LGBT History Month: Newcastle artists reflect on movement in Pride project
BBC News By Duncan Leatherdale As a museum launches an online exhibition about Pride and its history in Newcastle, four of the artists involved tell the BBC about their memories and views of the LGBT movement. image copyrightRichard Bliss 'Being front page news was absolutely hilarious" Richard Bliss' film is about being gay in 1980s Newcastle and his short foray into local politics. To his friends and family, Richard Bliss' sexuality was not news. But after he publicly "outed" himself during a council debate in 1988, he found himself on the front of Newcastle's Evening Chronicle proclaimed a...
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