A Queer Céilí At The Marty Forsythe
A new show from Belfast theatre company Kabosh takes its inspiration from historic events in the north’s battle for LGBTQ+ equality. David Roy spoke to… Read More »A Queer Céilí At The Marty Forsythe
A new show from Belfast theatre company Kabosh takes its inspiration from historic events in the north’s battle for LGBTQ+ equality. David Roy spoke to… Read More »A Queer Céilí At The Marty Forsythe
Schools OUT UK has been involved with ‘No Outsiders’ since its inception and has supported its vital work. We have worked since 1974 to make… Read More »Parkfield School: 'No Outsiders' – A Statement from Schools OUT UK, Mohammed Amin MBE and Ofsted
by Freddie Whittaker (Schools Week) Draft statutory guidance on the new relationships and sex education curriculum has finally been published. The 38-page document sets out the things primary… Read More »Relationships and Sex Education: What should schools do?
London, UK – 19 February 2019 A prestigious Blue Plaque was unveiled this morning to commemorate the avant-garde film-maker, painter, gardener, author, costume and set… Read More »Derek Jarman Blue Plaque unveiled in London today
Sue Sanders founded LGBT History Month 15 years ago to improve education and awareness of LGBT historical figures. BBC News LGBT correspondent Ben Hunte travelled… Read More »LGBT History Month: Test your knowledge
We are having a reception to celebrate LGBT+ history month on the afternoon of Thursday 14th February and we’re currently trying to find a speaker
Inkbrew Productions is thrilled to present: The Adhesion of Love as the 2019 national heritage premiere for LGBT History Month. Touring venues in Lancashire, Manchester… Read More »LGBT History Month Premieres New Play On How A Man From Bolton met Queer Literary Hero Walt Whitman
My subject for LGBT History Month 2019 is Mary McIntosh 1936-2013 who was indisputably Britain’s leading feminist. McIntosh was educated at High Wycombe School and St Anne’s College, Oxford, where she studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics. After graduating in 1958 she moved to the University of California, Berkeley, where she worked as a graduate student and teaching assistant in the Sociology Department, out of which grew her interest in criminology.
We know a fair bit about what happened to gay men in the English mental health system. For example, the fact that some men received ‘aversion therapy’ (see, for example, Curing Queers by Tommy Dickenson). But what happened to Lesbians? We have been exploring LGBT; women’s; and mental health archives to find out what happened to same-sex attracted women in the mental health system in England. As a result of our research, we could offer talks on the following topics:
New Stephen M Hornby work focusing on the infamous Bermondsey by-election to be performed during LGBT History Month 2019 @PHMMcr People’s History Museum (PHM) has… Read More »PHM’s Playwright in Residence to Debut Peter Tatchell Play