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Mike Jackson and Jonathan Blake from Lesbians and Gays Support The Miners to be guests of honour at UK Pride in Doncaster

Graham Robson August 9, 2024

Lead Pic: Dominic Russell (Onboard Manager of Hull Trains, a key supporter of the event), Jenny Dewsnap (Chair, Doncaster Pride), Jonathan Blake and Mike Jackson (Lesbians and Gays Support The Miners). ​On the 40th anniversary of the miners’ strike, Mike Jackson and Jonathan Blake from Lesbians and Gays Support The Miners will be guests of […]

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Pride

Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners to walk Doncaster Pride march 40 years since miners’ strike

Graham Robson July 21, 2024

Founding members of Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM) – a group of lesbian and gay activists who supported striking miners during the 1984-85 strike and helped inspire a smash hit movie – will take part in this year’s Doncaster Pride march, which takes place on August 10. A Doncaster Pride spokesperson said: “Proud […]

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Health

MPs present cheque to THT from ‘Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners’ reunion

Besi Besemar March 23, 2015

MPs Dr Hywel Francis and Siân James have presented a cheque for £4,000 to sexual health and HIV charity Terrence Higgins Trust (THT). THE funds were raised through the Mark Ashton Red Ribbon Fund at a recent event in Onllwyn to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the miners’ strike and the historic alliance between the Neath, Dulais and Swansea Valley Miners’ Support Group and the London-based Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM).

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