| Bob Mellors | |
| Born | 1950 |
|---|---|
| Died | 24 March 1996 Warsaw |
| Occupation | Writer, Gay rights activist |
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A tiny spark can cause a prairie fire. [1]
– Bob Mellors, unveiling a plaque at the LSE for the 20th anniversary of the founding of the GLF
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Biography
In 1970 Bob went to New York and became involved with the Gay Liberation Front (GLF)[2] becoming friends with Aubrey Walter[3] during demos outside the Women's House of Correction in New York. 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 Gay Liberation Front (GLF was the name of a number of Gay Liberation groups the first of which was formed in New York City in 1969 immediately after the Stonewall Gay Liberation Front (GLF was the name of a number of Gay Liberation groups the first of which was formed in New York City in 1969 immediately after the Stonewall Meeting up with the Black Panthers helped to crystallize their ideas on gay liberation and they decided to create a London version of the GLF. The Black Panther Party (originally the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense) was a Marxist / Maoist African-American organization established Gay Liberation is the name used to describe the radical Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender movement of the late 1960s and early to mid 1970s [4]
As Bob was working in the LSE he booked the room for the first meeting of the London GLF in the Clare Market building owned by the LSE, on 13 October 1970. 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 Clare Market was an area of London to the west of Lincoln's Inn Fields, between the Strand and Drury Lane, with Vere Street adjoining Events 54 - Nero ascends to the Roman throne 409 - Vandals and Alans crossed the Pyrenees Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Also taking part in that meeting were David Fernbach (author and Aubrey's partner), Richard Dipple (involved in the Albany Trust), Bill Halstead (LSE student) and Bev Jackson (later running for college office with the slogan "Bev the Lez for Prez"). The Albany Trust was founded in the United Kingdom as a registered charity in May 1958 to complement the Homosexual Law Reform Society (HLRS [5]
During the 1970s Bob came to know Charlotte Bach, a writer and teacher. At her death Charlotte was found to be a man, Karoly Hajdu, a fact Bob had never guessed. Karoly Hajdu (1920-1981 was a Hungarian -born Impostor turned fringe evolutionary theorist Charlotte left Bob her library and Bob wrote her biography but never had it published. [6][7]
When the British GLF faltered in 1974 Bob Mellors helped in the formation of more specialized lesbian and gay community groups.
Bob never made any money from his writing and in London survived by art school modelling and working in the box office of the Electric and other cinemas.
In 1994 Bob moved to Warsaw "for the company of Polish youth". He taught English to Polish telecommunications staff. He was preparing an article on young Polish sexual identity for the gay journal Perversions[8] just before his death.
Bob Mellors was found stabbed to death at his home in Warsaw on 24 March 1996. Events 1401 - Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus. 1603 - James VI of Scotland Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) This was the result of a burglary at his flat. Bob is buried in Nottinghamshire. Nottinghamshire (abbreviated Notts) is an English county in the East Midlands, which borders South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire [9][10][11]
Footnotes
- ^ (Power, 1995) Refer to p. 290, Bob was quoting Chairman Mao. Mao Zedong ( 26 December 1893 – 9 September 1976) was a Chinese Military and political leader who led
- ^ Gay Liberation Front: Manifesto. London, 1971, revised 1978
- ^ Subsequently a founder of Gay Men's Press
- ^ (Power, 1995) page 4
- ^ (Power, 1995) page 20
- ^ In 2002 Francis Wheen published Charlotte Bach's biography "Who Was Dr. Gay Men's Press was a Publisher of books based in London, United Kingdom. Francis James Baird Wheen (born 22 January 1957) is a British journalist writer and broadcaster Charlotte Bach?", ISBN 1904095399.
- ^ Refer to AIM25.ac.uk, Bob's papers are retained in the Hall-Carpenter archives
- ^ Perversions: The international journal of gay and lesbian studies. The Hall-Carpenter Archives are named after the authors Marguerite Radclyffe Hall (1880-1943 and Edward Carpenter (1844-1929 ISSN 1353-257X
- ^ Lumsden, Andrew (May 1996). "GLF founder dies in exile". Gay Times (212). Gay Times (branded as 'GT' is the United Kingdom 's leading Gay Magazine, for gay and bisexual men Millivres. ISSN 0950-6101. page 50.
- ^ "GLF founding member killed" (19 April 1996). Events 1012 - Martyrdom of Alphege in Greenwich London. 1529 - At the Second Diet of Speyer Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) The Pink Paper (426). Millivres. ISSN 1472-3662. page 4.
- ^ Elizabeth Wilson. "Glad to be Gay and Radical; Obituary: Robert Mellors", The Guardian, 1996-04-13, p. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Events 1111 - Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. 1204 - The Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople 32.
Bibliography
- Mellors, Bob (1978), Clint Eastwood loves Jeff Bridges, true! : "homosexuality", androgyny & evolution : a simple introduction, Quantum Jump Publications: Another-Orbit Press, OCLC 16477157, <http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search2?coll_id=3264&inst_id=1>
- Mellors, Bob (1980), We Are All Androgynous Yellow, Another-Orbit Press, OCLC 16605861, <http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search2?coll_id=3264&inst_id=1>
- Bach, Charlotte M. & Mellors, Bob (c. The OCLC Online Computer Library Center is according to its website a "nonprofit membership computer library service and research organization dedicated to the public purpose The OCLC Online Computer Library Center is according to its website a "nonprofit membership computer library service and research organization dedicated to the public purpose Karoly Hajdu (1920-1981 was a Hungarian -born Impostor turned fringe evolutionary theorist 1985), An outline of human ethology, Another-Orbit Press, OCLC 33346846, <http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search2?coll_id=3264&inst_id=1>
References
- Power, Lisa (1995). The OCLC Online Computer Library Center is according to its website a "nonprofit membership computer library service and research organization dedicated to the public purpose No Bath But Plenty Of Bubbles: An Oral History Of The Gay Liberation Front 1970-7. Gay Liberation Front (GLF was the name of a number of Gay Liberation groups the first of which was formed in New York City in 1969 immediately after the Stonewall Cassell, 340 pages. ISBN 0-304-33205-4.
- Walter, Aubrey (1980). Come together : the years of gay liberation (1970-73). Gay Liberation is the name used to describe the radical Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender movement of the late 1960s and early to mid 1970s Gay Men's Press, 218 pages. Gay Men's Press was a Publisher of books based in London, United Kingdom. ISBN 0907040047.