He was a Roman Catholic and had a particular interest in Christianity's relationship to homosexuality. Pictured at the 1979 London, UK, Gay Pride event at Hyde Park, Alan Bray (1948 – 2001) was a British historian and gay rights activist. Posters calling for change are stuck on the windows of the government department Credit: Denise Laura Baker/Alamy Live News

Those from the older generation face discrimination in care homes and, as The Gay Liberation Front argued, many find themselves having to effectively go 'back into the closet'.

Pride protest outside the Department of Health and Social Care against LGBTQI elderly abuse in Care homes. Posters calling for change are stuck on the windows of the government department Credit: Denise Laura Baker/Alamy Live News London, UK.