More than three thousand people took part in a gay rights demonstr ation in London last Saturday. This was a big step forward for the gay movement - never before have so many people in Britain been prep ared to come out openly in support of gay nghts.
Homosexuality is still complețely illegal in Scorland and Ireland. Elsewhere, it is still often illegal -instance if you are under 21. Police harassment of pay people is, if anyNAME...
R.d Weekly 7 November 1974 Page 12 Gays still face victimsation at work if they come out as openly homosexual - in particular, this in a problem for gry teachers.
Oppression of gays is bound up with the whole role of the family, as a pillar of capitalist society. But changes in the law are not simply irrelevant, and a coberent campaign - Tot on the question of law reform can provide the basis for fighting particular cases of police harassment, Subscribe to Red attacks on the gay movementand for fighting the sort of ideas int sexuality that reinforce the oppression of gays.
simply be based on gay organisalions working on their own certainly not on a strategy of lobb ying MP's and influential" gays. IF Saturday's demonstration is to be the question of guy rights must be taken up more widely in the lab our movement.
were no trade union. Labour Party or revolutionary left banners in Trafalgar Square last Saturday.
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