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London Borough of Sutton

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The '''London Brough of Sutton''' is an outer [[London Borough]] in south [[London]]. It was formed in 1965 by the merger of three previous local authorities, Sutton and Cheam, Beddington and Wallington, and Carshalton, all of which had previously been part of [[Surrey]].

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Sutton

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Laura Fox

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[[File:Laura Fox.jpg|thumb|Laura Fox]]'''Laura Fox''' is an author and [[trans]] activist, and vice chair of [[Richmond LGBT Forum]].

Her book ''Transsexual? So What? – Man to Woman in 103 moments'' covers the process of transitioning from male to female, which she describes as "the toughest journey any man will ever undertake".

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Laura Fox, trans activist and author.

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London Borough of Richmond upon Thames

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'''Richmond upon Thames''' is an outer London Borough. As well as Richmond itself, it includes other localities such as Barnes, Hampton, Kew, Teddington, and Twickenham. Notable landmarks include Hampton Court Palace and the Twickenham Rugby Centre.

==LGBT history==

The [[Wandsworth-Richmond CHE Group]] was formed in 1972. It was renamed CHERP (CHE Richmond and [[Putney]]) in 1978; in 1983 it merged with [[CHE Kingston]] to form [[KRAGS]] (Kingston and Richmond Area Gay Society.<ref>''[[Out of the Shadows]]'', Chapter 10.</ref>

The lesbian group [[Kenric]] was originally based in [[Kensington]] and Richmond, hence the name.

The [[Richmond upon Thames LGBT Forum]] was founded in 2007.<ref>http://www.richmondlgbtforum.org.uk/about_us.aspx</ref>

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Laura Fox

2013-02-21T16:08:45Z

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'''Laura Fox'''' is an author and trans activist, and vice chair of [[Richmond LGBT Forum]].

Her book ''Transsexual? So What? – Man to Woman in 103 moments'' covers the process of transitioning from male to female, which she describes as "the toughest journey any man will ever undertake".

[[Category:Trans people]]
[[Category:Richmond]]
[[Category:Campaigners]]

Laura Fox

2013-02-21T16:07:32Z

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'''Laura Fox'''' is an author and trans activist, and vice chair of [[Richmond LGBT Forum]].

Her book ''Transsexual? So What? – Man to Woman in 103 moments'' covers the process of transitioning from male to female, which she describes as "the toughest journey any man will ever undertake".

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[[Category:Richmond]]
[[Category:Campaigners]]

The Brief Encounter (Croydon)

2013-02-21T16:02:39Z

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:''This article is about the series of meetings in Croydon. For the bar in the West End, see [[Brief Encounter]]''

'''The Brief Encounter''' is the name given to the bi-monthly series of open meetings organised by [[Croydon Area Gay Society]]. The meetings were originally held in a central Croydon pub called "The Brief",<ref>http://www.closedpubs.co.uk/surrey/croydon_brief.html</ref> hence the name, but this venue closed down suddently, and the meetings are now held in other Croydon premises.

==Past speakers==
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*October 2008: [[Brian Paddick]]
*December 2008; [[Allan Horsfall]] and [[Ray Gosling]]
*April 2009: [[Denise Anderson]]
*June 2009: [[Peter Tatchell]]
*August 2009: [[Sharon Ferguson]]
*October 2009: [[Angela Mason]]
*December 2009: [[Mark Bunyan]]
*February 2010: "Hustings" meeting in advance of the General Election.
*April 2010: [[Justin Varney]]
*May 2010: [[Thierry Schaffauser]]
*June 2010: [[Colin Coward]]
*August 2010: [[Paul Burston]]
*October 2010: [[Linda Bellos]]
*December 2010: [[Peter Scott-Presland]]
*February 2011: [[Darren Ollerton]]
*April 2011: [[Rory Goring]]
*June 2011: "40 years on" - recollections by members of 40 years of CAGS
*August 2011: [[Lindsay River]]
*October 2011: [[Sue Sanders]]
*December 2011: [[Tony Walton]]
*February 2012: [[Lisa Power]]
*April 2012: [[Patrick Strudwick]]
*June 2012: [[Ivor C Treby]]
*October 2012: [[Ted Brown]]
*December 2012: [[Stella Duffy]]
*February 2013: [[Michael Danvers-Walker]]
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==Future speakers==

*March 2013: [[Laura Fox]]

==External links==
http://www.cags.org.uk/brief.shtml

==References==
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