Catalogue Number
NMLH.2018.202
Object Name
Banner
Title
'Queer Resistance Against the Cuts'
Place
Manchester, London
People
Queer Resistance North West, UK Uncut
Events
Anti-Austerity Demonstrations
Date
2008
Description
A bright pink banner with a red feather trim, and black lettering saying 'Queer Resistance Against the Cuts'. The words 'Against the Cuts' are in a yellow circle with a flame on it.
This banner was used on various anti-austerity demonstrations by Queer Resistance North West between 2008 and 2012, including a UK Uncut demonstration in Manchester in 2011.
Queer Resistance is an LGBTQIA+ collective that formed to protest against government cuts to public services and the welfare state, which increased following the 2008 recession and continued under the Coalition and Conservative government's austerity programme.
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