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An outline of events taking place in February and March 1993 for the Oasis gay support group.

Original entry written by Michael Fryer 15/02/21

Proud PCS Magazine 2004.pdf
Extract from Proud the magazine for Lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, trans people, their friends & supporters Public Commercial & Services Union. The extract is a personal report of Belfast Pride parade 2004 and the first full civic reception for Pride…

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one of the original stickers found stuck to a paper map of Belfast in the Cara-Friend Office

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Founder AIDS Helpline volunteers 1985. The arrival of Aids in Northern Ireland stimulated the gay community to respond by Cara – Friend setting up the Northern Ireland Aids Helpline. The organisation eventually became a separate entity and ultimately…

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4 University Street, or ‘Number 4’ as it became known,
served as a centre for the gay community in Belfast from early in 1977 to October 1983. The vacant and derelict house was ‘loaned’ to the Gay Liberation Society by QUB. It housed the Cara-Friend…

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Jeffrey Dudgeon and Richard Kennedy ‘camping it up’
while passing Campling’s butcher shop in Enniskillen at
Easter 1977. Richard served as president of NIGRA for
several years, and was known for his good humour and
wit during meetings.

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Published from 1972, Gay News was an important
resource for gay men and women in Northern Ireland,
providing information about gay political and social
issues throughout the United Kingdom. In a London
court case the editor of Gay News had been…

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Monica Coll, one of the volunteers for Lesbian Line in
the Cara-Friend office at 4 University Street. From the
outset Cara-Friend provided support to both gay men
and lesbians. Beginning in 1980, Thursday night was
designated ‘Lesbian Line.’…

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Photograph of Peter Duffy aka Sue Ellen taken in Dubarry's Bar Gresham Street c 1998

Phone box in the Cara-Friend office
Phone in the Cara-Friend office. Due to a grant from the Department of Health in 1975 Cara-Friend set up a helpline.) 4 University Street, or ‘Number 4’ as it became known, served as a centre for the gay community in Belfast from early in 1977 to…
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