A 1936 confrontation with Mosley’s BUF became part of a wider international struggle, with local activists later joining the fight against fascism in the Spanish civil war. TONY FOX tells the story ahead of a 90th anniversary commemoration event
Today trade unions are taking over the Marble Hall in the TUC's headquarters, Congress House, to show to the world what they have been doing - and will be doing - to challenge prejudice and discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, as part of LGBT History Month.
Some people thought that when the coalition government introduced the right to marry for same-sex couples last year, the battle for LGBT equality was over.
Some people in the LGBT communities have put away their marching shoes and sunk into cosy acceptance by their heterosexual neighbours and work colleagues.
MARJORIE MAYO welcomes an account of family life after Oscar Wilde, a cathartic exercise, written by his grandson
WILL PODMORE welcomes the case put by a feminist, disentangling the abusive rhetoric of the trans rights debate
LYNNE WALSH reports from the Women’s Declaration International conference on feminist struggles from Britain to the Far East


