66: PRIDE SPECIAL: The LGBTQ+ Log Books

We are diving into some Queer History this week with the incredible Logbook Podcast host, Tash Walker. 

Switchboard started in 1974 off the back off the part decriminalisation of homosexuality in 1967. The Gay Liberation Front set up Gay News...which set up a phone line (Switchboard) to deal with the ever-increasing calls from the LGBTQ+ community.
Tash came across 'The Logbooks' whilst rummaging through some unopened boxes at Switchboard and discovered the 1974 hand written notes from the volunteers , documenting the calls they were taking. It serves as a unique handwritten diary of LGBTQ+ issues from the 1970s and a snapshot of British queer history.


Tash now co-hosts the LogBook podcast and brings us on a fascinating, emotional journey which must be listened to.



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