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'''Ian Townson''' is a gay campaigner, active during the 1970s. He was born and raised in [[Lancaster]], escaping homophobic persecution in the mid-1970s to Brixton via Bradford where he met gay liberation activists from London while 'zapping' a conference on psycho-sexual disorders by 'expert' psychologists. He was involved in the [[South London Gay Commmunity Centre]] in [[Brixton]].<ref> https://www.bishopsgate.org.uk/collections/ian-townson-archive </ref> | '''Ian Townson''' is a gay campaigner, active during the 1970s. He was born and raised in [[Lancaster]], escaping homophobic persecution in the mid-1970s to Brixton via Bradford where he met gay liberation activists from London while 'zapping' a conference on psycho-sexual disorders by 'expert' psychologists. He was involved in the [[South London Gay Commmunity Centre]] in [[Brixton]].<ref> https://www.bishopsgate.org.uk/collections/ian-townson-archive </ref> | ||
In 2006 he deposited his papers with the [[Hall-Carpenter Archives]] but | In 2006 he deposited some of his papers with the [[Hall-Carpenter Archives]] <ref> HCA/TOWNSON (M3330 and M3353) </ref> but other papers are in the [[Bishopsgate Institute]] . | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 21:46, 3 August 2025
Ian Townson is a gay campaigner, active during the 1970s. He was born and raised in Lancaster, escaping homophobic persecution in the mid-1970s to Brixton via Bradford where he met gay liberation activists from London while 'zapping' a conference on psycho-sexual disorders by 'expert' psychologists. He was involved in the South London Gay Commmunity Centre in Brixton.[1]
In 2006 he deposited some of his papers with the Hall-Carpenter Archives [2] but other papers are in the Bishopsgate Institute .
References
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- ↑ https://www.bishopsgate.org.uk/collections/ian-townson-archive
- ↑ HCA/TOWNSON (M3330 and M3353)