LGBT+ History Month UK
@lgbthm.bsky.social
LGBT+ History Month UK, which takes place in February each year, was founded by @SchoolsOUTUK.bsky.social in 2004, and was first celebrated in 2005. The 2026 theme is Science and innovation.
https://lgbtplushistorymonth.co.uk/
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The theme for LGBT+ History Month UK 2026 is ‘Science and Innovation’. The new badge is available from our website (lgbtplushistorymonth.co.uk/shop/).
Find out more about the month and our five figures at: lgbtplushistorymonth.co.uk/lgbt-history...
#LGBTQIA
#LGBTplusHM
#lgbthm26
Find out more about the month and our five figures at: lgbtplushistorymonth.co.uk/lgbt-history...
#LGBTQIA
#LGBTplusHM
#lgbthm26
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What a wonderful kick-off for LGBT+ History Month UK -- @lgbthm.bsky.social -- in February 2026!! Link to full inspiring kick-off video is here: youtube.com/live/Q7x-mafaQKA?si=GMfESHqE0m06Zxsk
November 21, 2025 at 10:58 AM
What a wonderful kick-off for LGBT+ History Month UK -- @lgbthm.bsky.social -- in February 2026!! Link to full inspiring kick-off video is here: youtube.com/live/Q7x-mafaQKA?si=GMfESHqE0m06Zxsk
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If you are interested in educational resources, especially ahead of @lgbthm.bsky.social in February, there are posters, guidelines, and material available on our resource page:
prideinstem.org/resources-2/
Our collaboration with Pop'n'Olly for HM2026 is there and will be expanded in January!
prideinstem.org/resources-2/
Our collaboration with Pop'n'Olly for HM2026 is there and will be expanded in January!
November 18, 2025 at 8:42 AM
If you are interested in educational resources, especially ahead of @lgbthm.bsky.social in February, there are posters, guidelines, and material available on our resource page:
prideinstem.org/resources-2/
Our collaboration with Pop'n'Olly for HM2026 is there and will be expanded in January!
prideinstem.org/resources-2/
Our collaboration with Pop'n'Olly for HM2026 is there and will be expanded in January!
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Happy International Day of LGBTQIA+ People In STEM!
How are you celebrating it?
#LGBTQSTEMDay #PrideInSTEM
How are you celebrating it?
#LGBTQSTEMDay #PrideInSTEM
November 18, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Happy International Day of LGBTQIA+ People In STEM!
How are you celebrating it?
#LGBTQSTEMDay #PrideInSTEM
How are you celebrating it?
#LGBTQSTEMDay #PrideInSTEM
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January is bleak with nothing happening EXCEPT you can come to the London Metropolitan Archives for my talk on sexuality in the capital during the Second World War, from the cover of the blackout to LGBT+ lives AND new research on the mackintosh fetish scene:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/men-at-war...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/men-at-war...
Men At War – Lusting Loving Fighting Remembering 1939-1945
Join author Luke Turner to explore how the social upheaval of the Second World War had a profound impact on the sex lives of Londoners.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 11:02 AM
January is bleak with nothing happening EXCEPT you can come to the London Metropolitan Archives for my talk on sexuality in the capital during the Second World War, from the cover of the blackout to LGBT+ lives AND new research on the mackintosh fetish scene:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/men-at-war...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/men-at-war...
Mr Burton is available on BBC iPlayer
Mr Burton
Film biopic about the power of an inspirational teacher and how talent can sometimes transcend the circumstances in which it is found.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Mr Burton is available on BBC iPlayer
The theme for LGBT+ History Month UK 2026 is ‘Science and Innovation’. The new badge is available from our website (lgbtplushistorymonth.co.uk/shop/).
Find out more about the month and our five figures at: lgbtplushistorymonth.co.uk/lgbt-history...
#LGBTQIA
#LGBTplusHM
#lgbthm26
Find out more about the month and our five figures at: lgbtplushistorymonth.co.uk/lgbt-history...
#LGBTQIA
#LGBTplusHM
#lgbthm26
November 8, 2025 at 12:36 PM
The theme for LGBT+ History Month UK 2026 is ‘Science and Innovation’. The new badge is available from our website (lgbtplushistorymonth.co.uk/shop/).
Find out more about the month and our five figures at: lgbtplushistorymonth.co.uk/lgbt-history...
#LGBTQIA
#LGBTplusHM
#lgbthm26
Find out more about the month and our five figures at: lgbtplushistorymonth.co.uk/lgbt-history...
