Douglas Slater
Douglas Slater is a former Clerk of the House of Lords and Cabinet Office civil servant and special adviser. He’s also a writer, critic and political strategist. In 1988 he co-founded the gay rights’ group Stonewall, along with the actors Michael Cashman and Ian McKellan. Following Clause 28 and the perceived homophobic government of Margaret Thatcher, he was brought into advise Prime Minister John Major on how to make the Conservative Party more gay-friendly.
Douglas Slater was featured as one of the primary founders in David Mixner’s book “Brave Journeys: Profiles in Gay and Lesbian Courage” [1].
Douglas Slater was the chair of the UK Coalition of People Living with HIV and AIDS (UKC), a group partly funded by the Government. He resigned when several board members made decisions that he thought would bring financial ruin.
