Ex-Hackney Cllr Maureen Colquhoun, first openly gay MP, dies
“Sometimes we can forget that the rights and privileges we now have were hard fought for by pioneers like Maureen." Maureen Colquhoun will be remembered as "a tough political fighter for justice and truth". - Credit: Courtesy of the Colquhoun/Todd Family Maureen was born on August 12, 1928 and joined the Labour Party at 18. She studied economics at the London School of Economics and served as a councillor in Shoreham-by-Sea in West Sussex from 1971 to 1974. Mairi said Maureen was always a feminist and a socialist, speaking for those values throughout her career and even in the face o...
Source: hackneygazette.co.uk