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*February 2014: Film ''The Celluloid Closet'' | *February 2014: Film ''The Celluloid Closet'' | ||
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| + | *July 2014: [[Yemisi Ilesanmi]], author of ''Freedom to love for all: Homosexuality is not Un-African'' | ||
| + | *September 2014: [[Tony Butchart-Kelly]] from the [[Albert Kennedy Trust]] | ||
| + | *November 2014: "Hustings" meeting in advance of the General Election | ||
| + | *February 2015: [[Robert J Brown]], compiler of ''[[Through the Eyes of Others]]'' | ||
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Revision as of 16:51, 9 April 2015
- This article is about the series of meetings in Croydon. For the bar in the West End, see Brief Encounter
The Brief Encounter is the name given to the bi-monthly series of open meetings organised by Croydon Area Gay Society. The meetings were originally held in a central Croydon pub called "The Brief",[1] hence the name, but this venue closed down suddently, and the meetings are now held in other Croydon premises.
Past speakers
- October 2008: Brian Paddick
- December 2008; Allan Horsfall and Ray Gosling
- April 2009: Denise Anderson
- June 2009: Peter Tatchell
- August 2009: Sharon Ferguson
- October 2009: Angela Mason
- December 2009: Mark Bunyan
- February 2010: "Hustings" meeting in advance of the General Election
- April 2010: Justin Varney
- May 2010: Thierry Schaffauser
- June 2010: Colin Coward
- August 2010: Paul Burston
- October 2010: Linda Bellos
- December 2010: Peter Scott-Presland
- February 2011: Darren Ollerton
- April 2011: Rory Goring
- June 2011: "40 years on" - recollections by members of 40 years of CAGS
- August 2011: Lindsay River
- October 2011: Sue Sanders
- December 2011: Tony Walton
- February 2012: Lisa Power
- April 2012: Patrick Strudwick
- June 2012: Ivor C Treby
- October 2012: Ted Brown
- December 2012: Stella Duffy
- February 2013: Michael Danvers-Walker
- March 2013: Laura Fox
- May 2013: Ed Connell
- July 2013: Terry Cooling
- September 2013: The Bishop of Croydon
- November 2013: Peter Robins
- February 2014: Film The Celluloid Closet
- May 2014: Poems of Ivor Treby, read by John Dixon and Jeff Doorn from Paradise Press
- July 2014: Yemisi Ilesanmi, author of Freedom to love for all: Homosexuality is not Un-African
- September 2014: Tony Butchart-Kelly from the Albert Kennedy Trust
- November 2014: "Hustings" meeting in advance of the General Election
- February 2015: Robert J Brown, compiler of Through the Eyes of Others
- March 2015: Mark Watson
Future speakers
- March 2014: Lisa Davies of the Albert Kennedy Trust
External links
http://www.cags.org.uk/brief.shtml
