LGBT social movements and gays. Veteran activists such as Sylvia Rivera and Beth Elliot were sidelined or expelled because they were transgender. In 1974, Maureen Colquhoun came out as the first Lesbian MP for the Labour Party in the UK. When elected she was married in a heterosexual marriage. In 1975, the groundbreaking film portraying homosexual gay icon Quentin Crisp's life, The Naked Civil Servant was transmitted by Thames Television for the British Television channel ITV. The British journal Gay Left also began publication. After British Home Stores sacked an openly gay trainee Tony Whitehead, a national campaign subsequently picketed their stores in
Gay Uncles Day Gay Uncles Day Gay Uncles Day, also known as Guncles Day, is celebrated on the second Sunday in August. It was first celebrated in the U.S. on a wide scale Sunday August 14, 2016. People celebrate it by posting photos of guncles with nephews and nieces using the hashtag #GunclesDay, #GayUnclesDay or #NationalGunclesDay. The day highlights the diverse range of gay uncles who take care of nephews, nieces and other relatives, the definition of what it means to be ‘family’, and the growing acceptance of their role in today’s society. Gay Uncles Day started as a social media hashtag campaign