Tuesday, November 02, 2010

This looks interesting

Gay Pride New York 2008 / 20080629.10D.49816 / SML
Photo by See-Ming Lee

The BBC has opened its archives to chart the gay rights movement in the UK. It's a bit of a shock to be reminded of how far we've had to come.

7 COMMENTS:

Old Kitty said...

Wow!! It's a brilliant archive - worth bookmarking - thanks!!!! There's lots there isn't there! Yay!! Take care
x

fairyhedgehog said...

Kitty, it is a very good archive although I'm not sure if our friends in the US can access it.

L. T. Host said...

Link works for me... awesome find! I wish that the US would get over itself when it comes to gay rights. I don't understand the people that have a problem with gay marriage, for example, but I could go on for hours if I get started.

fairyhedgehog said...

LTH, sometimes the BBC restrict their videos to the UK, but you can get quite a sense of the progress just by looking at the program summaries starting from way back when!

Simon Kewin said...

Fascinating stuff. It is wonderful how far we've come in a relatively short time.

Phoenix Sullivan said...

It's just sad we have had to come so far.

fairyhedgehog said...

Simon, I'm glad we've got as far as we have. Partly very selfishly: gay rights are human rights and women have a better deal now too.

Phoenix, I was a bit shocked to be reminded where we'd come from.

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