[unclear: ement] emerged from 1975 with [unclear: ction] of the need for national conviction which transformed [unclear: ent] in more ways than one [unclear: du-] The focal point was undoubted-[unclear: national] conference held in [unclear: We-] Labour weekend and organized [unclear: gton] GL which had itself [unclear: rea-ebb] the previous year but [unclear: ma-ise], phoenix-like, from the [unclear: as-ovement] needed to recover a sense of direction and this could only be done if there was a concerted attack on the movement's lack of coherence. The solution mooted was the formation of a National Gay Rights Coalition (NGRC) which was formally established in July 1977 with the threefold aim of:

(1)	liberating Gays by promoting a social environment free from repressive laws, discrimination, social attitudes causing fear, guilt, shame and loneliness, sexism, sexual stereotyping;
(2)	working for the rights, interests and well-being of all Gays;
(3)	supporting the liberation of other groups oppressed in terms of (1) above.