Photo Gallery

For Black History Month 2012, CAGS arranged a talk by Ted Brown, veteran black gay activist.

Helen of the Croydon Trans Group at Brighton Pride 2012, wiht the trans flag and a police escort.

Ivor Treby, noted gay poet, read some of his poems, interspersed with stories of his life and how he came to write the poems, at the Brief Encounter event at the Spread Eagle.

Patrick Strudwick, award-winning journalist, political columnist at Gay Times told the meeting how he had exposed therapists and religious groups that claimed to "cure" people of homo­sexuality. See the CAGS Press Release for more details.

The centre panel shows LGBT figures from history: Sappho (Lesbian), Hadrian (Gay), Lord Byron (Bi), and the Chevalier d'Eon (Trans). The side panels feature local LGBT groups.

Lisa was speaking at a meeting of Croydon Area Gay Society, one of a series of talks called "The Brief Encounter". For more about the talk, see www.cags.org.uk/pressrel-2012-02.htm,

On World AIDS Day 2011, CAGS provided a display in the foyer of Croydon University Hospital

For IDAHO (international Day Against Homophobia) 2011 there was an outreach in North End, Croydon, with the Croydon POP Bus from 3 to 6pm, followed by one minute's silence and balloon release to commemorate those lives lost and the families affected by homophobia, with special guest the Mayor of Croydon, Cllr Avril Slipper.

The Rainbow Reading Group was launched by Miss Aileen Cahill, Head of Library Services, with a special guest Issy Festing, author of The Bird Keeper.

The Museum launched an expanded version of their LGBT Trail.

This display, on view in the ground floor of the Central Library throughout the month, included panels for all the main LGBT groups in Croydon, and a centre spread about the CAGS Tennis Group.

The regular bi-monthly CAGS meeting at The Brief, George Street, was addressed by Darren Ollerton of The Justin Campaign.

The Croydon Trans Group held a celebration of the life of Roberta Cowell, born at 4 Sydenham Road, Croydon, the first person in the UK to undergo gender reassignment surgery.

The Deputy Mayor laid a wreath at the Croydon War Memorial, outside the Clocktower Centre, in honour of Alan Turing and other LGBT war heroes.

Photos 1-4 and 6-10 by Michal Jaworski – www.michalj.net - photos 5, 11, and 12 by members of the LGBT Community.

LGBT Hustings in advance of the General Election, with representataives of the main policical parties. (Photos by Davide Berlanda - sevenpics@live.co.uk)

Silver Rainbow took part in Age Concern's LGBT 50+ Information Fair in Soho in September 2009.

For 2009 History Month was celebrated with a showing of the film Milk at the David Lean Cinema with a commentary by historian Michael Brown, and a display and civic reception in the Croydon Clocktower foyer.

Silver Rainbow took part in an event intended to promote Croydon as a Beacon authority for services for older people.

Crocus was launched at an event in Croydon Town Hall.

For History Month 2008 CAGS held an event discussing sworn brotherhood in mediaeval England as documented In Chaucer and traditional ballads, followed by a re-enactment of the ame-sex union ceremonies that were previously celebrated in different parts of Europe.

We again had a stall for all the Croydon Groups at Brighton Pride 2007.

The IDAHO theme this year was "making a noise" to bang homophobia out of Croydon.

We had a joint stall for all the Croydon Groups at Brighton Pride 2006.