#LGBTQIA
#LGBTplusHM
#lgbthm26
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So excited that the theme of LGBT+ History Month UK 2026 is 'Science and Innovation,' with super badge designed by @canopyrobin.com! 🧬🏳️⚧️🔭🏳️🌈🚆
Wonderful launch event at the Royal Society of Chemistry @rsc.org this evening. 👏
lgbtplushistorymonth.co.uk/lgbt-history... @lgbthm.bsky.social #LGBTplusHM 🌈🗃️
Wonderful launch event at the Royal Society of Chemistry @rsc.org this evening. 👏
lgbtplushistorymonth.co.uk/lgbt-history... @lgbthm.bsky.social #LGBTplusHM 🌈🗃️
LGBT+ History Month 2026 - LGBT+ History Month
If you’d like to donate to support our work, click here to donate via PayPal. Free Schools Presentation For 2026 we are able to offer free LGBT+ History Month presentations for secondary schools, prid...
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November 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
So excited that the theme of LGBT+ History Month UK 2026 is 'Science and Innovation,' with super badge designed by @canopyrobin.com! 🧬🏳️⚧️🔭🏳️🌈🚆
Wonderful launch event at the Royal Society of Chemistry @rsc.org this evening. 👏
lgbtplushistorymonth.co.uk/lgbt-history... @lgbthm.bsky.social #LGBTplusHM 🌈🗃️
Wonderful launch event at the Royal Society of Chemistry @rsc.org this evening. 👏
lgbtplushistorymonth.co.uk/lgbt-history... @lgbthm.bsky.social #LGBTplusHM 🌈🗃️
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We’re at the Royal Society of Chemistry, Burlington House, for the @lgbthm.bsky.social 2026 theme launch… which is… 🥁… ‘Science and Innovation’ 🧫🏳️🌈🧪🏳️⚧️🧬!
#LGBTplusHM #LGBTplusHM26
#LGBTplusHM #LGBTplusHM26
November 7, 2025 at 7:57 PM
We’re at the Royal Society of Chemistry, Burlington House, for the @lgbthm.bsky.social 2026 theme launch… which is… 🥁… ‘Science and Innovation’ 🧫🏳️🌈🧪🏳️⚧️🧬!
#LGBTplusHM #LGBTplusHM26
#LGBTplusHM #LGBTplusHM26
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Immensely proud to share that I am the designer of the official badge for LGBT+ History Month 2026.
Last night, @lgbthm.bsky.social revealed that the 2026 theme for the month will be 'Science and Innovation', so get ready to learn about some amazing queer scientists next year!
Last night, @lgbthm.bsky.social revealed that the 2026 theme for the month will be 'Science and Innovation', so get ready to learn about some amazing queer scientists next year!
November 8, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Immensely proud to share that I am the designer of the official badge for LGBT+ History Month 2026.
Last night, @lgbthm.bsky.social revealed that the 2026 theme for the month will be 'Science and Innovation', so get ready to learn about some amazing queer scientists next year!
Last night, @lgbthm.bsky.social revealed that the 2026 theme for the month will be 'Science and Innovation', so get ready to learn about some amazing queer scientists next year!
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The report reveals a troubling link between offline attacks and online erasure. Read 👉 buff.ly/qTWOkKN #GCNnews
October 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The report reveals a troubling link between offline attacks and online erasure. Read 👉 buff.ly/qTWOkKN #GCNnews
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It is Gender-Fluid Visibility Week!
image credit: @lgbthm.bsky.social
Gender identity is the personal sense of one's own gender and it is by definition a spectrum. It is natural for some people to be gender-fluid.
#LGBTQI+
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Gender identity is the personal sense of one's own gender and it is by definition a spectrum. It is natural for some people to be gender-fluid.
#LGBTQI+
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October 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM
It is Gender-Fluid Visibility Week!
image credit: @lgbthm.bsky.social
Gender identity is the personal sense of one's own gender and it is by definition a spectrum. It is natural for some people to be gender-fluid.
#LGBTQI+
(post 1 of 2)
image credit: @lgbthm.bsky.social
Gender identity is the personal sense of one's own gender and it is by definition a spectrum. It is natural for some people to be gender-fluid.
#LGBTQI+
(post 1 of 2)
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Watching The Sorrow and the Pity with my class and once again I am astonished that no-one has made a biopic about the extraordinary Denis Rake MC, the very openly gay SOE radio-operator who worked in drag as a cabaret singer in occupied Belgium while conducting an affair with a German officer.
October 22, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Watching The Sorrow and the Pity with my class and once again I am astonished that no-one has made a biopic about the extraordinary Denis Rake MC, the very openly gay SOE radio-operator who worked in drag as a cabaret singer in occupied Belgium while conducting an affair with a German officer.
