The Albany Trust was founded in the United Kingdom as a registered charity in May 1958 to complement the Homosexual Law Reform Society (HLRS). Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender social movements share related goals of social acceptance of Homosexuality, Bisexuality and Transgenderism Lesbian The countries of the world have a wide variety of laws relating to sexual relations between people of the same sex - everything from full legal recognition of Same-sex marriage LGBT history refers to the History of Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and Transgender peoples and cultures around the world dating back A list of LGBT rights activists who have worked to advance gay rights by political change legal action or publication The Declaration of Montreal on Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Human Rights is a document adopted in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on July 29 Same-sex marriage (also referred to as gay marriage) is a term for a legally or Socially recognized Marriage between two people of the same LGBT adoption refers to the Adoption of children by Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, or Transgendered people LGBT rights opposition refers to various movements or attitudes which oppose the extension of certain rights to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Heterosexism is a term that applies to attitudes, Bias, and Discrimination in favor of opposite-sex sexuality and relationships Violence against LGBT people queer identifying and the same-sex attracted are actions which may occur either at the hands of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located This article is about the Homosexual Law Reform Society in the UK It takes its name from The Albany, in Piccadilly, London, where Jacquetta Hawkes had an apartment, and at which the trust's earliest meetings were held. The Albany or Albany (since the mid-20th century some sources have claimed that the article is not in use among the fashionable is an apartment complex in Piccadilly Piccadilly is a major London street running from Hyde Park Corner in the west to Piccadilly Circus in the east London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.
The goal of the Trust is to "promote psychological health in men by collecting data and conducting research: to publish the results thereof by writing, films, lectures and other media: to take suitable steps based thereon for the public benefit to improve the social and general conditions necessary for such healthy psychological development. "
The founding Trustees were Anthony Edward Dyson, Jacquetta Hawkes, Kenneth Walker, Andrew Hallidie Smith, and Ambrose Appelbe. Anthony Edward Dyson (November 28 1928 - July 30, 2002) was a British literary critic university lecturer and Gay rights campaigner
The Albany Trust developed into a pioneering counseling organisation for gay men, lesbians and sexual minorities.
The funds raised and donated for the work of the Albany Trust allowed it to open offices in October 1958. These facilities, at 32 Shaftesbury Avenue, were then also available for the campaigning work of the HLRS. For the racehorse see Shaftesbury Avenue (horse Shaftesbury Avenue is a major street in London, England,
After the Sexual Offences Act 1967 partially decriminalised homosexual relationships between adult men, the Albany Trust became an educational and counseling organisation. The Sexual Offences Act 1967 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom (citation 1967 c From 1967 the Trust was also involved the development of sex education.
External links
- The Albany Trust
- Catalogue of the Albany Trust papers at the Archives Division of the London School of Economics. The London School of Economics and Political Science, more commonly referred to as The London School of Economics or LSE, is a specialist college of the
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