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A “Queer Collection”: The Anglo Colony in Florence in the 1920s and 1930s

A “Queer Collection”: The Anglo Colony in Florence in the 1920s and 1930s

Following World War I queer people fled the metropolis of London for the “provincial” city of Florence in search of a more congenial legal regime and social context.

Rachel Hope Cleves November 22, 2017 Conference No Comments Read more

Bars and Bedrooms: Public and Private Queer Spaces in Postwar Berlin

Bars and Bedrooms: Public and Private Queer Spaces in Postwar Berlin

Working from the personal papers of two queer women, Rottman sketches two different efforts to make a queer home, paying particular attention to the intersections of gender and class inscribed in their archival materials.

Andrea Rottman November 10, 2017 Conference Read more

“The Prairies–Coming Out Strong”: Western Canadian Queer Communities, 1969-1985

“The Prairies–Coming Out Strong”: Western Canadian Queer Communities, 1969-1985

Prairie activists and actors were interested in creating spaces for socializing, politicizing and organizing other queer people, both in the cities and the small towns/rural areas.

Valerie Korinek October 13, 2017 Conference No Comments Read more

London: a central place in the creation and consolidation of LGBT+ Jewish identity

London: a central place in the creation and consolidation of LGBT+ Jewish identity

London was proving to be THE gay Jewish city in the UK with a growing infrastructure to support a growing community.

Searle Kochberg August 26, 2017November 12, 2017 Conference No Comments Read more

‘Michael knew of several places where ‘queers’ congregate’: Mass Observation goes to Brighton

‘Michael knew of several places where ‘queers’ congregate’: Mass Observation goes to Brighton

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

Jessica Scantlebury April 10, 2017 Brighton, Sources No Comments Read more

Hidden Histories: Justin Bengry

Hidden Histories: Justin Bengry

Uncovering LGBTQ histories outside the capital at the Hidden Histories Seminar in Plymouth

Justin Bengry March 25, 2017 Plymouth No Comments Read more

Join Queer Beyond London in Brighton

Join Queer Beyond London in Brighton

Have your say about Brighton’s LGBTQ History with the team from Queer Beyond London.

Justin Bengry February 28, 2017 Brighton No Comments Read more

Help Map LGBTQ Oral History

Help Map LGBTQ Oral History

Help draw attention to LGBTQ oral history resources by mapping their locations on this crowd-sourced map.

Justin Bengry February 21, 2017February 28, 2017 Uncategorized No Comments Read more

Call for Papers: Queer Localities Conference

Call for Papers: Queer Localities Conference

Queer Localities, a two-day international queer history conference at Birkbeck, University of London, 30 November – 1 December 2017

Justin Bengry February 16, 2017February 28, 2017 Conference No Comments Read more

BE BOLD: Call for Proposals for LGBTQ Exhibitions in Brighton

BE BOLD: Call for Proposals for LGBTQ Exhibitions in Brighton

BE BOLD is opening up the Brighton Museum & Art Gallery to Brighton’s LGBTQ community.

Justin Bengry February 3, 2017February 16, 2017 Brighton 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)
m.cook@bbk.ac.uk

Alison Oram (Project Investigator)
a.oram@leedsbeckett.ac.uk

Justin Bengry (Project Researcher)
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History, Classics, and Archaeology
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