Collected Item: “NLGS (National Lesbian and Gay Survey)”
Contributing Organisation
Contribution Title
NLGS (National Lesbian and Gay Survey)
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In 1986, Kenneth Barrow, inspired by his membership of the writing panel for Mass Observation, launched a Mass Observation-style project to collect autobiographical reports from gay men and women. The Survey's aim was archival: to gather material which would enable researchers of the future to understand what it meant to live as a homosexual in the late-twentieth and early-twenty-first centuries. A quarterly Directive suggests areas which participants should address. Responses have documented personal stories related to coming out, homosexuality and the law, and the impact of HIV and AIDS. Other Directives asked the participants to write about historical or political subjects, such as: the general election and the death of Princess Diana.
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National Lesbian and Gay collection, Mass Observation Archive
Content Type
Collection
Subject (1)
History of Gender, Sex and Sexualities
Geographical Area (1)
Britain and Ireland
Time Period
20th Century
Time Period (2)
21st Century
Contribution URL
https://www.thekeep.info/collections/getrecord/GB181_SxMOA16