revolting gays: Ian Townson conducts Queer Walking Tours of Brixton, the play 'On Railton Road' and all the other manifestations of this history
Written by Colin Lievens in collaboration with Joe Lawn
