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- We're looking to capture experiences of what it means to be queer in the UK today! To do that we're collecting day diaries for 12th February. It doesn't matter what you get up to, or how you record it, we'd love to have it!🧵 (1/4) #LGBTplusHM #lgbthm26
- In 1982, inspired by the work of MO the National Lesbian and Gay survey began, it sought to capture what everyday life was like for queer people living in the UK. For our latest open call we're continuing the work of NLGS and asking what does it mean to be queer every day? #lgbtqhistory
- The 1921 census required every household to identify a 'head' - assumed to be a husband - but it offered no way to record same-sex relationships. So how did women and gender non- conforming people record their lives? Often subversively, as some examples show 🧵 (1/6) #LGBTplusHM #lgbthm26
- Happy LGBT+ History Month! Robert Boyle (1627-1691) one of the founding members of the @royalsociety.org will be remembered this year. A bit of a queer black sheep, he was strongly against relationships with women, much to the dismay of his friends... 🏳️🌈🧵 #LGBTplusHM #lgbthm26
- Smoky sky. In autumn wind I stroll by the quays in the last light… —Edwin Morgan, “Je ne regrette rien: in memory of Edith Piaf” 1st published in THE SECOND LIFE, @edinburghup.bsky.social 1968 reprinted in COLLECTED POEMS, @carcanet.bsky.social 2012 #LGBTplusHM 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ www.carcanet.co.uk/cgi-bin/inde...
- 🏳️🌈 As #LGBTplusHM returns this February, Dr Irina Roldugina (Russian Dept) tells us about a fascinating Cold War encounter between Western queer individuals and the Soviet Union Read more about Irina's research as part of her @leverhulme.ac.uk project 👉 brnw.ch/21wZwbk @lgbthm.bsky.social
