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The formation of the Gay Black Group was a landmark in gay black history. Meeting at Gay's the Word, a bookshop in Bloomsbury, London, it provided a sounding board and support for gay, black and asian communities of the 1980s. (1/7)
Black used to be used to describe people in Britain that have suffered colonialism and enslavement and continue to experience racism and diminished opportunities in society. (2/7)
Historically in the UK the term Black has been used routinely in anti- racist campaigns starting in the 70s and at the height of 1980s Black activism as African, Arab, (3/7)
Asian and Caribbean communities had come to realise the importance of unity in common struggles against racism and under- representation and campaigned under the political term ‘Black’. (4/7)
Discriminated against because of their sexuality and race the group attempted to negotiate a path through the complexities of cultural and sexual identity. In this film, members of the group talk to Paula Ahluwalia about their experiences. (5/7)
One of the interviewees is the film-maker Isaac Julien, then a student at St Martin's School of Art. In 1991 his film Young Soul Rebels won the critics prize at the Cannes Film Festival. (6/7)