'Festival of Scrooge! - Sir Keith told: Get that money back'. Capital Gay, 19 March 1982

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19 March 1982

Paul Thurlow was a volunteer on the Islington's Pride LGBTQ+ archives project at the Islington Local History Centre and later became a volunteer with the Islington Local History Centre. He is a long-term resident of Islington and an active member of the LGBTQ+ community having volunteered with many organisations including Gay Switchboard. He also actively participated in many events and activities.

Article reporting on the anti-gay evangelical Christian organisation, the Nationwide Festival of Light, calling for the Conservative Education Secretary Sir Keith Joseph to order the Greater London Council (GLC) to withdraw its recently-approved grant to the London Gay Teenage Group (LGTG). They also called on youth workers to "deliver youngsters from a homosexual way of life". Sir Keith Joseph is reported as "looking in to it". Article adhered to A4 paper along with 3 other newspaper cuttings.

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London Gay Teenage Group, Greater London Council

LGBTQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning+) Community, YOUTH ORGANISATIONS, YOUTH SERVICES

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