Difference between revisions of "Alan Bray"
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| + | Gay activist (member of Gay Liberation Front) and scholar. Led activist campaigns such as the Gay News Defence Committee, set up in 1977 to fight the blasphemous libel prosecution of Gay News. Author of the book 'Homosexuality in Renaissance England' (1982). Honorary Research Fellow, Birkbeck College, University of London. Former civil servant with Inland Revenue. | ||
| + | ==Further Reading/Research== | ||
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| + | * https://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/dec/18/guardianobituaries.gayrights | ||
| + | * https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/alan-bray-9256857.html | ||
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Revision as of 14:10, 2 April 2018
Country
Great Britain
Birth - Death
1948 - 2001
Occupation
Academic
Description
Gay activist (member of Gay Liberation Front) and scholar. Led activist campaigns such as the Gay News Defence Committee, set up in 1977 to fight the blasphemous libel prosecution of Gay News. Author of the book 'Homosexuality in Renaissance England' (1982). Honorary Research Fellow, Birkbeck College, University of London. Former civil servant with Inland Revenue.
