Film screening and talk to show history of LGBT+ support for miners
A screening of the film Pride which focuses on the fundraising done by the LGBT+ community for striking miners will highlight real-life stories behind the movie including a Nottingham link. Campaigners also aim to highlight the contribution from the miners to the libraries of Nottingham, three of which are facing closure.
She added: "The miners came out on strike against the government’s leaked plans to close down the coal industry and smash the National Union of Mineworkers. The TUC federation promised to support the miners but failed to deliver the industrial solidarity needed So those who were being targeted by the Thatcher government - not just LGBTQ+ people but also women, BAME people and disabled people - realised we were all on the same side: their enemy was our enemy and their fight was our fight.
Some of the lesbians who were involved in the LGSM formed their own group, Lesbians Against Pit Closures. Nicola was one of the founding members of this group which went on to support Nottingham women. "In the film Pride there is a level of homophobia depicted which help with the tensions and conflicts of the story told. But none of us ever experienced anything except welcome, happiness, embracing and solidarity. I was more prejudiced and fearful than the members of the mining community. I grew up in a very toxic, misogynistic, LGBTQ+-phobic, heteronormative environment where I had to learn to trust these families. I thought all straight people would humiliate me in some way.
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