Timeline
Galop changes its name
April 1987 – Name change as remit widens
Read More‘Don’t Die Of Ignorance’ campaign
1987 – Government uses scare tactics to combat AIDS The Government ran a series of adverts on TV and sent leaflets to every household in the country, depicting ice-bergs and giving information about HIV and AIDS.
Read MoreGalop clients face HIV discrimination
1986 – Explicit reference to AIDS is made in a quarter of all Galop’s cases.
Read MoreLaunch of Galop’s ‘Queerbashing’ campaign
October 1986 – Campaign responds to rise in violent attacks
Read MoreFirst house opens despite problems with press
1986 – Space for eight residents
Read MoreLegal threat to Galop’s work
1986 – Westminster Council tries to stop Galop’s work
Read MoreGLC abolished
1986 – Funding at risk for both organisations
Read MoreHousing Act defines overcrowding
1985 – New act provides legal definition of overcrowding
Read MoreRisk of arrests at Pride
1985 – Community organises
Read MoreFirst houses within reach
1985
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