The Andrew Lumsden Grand Camp Maisie logo was designed in 2024 by cartoonist David Shenton, a friend of Andrew’s for many years.
Andrew Lumsden
Grand Camp Maisie
Andrew Lumsden (1941-2023) was on the steering Committee of the Gay Liberation Front, instigated the founding of Gay News in the early 1970s, and was its Editor when the paper closed in 1983. Between 1984 and 1987 Andrew wrote as an out gay journalist and worked as the News Editor and Associate Editor at the The New Statesman.
Andrew was an artist, tour guide, writer, and was a visible activist for LGBTQ+ and oppressed communities throughout his life, leading campaigns and bringing people together well into his seventies and eighties.
Andrew never had much money but shortly before he died he inherited money from Eric Thompson who had been an LGBTQ activist in the 1950s and 1960s; they agreed how the money should be used. The project was called Grand Camp Maisie after a nickname for Andrew.
In October 2024 Grand Camp Maisie put out a call for funding proposals and received applications for arts and activists projects from the LGBTQ+ community, accepting a wide range of definitions of the words art and activist.
Funds were awarded in Spring 2025.
You can find some of the projects who received funds here:
The Rainbow Tree
A grassroots organisation dedicated to empowering LGBTQIA+ individuals of Bangladeshi & South Asian heritage
Jason Jones
LGBTQI+ activist from Trinidad and Tobago fighting for constitutional change to discriminatory colonial laws prohibiting sexual acts between consenting same-sex adults.
Queer Tours of London CIC
Shining a light on London’s rich LGBTQI+ history through creative and life-affirming interactive tours.
Fairy Tale Town: A Citizens Guide
A whimsical and inclusive adventure from set in a vibrant fairy tale society where everyone belongs.
Pop’n’Olly is an LGBT+ educational resource for children, parents, carers and teachers.
Holes Big Enough for Women
A zine by Liz Murray addressing the ownership and celebration of queer, resistant, and radical histories, drawing on a personal archive of feminist and press materials from the 1980s.
Triangle LGBTQ+ Cultural Centre
An LGBTQ+ Cultural Centre focusing on intergenerational projects and bringing our whole community together.
Gwenda’s Garage
A schools programme delivered by queer feminist theatre company Out of the Archive in Sheffield & London, to accompany the production of musical about lesbian car mechanic collective Gwenda’s Garage
EMPOWER HER
Provide a lifeline to the transgender community in Uganda during a period of significant challenge. Focusing on survival, health, and visibility.
Safe Only CIC
Queer-led, not-for-profit collective providing professional, inclusive, and trauma-informed security & welfare services.
Limp Wrist and the Iron Fist
Emmanuel Akwafo’s play that empowers young Black Queer people to embrace the fullness of who they are—culture, race, religion, body and soul.
Fierce Boots
Fierce Boots – A film by Lil Warren exploring the hidden queer history of male impersonation – women dressing as men to challenge the patriarchy through comedy, singing, and dance.
Camp Trans Scotland
Scotland’s first Camp Trans: a community-led, DIY, sober camp by and for trans, non-binary and gender non-conforming people.
Veronica McKenzie
Development for a film exploring the profound friendship between Nina Simone and Lorraine Hansberry.
Walthamstow Trans* Pride
Walthamstow Trans* Pride work to minimise the barriers that the trans* communities often face in nightlife by providing an accessible event for all to come together.
Bob: Man of the Angels
Documentary exploring the human rights legacy of Netherlands LGBT+ rights pioneer Bob Angelo (Niek Engelschman).
A film by Rob Falconer.
GENDERDOC-M
Support to set up a group for Parents of LGBTQ+ Children at GENDERDOC-M who campaign and provide services for the LGBTQ+ community in Moldova.
Three Thousand Lesbians Go to York
Fund to develop a book accompanying the documentary feature about the York Lesbian Arts Festival (1998–2008).
A film by Jane Traies, Rachel Dax & Kate O’Dwyer.
Not Going in the Care Closet! Campaign
Aiming to do 3 things:
- Raise awareness of the issue of LGBT+ abuse in care settings
- Influence those in authority to improve things
- Educate our communities on how to navigate the care system.
The Justin Fashanu Memorial
Proud Canaries are campaigning to establish an enduring tribute to Norwich City’s out gay football legend Justin Fashanu.
Out of Shadows: Living Queer and Positive in Ireland
Three queer immigrants living with HIV share their journeys of finding safety, identity, and community in Ireland. Set in Wicklow and Dublin, this short documentary explores resilience, stigma, and the power of visibility. A film by Pradeep Mahadeshwar.
Labrys
A small community-based LGBTIQ group in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. It offers a safe space for the Kyrgyz LGBTIQ communities as well as providing services and working on lobbying and advocacy nationally and internationally.
Waling Waling Drama Project
A grassroots drama and activism project with 10 members of Waling Waling, a migrant domestic workers group (formed by undocumented migrants to campaign for their rights, and named after a flower in the Philippines).
Faggamuffin Bloc Party
Celebrating Queer Carnival culture by and for our QTBIPOC community since 2018.
The Love Tank
The Love Tank is a not-for-profit community interest company (CIC) that promotes health & wellbeing of under served communities through education, community building, research, events, outreach, and communication + design.
Chicken Farming in South Sudan
An LGBTQ+ community chicken farm in South Sudan.
Istanbul Queer Art Collective
Founded in 2012 to engage in live art, with a view that the documentation of performance is an art form in itself.