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Gateways Grind

It would be a crimeagainst lesbian history for people not to know aboutthe existence of...

It would be a crime
against lesbian history for people not to know about
the existence of the Gateways

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It would be a crime against lesbian history
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for people not to know about the existence of the Gateways.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:54:21
Uploaded
Mar 29, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Jackdaw,Anubis Films

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Movie Summary

King's Road, the swinging 60s? Vivienne Westwood pioneering punk fashion? One notable establishment in this enclave of history that's often forgotten about is Gateways, London's longest-surviving lesbian club. Alongside a host of ...
One of the ways in which English Heritage commemorates - Gateways Grind 00:07
One of the ways in which English Heritage commemorates
Now, I don't think it'll surprise anybody - - Gateways Grind 00:06
Now, I don't think it'll surprise anybody -
There's Oscar Wilde, EM Forster, Ivor Novello, Kenneth Williams, - Gateways Grind 00:06
There's Oscar Wilde, EM Forster, Ivor Novello, Kenneth ...
And lesbian landmarks like the Gateways. - Gateways Grind 00:05
And lesbian landmarks like the Gateways.
I think it would be wonderful if there's a blue plaque. - Gateways Grind 00:06
I think it would be wonderful if there's a blue plaque.
In many ways, it speaks of hindsight. - Gateways Grind 00:05
In many ways, it speaks of hindsight.
And it's good that one looks at the Gateways with hindsight. - Gateways Grind 00:08
And it's good that one looks at the Gateways with hinds...
Why should the fact that you're lesbian - Gateways Grind 00:09
Why should the fact that you're lesbian
This drawing a line under the whole thing of invisibility and no past, - Gateways Grind 00:12
This drawing a line under the whole thing of invisibility an...
And, for that reason, yes, a large blue plaque! - Gateways Grind 00:05
And, for that reason, yes, a large blue plaque!
Will it have Gina and Smithy on it? LAUGHTER - Gateways Grind 00:16
Will it have Gina and Smithy on it? LAUGHTER
Somebody has to stand up for that reality, - Gateways Grind 00:10
Somebody has to stand up for that reality,
And, you know, gay women, when there was no place else, - Gateways Grind 00:18
And, you know, gay women, when there was no place else,
You know, become women that they weren't especially expected - Gateways Grind 00:11
You know, become women that they weren't especially exp...
Not just the lesbian era, but for the early era, as well. - Gateways Grind 00:06
Not just the lesbian era, but for the early era, as well.
You know, it was a place where...the bullshit didn't have the upper hand. - Gateways Grind 00:08
You know, it was a place where...the bullshit didn't ha...
Are you ready? As I'll ever be. Let's do this. - Gateways Grind 00:06
Are you ready? As I'll ever be. Let's do this.
So the decision to award Gateways a blue plaque is still pending. - Gateways Grind 00:07
So the decision to award Gateways a blue plaque is still pen...
But we are very hopeful that it will be awarded - Gateways Grind 00:17
But we are very hopeful that it will be awarded
And, as we've heard, there are hundreds of lesbians, - Gateways Grind 00:17
And, as we've heard, there are hundreds of lesbians,