Aside from being startled by seeing old friends, some now dead, in their youth and before I even met them, this Grapevine program on the Birmingham Gay Centre from 1978 is a rare find. It should be of interest to anyone wanting to know more about queer cultures, British history, or a social history of Birmingham. Community activism in action; low-key, low-rent, polite and defiant. One can feel the chill in the atmosphere along with the warmth of the good will and the results of collective action. A marker of how things have changed in the last 45 years, moving and slightly sad:
José Arroyo
