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*CHE ([[Campaign for Homosexual Equality]]) | *CHE ([[Campaign for Homosexual Equality]]) | ||
*The [[LGCM London Fellowship (3F)]] | *The [[LGCM London Fellowship (3F)]] | ||
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*SLG ([[South London Gays]]) | *SLG ([[South London Gays]]) | ||
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*[[Redhill Area Gay Society]] (RAGS) | *[[Redhill Area Gay Society]] (RAGS) | ||
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+ | The following were also members at some time up to 2015:<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20130425043118/http://www.slago.org.uk/</ref> | ||
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+ | *[[Merton LGBT Forum]] | ||
+ | *[[Metropolitan Community Church, South London]] | ||
+ | *[[Sutton LGBT Forum]] | ||
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Revision as of 05:47, 1 June 2015
SLAGO (The Surrey and London Association of Gay Organisations) is an umbrella group encompassing a number of LGBT groups in central and south London. The SLAGO Liaison Committee meets about once a quarter, to plan future events.Origins
SLAGO was formed in 1981, initially as SAGO (Surrey Area Gay Organisations).
Member groups at the outset were:
Other early member groups included:
Member groups
SLAGO member groups as of 2015 are:[2]
- Allegro Music Group
- Bromley Gay and Bisexual Men's Group
- CAGS (Croydon Area Gay Society)
- CHE (Campaign for Homosexual Equality)
- The LGCM London Fellowship (3F)
- SLG (South London Gays)
Former member groups
The following groups were members at some time between 1997 and 2002:[3]
- Croydon Area Gay Youth (CAGY)
- Croydon Friend
- Guildford Area Gay Society (GAGS)
- Hiking Dykes
- Kingston and Richmond Area Gay Society (KRAGS)
- Libertines
- LMG (London Monday Group)
- Magnet
- Pimpernel
- Redhill Area Gay Society (RAGS)
- Sunday-at-Two
The following were also members at some time up to 2015:[4]
Activities
SLAGO maintains a list of forthcoming events of interest to its member groups – see http://www.slago.org.uk/slago-diary.htm – and organises special events such as the annual trip to Brighton in May, and the Purley Garden Party in August. The groups compete in a variety of contests for the SLAGO Cup, awarded annually.
Membership of SLAGO entitles each group to its own website, provided by SLAGO, if it doesn't have one already.
Conferences
SLAGO at one time held conferences. The last of these was held at the Bread and Roses, Clapham in 1999.[5] There were 35 delegates, representing the following 16 groups:
- Campaign for Homosexual Equality (CHE)
- Croydon Area Gay Society (CAGS)
- Croydon Friend
- Croydon Lesbian and Gay Forum (CL&GF)
- Kingston and Richmond Area Gay Society (KRAGS)
- Lewisham Gay Alliance (LGA)
- Libertines
- London Monday Group (LMG)
- Marylebone and Paddington Group (Marypad)
- North London Gay and Lesbian Association
- Pimpernel
- Pinks Down South
- Polari
- Redhill Area Gay Society (RAGS)
- Sunday-at-Two
- South London Gays (SLG)