JAMES, Michael, b 1941, gay activist 1959-2006

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JAMES, Michael, b 1941, gay activist 1959-2006

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James, Michael, b 1941

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Michael James (Lynham) was born in Northern Ireland in 1941. Following his move to London, he worked as a window dresser, an antiques dealer and a coffee shop manager. He was an active member of the London Gay Liberation Front in the early 1970s, participating in the Media Workshop which produced Come Together , and in several well publicised demonstrations including the disruption of the Festival of Light in 1971. He was also involved with radical drag and lived in the Colville House commune, w...