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Dea F ·e s. Than o · g here tonight and for your Since Clause 14 (later 27, 28 and 29) was an contribution o e Organisation for Lesbian and Gay nounced, OLGA members throughout the country Action (OLGA) in our fight against Section 28 of the have worked non-stop on action against it. We raised Local Govern en Ac . its public profile by organising the first national Stop OLGA is a a · ~ rganisa ·o ic campaigns The Clause Rally in January and by organising and on iss es~ · g lesbians and gay e . e ber- speaking at meetings all over Britain. We have s ;>e o anyone who shares o r cancer , lobbied Lords and MPs repeatedly and prepared a e e eir sexuality, and our cons i u ion en- briefings for them , for councils, for trade unions, for s es a no one political group can take power. journalists and for the general public. Our tiny make C rre ly. apart from our direct work on Section 28, shift office, staffed entirely by volunteers, has been e ave th ree campaigns - on education , on lesbian inundated with calls and letters requ esting informa cus ody and on violence against lesbians and gay ion and help. More recently, we have also begun to men. offer support to groups prematurely penalised by We are a new organisation, formed in 1987 only local authorities only too anxious to implement the days before backbench MPs proposed what was new law. then Clause 14, outlawing 'promotion' of homosexu The money raised by Before The Act will go into ality by local authorities. OLGA is the outcome of a special account, which will be administered by two more than a year's planning, consultation, discus people from OLGA and two people from the show. It sion and a national conference on our needs. For will be used to counter the effects of the Section sometime, many of us had felt the need for a na throughout the country and to offer support to those tional organisation which could truly bring together a affected by it. OLGA has adopted the motto 'Lesbian wide range of all the different sections of lesbian and and Gay Rights Are Human Rights'. Thank you for gay society and through which our many different giving your support to the fight to make that a reality. voices could be heard. Never has that need been more urgent than now. Jennie Wilson, Kris Black, Phil King • on behalf of the OLGA Executive D D The Arts Lobby exists to campaign against all attacks on freedoms restricted by Section 28 Works so far include : 8 Organising a triumphant national press conference 8Winning back funding for a threatened gay play 8 Successfully supporting a beleagured bookshop 8 Mobilising Equity to liaise with all companies over censorship 8 Fighting for the rights of lesbian and gay students at a music college We continue to monitor. advise. help and inform I 01 6311353 I Mr. Banks: Which schools? Dam, Jm Knight, I ha,e nam,d them. Th, hon. Gentleman mu,i not nif,p/ck with m,. If h, doe, not ond,mand that locaJ '"'hority education '"n' tl,e ARLIA schools, he ought to go hack and stact '"'"Ing abo"' how the,, thiog, are done- / lntmuptfon. / Let m, comp let, my rema,>, to the hon. M,mi,.,,. fo, Newham, No,th We,t (M, Banks), who wa, good enough to give way. DE None of this "'"" would ha,e com, ioto being witho"' ample e,/deoce, som, of Which 1 ha,e •ead o"' tonight All th, parent, complained Jong before J mad, that bmadca,i. A p,egnan, woman was kicked in th, stomach and jolly nearly lost her child long before it. M,, Bank., Th, hon. Lady ha, nor mentioned on, school Sh, is '1ea,1y gui!ry b"' lnsan,. I res, my c,r,, "' ··-"--·-·-·-· ·--. - E c\es) : mong them d " M Lestod c . ' Membe,s, a " notconcem,the hon. iss Joan e Conservativ aid that they we d did not want , Mm Ed basron, s b fore an I - Mcmbedo, ! the law as It was ~It fo, homose,ua:ho ·th revertmg t make life d1ffic The hon. Lady, . 1 0 ::: d/sc,~7;~~ ;; pmtw,~:~:~:that child~J: t;~~~; they wa. II th,s, olTmd no he has ne,c, been a d If hon. started a h challenged, s h s been produce . they danger. en and non e a . of no ev1· dence, forwar d wevidence concerne, d on the basis Members are ort the clause. h Id not supp S OU .,..,,,..