When miners and gay activists united: the real story of the film Pride In an era of raging homophobia and strident union-bashing, two minority groups made common cause in …

Pits and Perverts tells the uplifting story of the Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM) Group and their tireless support for miners and their families in South Wales. Бібліяграфія. After coming out as a gay man in 1980s London, he becomes involved with supporting the miners Strike.

Blain, Terence. The story centres on Sean, who leaves Derry at the height of the troubles. This article focuses on one support group in the capital, Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM), which has received little historical analysis. Pits and Perverts. Last Friday, I went to an event at Birkbeck College called Pits and Perverts Revisited: ‘Pride’ the Movie and Politics Now. The film tells the history of Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM), a British group formed to support the 1984-85 miners’ strike against pit closures by the Thatcher government. ; Clarke, Cath. The story centres on Sean, who leaves Derry at the height of the troubles. Meet the people who inspired ‘Pride’ , Time Out London (12 September 2014). After coming out as a gay man in 1980s London, he becomes involved with supporting the miners Strike.

3 The organization was formed after two gay men, Mark Ashton and Mike Jackson, collected donations for the miners at the 1984 Lesbian and Gay Pride march. By jim June 5, 2017 Communique, Featured LGSM, Pride, T-shirts.

The FBU backed show Pits and Perverts will be on stage in London and Belfast this October, returning after a successful run last year.. Set in 1984 at the height of the miners’ strike, Pits and Perverts tells the uplifting story of the Lesbian and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM) group and their tireless support for miners and their families in South Wales. Pits and Perverts tells the uplifting story of the Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM) Group and their tireless support for miners and their families in South Wales. Pits and Perverts by Micheál Kerrigan , Irish Theatre Magazine (9 October 2013). We follow LGSM from its founding after the 1984 lesbian and gay freedom march through its work to aid miners in a small Welsh town. If you’ve seen the astonishing film Pride you will have heard of the LGSM – the Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners group. Clews, Colin 1984.Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners.