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At the 1985 Labour party meet, the motion to support LGBT rights as a party was passed due to a block vote from mining unions.

Nobody was behind me in line, which seemed to be a good reason for her to treat me to a five minute retelling of the identification, rescue, and argument over initial custody of Kit Kat, who was so small they thought when they first heard him crying for help that he was a bird and not a kitten in a tree, and is now fifteen pounds of "pure, sculpted lardass".

And I didn't mind, precisely, I wasn't bored or anything, but around the time she was bringing me up to speed on Kit Kat's current status it occurred to me that this woman is a cashier in a store that primarily sells candy bars and beverages. People must buy Kit Kat bars from her multiple times a day. Does she do this every time there's nobody in line behind the purchaser? Did I just have that I Own Several Cats And Will Enjoy Your Cat Stories look about me? Was it the first time it occurred to her that she sold the brand of candy bar she named her cat after? Was she new to the job of selling Kit Kat bars?

I was in the same snack shop, which I'm in, like, once a month, recently. I only recognized her because I spent five minutes listening to this monologue in sincere wonder. But I did recognize her, so as I was buying a soda and a Milky Way bar (this time) I said, without thinking about how this would come across, "Hey, how's Kit Kat?"

She looked genuinely horrified and said, "What...how?"

"Oh fuck!" I blurted. "Sorry! You told me about him last time!"

This is still quite cryptic as responses go but she gave me a frankly frantic look of sudden recognition and said, "He's fine! You bought a Kit Kat! I was unmedicated!"

I did not inform her she is small town famous on Tumblr and instead just said, "Glad you're both doing well!" and we parted as confused and mortified friends.

Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) observation by eleggua

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If you loved the movie Pride you absolutely have to check out this documentary. It was put together by the Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners group in 1986 and tells the story of the 1984-85 miners strike and the work LGSM did with the miners of Dulais during that time.

This documentary was the starting point for making Pride, and if you’ve seen Pride you’ll recognise a lot of things straight from the film, from individuals to lines of dialogue to some of the movie’s iconic outfits (Mark Ashton’s at ‘Pits and Perverts’ is my particular favourite). It’s only 20 minutes long so check it out!