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	She was born in [[Worthing]], [[Sussex]], but her family came from [[Stratford, London\|Stratford]] in [[East London]] and she moved there at the age of 14 when her mother died. She took a degree at [[King's College, London]] and taught in Naples and London. She won her first poetry prize at the age of 17, with a poem printed in ''Adam'' magazine; soon followed by publication in ''The Listener'' and elsewhere.<ref name="Authors6">British Library. "Maureen Duffy interviewed by Sarah O’Reilly, Authors’ Lives, 2007-2009". ''British Library Sound & Moving Image'' Catalogue reference C1279/03: Track 6 21.01.08.</ref> She later edited a poetry magazine called ''the sixties'' (1960-61). Her Collected Poems, 1949-84 were published in 1985.		She was born in [[Worthing]], [[Sussex]], but her family came from [[Stratford, London\|Stratford]] in [[East London]] and she moved there at the age of 14 when her mother died. She took a degree at [[King's College, London]] and taught in Naples and London. She won her first poetry prize at the age of 17, with a poem printed in ''Adam'' magazine; soon followed by publication in ''The Listener'' and elsewhere.<ref name="Authors6">British Library. "Maureen Duffy interviewed by Sarah O’Reilly, Authors’ Lives, 2007-2009". ''British Library Sound & Moving Image'' Catalogue reference C1279/03: Track 6 21.01.08.</ref> She later edited a poetry magazine called ''the sixties'' (1960-61). Her Collected Poems, 1949-84 were published in 1985.

	In 1962 she published her first novel, ''That’s How It Was'', to immediate acclaim.Her first openly lesbian novel was ''The Microcosm'' (1966), set in the [[Gateways club]] in London. Other novels include ''That’s How It Was'' (1962), ''All Heaven in a Rage'' (1973), ''Gor Saga'' (1981), ''Londoners'' (1983), ''Change'' (1987), and ''Occam’s Razor'' (1993).		In 1962 she published her first novel, ''That’s How It Was'', to immediate acclaim.Her first openly lesbian novel was ''The Microcosm'' (1966), set in the [[Gateways club]] in London. Other novels include ''[[That’s How It Was]]'' (1962), ''All Heaven in a Rage'' (1973), ''Gor Saga'' (1981), ''Londoners'' (1983), ''Change'' (1987), and ''Occam’s Razor'' (1993).

	Her non-fiction books include ''The Passionate Shepherdess: Aphra Behn, 1640-89'' (1977) and ''Men And Beasts: Animal Rights Handbook'' (1984).		Her non-fiction books include ''The Passionate Shepherdess: Aphra Behn, 1640-89'' (1977) and ''Men And Beasts: Animal Rights Handbook'' (1984).

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	[[File:Maureen Duffy.jpg\|thumb\|Maureen Duffy]]'''Maureen Duffy''' (born 1933) is a novelist, poet, playwright, nonfiction author and activist.		[[File:Maureen Duffy.jpg\|thumb\|Maureen Duffy]]'''Maureen Duffy''' (born 1933) is a novelist, poet, playwright, nonfiction author and activist.

			==Life and works==

	She was born in [[Worthing]], [[Sussex]], but her family came from [[Stratford, London\|Stratford]] in [[East London]] and she moved there at the age of 14 when her mother died. She took a degree at [[King's College, London]] and taught in Naples and London. She won her first poetry prize at the age of 17, with a poem printed in ''Adam'' magazine; soon followed by publication in ''The Listener'' and elsewhere.<ref name="Authors6">British Library. "Maureen Duffy interviewed by Sarah O’Reilly, Authors’ Lives, 2007-2009". ''British Library Sound & Moving Image'' Catalogue reference C1279/03: Track 6 21.01.08.</ref> She later edited a poetry magazine called ''the sixties'' (1960-61). Her Collected Poems, 1949-84 were published in 1985.		She was born in [[Worthing]], [[Sussex]], but her family came from [[Stratford, London\|Stratford]] in [[East London]] and she moved there at the age of 14 when her mother died. She took a degree at [[King's College, London]] and taught in Naples and London. She won her first poetry prize at the age of 17, with a poem printed in ''Adam'' magazine; soon followed by publication in ''The Listener'' and elsewhere.<ref name="Authors6">British Library. "Maureen Duffy interviewed by Sarah O’Reilly, Authors’ Lives, 2007-2009". ''British Library Sound & Moving Image'' Catalogue reference C1279/03: Track 6 21.01.08.</ref> She later edited a poetry magazine called ''the sixties'' (1960-61). Her Collected Poems, 1949-84 were published in 1985.
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	She is also a celebrated playwright and poet, and has written biography and other non-fiction. With Brigid Brophy, she made and exhibited 3-D constructions, “Prop Art”, in the 60s. She is co-founder of the Writers’ Action Group, Vice-President of the European Writers’ Congress, and a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.		She is also a celebrated playwright and poet, and has written biography and other non-fiction. With Brigid Brophy, she made and exhibited 3-D constructions, “Prop Art”, in the 60s. She is co-founder of the Writers’ Action Group, Vice-President of the European Writers’ Congress, and a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
			==Sexuality and activism==

