R’s life story offers an almost unique insight into the development of queer networks and then a commercial scene in a northern city.
Queering the provincial archive: LGBT+ history in Sheffield

R’s life story offers an almost unique insight into the development of queer networks and then a commercial scene in a northern city.
Manchester (potentially) became the first place in Europe to have an entirely publicly funded, purpose built centre for the gay community.
A 1974 action against Gay News in Bath had important legal and local consequences.
Jessica Scantlebury 80 years ago this year, Mass Observation (MO) was launched. This social research organisation promised to be a scientific study of human social behaviour and everyday life in Britain. “Mass Observation”, its founders declared in their first published
Flesh and Homo Electric are two examples of key turning points within Manchester’s LGBT+ music history.
The first Irish National Gay Conference was held in Cork from 15-17 May 1981.
Histories from the Sussex Gay Liberation Front (SGLF) History Project are firmly rooted in place.