List of speakers at SLG meetings

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This is a list of the speakers at SLG (South London Gays) meetings.^[1]

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”.

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”.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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’.

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“.