~ Jtt·· ::'i ~ ;; . BEST WISHES to everyone involved in 'Before the Act'. All of the people listed below are opposed to Section 28 of the Local Government Act and have made a financial contribution to tonight's fundraising efforts: Dame Peggy Ashcroft Lynn Farleigh Humphrey Lyttleton Sheba Publishers Jane Asher Jill Gascoine Jenny Landreth Ralph Steadman Melvyn Bragg Linda Gerrard Frank Marcus Laurie Taylor Simon Callow Sir AJec Guiness Miriam Margolyes Andy de la Tour Jules Cassidy Bob Hoskins Armistead Maupin Robin Tyler Caryl Churchill Tom Hulce Alfred Molina Wasp Security Services Charlotte Cornwall Glenda Jackson John Mortimer QC Women's Press The Daisy Chain David Jones PEN English Centre David Yip Margaret Drabble Terry Jones Harold Pinter Clive Dunn Miriam Karlin Reading Matters Paul Eddington Richard Kirker Jack Rosenthal David Edgar Maureen Lipman Griff Rhys Jones / THEARTWORLD PROTESTS taken from a letter to The Sunday Times,April 3, 1988 Your editorial on clause 28 (March 13) expressed the hope that the clause, now clause 29, "wi 11 be proved to be as unworkable as its critics predicted .... .that having been put on the statute books, it will now be forgotten" . Though we appreciate the stand taken by you against the clause, we think it must not be forgotten. The House of Commons did confirm it, and anyone who wishes to invoke it may do so if she or he feels that a local counci I contravenes it. Contravention of the clause is open to interpretation, both arbitrary and subjective. The mere possibility that anyone may now initiate what are in effect procedures of censorship will also result in self-censorship by libraries, museums, galleries, theatres, and so on funded by local councils. In a country without a declaration of human rights, this clause is a real threat to civil liberties. David Hockney is not alone in perceiving the pernicious imp Iications of the clause. Any person who is concerned about the erosion of civil liberties in this country must agree that this clause constitutes a grave danger, not just to the arts, but to the future of our society. Roger de Grey PP.A, Sir Alan Nigel Greenwood, Tim Head, Ger Bowness , Neil MacG~egor, Sir ard Hemsworth, Patrick Heron , Hugh Casson PPRA, Sir Michael Maggi Hambling, Colin Hayes RA, Levey , Nicholas Se rota, Sir Nor Paul Huxley, Nicola Jacobs, Bill man Reid, The Duke of Beauford, Jacklin, Bernard Jacobson , Tess Francis Bacon, Frank Auerbach , Jaray, Derek Jarman, Allen Jones Howard Hodgkin, RB Kitaj, Leon RA , Anish Kapoor, John Kasmin, Kossoff , Michael Andrews , Richard Philip King , James Kirkman, Mark Hamilton , John Piper CH, Sir Law Lancaster, Catherine Lampert, rence Gowing, Dame Elizabeth Christopher Le Brun, Lillian Lijn, Frink RA , Clive Adams, Dawn Ades, Kim Lim , Marco Livingstone, Eileen Agar , Craig Aitchinson RA, Gilbert Lloyd , Richard Long, Peter Gillian Ayers , Nancy Balfour, Barry Logan , James Mayor, Leonard Barker, Glen Baxter, Adrian Berg, McComb , Bruce McLean, Dhruva Lewis Biggs, Peter Blake RA , Tony Mistry, Robert Medley RA, Lisa Bevan, Sandra Blow RA, Stephen Milroy, Richard Morphet, Anthony Buckley, Robert Buhler RA, HT d'Offay, Julian Opie, Patrick Prock Cadbury-Brown RA, Jeffrey Camp tor, Deanna Petherbridge , Piers RA , Tony Carter, Lynne Cooke , Fa Rogers , Vera Russell, Michael bian Carlsson , Richard Cork, Sandie , Richard Shone , Karsten Michael Craig-Martin, Trevor Dan Schubert , Anne Seymour , Yolanda natt RA, Richard Deacon , Robyn Sonnabend , Frances Spalding, Denny , Jennifer Dixon RA , Rita Julian Spalding , Ruskin Spear RA, Donagh , Joanna Drew, D,wid Elli Jenny Stein, David Sylvester, John 1 ott , Anthony Eyto!l RA, r- eter de Russell Taylor, Joe Tilson, John Francia, William Feaver, Sandra Titchell, Peter Townsend, Julian Fisher, Stephen Finer, Barry Trevelyan RA, Euan Uglow, Lady Flanagan, Peter Fuller, Angela Vaizey, Hester van Royen, Leslie Flowers , Terry Frost , Hamish Ful Waddington , Jack Wendler , ton, John Golding, F•ederick Gore Richard Wentworth, Carel Weight RA , Anthony Gree11 RA, Janet RA, Bill Woodrow, Richard Woll Green, Patrick George, Andy heim . Goldsworthy, Alex Gregory-Hood , This letter followed up on David Hockney's public outrage against censorship in England. BEFORE A CELEBRATION TO COUNTEF WORKS WRITTEN BY : (i n alphabetica l order) EXTRACTS DIRECTED BY : W H Auden Verse Sharon Barba Verse Alan Bennett A Woman Of No Importance Richard Oliver Leonard Bernstein Island Magic Benjamin Britten Down By The Sally Gardens C P Cavafy Verse Noel Coward Hands Across The Sea Philip Prowse Sarah Daniels Neaptide John Burgess Peter Maxwell Davies Lullaby Maureen Duffy Verse Flying Lizards Sex Machine Nigel Charnock & Lloyd Newson Reynaldo Hahn Mozart In Paris Tony Holland Simply Soap! Philip Hedley Robin Hooper Astonishment Robin Hooper A E Houseman Verse Max Jacob Lyrics For Poulenc Adam Mars Jones Verse Debby Klein At The Hairdresser Edward Lear Verse Chris Lowe It Couldn 't Happen Here Christopher Marlowe Verse Sean Mathias Prayer For Wings Fidelis Morgan As Someone Might Like It Fidelis Morgan Morriconi It Couldn 't Happen Here Carl Morse Verse Joe Orton Entertaining Mr Sloane Sean Mathias Cole Porter Anything Goes Francis Poulenc Songs Gertrude (Ma) Rainey Prove It On Me Saint Saens Swan Sappho Verse Martin Sherman Bent Sara Pia Anderson Dame Ethel Smythe March Of The Women David Tigorie Neil Tennant It Couldn 't Happen Here