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In Other Words: The Roles of a Community Bookshop in Plymouth

In Other Words: The Roles of a Community Bookshop in Plymouth

Independent bookshops like In Other Words were often instrumental in supporting LGBT community as well as creating a space for radical politics to thrive and people to connect.

Matt Cook April 11, 2018 Plymouth, Sources No Comments Read more

Hello Caller: Queer lives and the rotary dial telephone

Hello Caller: Queer lives and the rotary dial telephone

The black rotary telephone sits at the heart of my queer memories and opens lines into the queer past.

Matt Cook February 3, 2018 Sources No Comments Read more

Back to Back in the Gay Village

Back to Back in the Gay Village

That we can’t tie a particular case or individual to these particular back to backs shouldn’t lead us to conclude that these houses or the people who lived there stood apart from surrounding queer dynamics.

Matt Cook January 15, 2018 Sources No Comments Read more

GAGS: Guildford Area Gay Society

GAGS: Guildford Area Gay Society

Founded in 1977 and one of the UK’s oldest gay groups, GAGS was Surrey’s longest established LGBT community group until its demise in 2016.

Di Stiff July 11, 2017 Sources No Comments Read more

302.0: Glad to be Gay

302.0: Glad to be Gay

Paul Furness made the 302.0 badge using a Dymo Label Maker during the 1970s whilst working in the medical records office at Leeds General Infirmary.

Jude Woods June 29, 2017June 29, 2017 Leeds, Sources No Comments Read more

Queer cakes and LGBTQ discrimination in Belfast, Northern Ireland

Queer cakes and LGBTQ discrimination in Belfast, Northern Ireland

Where on earth would a cake become the centre of a legal and religious battle over LGBTQ rights? In Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Sean Brady June 13, 2017 Sources No Comments Read more

Manchester Women’s Liberation Newsletter and the Lesbian Community

Manchester Women’s Liberation Newsletter and the Lesbian Community

The Manchester Women’s Liberation Newsletter offers insights into Manchester’s lesbian community in the 1970s and 1980s.

Lois Stone June 5, 2017June 21, 2018 Manchester, Sources No Comments Read more

Southampton’s Hidden Past and Present: An Oral History of the Gay Community

Southampton’s Hidden Past and Present: An Oral History of the Gay Community

Sebastian Buckle’s oral history project, collecting the experiences of 18 gay people living in Southampton, is now held at the Southampton City Archives.

Sebastian Buckle May 30, 2017 Sources No Comments Read more

York Lesbian Arts Festival, 2000-2008: “It was like we took over the city…”

York Lesbian Arts Festival, 2000-2008: “It was like we took over the city…”

The York Lesbian Arts Festival is a significant and vibrant part of the city’s queer past.

Kit Heyam May 24, 2017 Sources No Comments Read more

Mary Winter: Sacked for wearing a Lesbian Liberation badge

Mary Winter: Sacked for wearing a Lesbian Liberation badge

The case of Mary Winter who was sacked by Burnley Bus Company in 1978 for wearing a Lesbian Liberation badge

Paul Fairweather May 19, 2017 Manchester, Sources No Comments Read more
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Queer beyond London is an AHRC-funded collaboration between Birkbeck College, University of London and Leeds Beckett University to explore the local LGBTQ histories of Brighton, Leeds, Manchester and Plymouth.

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Matt Cook (Project Investigator)
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Alison Oram (Project Investigator)
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