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Published material, reports and promotion documents, 1983-2016, collated to help track the progress of LGB activity in North Wales which leads to wider Wales connections with the Welsh Assembly and Stonewall and the formation of the LGB Forum Cymru.

Letter from Sir Ian McKellen, 1999, apologizing that he is unable to attend the first proposed Welsh Pride in Bangor; minutes of meetings and examples of headed writing paper, compliment slips and business cards, of Cymru Pride Wales; Coming out day in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Final report, 10 October 1998; and a report of the North Wales Lesbian Line's visit to Dublin on the Interreg ‘Go and See’ grant, 1999.

Papers, [1999], including minutes of meetings of Cymru Pride Wales; correspondence; ephemera relating to the proposed Pride event on 22-24 October 1999 at Bangor; report on the 1999 Cymru Pride Wales day event in Bangor. For submission to: Cymru Pride Wales Committee; press releases; programme of a one day conference ‘Homophobia out’, Cardiff, 1999; InterPride conference at Glasgow, 1999; Pride Scotland; and Cymru Pride Wales equal opportunities policy.

The papers include a summary of Jenny Porter’s work, 2001-2009; Stonewall Cymru ephemera including reports, booklets, flyers about annual conferences, newsletters and a poster advertising North Wales Mardi Gras, Anglesey Showground, Gwalchmai, 2011; the Inside-Out Project Report, March 2007; programme of the ‘Homophobia and young people’ conference, Cardiff, 2001; and Stonewall stickers (lgb Forum Cymru).

Papers of Jenny Porter as co-ordinator of Cymru Pride Wales (CPW), relating to The North Wales Lesbian Line; publicity material; minutes of meetings; early Stonewall documents; papers relating to the formation of the LGB Forum Cymru launched in 2001, including a letter from Sir Ian McKellen apologizing that he is unable to attend the first proposed Welsh Pride on 23 October 1999.

Minute book, 1988-2001, of the North Wales Lesbian Line (NWLL); copies of Outline, the Lesbian Information Service newsletter, 1987-2002; Gwynedd Lesbian Line reports 1993 and 1995; AGM report, 1999; North Wales Lesbian Line annual reports (bilingual), 1999-2000 and 2000-2001; stickers and ephemera; copies of Outline produced by Lesbian Line members; programme of Lesbian Festival Wales, Swansea 2000; photocopy of an article ‘Could you be a lesbian?, Cosmopolitan, October 1988; programme of Homophobia - young people Conference, City Hall, Cardiff, 2001; civil partnership consultation, 2003; Access to same sex support services in Wales and the UK bilingual information booklet project by North Wales Lesbian Line, 2001; aims and services of the helpline; letters from politicians; and guidelines for members.