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British Library of Political and Economic Science

WOODS, Christopher, b 1966, journalist and gay activist

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0097 HCA/Woods papers

Held at: British Library of Political and Economic Science

Title: WOODS, Christopher, b 1966, journalist and gay activist

Date(s): 1983-1993

Level of description: sub-fonds

Extent: 3 boxes

Name of creator(s): Woods | Christopher | b 1966 | journalist and gay activist

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

No information available at present. Publications: State of the queer nation: a critique of gay and lesbian politics in 1990s Britain (Cassell, London, 1995).

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers collated by Christopher Woods, 1983-1993, on gay issues, notably subject files concerning HIV/AIDS, including leaflets and press releases of the Terence Higgins Trust and Gay Men Fighting AIDS, campaigns against the Church of England, overseas issues and organisations, the outing of closet homosexuals, and discrimination against gay men and women in the tabloid press; files containing leaflets and correspondence relating to gay organisations, 1983-1993, including Stonewall, Outrage!, the Gay London Policing Group (GALOP), the International Lesbian and Gay Organisation and Amnesty International, London Gay and Lesbian Centre and the National Council for Civil Liberties.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Arranged in two parts, namely subject files and organisation files.

Conditions governing access:

Open

Conditions governing reproduction:

Apply to Archivist for copyright details.

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Full handlist and on-line catalogue available.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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Archival history:

Deposited by Woods in 1994.

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

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Archivist's note: Sources: British Library of Political and Economic Science Archives catalogue. Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.