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Material relating to the Lesbian Archive and Information Centre (LAIC), including: minutes and agendas of workers’ meetings; copies of a circular re admitting men into the London Women’s Centre; and circular & flyer relating to the (ultimately unsuccessful) Save Wesley House campaign.

Administrative and policy records for London Women’s Centre at Wesley House, 4 Wild Court, London. Includes: leaseholders’ correspondence, meeting agendas and minutes; circular memos; equalities policy and related correspondence; meeting flyers; records relating to grant funding (specifically reduced grant funding from London Boroughs Grants Committee); development proposals for the Centre; and feasibility study re leaseholders and groups with a presence within Wesley House. Leaseholders include the Lesbian Archive & Information Centre (LAIC), Microsyster, Asian Women’s Network, and Friends of Wesley House.

Newsletters and publications from lesbian disability organisations and groups.

Newsletters/publications from: US-based group Dykes, Disability and Stuff (Summer 1988, Fall 1988, Winter1988/89, Spring 1989, Summer 1989, Late Fall 1988/89, Spring 1990, [Summer 1990], [Fall 1990], [Spring 1991], [Summer 1991]); Regard Writes on Rights: The Quarterly Magazine of Disabled Lesbian and Gay Issues (Summer 1994); GEMMA (Feb 1987, May 1987, Aug 1987, Nov 1987, Feb 1988, May 1988, June 1996, Mar 1997).

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.).

Various LGBTQ and feminist publications, including: Paper Gai (Spanish-language LGBT+ magazine from Valencia; May 1994); ONE/IGLA bulletin (newsletter of ONE Institute/International Gay and Lesbian Archive; Spring 1995); First Things First: Books for Women catalogue (1975/76); short story called ‘It need Never have Happened’ (n.d.); the Fawcett Library newsletter (Jan 1995); ‘Meeting the Educational Needs of our Children’, 2nd African Books Festival brochure (Nov 1987); Images of Women newsletter (n.d. [c.1970s]); Gay Concern newsletter (n.d. [c.1970s]); Roman Catholic Feminist newsletter (Oct 1979); London Irish Women’s Centre information pack (n.d.); and notes regarding men on premises [at A Woman's Place or London Women's Centre?; n.d.].

Also contains conference papers from British Sociological Association Conference, 5-8 April 1982: ‘Gender marking in teachers’ assessments’ by Jane French, University of Manchester; ‘National Reproduction: Sexism, Racism & the State’ by Nira Yuval Davis, Thames Polytechnic; ‘Women and Caring: Skills, Tasks and Taboos’ by Clare Ungerson, University of Kent; ‘Purification or Social Control? Ideologies of Reproduction and the Churching of Women after Childbirth by Peter Rushton, Sunderland Polytechnic; ‘Theories of Sexuality in Medical Practice: A Working Paper’ by Ong Bie Mo and Jane Rosser; ‘The Sexual Harassment of Working Women’ by Stephen J. Morewitz, University of Chicago; ‘The Regulation of Fertility – Some Social and Historical Questions’ by Caroline Love; ‘Crowd Control at English Football Matches: Some Issues of Gender’ by Jerry M. Lewis, Kent State University; ‘Food as an Indicator of Social Relations’ by Marion Kerr and Nickie Charles; ‘Community Study of Violence to Women’ by Jane Hanmer and Sheila Saunders (University of Bradford), ‘Social Gender and linguistic Gender: Masculine and Feminine in Language and Society’ by Jean Crocker, University of Newcastle; ‘Hide and Clique: Structural Aspects in Disclosure of a Discreditable Identity’ by Peter M. Davies, University College Cardiff; ‘Towards a Sociology of Domestic Economy’ by Anne Goldthorpe and Judy Worsnop; ‘The Professions and the Semi-Professions: The Control of Emotions and the Construction of Masculinity’ by Jeff Hearn, University of Bradford; ‘Illness, Crime and the ‘Female Role’: Problems in the Analysis of Sex and Gender’ by Anne Edwards Hiller, Monash University.

Material relating to women, lesbians and gay men with disabilities and disability rights activism.

Includes: GEMMA Disabled Gays Guide (1983/4); Lambeth Women’s Rights Committee ‘Women with Disabilities Information Booklet’ (Sept 1985); ‘A Right to Equality: A London charter for people with disabilities’ by Greater London Council (n.d.); information leaflet for Physically Handicapped and Able Bodied (PHAB; n.d.); information booklet for Resource Team: for people with learning difficulties (n.d.); Sensory Visionaid newsletter (Summer 1990); ‘Access for Disabled People: Design Guidance Notes for Developers’ by Access Committee for England ([1985]); press release for Navigator Braille seminar (n.d.).

Envelope of photographs of London Lesbian Line staff. Also includes two London Lesbian Line stickers and an image of ‘Women Like Us: A Booklet for Exploring Women’s Sexuality’ (n.d.). Photographs by Em Fitzgerald.

Papers relating to the London Lesbian Line. Includes; minutes, correspondence, monthly records, training packets, booklets, logbooks, VHS tapes, floppy disc

Minutes and writings produced by the London Lesbian Offensive Group. Includes; minutes, articles, newspaper clippings, editing notes, and correspondence

Material relating to the London voluntary sector and various organisations and representative bodies therein.

Includes: correspondence, research digests, bulletins and meeting minutes & reports of the London Voluntary Sector Forum (LVSF; c.1987-1989); London Voluntary Service Council info leaflet (Mar 1986); Voluntary Voice newsletter and leaflet (May 1987); briefing on the Local Government Bill and its implications for voluntary organisations from National Association of Community Relations Councils (c.1987); meeting minutes, correspondence and circulars from LVSC (c.1986-1987); list of candidates list and results for Independent Voluntary Sector Forum elections [c.1987?]; and Greater London Council-produced explanatory notes for voluntary organisations following GLC’s abolition (c.1986).