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Gay Activists Alliance was a political gay movement based in London in the late 1970s and early 1980s. GAA was formed following protests against the newsagent W H Smith which had refused to stock Gay News in 1978. There was no formal membership but local groups were formed and the London group recorded collective decisions in minutes ^[1]. GAA got involved in a number of left-wing political causes. It overlapped with much of the moribund Gay Liberation Front. GAA Also went carol singing outside the home of Mary Whitehouse in Essex.

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↑ LSE/HCA/Ephemera/1079. The minutes are all hand written and often scribbled in different coloured ink

[1] LSE/HCA/Ephemera/1079. The minutes are all hand written and often scribbled in different coloured ink

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 '''Gay Activists Alliance''' was a political gay movement based in London in the late 1970s and early 1980s. GAA was formed following protests against the newsagent W H Smith which had refused to stock [[Gay News]] in 1978. There was no formal membership but local groups were formed and the London group recorded collective decisions in minutes <ref> LSE/HCA/Ephemera/1079. The minutes are all hand written and often scribbled in different coloured ink </ref>. GAA got involved in a number of left-wing political causes. It overlapped with much of the moribund [[Gay Liberation Front]].
-In 1978 the GAA were organising the gay disco at the [[Prince Albert]] (now called [[Central Station]]). GAA Also went carol singing outside the home of [[Mary Whitehouse]] in [[Essex]].
+GAA Also went carol singing outside the home of [[Mary Whitehouse]] in [[Essex]].
 [[File:DSC 1383 (2).JPG|thumb| GAA London on Troops Out March c 1979 (LSE/HCA/Ephemera/1079)]].