Material relating to Camden Council Lesbian and Gay Unit, including: circulars for public meetings and consultations; invitations to training days and events; correspondence re setting up a Unit steering group; role descriptions for Unit workers; and related material.
Camden Council Lesbian and Gay CommitteeCamden Council Lesbian and Gay Committee meeting minutes, spanning Jun 1988-Jan 1991.
Camden Council Lesbian and Gay CommitteeCamden Council Lesbian and Gay Committee meeting agendas and minutes, spanning Oct 1987-Mar 1988.
Camden Council Lesbian and Gay CommitteeMaterial relating to Camden Lesbian and Gay Project, including: press releases, bulletins/digests, correspondence and circulars regarding establishing a Lesbian and Gay Unit within Camden Council; material (including flyer and follow-up notes) from Camden Lesbian Day on 3 May 1986; proposals for a L&G Unit by a Women’s Committee Lesbian Project Worker; and related material.
Camden Council Lesbian and Gay CommitteeFolder of press cuttings relating to LGBTQ+ life and issues including homophobia, sex education, HIV/AIDS, politics and more.
Also contains press coverage of CLCBLG’s premises at 54-56 Phoenix Road. Titles include: Evening Standard; Capital Gay; Islington Gazette; Guardian; Camden New Journal; Camden and St. Pancras Chronicle; Haringey Advertiser; the Sun; Independent; Enfield Advertiser and more.
Material relating to Black lesbians and lesbians of colour.
Includes: call-out for submissions to KUUMBA, the twice-yearly journal of Black lesbian poetry; scoping/needs assessment questionnaire from the Brighton Project, a potential residential care home for elderly gay men and lesbians; bundle of Black Lesbian & Gay Centre material including newsletter, BLCC needs assessment questionnaire, event & interest group flyers; flyers for organisations including the Zami Group for Lesbians of African Descent, Camden Black Sisters, GAP House housing co-operative, and others; agenda, meeting minutes and related records re the International Lesbian and Gay People of Colour (ILGPOC) Conference 1990.
Material relating to LGBT+ issues, lesbian & gay groups and women’s groups.
Includes: Photocopies of ‘In Touch…’ Surbiton Conservatives bulletin (n.d.) and press cuttings re Tory funding cutbacks targeted at LGBT community; Camden Labour Briefings (1987); factsheet on genital warts by Bloomsbury Genito-Urinary Medicine Clinics (n.d.); photocopy of Camden Lesbian and Gay Unit (CLAGU) grant application and information pack; letter from South London Women’s Centre cancelling an upcoming lesbian group meeting (19 Oct 1990); minutes of a Black Lesbian & Gay Centre Project meeting (13 Sept 1990); Camden HIV Unit World AIDS Day info leaflet (c.1980s); Camden World AIDS Day 1990 material including poster, outline of events (1990); and Camden Health Promotion dept information on its HIV & Sexual Health Education team (n.d.).
Material relating to older lesbians.
Includes: ‘Older Women Talking – Getting together to discuss issues affecting your lives’ (20 Nov 1986); ‘Old Lesbians: Out and Proud’, Social Work Today magazine (4 May 1989); report from London Older Lesbians’ Conference (24 Mar 1984), Older Lesbian Network newsletters (Apr 1991, Oct 1991, Jan/Feb 1992, Feb 1992, Mar/Apr 1992, Apr/May 1992, Oct 1993, Nov 1993); Camden Council Women’s Committee, CLCBLG newsletters (incomplete run; various issues c.1988-1991); GEMMA newsletter (Jun 1995), ‘Speaking Out: Herstory of an Old Lesbian’ article (no source; n.d.); list of organisations for lesbians and gay men in Camden, London and nationwide (n.d.).
CLCBLG holiday/excursion and event photographs in Whitstable, Brighton, and unnamed locations [possibly some in the CLCBLG premises at 54-56 Phoenix Road]. The group ran regular trips to the seaside for lesbian mothers and their children, as well as other members.
Camden Lesbian Centre and Black Lesbian GroupFolder labelled ‘Sheila’s photographs’, containing images from CLCBLG at a demonstration [possibly Lesbian Strength 1985 or Smash the Backlash 1987] and various events at 54-56 Phoenix Road. Includes Kodak box labelled ‘Sheila’, containing film negatives and photographs of CLCBLG seaside excursions; box also contains unlabelled envelope of film negatives (n.d.).
Camden Lesbian Centre and Black Lesbian Group