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May 28, 2024 · At the height of the miners’ strike in 1984, a group of miners and their supporters from the Dulais Valley were supported by campaigners from London – Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM)....
Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM) was an alliance of lesbians and gay men who supported the National Union of Mineworkers during the year-long strike of 1984–1985. By the end of the strike, eleven LGSM groups had emerged in the UK and the London group alone raised £22,500 by 1985 (equivalent to £86,000 in 2023) in support.
Oct 11, 2014 · Mike Jackson, 60, co-founded Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners after the miners put out a call for help. LGSM then decided to raise money and back the working-class community of Dulais...
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Jan 10, 2015 · The people from the lesbian and gay community who inspired the acclaimed film Pride talk about their real-life experience of supporting the striking miners in the 1980s.
Aug 10, 2017 · In 1984, a small group of gay men and lesbian women stepped away from London’s vibrant gay scene to support a beleaguered mining community in the remote valleys of South Wales. They did so in the midst of the 1984 miners’ strike—the most bitter and divisive dispute for more than half a century.
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Feb 26, 2019 · As a result, Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM) was formed in 1984 at the height of the miners’ strike, led by twenty-somethings Mark Ashton and Mike Jackson. Their mission was to collect funds from their LGBTI community to provide financial support for the families of the striking miners.
May 28, 2024 · How the miners changed LGBTQ+ history. Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners backed miners in 1984 at the height of their strike. In return, the miners joined the Pride march in London...
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