Clubs and Groups
In 1963 the Minorities Research Group, the first Nationwide Lesbian Group in the United Kingdom was started. Members were recruited from amongst the Gateways clientelle and its publication Arena Three was sold openly inside the bar.
The first Kenric group also used to meet regularly in the Gateways club on Monday nights, when the bar was otherwise closed. Kenric is now a nationwide organisation for Lesbian and Bisexual women that is still running.
Jackie Forster reported being able to distribute Sappho magazine and advertise Sappho's events in the Gateways.
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Famous quotes containing the words clubs and, clubs and/or groups:
“As night returns bringing doubts
That swarm around the sleeper’s head
But are fended off with clubs and knives ...”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)
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—General Federation Of Women’s Clubs (GFWC)
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—Johan Huizinga (1872–1945)