Activists, campaigners and members of the Durham LGBTQIA+ community gathered on a suburban street in the town on November 17th to honour Sam Green (deceased 1999) who had been the first elected openly gay man in the UK. Mr Green was a member of both the Gay Liberation Front, the Campaign for Homosexual Equality and the Liberal Party and served as a Councillor on the now abolished Durham City Council between 1972 and 1999. Ed Davey, leader of the Liberal Democrats, unveiled the plaque. Parish councillor Susan Walker said