List of LGBT Rights Activists - United Kingdom

United Kingdom

  • Jeremy Bentham 19th century jurist, philosopher, and legal and social reformer.
  • Christine Burns Trans rights campaigner, formerly a vice president of PfC, awarded MBE for work with PfC and on the GRB.
  • Ian Dunn, founder of the Scottish Minorities Group.
  • A.E. Dyson, literary critic and founder of the Homosexual Law Reform Society.
  • Jackie Forster actress, TV Personality and Lesbian campaigner.
  • Ray Gosling, writer, broadcaster and gay rights activist in the Campaign for Homosexual Equality.
  • Antony Grey, Secretary of the Homosexual Law Reform Society, Grey was also the public face of the Albany Trust
  • Derek Jarman Outspoken Film Director
  • Denis Lemon, Editor of Gay News, involved in blasphemy prosecution brought by Mary Whitehouse.
  • Ian McKellen, actor and spokesperson for Stonewall (UK)
  • Robert Mellors 20th century writer and Gay Liberation Front campaigner.
  • Michael Steed, Liberal politician, academic and gay rights activist in the Campaign for Homosexual Equality.
  • Ben Summerskill, chief executive of Stonewall
  • Peter Tatchell politician, human rights and LGBT rights campaigner.
  • Stephen Whittle Trans rights campaigner and former vice president of PfC and president of HBIGDA, Law Professor at MMU, awarded OBE for work with PfC and on the GRB

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