List of speakers at SLG meetings

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This is a list of the speakers at SLG (South London Gays) meetings.

South London Gays have been holding meetings almost every month since the group was founded in 1995.

Note: this is a partial list at present; many more entries will be added shortly.

1995

• September 1995: Terry Sanderson on “Media Watch”, also the title of his latest book.
• October 1995: Peter Tatchell led a discussion on the theme “Equal Rights are not enough; assimilation versus emancipation”.

1996

• February 1996: Keith Flett from the Socialist Workers Party on Progress towards Gay Liberation.
• April 1996: Mark Watson from Stonewall spoke about their immigration campaign.
• May 1996: Members of the Western Buddhist Order spoke on Buddhism.
• June 1996: John Randall on “The Formation of Sexuality”.
• August 1996: Tony Somerton on “Gay History – Pioneers and Heroes”.
• September 1996: John Bratherton on “Life as a Male Prostitute”.

1997

• January 1997: Duncan Lustig-Prean from Rank Outsiders on the campaign for the rights of gays in the Military.
• February 1997: John Beckley on the role of the Landmark HIV/AIDS support centre in Tulse Hill.
• April 1997: Terry Sanderson read from his latest two books.
• May 1997: Neil Cavalier-Smith of Prowler Press (with one of his models) on magazine and video publishing.
• June 1997: Speakers talked about the notorious “Spanner” case.
• July 1997: Keith Hill, MP for Streatham on the plans of the new Labour Government.
• September 1997: Author Adam Mars-Jones read from some of his writings.
• October 1997: Lynn Sutcliffe and some young actors from the Pink Project Theatre performed extracts from their production Life on the Outside.

1998

• January 1998: Rev Richard Kirker from the Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement.
• February 1998: Chris Morris from Youthspeak on his campaign as a gay teenager to achieve an equal age of consent.
• April 1998: Dave Allen, chair of the Tory Campaign for Homosexual Equality (TORCHE).
• May 1998: Lynn Sutcliffe on her book There must be 50 ways to tell your mother.
• July 1998: Alan Day read from his own gay poetry.
• August 1998: SLG member Glen McKee on the Gay's the Word trial of 1994, held after customs officers had raided the bookshop and seized its stock.
• September 1998: Paul Burston of Time Out read extracts from his new book Queens' Country.
• November 1998: Denis Cobell on humanist ceremonies and tradition.

1999

• January 1999: Peter Tatchell on a new approach to straight and queer liberation.
• February 1999: Two representatives from Streetwise Youth on its role as a support organisation for male prostitutes.
• March 1999: Two speakers spoke about DELGA (the Lib-Dem lesbian and gay group).
• May 1999: Alistair Pegg, editor of the Pink Paper, on the role of the gay press.
• June 1999: Terry Sanderson led a discussion about gay attitudes to religion.
• July 1999: Dennis Candy from the Western Buddhist Order on Buddhism and Sexuality.
• September 1999: Siobhain McDonagh, MP for Mitcham and Morden, on gay rights and other issues in Parliament.
• October 1999: Psychotherapist Abé Duré on 'Sex addiction – the Secret Condition'.
• November 1999: Liza Dresner on The Food Chain – Feeding the fight against HIV and AIDS.
• December 1999: Peter Robins reminisced about his long career in BBC current affairs.

2000

• January 2000: Prowler Press representatives on its merger with Millivres.
• April 2000: Speakers from Hall Carpenter Archives on their role in storing LGBT historical records.
• May 2000: Sue Sanders from Schools Out on tackling homophobia in schools.
• June 2000: Michael Arditti read from his latest novel Easter.
• September 2000: Griff Vaughan Williams from CHE on the implications of LGBT spending power.
• October 2000: Author Delroy Constantine-Simms on homosexuality in black communities.
• November 2000: Terry Sanderson led a discussion on gays and religion.
• December 2000: SLG member Roy presented a musical miscellany of favourite CD tracks.

2001

• January 2001: SLAGO Quiz competition.
• February 2001: Faisal Mahmood from the East London AIDS Network on current trends in HIV/AIDS.
• March 2001: Speakers from the Edward Carpenter Community.
• April 2001: Mansel Stimson, film critic of Gay Times on Oscar Wilde and the cinema, with film extracts.
• May 2001: PC Andy Hewlett on the police and the gay community.
• June 2001: SLG member Philip Bayliss led a discussion on current LGBT issues.
• July 2001: Speakers from the Albert Kennedy Trust described the support they give to homeless young lesbians and gays.
• September 2001: David Parker from “Queer Love Quest” provided a new focus on gay ageing.
• October 2001: Speakers from the Drill Hall Theatre on its history and future.
• November 2001: a speaker from the Quaker Gay and Lesbian Fellowship.

2002

• January 2002: Malcolm Reece from the National Secular Society.
• February 2002: Michael Brown on an overview of recent gay history.
• March 2002: Joan Smith of the Independent on 'Sexuality and Human Rights'.
• April 2002: Graham Parker, author of Gay and Lesbian London.
• May 2002: Rabbi James Baaden on ‘The Pleasures of Diversity’ - a rabbi’s life in South London.
• June 2002: Tony Somerton on 'Tangier in its Heyday' - a gay perspective of Tangier between 1920 and 1960.
• July 2002: Dennis Candy on 'Spirituality and Sexuality'.
• September 2002: Darren Johnson, Leader of the Green Party group on the Greater London Assembly.
• October 2002: Terry Sanderson, the Gay Times columnist, showed a video and led a discussion on ‘50 Years of Gay Liberation’.

