SLM – Foundation - 1973
Inside SLM
In 2023, GCN launched a series profiling the legacies of the founding members of Ireland’s Sexual Liberation Movement (SLM). For the final instalment, Ethan Moser takes a look back on the incredible, albeit tragically short, life of Margaret McWilliam.
Often misremembered by the surname McWilliams, Margaret began her career in LGBTQ+ activism in the early 1970s. She appeared at Ireland’s first conference on human sexuality at the New University of Coleraine in October of 1973 as a representative of Sappho, an English lesbian social club that had been established the year prior.