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Issue 11

Posted on 14 November 197221 September 2019

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  • Issue #11
  • 10p
  • 16 pages

  • Undated. Approximate publication date: 14 November 1972

  • Drag Artist Reveals All
  • Julian’s New Column
  • Forced To Resign – Teacher
  • Full Personal Ad Service
  • Psychiatry – Shock Report

  • Joint Editors and Members of the Editorial Collective: Richard Adams (Design); Martin Corbett; Ian Dunn (Scotland); Charlotte Corday; Bob Fletcher; Julian D. Grinspoon; Peter Holmes; David Hart; Denis Lemon; Alastair MacDougall; Glenys Parry (Manchester); Suki J. Pitcher; Clive Kennard; David Seligman; Julie Frost; and Graham Chapman; David Sherlock
  • Gay News special friends: Roger Baker; Denis Cohn; Brian Conley; Lawrence Collinson; Brian Dax; Martin Grant; Antony Grey; Peter MacMillan; Manus Sasonkin; Martin Slavin; and Christopher Ambury.
  • Special thanks to: Richard & Norman; Ken & Allan; Angus; John; Stanley; Peter; Anthony; David; Ken; Wolf and all the other Friends and Loved Ones.

  • The star of this issue is an interview with Rex Jamieson, otherwise known as Mrs Shufflewick. Gay News begins a long-running feud with J Martin Stafford of CHE, who, it alleges, had tried to get the paper prosecuted for their treatment of the awful Lord Longford. A teacher is sacked for being gay by his public school – perfectly legally. 30 GLF campaigners tried to march through Brighton, but were diverted by police. Reviews include Hulla Baloo and The Unrecorded Life of Oscar Wilde by Rupert Croft-Cooke.

  • Julie Frost, one of the GN editors and members of the paper’s editorial collec­tive was stopped and questioned by Chelsea police, who after asking him for his name and address, took a ‘Glad to be Gay’ badge away, calling it an “offensive weapon”. – page 6

  • Het of the month: Tom Jones

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Years

  • 1972
  • 1973

1972 issues

Issue 1 1 May 1972
Issue 2 1 June 1972
Issue 3 1 July 1972
Issue 4 1 August 1972
Issue 5 14 August 1972
Issue 6 1 September 1972
Issue 7 14 September 1972
Issue 8 1 October 1972
Issue 9 14 October 1972
Issue 10 1 November 1972
Issue 11 14 November 1972
Issue 12 1 December 1972
Issue 13 14 December 1972

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