Mark Ashton (1960-1987)
Mark Ashton was a gay rights activist who co-founded Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM). During the 1984-85 miners’ strike, he organised London’s LGBTQ+ community to raise funds for striking Welsh miners, forging an unlikely but powerful alliance. His work is a landmark example of solidarity, showing how different communities can unite to fight for each other’s rights.
You can learn more about Mark Ashton on his Wikipedia page here.
The Inspiring Change Portraits
This image of Mark is one of a collection of eight portraits created by CHANGE’s illustrator team to celebrate inspiring figures who champion change and whose actions embody Advonet’s values of kindness, inclusivity, accountability, diversity, and empowerment.
The portraits in this series use elements of the clear, friendly illustration style we use in our Easy Read documents. Here we explain the advantages of using illustrations for our clients and their audiences: Why CHANGE uses illustrations to create accessible Easy Read documents
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