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Issue 21

Posted on 18 April 197321 September 2019

INFORMATION

  • Issue #21
  • 15p
  • 20 pages

  • Undated. Approximate publication date: 18 April 1973

  • Gay Morecambe
  • Happy Easter
  • BREAKING OUT OF THE GREAT SHELL OF DISCRIMINATION

  • Joint Editors and Members of the Editorial Collective: Denis Lemon, Michael Mason, Peter Mundy, Mike Nightingale, David Seligman, Tim Skinner, Jean-Claude Thevenin (Design)
  • and Ian Dunn (Scotland), Graham Chapman, David Sherlock.
  • Gay News special friends: Roger Baker, Denis Cohn, Barry Conley, Laurence Collinson, Brian Dax, Simon Benson, Antony Grey, Peter MacMillan, Manus Sasonkin, Martin Slavin, Bernard Searey, Rebecca John, David Hart, Brian Taylor, Maxie Bacon, Toni Ranz, Tim Morris, Derek Jardine, Christopher Ambury, Richard Watkins.
  • Special thanks to: Richard & Norman, Ken & Allan, Angus, John, Stanley, Peter, Anthony, David, Ken, Wolf and all the other Friends and Loved Ones.

  • The news is dominated by the first annual conference of the Campaign for Homosexual Equality (CHE) and the Scottish Minorities Group (SMG), held in Morecambe. CHE estimated 400 attendees. The Times newspaper suggested 230. Monty Python’s Flying Circus is going on tour through the UK and Canada. A problem page debuts: Alan is drinking to avoid shyness and worries about going bald at 24; Ken is 46, lonely in Newcastle and banned from the local CHE group for announcing the name too loudly. Reviews include Lesbian/Woman by Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon and Lady Sings the Blues starring Diana Ross.

  • Het of the month: Charlie Chaplin
  • This appears to be the last ‘Het of the month’ picture and is presented as a competition. Apologies for spoiling the answer.

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Years

  • 1972
  • 1973

1973 issues

Issue 14 10 January 1973
Issue 15 24 January 1973
Issue 16 7 February 1973
Issue 17 21 February 1973
Issue 18 7 March 1973
Issue 19 21 March 1973
Issue 20 7 April 1973
Issue 21 18 April 1973
Issue 22 2 May 1973
Issue 23 16 May 1973
Issue 24 30 May 1973
Issue 25 14 June 1973
Issue 26 28 June 1973
Issue 27 12 July 1973
Issue 28 26 July 1973
Issue 29 9 August 1973
Issue 30 23 August 1973
Issue 31 6 September 1973
Issue 32 20 September 1973
Issue 33 4 October 1973

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