Scene 1: Introducing Mark (1:30-2:50)

‘All we have now is pride and self-respect and we’ll carry on keeping that.’ (A miner, on TV) Scene 1

‘I can’t change my style. It has to be a style of firm leadership.’ (Margaret Thatcher, on TV) Scene 1 

Scene 3: Gay Pride March June 30th 1984 (3:13-6.00)

‘It’s just I don’t really want to be too visible.’ (Joe) Scene 3

It’s a show of solidarity. Who hates the miners? Thatcher. Who else? The police, the public and the tabloid press. Sound familiar? (Mark) Scene 3

‘Give it to the Lesbians. They love a banner.’ (Mark) Scene 3

Scene 4: Founding of the LGSM (6:00-10:54)

‘Just mind yourself on that last train. There’s weirdos and all sorts on there.’ (Joe’s mother, Marion) Scene 4

‘I’ve never met a lesbian before.’ (Joe to Steph) Scene 4

‘It’s also illegal, darling. Sixteen for breeders. Twenty-one for gays. Did you learn nothing on that march? You’re still a minor.’ (Steph to Joe) Scene 4

‘Now these mining communities are being bullied. Just like we are. Bullied by the police. Bullied by the tabloids. Bullied by the government.’ (Mark) Scene 4

‘I know those bastards kicked the shit out of me every morning on my way to school. And every night on my way home.’ (Gethin about his treatment from miners) Scene 4

Scene 5: Connecting with the miners (10:54-15:50)

‘This is a gay and lesbian group and we are unapologetic about that.’ (Mark) Scene 5

‘Well, let’s just say there isn’t always a welcome in the hillsides.’ (Gethin) Scene 5

‘I see.’ (Gwen) Scene 5

Scene 6: Meeting Dai Donovan (15:50-21:02)

‘Truth told you’re the first gays I’ve ever met in my life.’
‘As far as you’re aware.’ (Dai and Mark) Scene 6

‘… and you know we’re homosapien, too…’. (Lyrics to song in gay bar) Scene 6

‘…because what you’ve given us is more than money, its friendship.’ (Dai, thank you speech at the gay bar) Scene 6

And when you’re in a fight as bitter and as important as this one, against an enemy, so much bigger, so much stronger than you – well. To find out that you have a friend you never knew existed – It’s the best thing in the world. (Dai, thank you speech at the gay bar) Scene 6

Scene 7: The committee meeting (21:02-22:25)

‘I don’t have a problem with … what they are.’ (Maureen) Scene 7

‘It’s the men. You bring a load of gays into a working men’s club and you get trouble. I’m sorry.’ (Maureen) Scene 7

‘I’m sorry, but everyone’s saying they don’t have a problem. Good, they’ve raised the most money, so invite them.’ (Sian) Scene 7

Scene 8: Martin and Sian (22:25-23:33)

‘But Hefina, she’s like the head honcho, absolutely terrifying, well, she obviously can’t stand this Maureen.’ (Sian) Scene 8

‘… I had you down as many things but prejudiced was never one of them.’ (Sian to her husband, Martin) Scene 8

Scene 9: LGSM visit the Dulais Valley Part I (23:33-32:15)

‘What I’d like to know is what Bromley told his mum and dad.’ (Jeff) Scene 9

‘Every women is a lesbian at heart.’ (Steph, Zoe and Stella) Scene 9

‘What he’s trying to say is you can’t make grand, sweeping generalisations.’ (Ray) Scene 9

‘Dai, your gays have arrived.’ (Gwen) Scene 9

Scene 10: LGSM visits the Dulais Valley Part II (32:15-44:53)

‘Everything will be alright once they start to mix.’ (Dai to his wife, Margaret) Scene 10

‘…I’m a member of LGSM and I’m going to do what I set out to do. No hiding, no running away, no apologies.’ (Mark) Scene 10

‘I grew up in Northern Ireland. I know all about what happens when people don’t talk to each other. That’s why I’ve never understood, what’s the point of supporting gay rights but nobody else’s rights, you know?’ (Mark to Dai) Scene 10

