Smashing Male Chauvinism in Dalston (1972)

From BIT International Newsletter #14 (July1972). Full PDF here as part of the Independent Voices Archive on JSTOR.

There is an article about the commune in connection with the Gay Liberation Front in Hackney Gutter Press #4 which can be read here.

4 Abersham Road was also listed in that issue of Hackney Gutter Press as a contact address for Hackney Squatters Union…

Needless to say, I am completely obsessed with this and would love to know more, especially from people who were involved or around at the time.

Of related interest: Dalston Mens Group (1977)

Text of the above for google searches:

Another commune wants people and writes:

“Sisters: There is a collective/Commune/Household, of gay people living in Hackney and we want some sisters to come and live with us. We are into smashing our male chauvenism and giving up our privileges as men over women. You do not have to be gay, just full of good energy and love, and if this society has fucked you up, maybe we will be able to work it out together. At the moment there are five men and we want about four more people….. please contact The People, 4 Abersham Road, Hackney, London, E8.”