	Maureen Duffy was the first gay woman in British public life today to be open about her sexuality.<ref name="gardiner2013">Gardiner, Jill (2013), "A life of herding words", interview with Maureen Duffy in ''Diva'' magazine. London. November 2013: 27.</ref>		Maureen Duffy was the first gay woman in British public life today to be open about her sexuality.<ref name="gardiner2013">Gardiner, Jill (2013), "A life of herding words", interview with Maureen Duffy in ''Diva'' magazine. London. November 2013: 27.</ref>

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	'''Maureen Duffy''' (born 1933) is a novelist, poet, playwright, nonfiction author and activist.		[[File:Maureen Duffy.jpg\|thumb\|Maureen Duffy]]'''Maureen Duffy''' (born 1933) is a novelist, poet, playwright, nonfiction author and activist.

	She was born in [[Worthing]], [[Sussex]], but her family came from [[Stratford, London\|Stratford]] in [[East London]] and she moved there at the age of 14 when her mother died. She took a degree at [[King's College, London]] and taught in Naples and London. She won her first poetry prize at the age of 17, with a poem printed in ''Adam'' magazine; soon followed by publication in ''The Listener'' and elsewhere.<ref name="Authors6">British Library. "Maureen Duffy interviewed by Sarah O’Reilly, Authors’ Lives, 2007-2009". ''British Library Sound & Moving Image'' Catalogue reference C1279/03: Track 6 21.01.08.</ref> She later edited a poetry magazine called ''the sixties'' (1960-61). Her Collected Poems, 1949-84 were published in 1985.		She was born in [[Worthing]], [[Sussex]], but her family came from [[Stratford, London\|Stratford]] in [[East London]] and she moved there at the age of 14 when her mother died. She took a degree at [[King's College, London]] and taught in Naples and London. She won her first poetry prize at the age of 17, with a poem printed in ''Adam'' magazine; soon followed by publication in ''The Listener'' and elsewhere.<ref name="Authors6">British Library. "Maureen Duffy interviewed by Sarah O’Reilly, Authors’ Lives, 2007-2009". ''British Library Sound & Moving Image'' Catalogue reference C1279/03: Track 6 21.01.08.</ref> She later edited a poetry magazine called ''the sixties'' (1960-61). Her Collected Poems, 1949-84 were published in 1985.

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	Maureen Duffy was the first gay woman in British public life today to be open about her sexuality.<ref name="gardiner2013">Gardiner, Jill (2013), "A life of herding words", interview with Maureen Duffy in ''Diva'' magazine. London. November 2013: 27.</ref>		Maureen Duffy was the first gay woman in British public life today to be open about her sexuality.<ref name="gardiner2013">Gardiner, Jill (2013), "A life of herding words", interview with Maureen Duffy in ''Diva'' magazine. London. November 2013: 27.</ref>
	She came out publicly in her work in the early 1960s"<ref name="hennegan">[[Alison Hennegan]], "...and out the other side" interview with Maureen Duffy in ''Gay News'', No. 128. London. October 1977: 20</ref> and made public comments before the decriminalisation of male homosexual acts in 1967.<ref>See the television programme [http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/gay_rights/12008.shtml "''Late Night Lineup'' - "Man Alive"], 14 June 1967, BBC Archive website.</ref> In 1977 she published ''The Ballad of the Blasphemy Trial'', a broadside against the trial of ~~the~~ ''[[Gay News]]'' ~~newspaper~~ for "blasphemous libel".<ref name="freethinker">[http://www.pinktriangle.org.uk/glh/214/duffy.html ''The Freethinker'', August 1977], accessed 4.10.13.</ref>		She came out publicly in her work in the early 1960s"<ref name="hennegan">[[Alison Hennegan]], "...and out the other side" interview with Maureen Duffy in ''Gay News'', No. 128. London. October 1977: 20</ref> and made public comments before the decriminalisation of male homosexual acts in 1967.<ref>See the television programme http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/gay_rights/12008.shtml "''Late Night Lineup'' - "Man Alive", 14 June 1967, BBC Archive website.</ref> In 1977 she published ''The Ballad of the Blasphemy Trial'', a broadside against the trial of ''[[Gay News]]'' for "blasphemous libel".<ref name="freethinker">[http://www.pinktriangle.org.uk/glh/214/duffy.html ''The Freethinker'', August 1977], accessed 4.10.13.</ref>

