Catalogue Number
NMLH.2001.8.1.1
Object Name
badge
Title
Manchester City Council. Defending Jobs - Improving Services. LESBIAN WORKING PARTY
Place
Manchester
People
Manchester City Council; Lesbian Working Party
Date
1980-1985
Description
White and cream badge with inverted black triangle overlaid with text "LESBIAN WORKING PARTY" and the lesbian symbol. At the top text reads "Manchester City Council - Defending Jobs - Improving Services."
The Lesbian Working Party was a workers' rights group at Manchester City Council in the 1980s. The group involved City Councillor and lesbian rights campaigner Margaret Roff (1943-1987). Minutes from the group's meetings in 1985 are available at Manchester Central Library archive (ref GB127.M746).
The gender symbol for female, also known as the Venus symbol, is a circle above a cross. Two interlocking female symbols like this represent the lesbian community.
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