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# SEX IN THE '70S: LGBT Foundation celebrates 50 years with a "bold, NSFW tribute" to safer sex and LGBTQ+ activism
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/sex-in-the-70s-lgbt-foundation-celebrates-50-years-with-a-bold-nsfw-tribute-to-safer-sex-and-lgbtq-activism/
- Published: 2025-09-02T11:52:38.000Z
- Updated: 2025-09-02T11:52:38.000Z
- Author: Graham Robson
- Tags: Community Corner

**LGBT Foundation**, the UK LGBTQ+ health and wellbeing charity, is marking its 50th anniversary with **The EXXXhibition: 50 Years of LGBTQ+ Safer Sex & Activism** – a free, 18+ event opening on **11 September** at **The Thompson’s Arms** in Manchester.  
  
From 6-8pm, guests will be the first to see materials tracing the evolution of safer sex education from 1975 to today. In celebration of LGBT Foundation’s 50th anniversary, a full 1970s theme will run throughout the night, with décor, music, and fancy dress, alongside the launch of LGBT Foundation’s **new Safer Sex packs** and a condom packing party, in recognition of over 30 years of handmade safer sex packs.  
  
Launching in Sexual Health Week (**8 September** to **14 September**), *The EXXXhibition* will remain open to the public at The Thompson’s Arms for the rest of the year.  
  
Founded in 1975 as a small helpline run from a flat in **Longsight**, Manchester, the charity has grown and adapted to meet the ever-changing health, wellbeing, political, and social needs of LGBTQ+ people. Today, LGBT Foundation is "the UK’s largest charity dedicated to LGBTQ+ health and wellbeing", supporting over 50,000 LGBTQ+ people, their friends, families, and loved ones each year.  
  
**Reece Boulton,** Sexual Health Coordinator at LGBT Foundation, said: “We wanted to celebrate our 50th anniversary with an event that honours our beginnings and the courage of early LGBTQ+ activists who laid the groundwork for today’s rights and freedoms. 

"Our communities have always been brave, fearless, and central to everything we do. The Exxxhibition isn’t just a cheeky look back at 50 years of sexual health - it’s a celebration of the joy, resilience, and pride of being LGBTQ+ today.”  
  
**To join the launch of The EXXXhibition: 50 Years of LGBTQ+ Safer Sex & Activism, RSVP** [**HERE**](https://lgbt.foundation/event/exxxhibition/?ref=scenemag.co.uk)