SM: LEGALITY. VALIDITY. EQUALITY.

[1999 : more info]

Parties!

In 1990 sixteen gay men were enjoying a bit of consensual SM when the British police broke in and arrested them. A court case was held, "Crown vs Spanner", which resulted in some of the men being imprisoned. The Tops were convicted of GBH (causing Grevious Bodily Harm) and the Bottoms with aiding and abeting GBH (by consenting to it)! This outrageous judgement spawned a campaign group, "Countdown on Spanner". Supported by Liberty, (a national campaign group for civil liberties), the group contested the result in the House of Lords. After much publicity the Law Lords upheld the decision by 3 votes to 2.

The group's aims are:

• To raise 100,000 pounds towards the cost of taking the case to the European Court of Human Rights
• To encourage a network of SM support groups across Britain
• To promote sadomasochism as a valid sexuality in its own right

                 Central Station,
                 37 Wharfdale Road,
                 London N1.

Time: 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Nearest Tube Station: King's Cross

Workshops

• June 26th : SM for over 600 pounds - come look at or play with some of the most expensive Sm equipment money can buy.

Also coming up:

• Send your submissions to the Law commission, requesting SM be legalised, by 30th June. Address:
  Ms C. Haskell,
  Law Commission,
  Conquest House,
  37-38 John Street,
  nr Theobolds Road,
  London, WC1 2BQ
  
• Saturday 18th June, 1994 : Join the SM contingent in Britain's annual Lesbian and Gay Pride march.
  Time: 11-11:30am start
  Place: the fountain, Hyde Park, London. (on Park Lane, half way between the tube stations Marble Arch and Hyde Park Corner)
• September 24th, 1994 : the UK SM Pride march. Make a note in your diaries now, to be at Hyde Park, London, at 12 noon. Don't forget the fabulous ULU SM open day (25 workshops) & party, that evening.

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  Pallando the Alchemist