THE GAY Movement reached something of a milestone when a meeting of militants from gay groups from as far apart as Glasgow Brighton agreed to form a new national organisation, the Gay Activists Alliance. JAMIE GOUGH ports.
The meeting February set the alliance on a ourse to campaign against the increasing attacks being made on lesbians and gay men. The aum is to organise against these attacks locally and, possible, nationally.
It hopes to colist the manito from non-guy organisations.
The organisation bas grown but of the national Gay News defence committee. The Gay althoughe result has yet to be appeal is nICH of women at this first meeting as a dace bo or toe neare of the Gay News issue, but 505 BE occus appre ciated the importance of alliance taking up lesbian issues miners, although this is likely to ARE WOLLE women's groups.
The new important as an alternative to the present LET MOPCIACHE ANE BE ANSAR work with existing local groups of all kinds. group has already been formed in Brighten, development where there is a need to co-ordinate and initiate Jocal campaigos.
The first national niriarive is pickets or declared its lo min In payseir financing closely fills an pap in the gay movement, it does not see itself Manchester, mingham, wishing which is a useful details, or the Smiths on
Dennis Howell, Labour's Minister of Sport, was SOCIALIST CHALLENGE 9 March 1978 page 6