#mark ashton

[radiofreederry]

Happy birthday, Mark Ashton! (May 19, 1960)

Born in Oldham, Lancashire and raised in the north of Ireland, Mark Ashton was a prominent British gay rights activist in the 1980s. After spending some time in Bangladesh in 1982, he became politically active and joined the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and the Young Communist League of Great Britain, of which he would become general secretary. Ashton is best known for his work founding Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners in support of the 1984 miners' strike. Their efforts were adapted into the 2014 film Pride. Ashton's life was tragically cut short in 1987 when, diagnosed with HIV, he died of complications from pneumonia.

#birthdays #mark ashton

[lesbian-liberation]

#pride 2014 #pride #george mackay #faye marsay #ben schnetzer #adam scott #dominic west #freddie fox #imelda staunton #bill nighy #paddy considine #jessica gunning #matthew warchus #mark ashton

[axinite25]

I went to the UK's first LGBTQ+ Bookshop, in London today ✨

#london #LGBTQ #lgbtq+ #gay's the word #lgsm #LGSM #uk #lesbians and gays support the miners #mark ashton #personal

[satanatemymovies]

I've arrived in London 2.5 hours ago and just had to walk here immediately.

#gay's the word #lgsm #mark ashton #pride #pride movie #london

[lesbiansandgayssupporttheminers]

#uk politics #uk history #lgbtq+ history #socialist history #leftist history #solidarity #lesbians and gays support the miners #mark ashton

[no-carpets]

Mark Ashton in Kew Gardens during the miners' strike, via @LGSMpride on Twitter

#mark ashton #pride #queer history #lgsm #pride (2014) #pride movie #lgbtq+ #gay

[a-gay-a-day]

Mark Ashton

Mark Ashton was born in 1960 and lived until 1987. He was a Irish gay rights activist, and was a co-founder of lesbians and gays support the miners. He was also an active member of the communist party.

Ashton moved to London as an adult, because the laws regarding homosexuality were less strict. In a documentary he describes that his coming out impacted his political ideology:

"I started to come out and I had to question the morals and the ideas that society had put there for me to follow. What they wanted me to be was a little straight boy, getting married, settling down, having kids…If that’s what they say about sexuality, then what about the rest of life? And I started to see that basically the whole country is not geared for the people. It’s geared for the few people who’re making money out of it.”

Ashton died at 26 of AIDs related issues, but he was able to help many people in his life, and is also one of the main characters in the movie Pride.

#queer history #queer #gay history #gay #lgbt #lgbt history #type: person #lesbians and gays support the miners #mark ashton

[wanderinstar]

RARE BIRD – What You Want To Know (♪)

BBC The Old Grey Whistle Test, 1971

#rare bird #m #rare bird band #steve gould #mark ashton #graham field #dave kaff #david kaffinetti

[marksandrec]

Marks and Rec: Misc #2609

Imogen: "Joke's on you; I'm into that shit." (Dialogue from Victorious.)

#critical role #bells hells #imodna #imogen temult #laudna #ashton greymoore #laura bailey #taliesin jaffe #marisha ray #incorrect quotes #marks and rec misc #source: victorious

[difeisheng]

#HOW THE FUCK IS THIS THE REAL LIFE #elon musk #mark zuckerberg #ashton originals

[justzawe]

Guess the present: Zawe edition

#zawe ashton #marks & spencer #video

[lesbian-liberation]

#pride 2014 #pride #ben schnetzer #george mackay #faye marsay #paddy considine #dominic west #adam scott #bill nighy #imelda staunton #jessica gunning #freddie fox #matthew warchus #mark ashton

[doctorsiren]

I’m going wacky

#doctorsiren #five nights at freddy's #fnaf #michael afton #william afton #elizabeth afton #henry emily #purple guy #fnaf 4 #fnaf sister location #fnaf fanart #art #digital art #my art #fanart #procreate #doodle page #making my way through Mark’s playlist #currently watching him play Sister Location #HE KEEPS CALLING HIM ‘MR. ASHTON’ I’M CACKLING

[aeons-behind]

critical role c3e90: a story told in captions

#it wouldn't be a bells hells mission without at least one chaotic catastrophic incident let's be honest #or even a dnd mission tbh #although it also could've been a LOT worse so #this was around the 3 hour 10 minute mark if anyone's curious #also if anyone has ways to improve the image description please let me know #i did my best but i also have no experience with alt image ids or screen readers #critical role #bells hells #critical role campaign 3 #cr spoilers #critical role spoilers #ashton greymoore #taliesin jaffe #fresh cut grass #sam riegel #cr3 #c3e90 #matthew mercer #matt mercer #dnd #dungeons and dragons

[tv1xx]

Father-Son conversations 🥰❤️ (guys I swear this pains me to even do this)

#invincible #art #sketch #invincible fanart #procreate #mark grayson #invincible au #nolan grayson #digital art #do you think i’m a hero dad? nolan can’t even properly answer that #mark just wants to be a hero and help people and he feels like his dad doubts him #ashton fox #ashton fox and mark have the same energy #this audio hurts me so of course i had to do this! #fantastic mr fox #i hope you guys enjoy the pain and suffering jajajaja

[kindahoping4forever]

AshtonIrwin: Just finished an awesome month in the studio, time to chill & listen to what I’ve made, really excited to share more with you, happy Sunday wherever you are out there!

#breaking news: i love him #smooch #5sos #5 seconds of summer #ashton #ashton irwin #ai ig #Instagram #kh4f post #we'll go ahead and add #why i no can kiss #so go ahead and mark that down if you're playing Crystal Reactions Bingo at home #💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