Joint Council for Gay Teenagers

This material is held atLSE Library Archives and Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 97 HCA/Joint Council for Gay Teenagers
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1970-1983
  • Physical Description
    • 4 boxes and 4 files

Scope and Content

Papers of the Joint Council for Gay Teenagers, 1970-1983, including minutes, 1978-1981; 4 issues of Gay Youth newsletter, 1970; correspondence, 1979-1983, relating to business, international links, counselling and surveys; financial material relating to Breaking the silence: gay teenagers speak for themselves (JCGT, London, 1981), 1981; material relating to campaigns and working parties, 1978-1981, including parliamentary lobbying and law reform; reports and articles, 1980-1982, mainly relating to the homosexual age of consent; pamphlets, 1970 and 1976-1982, mainly drafts of Breaking the silence and other material relating to young people and homosexuality.

Arrangement

Arranged in sections as follows: minutes, newsletters, correspondence, finance, campaigns, reports and articles, pamphlets and general papers.