	In 1980 she became the first President of the Gay Humanist Group from 1980 (now [[GALHA]]), and is a Patron of the British Humanist Association. At the TUC conference in 1988, as President of the Writers' Guild, she successfully proposed a motion deploring the passing of [[Section 28]] "as an infringement of the basic right to free speech and expression".<ref name="glh">''Gay & Lesbian Humanist'' Volume 8, No. 2, Winter 1988/9: 4.</ref>		In 1980 she became the first President of the Gay Humanist Group from 1980 (now [[GALHA]]), and is a Patron of the British Humanist Association. At the TUC conference in 1988, as President of the Writers' Guild, she successfully proposed a motion deploring the passing of [[Section 28]] "as an infringement of the basic right to free speech and expression".<ref name="glh">''Gay & Lesbian Humanist'' Volume 8, No. 2, Winter 1988/9: 4.</ref>

	In 1991, she took part in ''Saturday Night Out'', on BBC 2, saying that progress in gay rights since her earliest TV appearances had been more limited than she had hoped. In 1995 she was chosen by ''Gay Times'' as one of the 200 most influential lesbian and gay people in Britain.<ref name="gaytimes">1995 May ''Gay Times'': 96.</ref> She was also included on the ''Independent on Sunday''′s Pink List in 2005<ref name="ios2005">''Independent on Sunday'' 26.06.05: 10,11.</ref> In 2014, she received an Icon Award for Outstanding Lifetime Achievement from ''Attitude'' magazine.		In 1991, she took part in ''Saturday Night Out'', on BBC 2, saying that progress in gay rights since her earliest TV appearances had been more limited than she had hoped. In 1995 she was chosen by ''Gay Times'' as one of the 200 most influential lesbian and gay people in Britain.<ref name="gaytimes">1995 May ''Gay Times'': 96.</ref> She was also included on the ''Independent on Sunday''′s Pink List in 2005<ref name="ios2005">''Independent on Sunday'' 26.06.05: 10,11.</ref> In 2014, she received an Icon Award for Outstanding Lifetime Achievement from ''[[Attitude]]'' magazine.

			==External links==
			*http://www.maureenduffy.co.uk/ Official website.

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	'''Maureen Duffy''' (born 1933) is a novelist, poet, playwright, nonfiction author and activist.		'''Maureen Duffy''' (born 1933) is a novelist, poet, playwright, nonfiction author and activist.

	She was born in [[Worthing]], [[Sussex]], but her family came from [[Stratford, London\|Stratford]] in [[East London]] and she moved there at the age of 14 when her mother died. She took a degree at [[King's College, London]] and taught in Naples and London. She won her first poetry prize at the age of 17, with a poem printed in ''Adam'' magazine; soon followed by publication in ''\|The Listener'' and elsewhere.<ref name="Authors6">British Library. "Maureen Duffy interviewed by Sarah O’Reilly, Authors’ Lives, 2007-2009". ''British Library Sound & Moving Image'' Catalogue reference C1279/03: Track 6 21.01.08.</ref> She later edited a poetry magazine called ''the sixties'' (1960-61).		She was born in [[Worthing]], [[Sussex]], but her family came from [[Stratford, London\|Stratford]] in [[East London]] and she moved there at the age of 14 when her mother died. She took a degree at [[King's College, London]] and taught in Naples and London. She won her first poetry prize at the age of 17, with a poem printed in ''Adam'' magazine; soon followed by publication in ''The Listener'' and elsewhere.<ref name="Authors6">British Library. "Maureen Duffy interviewed by Sarah O’Reilly, Authors’ Lives, 2007-2009". ''British Library Sound & Moving Image'' Catalogue reference C1279/03: Track 6 21.01.08.</ref> She later edited a poetry magazine called ''the sixties'' (1960-61). Her Collected Poems, 1949-84 were published in 1985.

