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A thread about #meaged20 . Here I am, 20, and hiding in the corner of a photograph in a Belfast newspaper from 1983. The event was an NUS student conference on Lesbian and Gay Rights. And there lies a story of a wonderfully brave activist and a Ceilidh like no other.👇 
2./ I was invited by the NUS because at the time I was leading the campaign against my own homophobic student union at Glasgow University who'd banned our gay group meeting in its building. When we protested, buckets of piss were thrown over us and we were attacked by thugs.
3./ Hey ho. In Belfast our conference was picketed by a huge, rabid crowd of numbskulls from the DUP under their campaign slogan 'Save Ulster From Sodomy.' Catchy eh? The crowd was egged on by the disgusting 'Rev' Ian Paisley, a man who loved to push the boundaries of bigotry.
