London Lesbian and Gay Switchboard
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The London Lesbian and Gay Switchboard is the oldest gay and lesbian
telephone help line in the UK, based in London
.
LLGS was founded in March 1974, providing help and information to London's gay community. Since then it has expanded considerably, talking to more than 30.000 callers each year.
Today, LLGS, or "Switchboard" as it is affectionately known, provides a listening service for people to discuss their feelings in an impartial and non-judgemental way, as well as providing information and advice for going out in London and the UK. LLGS also operates an internet database of gay organisations in the UK known as queery.
In 2008, LLGS won The Queen's Award for Voluntary Service
. The organisation was invited and accepted to go to Buckingham Palace to collect this award.
LGBT
LGBT is an initialism that collectively refers to "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender" people. In use since the 1990s, the term "LGBT" is an adaptation of the initialism "LGB", which itself started replacing the phrase "gay community" beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s, which many within the...
telephone help line in the UK, based in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
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LLGS was founded in March 1974, providing help and information to London's gay community. Since then it has expanded considerably, talking to more than 30.000 callers each year.
Today, LLGS, or "Switchboard" as it is affectionately known, provides a listening service for people to discuss their feelings in an impartial and non-judgemental way, as well as providing information and advice for going out in London and the UK. LLGS also operates an internet database of gay organisations in the UK known as queery.
In 2008, LLGS won The Queen's Award for Voluntary Service
Queen's Award for Voluntary Service
The Queen's Award for Voluntary Service, also known as the The Queen's Golden Jubilee Award for Voluntary Service by Groups in the Community is an annual award given to groups in the voluntary sector of the United Kingdom. Winning groups are announced in the London Gazette on 2 June each year, the...
. The organisation was invited and accepted to go to Buckingham Palace to collect this award.