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Jeffrey Dudgeon giving a presentation about the case
he had taken to the European Commission of Human
Rights at the Campaign for Homosexual Equality (CHE)
conference in Nottingham in August 1977. The Belfast
organisations communicated and…

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.

A group of friends photographed during a party at 4
University Street, Belfast in the early 1980s. Tim Clarke (seated
centre) was president of NIGRA (Northern Ireland Gay Rights Association) at the time. Brian
Gilmore notes that ‘parties were…

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…

This photograph of Wilma Creith (right) and a friend
from the Belfast Transvestite/ Transsexual Group was
taken at a house party in September 1977. For several
years Wilma was the organiser of the TV/TS group and
with others set up a transgender…

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…

The Northern Ireland party at a reception Saturday Dec 12, 1992 hosted by Mary Robinson, the president of Ireland, for gay organisations form both the north and south of Ireland, and held in Aras an Uachtarain, the President’s official residence in…

Magazine article on aids, care and capital with reference to The Rainbow Project.

Badge produced for the third annual All Ireland Lesbian and Gay Conference held in Belfast on 4-5 June 1983. The badge features the symbol of the pink triangle with the text 'Lesbian + Gay Liberation Conference'. The event was held in the Crescent…

This picture was taken in Cookstown, Northern Ireland. This was the gathering spot for the committee members of Mid Ulster Pride just before the parade began. This was the first Pride Parade ever for Mid Ulster and was held during the COVID-19…