Out of the Shadows book
Many
members of SLAGO and other organisations have been collaborating on the book
Out of the Shadows, a history of the pioneering London gay groups
and organisations, 1967–2000, edited byTony Walton, with a foreword by
Michael Cashman MEP.
ISBN 978-0-9566091-0-6. 250 pages, 74 illustrations.
"... an eye-popping account of the explosion of activity in London which followed the change in the law in 1967. The years preceding this date were grim indeed for many gay people and this legislation was nothing short of life-transforming. ... There is much in this book which has not been previously put to paper and that is why it forms a valuable historical record."— Michael Cashman
The book was formally launched at the Annual Conference of the Campaign for Homosexual Equality (CHE), 4 July 2010.
CHE held a reunion for everyone concerned with the book in November 2010. If you were unable to attend, but would like to get in touch, please contact reunion@foxearth.demon.co.uk.
Out of the Shadows is published by Bona Street Press, BM Box 7128 London WC1N 3XX. You can buy this book via Lulu for £11.50 plus postage and packing,and it's also available at Gays the Word bookshop; alternatively e-mail tsbbooksearch@hotmail.com for further details.
The initial print run has now sold out, and we've reprinted the book with a few corrections.
See below for reemaining errata, and groups that didn't get included.
Contributors
Contributors include:
- Rex Batten
- John Brand
- George Broadhead
- D Michael Brown
- Michael Ouen Brown
- Ian Buist
- Ross Burgess
- John Clarke
- Bob Cook
- Dugan Cummings
- Trevor Denham
- Jeffrey Doorn
- Stuart Draycott
- Tony Fenwick
- John Graves
- Antony Hardy
- Andrew Henderson
- Roland Jeffery
- Malcolm Johnson
- Paul Knight
- Dave Latchem
- Geoffrey Leigh
- Marek Levitsky
- Malcolm Malins
- Jeremy Marks
- John Mathewson
- Richard Miles
- Gary Mills
- Ian Mair
- Terry Murphy
- Brian Parker
- David Percy
- Doug Pollard
- Nettie Pollard
- Lisa Power
- Lindsay River
- Cecil Rowe
- Leslie Smith
- Michael Stephens
- Trevor Stephens
- Peter Tatchell
- Griffith Vaughan Williams
- Jeffrey Weeks
- Rodney Wilson
Contents
Chapters include (in chronological order):
- The St Katharine’s (SK) Group
- London Gay Liberation Front (GLF)
- CHE in London
- The London Monday Group
- The Marypad Group
- The Croydon Group
- Annual Events in London
- Harrow Group
- Jewish Groups
- Wandsworth-Richmond CHE
- London Friend
- The Lewisham Groups
- A Miscellany, including:
Ealing Gay Group (EGG)
Octopus Group
The Walking Group
Pimpernel
Naturist Groups - The Streatham Group
- Icebreakers
- Quest
- WAGS (Wimbledon Area Gay Society)
- Metropolitan Community Church, London
- Gay Teachers and Schools OUT
- The Transport Group
- Bexley and Bromley Gay Group
- CHE Youth Group
- The Southwark-Lambeth Group
- The Kingston Group
- 3F (LGCM London)
with a section on the London L&G Centre in Cowcross Street - GALHA (Gay & Lesbian Humanist Association) London
- SAGO/SLAGO
- Courage UK
- The Barnet Group
- South London Gays
Some Web Addresses
Many of the groups mentioned in this book have their own websites:
- 3F (LGCM Central London): www.slago.org.uk/3f
- Barnet Lesbian & Gay Group: www.barnetgay.com
- Bromley Gay & Bi Men’s Group: www.slago.org.uk/bromleygaymensgroup
- CAGS (Croydon Area Gay Society: www.cags.org.uk
- CHE (Campaign for Homosexual Equality): www.c-h-e.org.uk
- Courage UK: www.courage.org.uk
- Ealing Gay Group: www.ealinggaygroup.org.uk
- GALHA (Gay and Lesbian Humanist Association): www.galha.org
- Hall-Carpenter Archives: http://hallcarpenter.tripod.com
- Jewish Gay and Lesbian Group (JGLG): www.jglg.org.uk
- LGBT History Month: www.lgbthistorymonth.org.uk
- LGCM (Lesbian & Gay Christian Movement): www.lgcm.org.uk
- LMG (formerly London Monday Group): www.slago.org.uk/lmg
- London Friend: www.londonfriend.org.uk
- MCC East London: www.mcceastlondon.org.uk
- MCC North London: www.mccnorthlondon.org
- MCC South London: www.mccsouthlondon.co.uk
- Octopus: www.octopusgroup.org.uk
- Quest: www.questgaycatholic.org.uk
- Schools OUT: www.schools-out.org.uk
- SLAGO (Surrey & London Association of Gay Organisations): www.slago.org.uk
- SLG (South London Gays): www.slago.org.uk/slg
- The Transport Group: www.transportgroup.freeserve.co.uk
and for gay groups throughout London see LGBT London – www.lgbtlondon.com – and for LGBT history generally see the new wiki at www.lgbthistoryuk.org.
Some groups that didn't get included
Since the book was published, we've started to hear about some other groups, including the London Gay Teenage Group: see Gary James's tribute to Philip Cox, one of its founders.
Outrage! didn't quite fit in with our original scheme, being mainly campaigning rather than social, but we were interested to see that their re-launched website includes a lot of material from their 20-year history.
Errata
On Page 2 of the book we promise to put amendments and corrections on this website. We've found (or been notified of) a few, so far - see our Errata page.
Currently we think we've corrected all the known errors in the reprint – see the page of changes between this and the original print run.