Allan Horsfall was one of the earliest gay rights activists in the UK, involved in setting up the Campaign for Homosexual Equality (CHE).
Sadly, I missed news of his death on 27th August because of my travels, so I thought I'd better mark it now.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Horsfall
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campaign_for_Homosexual_Equality
http://www.c-h-e.org.uk/
Alan ran this website with Ray Gosling:
http://www.gaymonitor.co.uk/
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Gosling]
A piece from The Times by Peter Tatchell:
http://us5.campaign-archive2.com/?u=4379a080f75712b27b8aa2fbd&id=2e49f035c3&e=30f0f88e99
Obituaries:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/sep/11/allan-horsfall-obituary
http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=29512
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2012/09/05/comment-allan-horsfall-was-the-grandfather-of-the-uks-gay-rights-movement/
http://www.lgf.org.uk/news-articles/allan-horsfall-tribute-to-a-true-homo-hero/
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/allan-horsfall-influential-gay-rights-campaigner-8125122.html
http://lgbthistoryuk.org/wiki/index.php?title=Allan_Horsfall
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