			In 1962 she published her first novel, ''That’s How It Was'', to immediate acclaim.Her first openly lesbian novel was ''The Microcosm'' (1966), set in the [[Gateways club]] in London. Other novels include ''That’s How It Was'' (1962), ''All Heaven in a Rage'' (1973), ''Gor Saga'' (1981), ''Londoners'' (1983), ''Change'' (1987), and ''Occam’s Razor'' (1993).

			Her non-fiction books include ''The Passionate Shepherdess: Aphra Behn, 1640-89'' (1977) and ''Men And Beasts: Animal Rights Handbook'' (1984).

			She is also a celebrated playwright and poet, and has written biography and other non-fiction. With Brigid Brophy, she made and exhibited 3-D constructions, “Prop Art”, in the 60s. She is co-founder of the Writers’ Action Group, Vice-President of the European Writers’ Congress, and a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

	Maureen Duffy was the first gay woman in British public life today to be open about her sexuality.<ref name="gardiner2013">Gardiner, Jill (2013), "A life of herding words", interview with Maureen Duffy in ''Diva'' magazine. London. November 2013: 27.</ref>		Maureen Duffy was the first gay woman in British public life today to be open about her sexuality.<ref name="gardiner2013">Gardiner, Jill (2013), "A life of herding words", interview with Maureen Duffy in ''Diva'' magazine. London. November 2013: 27.</ref>
	She came out publicly in her work in the early 1960s"<ref name="hennegan">[[Alison Hennegan]], "...and out the other side" interview with Maureen Duffy in ''Gay News'', No. 128. London. October 1977: 20</ref> and made public comments before the decriminalisation of male homosexual acts in 1967.<ref>See the television programme [http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/gay_rights/12008.shtml "''Late Night Lineup'' - "Man Alive"], 14 June 1967, BBC Archive website.</ref> In 1977 she published ''The Ballad of the Blasphemy Trial'', a broadside against the trial of the ''[[Gay News]]'' newspaper for "blasphemous libel".<ref name="freethinker">[http://www.pinktriangle.org.uk/glh/214/duffy.html ''The Freethinker'', August 1977], accessed 4.10.13.</ref>		She came out publicly in her work in the early 1960s"<ref name="hennegan">[[Alison Hennegan]], "...and out the other side" interview with Maureen Duffy in ''Gay News'', No. 128. London. October 1977: 20</ref> and made public comments before the decriminalisation of male homosexual acts in 1967.<ref>See the television programme [http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/gay_rights/12008.shtml "''Late Night Lineup'' - "Man Alive"], 14 June 1967, BBC Archive website.</ref> In 1977 she published ''The Ballad of the Blasphemy Trial'', a broadside against the trial of the ''[[Gay News]]'' newspaper for "blasphemous libel".<ref name="freethinker">[http://www.pinktriangle.org.uk/glh/214/duffy.html ''The Freethinker'', August 1977], accessed 4.10.13.</ref>

	In 1980 she became the first President of the Gay Humanist Group from 1980 (now [[GALHA]]). At the TUC conference in 1988, as President of the Writers' Guild, she successfully proposed a motion deploring the passing of [[Section 28]] "as an infringement of the basic right to free speech and expression".<ref name="glh">''Gay & Lesbian Humanist'' Volume 8, No. 2, Winter 1988/9: 4.</ref>		In 1980 she became the first President of the Gay Humanist Group from 1980 (now [[GALHA]]), and is a Patron of the British Humanist Association. At the TUC conference in 1988, as President of the Writers' Guild, she successfully proposed a motion deploring the passing of [[Section 28]] "as an infringement of the basic right to free speech and expression".<ref name="glh">''Gay & Lesbian Humanist'' Volume 8, No. 2, Winter 1988/9: 4.</ref>

	In 1991, she took part in ''Saturday Night Out'', on BBC 2, saying that progress in gay rights since her earliest TV appearances had been more limited than she had hoped. In 1995 she was chosen by ''Gay Times'' as one of the 200 most influential lesbian and gay people in Britain.<ref name="gaytimes">1995 May ''Gay Times'': 96.</ref> She was also included on the ''Independent on Sunday''′s Pink List in 2005<ref name="ios2005">''Independent on Sunday'' 26.06.05: 10,11.</ref> In 2014, she received an Icon Award for Outstanding Lifetime Achievement from ''Attitude'' magazine.		In 1991, she took part in ''Saturday Night Out'', on BBC 2, saying that progress in gay rights since her earliest TV appearances had been more limited than she had hoped. In 1995 she was chosen by ''Gay Times'' as one of the 200 most influential lesbian and gay people in Britain.<ref name="gaytimes">1995 May ''Gay Times'': 96.</ref> She was also included on the ''Independent on Sunday''′s Pink List in 2005<ref name="ios2005">''Independent on Sunday'' 26.06.05: 10,11.</ref> In 2014, she received an Icon Award for Outstanding Lifetime Achievement from ''Attitude'' magazine.