2003

• January 2003: Richard Cole from SM Gays on ‘SM - What’s it all about’
• March 2003: Derek Lennard, chair of the Gay & Lesbian Humanist Association, on Mark Twain and Religion.
• May 2003: Roger Burg and Ross Burgess on Partnership Registration.
• June 2003: Clive Roberts, accompanied by a model from Thailand, talked about ‘Making Euroboy Films’ and showed excerpts from several Euroboy DVDs to demonstrate film techniques.
• July 2003: Tackling Homophobic Crime’ was the title of a talk by PC Andy Hewlett in which he explained a new initiative by the Metropolitan Police
• September 2003: Ben Summerskill, newly appointed Chief Executive of Stonewall on 'Stonewall - the Way Forward’.
• November 2003: Dr Peter Ball from Norm-UK on the sexual health of gay men.
• December 2003: Rex Batten recalled gay life in London in the 1950’s in his talk called “Coronation Cottaging“.

2004

• January 2004 Neil McKenna on his recently published book The Secret Life of Oscar Wilde.
• February 2004 A speaker from Amnesty International.
• March 2004: Film critic Mansel Stimpson on the life and work of film director Anthony Asquith.
• April 2004: Roger Burg spoke on Gay Marriage in Church History and with his supporting group, re-enacted an ancient Christian ceremony for same-sex unions.
• May 2004: Ian Buist on the changing status of the law affecting gay men and lesbians.
• June 2004: Boyz Magazine was the subject of a talk by its editor David Hudson.
• July 2004: PC Andy Hewlett the Metropolitan Police LBGT Liaison Officer for Lambeth on “Crime, Community and Council”.
• September 2004: Martin Pendergast on “Voices that Challenge” concerning lesbians and gay men in the Catholic Church.
• November 2004: Paul Bunting of King’s College Hospital on Sexual Health for Gay Men.
• December 2004: Professor Jeffrey Weeks of London Southbank University on the “World we have Won”- changing attitudes to sexuality since the 1960’s.

2005

• January 2005: Jeremy Marks on the Courage Movement for gay evangelical Christians
• February 2005: Perry Savill and Neil Cooper on the history and current work of London Lesbian and Gay Switchboard.
• March 2005: Writer and broadcaster Ray Gosling on men still being put in prison for being gay.
• April 2005: Author Peter Robins on “Gay Life in Colonial Africa”.
• May 2005: Biographer Andrew Barrow, author of Quentin and Philip on “Quentin Crisp - the Life and Times”.
• June 2005: Marcus Gottlieb on the problems faced by gay men who have been to boarding school.
• July 2005: SLG member Bill Boyd discussed with personal experiences how being gay can change people’s lives.
• September 2005: Adam Clark on Life Coaching.
• November 2005: Brett Lock of Outrage! on its major campaigns both past and present.
• December 2005: speakers from the THT/LADS Project.

2006

• January 2006: Samantha Goldberg from GALOP on its work in challenging hate crime.
• February 2006: Dr Robert Berkley from the Black Gay Men’s Advisory Group on the history and progress of gay black people in Britain.
• March 2006: Graham Alldus, Lambeth Police LGBT Liaison Officer onhis career in the police force as a gay man.
• April 2006: Barry Davis from the London Jewish Cultural Centre on attitudes to being gay in Jewish society and religion.
• May 2006: Derek Lennard, UK Co-ordinator of the IDAHO Project on the persecution of gay people in other countries and the action being taken to confront it.
• June 2006: Tim Barnden and Sarah Booker, respectively solicitor and Project Manager with the UK L&G Immigration Group on Lesbian and Gay Immigration.
• July 2006: Bill Boyd continued his talk from our meeting last year with further personal experiences and anecdotes from his life.
• September 2006: Rev Colin Coward of the Changing Attitude Trust on LGBT acceptance in the Anglican Communion.
• November 2006: Author Peter Robins on his time as BBC radio current affairs editor.
• December 2006: Writer Alan Day read and interpreted short poems, some his own.

2007

• January 2007: Jason Pollock, Chief Executive of Pride London on organising this major event.
• February 2007: Rev Don Mader on the contribution of the Uranians to homosexual liberation (part of the SLG/SLAGO contribution to LGBT History Month.)
• March 2007: Rev Colin Coward of the Changing Attitude Trust re-visited to give an update on the struggle for LGBT acceptance in the Anglican Communion.
• April 2007: Dax Ashworth from Southwark LGBT Network on gay people are getting actively involved in their local communities.
• May 2007: SLG member Tony Somerton on “A History of Gay Groups”.
• June 2007: Ian Stewart and Jeff Doorn on the gay publishers, Paradise Press.
• July 2007: Bill Boyd followed on from his previous talks to discuss with personal experiences how being gay can change people’s lives.
• September, 2007: Professor Jeffrey Weeks of London Southbank University spoke on gay progress over the last 50 years and introduced his new book The World We Have Won.
• November 2007: Terry Sanderson on the current state of gay rights, both in the UK and internationally.
• December 2007: Paul Burston read extracts from his latest novel, Lovers and Losers.

2008

• January 2008: Ted Brown on Gay and Religious Activisms.
• February 2008: Emmanuel Cooper provided a perspective on gay and queer art of the last 100 years.
• April 2008: Rev Jean White on the history and aims of the Metropolitan Community Church.
• May 2008: Steve Reed, Leader of Lambeth Council on how local councils can support their gay population.
• June 2008: Simon Casson from Duckie on The Club Scene Today.
• July 2008: Michael Brown (of North London) talked about the Pioneers of Gay Campaigning.
• September 2008: Eren Bessim the new police LGBT and Hate Crime Coordinator on how to make Lambeth a safer place for gay people.
• November 2008: Stonewall Chief Executive Ben Summerskill on the achievements of the five years since he last visited.

See also

The Brief Encounter (Croydon) - list of speakers at Croydon Area Gay Society.

References

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