Gay Rights Working Party was a working party (committee) of the

Greater London Council The Greater London Council (GLC) was the top-tier local government administrative body for Greater London from 1965 to 1986. It replaced the earlier London County Council (LCC) which had covered a much smaller area. The GLC was dissolved in 198 ...

(GLC), between 1981 and 1986 (when the GLC was abolished). The working party was formed in 1976 to investigate gay issues in

London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...

. Its work culminated in the publication of ''Changing the world: a London charter for

gay ''Gay'' is a term that primarily refers to a homosexual person or the trait of being homosexual. The term originally meant 'carefree', 'cheerful', or 'bright and showy'. While scant usage referring to male homosexuality dates to the late 1 ...

and lesbian rights''. The party was particularly concerned with employment rights and police attitudes, and liaised with gay groups throughout the capital. One of the important point of its activity was the forming of the Gay London Police Monitoring Group in 1982.

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Gay Rights Working Party in The British Library of Political and Economic Science
Defunct LGBT organisations in the United Kingdom LGBT organisations in London Greater London Council 1981 establishments in England 1986 disestablishments in England LGBT politics in the United Kingdom {{London-stub