Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Badge

Badge 'Gay Liberation Front' worn by Mike Ashdown who was involved with the Cardiff Campaign for Homosexual Equality throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, initially as Group Secretary, then from about 1974 to 1977 as Convenor. Cardiff Gay Liberation Front was founded in July 1971, but after several independent meetings it merged with Cardiff Campaign for Homosexual Equality, and the combined group held weekly meetings of some twenty to thirty members in Chapter Arts Centre.

Collection Area

Social & Cultural History

Item Number

F2021.72.2

Historical Associations

Associated Person/Body: Gay Liberation Front
Association Type: Subject

Creation/Production

Role: Issuer
Period: 1970s

Acquisition

Donation, 16/12/2021

Measurements

diameter (mm): 47
Height (mm): 5

Material

Metal

Location

Exhibit

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