17 min
Pride of Place - The history of Pride on Tyneside Equal Arts - Creativity Matters
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In this third and final episode we hear from the pioneers who set up the first Pride marches and festivals in Newcastle. In the early 1970s, members of the main organisations campaigning for LGBTQ civil rights at the time; the more radical and anarchist Gay Liberation Front and the more middle class, making inroads into the establishment Campaign for Homosexual Equality, joined forces to create the first Pride marches in the city. Fifty activists marched through the city centre at a time...
In this third and final episode we hear from the pioneers who set up the first Pride marches and festivals in Newcastle. In the early 1970s, members of the main organisations campaigning for LGBTQ civil rights at the time; the more radical and anarchist Gay Liberation Front and the more middle class, making inroads into the establishment Campaign for Homosexual Equality, joined forces to create the first Pride marches in the city. Fifty activists marched through the city centre at a time...
17 min