Catalogue Number
NMLH.2022.371.49
Object Name
Badge
Title
NALGO working for Lesbian and Gay Rights
People
NALGO; NALGAY
Description
White badge with a pink and black triangle at the centre, and text around the edge reading "NALGO Working for Lesbian & Gay Rights".
This badge was celebrating the establishment of the gay and lesbian worker branch of the National and Local Government Officers' Association (NALGO), which was humorously named "Nalgay". NALGO was the first trade union to adopt an openly gay- and lesbian-inclusive policy position and published the newsletter NALGAY from 1976. NALGO also successfully campaigned against the dismissal of workers on the basis of their sexuality, fought against misinformation during the HIV and AIDS epidemic, and fought against discriminatory laws such as Section 28.
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