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	She was born in [[Worthing]], [[Sussex]], but her family came from [[Stratford, London\|Stratford]] in [[East London]] and she moved there at the age of 14 when her mother died. She took a degree at [[King's College, London]] and taught in Naples and London. She won her first poetry prize at the age of 17, with a poem printed in ''Adam'' magazine; soon followed by publication in ''\|The Listener'' and elsewhere.<ref name="Authors6">British Library. "Maureen Duffy interviewed by Sarah O’Reilly, Authors’ Lives, 2007-2009". ''British Library Sound & Moving Image'' Catalogue reference C1279/03: Track 6 21.01.08.</ref> She later edited a poetry magazine called ''the sixties'' (1960-61).		She was born in [[Worthing]], [[Sussex]], but her family came from [[Stratford, London\|Stratford]] in [[East London]] and she moved there at the age of 14 when her mother died. She took a degree at [[King's College, London]] and taught in Naples and London. She won her first poetry prize at the age of 17, with a poem printed in ''Adam'' magazine; soon followed by publication in ''\|The Listener'' and elsewhere.<ref name="Authors6">British Library. "Maureen Duffy interviewed by Sarah O’Reilly, Authors’ Lives, 2007-2009". ''British Library Sound & Moving Image'' Catalogue reference C1279/03: Track 6 21.01.08.</ref> She later edited a poetry magazine called ''the sixties'' (1960-61).

			Maureen Duffy was the first gay woman in British public life today to be open about her sexuality.<ref name="gardiner2013">Gardiner, Jill (2013), "A life of herding words", interview with Maureen Duffy in ''Diva'' magazine. London. November 2013: 27.</ref>
			She came out publicly in her work in the early 1960s"<ref name="hennegan">[[Alison Hennegan]], "...and out the other side" interview with Maureen Duffy in ''Gay News'', No. 128. London. October 1977: 20</ref> and made public comments before the decriminalisation of male homosexual acts in 1967.<ref>See the television programme [http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/gay_rights/12008.shtml "''Late Night Lineup'' - "Man Alive"], 14 June 1967, BBC Archive website.</ref> In 1977 she published ''The Ballad of the Blasphemy Trial'', a broadside against the trial of the ''[[Gay News]]'' newspaper for "blasphemous libel".<ref name="freethinker">[http://www.pinktriangle.org.uk/glh/214/duffy.html ''The Freethinker'', August 1977], accessed 4.10.13.</ref>

			In 1980 she became the first President of the Gay Humanist Group from 1980 (now [[GALHA]]). At the TUC conference in 1988, as President of the Writers' Guild, she successfully proposed a motion deploring the passing of [[Section 28]] "as an infringement of the basic right to free speech and expression".<ref name="glh">''Gay & Lesbian Humanist'' Volume 8, No. 2, Winter 1988/9: 4.</ref>

			In 1991, she took part in ''Saturday Night Out'', on BBC 2, saying that progress in gay rights since her earliest TV appearances had been more limited than she had hoped. In 1995 she was chosen by ''Gay Times'' as one of the 200 most influential lesbian and gay people in Britain.<ref name="gaytimes">1995 May ''Gay Times'': 96.</ref> She was also included on the ''Independent on Sunday''′s Pink List in 2005<ref name="ios2005">''Independent on Sunday'' 26.06.05: 10,11.</ref> In 2014, she received an Icon Award for Outstanding Lifetime Achievement from ''Attitude'' magazine.

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'''Maureen Duffy''' (born 1933) is a novelist, poet, playwright, nonfiction author and activist.

She was born in [[Worthing]], [[Sussex]], but her family came from [[Stratford, London|Stratford]] in [[East London]] and she moved there at the age of 14 when her mother died. She took a degree at [[King's College, London]] and taught in Naples and London. She won her first poetry prize at the age of 17, with a poem printed in ''Adam'' magazine; soon followed by publication in ''|The Listener'' and elsewhere.<ref name="Authors6">British Library. "Maureen Duffy interviewed by Sarah O’Reilly, Authors’ Lives, 2007-2009". ''British Library Sound & Moving Image'' Catalogue reference C1279/03: Track 6 21.01.08.</ref> She later edited a poetry magazine called ''the sixties'' (1960-61).

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