#lgsm

[asexualdindjarin]

@pscentral event 09: comfort → comfort movie: pride (2014) dir. matthew warchus

And why should gay people like me support the miners? Because miners dig for coal, which produces power, which allows gay people like you to dance to Bananarama till 3 o'clock in the morning.

#pride 2014 #pride #lgsm #faye marsay #paddy considine #dominic west #filmedit #lgbtcinema #perioddramaedit #perioddramacentral #by comfort movie I mean I absolutely BAWL every time #userbbelcher #if I ever need a pick me up the soundtrack is non-stop bangers honestly bread and roses and bronski beat in the same mix chefs kiss #a story about the uk struggling with lgbt hatred and increasing industrial action. still resonates #pride movie #pride film #userrobin #usercim #omgari #usersawah

[pansyxposting]

Lesbian and Gays Support the Miners

#lgsm #pride 2014 #pride #gay #queer #lgbtq #lgbt pride #queer history

[designforliving1933]

Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM) is a political activist group of gay women and men that formed in a spirt of solidarity with the striking miners in 1984. Mark Ashton, one of the founders, saw the struggle of the miners as the same faced by gay people fighting for their rights against a government that would not listen. The LGSM organised fundraising events like the one depicted in this poster, a concert featuring Bronski Beat at Camden’s Electric Ballroom. The LGSM supported the Neath Dulais and Swansea Valley Miners mining communities, and raised around £20,000 during the strike. The poster was designed by LGSM member Kevin Franklin. (source)

#lgsm #pride 2014 #queer history #1980s #design

[falliblefabrial]

It's about the solidarity it's about the friendship it's about dance it's about young smart wonderful beautiful people dying and fighting as hard as you can until you can't anymore it's about caring for other people enough to stand with them it's about GOING BACK TO YOUR HOME it's about celtic identity it's so perfect

it's also crucially about the best rendition of Bread and Roses on recording

#can you tell I was watching pride again #pride (2014) #lgsm #it's my favorite movie

[queerasfact]

#pride #lgsm #pride the musical #queer history #lgbt history #lgbtq #queer #gay history #union history

[visionsofgideontheninth]

The real Siân with her husband Martin, 1985, we think. (via LGSM on Twitter)

#sian james #Pride movie #LGSM #Pride #solidarity forever

[skytouches]

Bro I’m watching Pride and keep almost crying — the solidarity between the miners and the queer community here is so beautiful, and we need that solidarity between workers and the queer community now so badly

#I’ve almost cried multiple times #and now they’re back at the town in the winter at a potluck thing and this girl is singing and they did the solidarity fist and it weeeepy #pride #pride 2014 #movies #liveblogging #lgbt #diary #lgsm

[allthesame-notthesame]

i think everyone in the queer community, especially young british queers, would greatly benefit from watching the movie pride. It’s about a group of queer people in the 80’s who crested lesbians and gays support the minors, and raised huge amounts of money for the mining communities. It is about the two communities coming together and fighting for eachother and makes a great point about how oppressed groups should stand together “shoulder to shoulder, hand to hand.”

they also had a huge event called the pits and perverts benefit ball to raise money for the striking pits and anyone who has a problem with people reclaiming slurs like queer would learn a lot from certain scenes in this!

also worth mentioning this was at the height of the aids epidemic and is a very good piece of queer history about that and the support they got from the mining communitys.

i’ve been to the queer bookshop that they did all their fundraising from and it is the nicest place in the world.

it’s available on netflix in the uk and might be available on other negflix’s, i’m not sure

#Pride #queer history #lesbians and gays support the minors #Lgsm #Youtube

[28whitepeonies]

Currently making picket signs and watching the greatest movie ever made.

She’s undergoing a transformation:

#solidarity forever #never cross a picket line #pride 2014 #LGSM

[satanatemymovies]

I've arrived in London 2.5 hours ago and just had to walk here immediately.

#gay's the word #lgsm #mark ashton #pride #pride movie #london

[pansyxposting]

Pride 2014 poster

#pride 2014 #pride #lgbt pride #lgsm #pride movie #poster #poster design #graphic design #lgbtq #queer

[purpletrashcans]

i want to go to the lgsm 40th anniversary, but i don't live in london, i don't know anybody in rl who would go with me and i don't trust strangers on the internet what do i do😭😭

#lgsm #lgsm anniversary #pride 2024 #electric ballroom #london #there is no way i actually have the balls to go alone #i have anxiety #and i'm also an introvert #AAAANNNNNDDDD i don't want to end dead in a dumpster in london #please talk me out of this😭 #lgbtqia #lesbians and gays support the miners #lesbian #gay #bi #trans #queer #inter #ace #aro

[no-carpets]

Mark Ashton in Kew Gardens during the miners' strike, via @LGSMpride on Twitter

#mark ashton #pride #queer history #lgsm #pride (2014) #pride movie #lgbtq+ #gay

[queerasfact]

Happy Christmas!

