'No time for gay rights'
Socialist Organiser1982 1982-04-15Read it in the scan (PDF), scan page 11 →
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Class Fighter and the Movement were clearly the opposition in the YS. Many delegates and visitors were interested in our activities and our literature. We are a growing part of the LPYS but for many LPYS members, the only time they are allowed to hear a different viewpoint is at the Annual Conference. If there are any YSs near you who have not had a Class Fighter speaker yet, we li come and speak. Get in touch with us by writing to NLWYM, BM Box 5277, London WCIN 3XX. YET again the resolutions on gay rights were excluded from the final agenda, with poor excuses like lack of time. But there was no shortage of time for a tubthumping half-hour spent on ... the monarchy! (Surely there can't have been any disagreement on the need to abolish them and other relics of feudalism).
In protest at the NC decision, a petition was drawn up which 300 people signed and in one afternoon a meeting was organised which attracted over 60