Ian Townson
Ian Townson (born 1950) is a gay campaigner, active during the 1970s. He was born and raised in Lancaster, escaping homophobic persecution in the mid-1970s to Brixton via Bradford where he met gay liberation activists from London while 'zapping' a conference on psycho-sexual disorders by 'expert' psychologists. He was involved in the South London Gay Commmunity Centre in Brixton.[1] [2].
In 2006 he deposited some of his papers with the Hall-Carpenter Archives [3] but other papers are in the Bishopsgate Institute .
References
- ↑ https://www.bishopsgate.org.uk/collections/ian-townson-archive
- ↑ https://www.urban75.org/blog/the-brixton-fairies-and-the-south-london-gay-community-centre-brixton-1974-6/ (accessed 3 August 2025)
- ↑ HCA/TOWNSON (M3330 and M3353)