Gloucestershire’s phlebotomists have brought their historic strike to a close after almost a year of action, leaving a legacy of determination – and a clear lesson about the power of solidarity in the face of anti-union laws and austerity, says FBU general secretary STEVE WRIGHT
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Anne Lister — our first ever modern lesbian
For Lesbian Visibility Week, PETER FROST looks back two centuries to an early LGBT hero — and two years back to an insulting blue plaque
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A call from the World Peace Council to the peace movements of the world
TWO years ago, at the end of February 2018, a plaque was unveiled at Holy Trinity Church in York. The plaque replaced a previous short-lived plaque that had angered thousands of York residents and LBGT activists all over the country.
The new plaque had a corrected rainbow edging and the wording: “Anne Lister, 1791-1840, of Shibden Hall, Halifax, Lesbian and Diarist, took sacrament here to seal her union with Ann Walker, Easter 1834.”
The original mealy mouthed plaque included the description “Anne Lister 1791-1840 Gender-nonconforming entrepreneur...” as well as a multi-coloured edging no LBGT person could recognise as a rainbow.
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