1928 – “The Well of Loneliness” A Lesbian Novel is banned
“The Well of Loneliness” is a novel by British author Radclyffe Hall first published in 1928. Shortly after the book’s publication, a British court judged it obscene because it defended “unnatural practices between women”
1972 – Police Target Keele Gay Lib Soc
In 1972 police targeted the Keele Gay Lib Soc as part of a wider campaign against local gay men. Over over the last eight months police had been compiling a dossier of all known gays in the Potteries.
1967 – Police Arrest Four Young Men
The first concerted police campaign against gay men under the new age of consent was in Staffordshire in the Autumn of 1967. Four youths were arrested and charged, one later committed suicide.