‘They’re pulling the lads in for anything now.’ (Cliff) Scene 10

‘That’s the same whether you’re standing on a picket line or trolling down Clapham High Street in full drag.’ (Jonathan explains to the committee the limits to police powers) Scene 10

‘I’m sorry, not me. I’m concerned about AIDS.’ (Maureen, when Hefina states the committee needs to start hosting the LGSM group) Scene 10

Scene 11: LGSM’s second trip to the Dulais Valley (44:53-104:38)

‘AIDS. Anally. Injected. Death Sentence.’ (Jason, Joe’s brother in law in response to viewing the TV ads regarding AIDS) Scene 11

‘… when are you going to address my question about a Women’s group?’ (Stella) Scene 11

‘But without it, these villages are nothing, they’re finished.’ (Cliff, regarding mining) Scene 11

‘… it’s not enough to always be defending. Sometimes you have to attack to push forward …’ (Mark) Scene 11

‘Yes, it is bread we fight for but we fight for roses too!’ (Song lyric) Scene 11

‘I’m in Wales. And I don’t have to pretend to be something that I’m not.’ (Gethin) Scene 11

‘The homosexuals have been told that it is us, the normal population, and not them, that is out of step. Any society that accepts that sick deception is swirling headlong into a cesspool of its own making.’ (Newspaper article) Scene 11

Scene 12: Negative publicity mobilises the groups (1:04:38-1:11:24)

‘It’s the men, Dai. They’ve already got their wives support them, and now this. Gays. The whole country laughing at us. It’s about dignity.’ (A union man, addressing Dai and Cliff) Scene 12

‘And then there’s the children. I mean, what example is it for kiddies to have gays and lesbians roaming around. It’s unnatural.’ (A Dulais Valley woman, with Maureen) Scene 12

Scene 13: Joe’s secret is revealed (1:11:24-1:12:35)

‘… You can have all kinds of things nowadays.’ (Tina, to her mother on wanting something different for her baby’s christening) Scene 13

Scene 14: The Pits and Perverts Benefit Ball (1:12:35-1:21:17)

‘Can you see what we’ve done here? By coming together – all of us – by pledging our solidarity, our friendship – we’ve made history.’ (Dai, addressing the Pits and Perverts Benefits Ball) Scene 14

‘I’ll listen to a certain amount of drunken bollocks, Gail but sex is not just for the men. It’s for the women too. Believe me.’ (Steph) Scene 14 

Scene 16: The vote (1:22:20-1:30:00)

‘It’s such a terrible life, Joe. It’s lonely. Is that what you want? No family. Hiding from people at work. From everyone. Keeping secrets.’ (Marion, Joe’s mother) Scene 16

‘You think you’ve known someone your whole life. Turns out they’re a complete stranger.’ (Cliff to Maureen) Scene 16

‘Don’t give it all to the fight. Save some for home. There’s more to life, you know.’ (Dai to Mark) Scene 16

‘You girls have opened my eyes.’ (Gwen to Steph) Scene 16

Scene 17: The fallout of the lost union vote (1:30:00-1:34:41)

‘Never mind the miners. There’s gay people dying every day.’ (A gay man to Gethin when he is collecting for the miners) Scene 16

Scene 18: The strike is over (1:34:41-1:44:40)

‘Back then, when we knew even less about this thing they gave out numbers with each diagnosis. One, two, three and so on. Of course, once they started getting into the
high thousands … I’m number two.’ (Jonathan to Sian, about his HIV diagnosis) Scene 18

‘I’m a wife and mother, love.’ (Sian to Jonathan) Scene 18

‘I hope you appreciate him. Because there’s a whole village back in Wales who thinks he’s a hero.’ (Sian to Joe’s mother) Scene 18

Scene 19: 1985 London Gay Pride Parade (1:44:40-1:53:56)

‘There’s got to be some kind of compromise.’
‘Why?’
‘Because that’s the way you get things done.’ (Lesbians Against Pit Closures members to Steph) Scene 19

‘Where are my lesbians?’ (Gwen as she arrives at the parade) Scene 19

‘You must have found it a bit weird. A load of gays and lesbians descending on you like that?’
‘Why on earth would we have found that weird?’ (TV reporter questioning Cliff at the parade) Scene 19