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Wessexman: Robert Hutton.

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Robert Hutton.

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bisexual identifying population

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revised footnote

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transgender conflict at Norwich Quaker Meeting in 2019

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Lan not Lane

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new image Poster

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Not in Norwich play

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Fangs

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		+	Forbes Cheston (aka [[Robert Hutton]]) lived his latter years in the Norwich area.

	[[Norwich CHE Group]] was founded in February 1972. Another CHE group was formed in September 1977 <ref> LSE HCA/Che/7/33. Presumably the first group folded. See [[Norwich CHE Group]] </ref>.		[[Norwich CHE Group]] was founded in February 1972. Another CHE group was formed in September 1977 <ref> LSE HCA/Che/7/33. Presumably the first group folded. See [[Norwich CHE Group]] </ref>.

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 In January 2019 Norwich [[Quaker]] Meeting received a request to hire of a room at the Meeting House for a discussion of women’s rights in light of the proposed changes to the Gender Recognition Act (GRA), to which speakers from Women’s Place UK would be invited. The Quakers allowed the Women's group to meet. This led to some protests by trans activists including intimidation and some abuse on social media <ref>Norwich Meeting’s Experience of Conflict around Transgender Issues January 2019 – January 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200316220108/http://www.norwichquakers.org.uk/post/norwich-meeting-s-experience-of-conflict-around-transgender-issues-january-2019-january-2020
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 ==References==
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 [[Women on Women]] was a local lesbian group.
-In January 2019 Norwich [[Quaker]] Meeting received a request to hire of a room at the Meeting House for a discussion of women’s rights in light of the proposed changes to the Gender Recognition Act (GRA), to which speakers from Women’s Place UK would be invited. The Quakers allowed the Women's group to meet. This led to some protests by trans activists including intimidation and some abuse on social media <ref> https://roadlesstraveller.substack.com/p/norwich-quakers-transgender-conflict-2019 (Accessed 29 Dec 2023) </ref>.
+In January 2019 Norwich [[Quaker]] Meeting received a request to hire of a room at the Meeting House for a discussion of women’s rights in light of the proposed changes to the Gender Recognition Act (GRA), to which speakers from Women’s Place UK would be invited. The Quakers allowed the Women's group to meet. This led to some protests by trans activists including intimidation and some abuse on social media <ref>Norwich Meeting’s Experience of Conflict around Transgender Issues January 2019 – January 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200316220108/http://www.norwichquakers.org.uk/post/norwich-meeting-s-experience-of-conflict-around-transgender-issues-january-2019-january-2020
+ </ref>.
 ==References==
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	[[Women on Women]] was a local lesbian group.		[[Women on Women]] was a local lesbian group.
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		+	In January 2019 Norwich [[Quaker]] Meeting received a request to hire of a room at the Meeting House for a discussion of women’s rights in light of the proposed changes to the Gender Recognition Act (GRA), to which speakers from Women’s Place UK would be invited. The Quakers allowed the Women's group to meet. This led to some protests by trans activists including intimidation and some abuse on social media <ref> https://roadlesstraveller.substack.com/p/norwich-quakers-transgender-conflict-2019 (Accessed 29 Dec 2023) </ref>.

	==References==		==References==

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 There was a Norwich [[GLF]] in 1972.
-From 1977 the Young People's Theatre Project at The Royal Court Theatre in London, performed a play about gay young people called 'Not in Norwich'. This play edited by [[David Lane]] toured the country and put Norwich on the map.
+From 1977 the Young People's Theatre Project at The Royal Court Theatre in London, performed a play about gay young people called 'Not in Norwich'. This play edited by David Lan toured the country and put Norwich on the map.
 In 1978 there was a gay disco called Fangs in Crown Road which was held on Saturday evenings. [[BiCon]] 1992 was held in Norwich.

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−	[[File:NotinnorwichfromGaryJames.jpeg\|thumb\|right\| Not in Norwich was performed around the country 1977-1978, although ~~it is not known if~~ it was actually performed in Norwich (poster image courtesy of Gary James)]]	+	[[File:NotinnorwichfromGaryJames.jpeg\|thumb\|right\| Not in Norwich was performed around the country 1977-1978, although it was never actually performed in Norwich (poster image courtesy of Gary James)]]

	==LGBT history==		==LGBT history==

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−	[[File:~~Norwich Cathedral, spire and south transept~~.~~jpg~~\|thumb\|Norwich ~~Cathedral]]'''~~Norwich~~''' is a cathedral city and the county town~~ of ~~[[Norfolk~~]].	+	[[File:NotinnorwichfromGaryJames.jpeg\|thumb\|right\| Not in Norwich was performed around the country 1977-1978, although it is not known if it was actually performed in Norwich (poster image courtesy of Gary James)]]

	==LGBT history==		==LGBT history==

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	There was a Norwich [[GLF]] in 1972.		There was a Norwich [[GLF]] in 1972.
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		+	From 1977 the Young People's Theatre Project at The Royal Court Theatre in London, performed a play about gay young people called 'Not in Norwich'. This play edited by [[David Lane]] toured the country and put Norwich on the map.

	In 1978 there was a gay disco called Fangs in Crown Road which was held on Saturday evenings. [[BiCon]] 1992 was held in Norwich.		In 1978 there was a gay disco called Fangs in Crown Road which was held on Saturday evenings. [[BiCon]] 1992 was held in Norwich.

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 [[BiCon]] 1992 was held in Norwich.
-[[Gay Norwich]] is a guide to local gay venues.<ref>http://www.gaynorwich.com/</ref>
+[[Gay Norwich]] is a guide to local gay venues.<ref>http://www.gaynorwich.com/</ref> In 1978 there was a gay disco called Fangs in Crown Road which was held on Saturday evenings.
 [[Norwich Pride]] is held in July.<ref>http://www.norwichpride.org.uk/</ref>