LGBT+ history
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LGBT+ History Month 05/28: Jackie Forster
Day 5 of the Queeroes series and so many of you have been in touch with positive comments, so thank you for that. This series is here to bring forward the stories of those who made a positive impact on...
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LGBT+ History Month 04/28: Alan Turing
Welcome back to another post on our LGBT+ Queeroes series, a daily spotlight on 28 individuals who made great contributions to the fight for equality and inclusion for the LGBT+ community. We are also using this space to shine a...
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LGBT+ History Month 03/28: Marsha P. Johnson
It would not be LGBT+ History Month if we did not pay recognition to one of the most important individuals ever in the crusade to equality. For centuries, LGBT+ people have been victims of abuse and persecution from society despite...
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LGBT+ History Month 02/28: Gilbert Baker
It’s day 2 in our Queeroes series, a collection of blogs putting the spotlight on 28 figures who have made the world a better place for the LGBTQ+ community. Should you have missed yesterday’s post about Karl Heinrich Ulrichs then...
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LGBT+ History Month 01/28: Karl Heinrich Ulrichs
Today marks the start of LGBT+ History month in the UK. This is a special time of the year when people of the LGBT+ community can shine and celebrate and pay respect to the developments in equality for people who...
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Five Simple Steps to Supporting LGBT+ Communities
As we kick-off LGBT+ History Month 2021, some of you might be asking yourselves what you can do to be more supportive to LGBT+ communities. Sometimes it can be difficult to decide what the "best thing" is to do, which...
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LGBT+ History Month: Being Out at the University of Bath
Kaleidoscope recently held a discussion event that asked questions around being out in the workplace, specifically here at the University of Bath. As it is LGBT+ History Month, we wanted to share with the whole university community some of the...
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Dana International and the importance of Eurovision
I can’t say I’m too excited that the Eurovision Song Contest is coming round again, but the fact that it’s going to be held in Israel reminds me of one of the most influential Eurovision winners, and one who helped...
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The story of Boulton and Park: aka Fanny and Stella
A quarter of a century before the (in)famous Oscar Wilde trial, Victorian London was captivated by the trial of Ernest Boulton and Frederick Park, aka Stella and Fanny. Boulton and Park were middle-class Londoners in their mid-20s who had formed...