Ageing with #PRIDE
How being outed led to belly dancing on the Nile.
Creating the world’s first Black and Asian lesbian calendar.
Getting married for the second time 50 years later.
Interviews and photos for the Centre for Ageing Better, for Pride 2021.
“We did a calendar one year… it was the first LGBT people of colour calendar in the world. I think being seen is a political statement” - Claud, 53.
“I adore the corset, absolute agony, but does wonders for the posture."
“I feel guilt - that I am still alive and some of those wonderful, wonderful, sexy people aren’t with us anymore,” says Pip, 58 about friends who died before HIV treatment was available.
“If I hadn’t been outed I’d probably be a retired headmistress - I can feel the powder blue oozing over me!” - Mindy, 69.
"I'm marrying Anne next year nearly 50 years after my first wedding... This time we're both doing it our way," Linda, 67.
"I’m 74, I have the same age and birthday as Elton John and we're both in entertainment," Ken (right).
"“There’s a plaque on the Transgender Memorial that says ‘You were known to us’. Your families may have denied it, but you were known to us," Lynn, 69.
"I grew up on farm in Devon. In Manchester it was easier to find things. There was a gay centre, it was in a really grotty part of town, but it existed. There was also a chance of meeting other lesbians. Hoorah!" Lizzie, 63.
"As an older LGBTQ+ person, people look to us for our experiences. But I was 51 when I came out, so in the scale of things it’s pretty recent," Ian, 73.