Martine Standish

Transcript:

Main themes covered: LGBT scene, women, politics, Thatcher

00:00 – 05:00 General introduction

05:00 – 08:30 Sheffield’s LGBT scene in the 1980s

08:30 – 10:30 Women creating their own entertainment and space

10:30 – 12:00 Comparison between Sheffield LGBT scene and other scenes in the north of England

12:00 – 13:30 Divisions and uniting factors in lesbian relationships

13:30 – 19:00 Manual trades and political activism- abortion rights, Section 28

19:00 – 20:30 Sexuality and the workplace

20:30 – 23:00 Views on Thatcher, regional political divide, Socialist Worker’s Party

23:00 – 25:00 AIDS and the 1980s

25:00 – 26:00 Lesbian/Women’s groups

26:00 – 30:00 Aggression towards LGBT groups and societal attitudes

30:00 – 31:00 Lesbian Health Initiative

31:00 – 35:30 Being a lesbian in the workplace and career progression

35:30 – 42:30 General experiences of being LGBT in the 1980s- coming out, race and sexuality, adoption, sperm donors

42:30 – 56.30 Reclaim the Night Marches, Yorkshire Ripper, police sexual harassment, sex workers

56:30 - General memories of being a lesbian in the 1980s. Comparisons between then and now

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