Today (20th November) is international Trans day of Remembrance, commemorating those killed by transphobia worldwide – 238 this year alone. Memorial services are planned worldwide, including one this evening in London (GMB event: Putting the T back in LGBT conference and vigil 20.11.13 contact Carl Banks gmbshout@hotmail.co.uk) Schools OUT UK’s Andrew Dobbin has written a piece looking at some Trans issues from an employment and educational viewpoint
The Pink Promotion! Monday 18th November – 10 years since 28…Wear a pink item of clothing on the Monday 18th November To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the repeal of Section 28, the law which banned the ‘promotion’ and ‘publication’ of anything supporting a LGBT ‘pretend lifestyle’ we would like everyone in the UK to wear pink, the symbol of diversity.
Chicago based RedEye has produced a transgender timeline which features some important legal and social milestones on the road to equal opportunities and rights for… Read More »RedEye Publishes Transgender timeline
One of America’s gay rights pioneering leaders, José Julio Sarria, passed away quietly in his home in New Mexico this morning. He was 91. Mr.… Read More »José Julio Sarria: December 22, 1922 – August 19, 2013
History Scotland has published the first of three online articles on LGBT History in Scotland which Bob Cant has written to mark the twentieth anniversary… Read More »Scotland Remembers
The Gay Liberation Front Manifesto, written in 1971 and amended in 1978, can be accessed here
In the run up to Pride 2013, Polari editor Christopher Bryant managed to catch up with Tony Fenwick, co-chair of LGBT History Month and Schools… Read More »Polari Interviews Tony Fenwick
2013 marks the centenary of Benjamin Britten and LGBT History Month will be holding its pre-launch on November the 28th in Birmingham; six days after… Read More »Britten 100 website open
The 24th of June marks the 40th anniversary of one of the most appalling events in the USA’s history; the massacre of 29 gay men… Read More »40th Anniversary of the New Orleans Massacre
The Polari Magazine production In The Life: A History of Polari plays for one exclusive performance at London’s prestigious St James Theatre on Sunday June 23 at 3.30 pm
