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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]].

[[File:DSC 1383 (2).JPG|thumb| GAA London on Troops Out March c 1979 (LSE/HCA/Ephemera/1079)]].

[[File:DSC 1408 - Copy (2).JPG|thumb|left| GAA Christmas Card showing group singing outside Mary Whitehouse's home (LSE/HCA)]]

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