{"id":19564,"date":"2019-03-04T12:40:42","date_gmt":"2019-03-04T12:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.wordpress.com\/?p=19564"},"modified":"2019-03-04T12:40:42","modified_gmt":"2019-03-04T12:40:42","slug":"switchboard-homophobia-hiv-and-hoax-calls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2019\/03\/04\/switchboard-homophobia-hiv-and-hoax-calls\/","title":{"rendered":"Switchboard: Homophobia, HIV and hoax calls"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><div style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/660\/cpsprodpb\/183D1\/production\/_105718299_phoneroom3-resized.jpg\" alt=\"Switchboard phone volunteer\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Switchboard took its first call in a room below a bookshop in King&#8217;s Cross on 4 March 1974<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Switchboard, the LGBT helpline, took its first call from a tiny office in the basement of a bookshop in King&#8217;s Cross on 4 March 1974. To mark the 45th anniversary, people have been sharing memories of a charity that&#8217;s helped millions across the world.<\/p>\n<p>Lisa Power used to think of herself as a supporter or ally of the gay community, rather than a member.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-london-46932894\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Switchboard, the LGBT helpline, took its first call from a tiny office in the basement of a bookshop in King&#8217;s Cross on&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-19564","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-hiv"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19564\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}