I know Christmas can be a hard time for a lot of queer people, so here’s a few of our podcasts which are more positive and upbeat to brighten your day!

Tove Jansson invented Moomins and lived in an island cabin with her partner

Lucy Hicks Anderson was a trans woman accepted and supported by much of her community in 1940s Oxnard, California

Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners was an activist group in 1980s Britian who stood in solidarity with Welsh miners striking against Thatcher’s pit closures

Our Flag Means Death - just a good time chatting about the joys of seeing positive and diverse queer rep on TV!

We hope you enjoy these <3

[Images: Tove Jansson sitting at a desk covered in models of Moomins, small bipedal hippopotamus-like creatures, holding one of the models; Lucy Hicks Anderson, facing the camera and wearing a large hat and a pale jacket; LGSM banner at Pride in 1985 - with one of the Welsh union lodge banners visible in the background; motley crew of pirates next to the text Our Flag Means Death]

#christmas #queer history #lgbt #lgbtq #tove jansson #lucy hicks anderson #lgsm #ofmd #queer #lgbt history #trans #lesbian

[unblogparaloschicos]

Cine: Pride (2014)

“La vida es lo que te ocurre mientras estás ocupado haciendo otros planes“. Esta certera definición de John Lennon se aplica a Joe (George Mackay), un joven que acaba de cumplir veinte años y se cruza en una Marcha del Orgullo Gay en 1984 mientras iba camino a la Universidad a sus clases de Hotelería. El destino le tiene preparada una sorpresa cuando se une a LGSM (Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners), una organización surgida para ayudar monetariamente a los mineros por la compleja y extensa huelga desarrollada por entonces en Gran Bretaña. 

Acostumbrados a ser menospreciados, un día se topan con la sorpresa de que su generosidad es aceptada en una comunidad minera de Gales y que uno de esos mineros, Dai (Paddy Considine), irá en persona a agradecerles y, lo que es aún más inédito, a invitarles a visitar Onllwyn. Y allí van Mark Ashton (Ben Schnetzer), Mike (Joseph Gilgun), Jonathan Blake (segunda persona diagnosticada en Reino Unido con el virus de HIV, interpretada por Dominic West), Gethin Roberts (Andrew Scott), Jeff Cole (Freddie Fox), Reggie Blennerhassett (Chris Overton), Ray Aller, (Joshua Hill) y Faye Marsay (Steph), con todos los temores a flor de piel porque la experiencia les despierta todas las alarmas. Claro que se encuentran con miradas de desconfianza y hasta de desprecio, pero la aventura les resulta enriquecedora: hallan aceptación e incluso son escuchados cuando son necesarias las cuestiones legales a la hora de enfrentarse a los abusos policiales. 

Dirigida por Matthew Warchus y basada en una historia real, todo está aquí muy bien dosificado: el retrato de la militancia LGTBQ de principios de los ochenta, la intensa lucha de los mineros y de sus familias, la precaución por un para nada improbable ataque homófobo, la amenaza latente del sida y, en especial, el contraste entre ambos mundos, cargado de inquietudes, pero también de maravillosos momentos de ternura mutua, camaradería y humor del bueno. Regalo de los protagonistas ya mencionados, pero también de un reparto fantástico que incluye a Imelda Staunton (la deliciosa Hefina Headon), Jessica Gunning (Siân James), Lisa Palfrey (Maureen Barry), Liz White (Margaret Donovan), Nia Gwynne (Gail Pritchard), Menna Trussler (Gwen), Bill Nighy (Cliff Barry) y Russell Tovey (Tim), entre otros talentos. Imprescindible es poco.

#cine #Pride #2014 #BasadoEnHechosReales #gay #adolescencia #GeorgeMackay #LGSM #mineros #huelga #GranBretaña #PaddyConsidine #MarkAshton #BenSchnetzer #JosephGilgun #JonathanBlake #DominicWest #AndrewScott #FreddieFox #ChrisOverton #JoshuaHill #FayeMarsay #ImeldaStaunton #JessicaGunning #LisaPalfrey #LizWhite #NiaGwynne #MennaTrussler #BillNighy #RussellTovey

[of-thunderstorms-and-candlelight]

queer & worker solidarity is so important

#pride (2014) #queer rights #workers rights #lgsm #eso speaks