Anthony Edgar Gartside Wright (6 October 1927 – 30 April 2010), better known by his pseudonym Antony Grey, was an English LGBT rights activist.
[2] Grey was born in Wilmslow, Cheshire on 6 October 1927[3] to Alex Wright, a chartered accountant, and Gladys Rihan, who was half-Syrian.
[5] Grey campaigned tirelessly for the law reforms advocated by the 1957 Wolfenden report, wrote many articles, made numerous speeches to interested groups, lobbied MPs, and organised action to promote the passage of the Sexual Offences Act 1967 (the "Arran/Abse Sexual Offences Act") through Parliament until it became law in 1967.
[9] Reflecting at the time on the moderate politics of the British movement for gay and lesbian rights compared with their US counterparts, Grey said: "it's inconceivable that such a group as the Mattachine Society would exist here.
"[10] In the New Oxford History of England, Sir Brian Harrison observes that Grey's "rare combination of high-serious commitment, shrewd political effectiveness, and total lack of self-advertisement was precious indeed" to the movement for law reform.
[13] Carefully debunking commonly held myths around homosexuality, Grey's pamphlet 'Being Rational About Being Gay' opposed as 'ungrounded' the basis of homophobia and discrimination towards sexual minorities, a theme he attributed to his humanist beliefs.
[5] Antony Grey died on 30 April 2010 at the King Edward VII hospital in London, after a long fight against leukaemia.