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“To build a future where every Black queer young person can thrive and belong, we must recognise Black queer history as foundational, not peripheral, to Black British history.”
Queer stories and histories are part of all communities. We must acknowledge and make room for them.
@wearequeeraf.com 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Queer stories and histories are part of all communities. We must acknowledge and make room for them.
@wearequeeraf.com 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Why Black queer history belongs in Britain's classrooms
Our landmark scheme for underrepresented or emerging creatives to share their perspective and get journalism and strategic communication skills sessions. This week, for our Black History Month series,...
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October 18, 2025 at 9:40 AM
“To build a future where every Black queer young person can thrive and belong, we must recognise Black queer history as foundational, not peripheral, to Black British history.”
Queer stories and histories are part of all communities. We must acknowledge and make room for them.
@wearequeeraf.com 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Queer stories and histories are part of all communities. We must acknowledge and make room for them.
@wearequeeraf.com 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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Over 50,000 cis women have signed the @nionwomen.bsky.social open letter rejecting the narrative that trans women are a danger to women.
The real threat to women has never been trans women. The real threat to women is male violence.
Add your name today: notinourname.org.uk/petition/not...
The real threat to women has never been trans women. The real threat to women is male violence.
Add your name today: notinourname.org.uk/petition/not...
October 17, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Over 50,000 cis women have signed the @nionwomen.bsky.social open letter rejecting the narrative that trans women are a danger to women.
The real threat to women has never been trans women. The real threat to women is male violence.
Add your name today: notinourname.org.uk/petition/not...
The real threat to women has never been trans women. The real threat to women is male violence.
Add your name today: notinourname.org.uk/petition/not...
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BREAKING:
CofE bishops won't give their green light for 'standalone' blessing services for gay couples, or for gay priests to have civil same-sex marriages, @thetimes.com understands
Will say both would need formal rewrite of church law
Trial of blessing ceremonies can't go ahead
CofE bishops won't give their green light for 'standalone' blessing services for gay couples, or for gay priests to have civil same-sex marriages, @thetimes.com understands
Will say both would need formal rewrite of church law
Trial of blessing ceremonies can't go ahead
October 15, 2025 at 3:32 PM
BREAKING:
CofE bishops won't give their green light for 'standalone' blessing services for gay couples, or for gay priests to have civil same-sex marriages, @thetimes.com understands
Will say both would need formal rewrite of church law
Trial of blessing ceremonies can't go ahead
CofE bishops won't give their green light for 'standalone' blessing services for gay couples, or for gay priests to have civil same-sex marriages, @thetimes.com understands
Will say both would need formal rewrite of church law
Trial of blessing ceremonies can't go ahead
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it's so nice to see what a functioning judiciary looks like
"A transgender woman in the East African nation of Kenya has won a landmark court victory in which the judge not only found in her favour, but ordered the government to pass a Transgender Protection Rights Act."
fuck yeah
"A transgender woman in the East African nation of Kenya has won a landmark court victory in which the judge not only found in her favour, but ordered the government to pass a Transgender Protection Rights Act."
fuck yeah
Kenya transgender rights victory hailed as African first
QNews LGBTIQA+ News
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September 23, 2025 at 3:35 PM
it's so nice to see what a functioning judiciary looks like
"A transgender woman in the East African nation of Kenya has won a landmark court victory in which the judge not only found in her favour, but ordered the government to pass a Transgender Protection Rights Act."
fuck yeah
"A transgender woman in the East African nation of Kenya has won a landmark court victory in which the judge not only found in her favour, but ordered the government to pass a Transgender Protection Rights Act."
fuck yeah
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Sharing natgeo stories after they erased an entire goddamn documentary about a queer climate scientist is jusf… ugh
I know plenty of good people work there, I know some of them, but like, we’re just pretending this never happened?
defector.com/why-did-nati...
I know plenty of good people work there, I know some of them, but like, we’re just pretending this never happened?
defector.com/why-did-nati...
Why Did National Geographic Disappear Its Own Documentary About A Queer Climate Scientist? | Defector
If you’re not a particular kind of mountain sports nerd, you might not be familiar with the Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour. But for people who live their lives in the overlapping circl...
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September 23, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Sharing natgeo stories after they erased an entire goddamn documentary about a queer climate scientist is jusf… ugh
I know plenty of good people work there, I know some of them, but like, we’re just pretending this never happened?
defector.com/why-did-nati...
I know plenty of good people work there, I know some of them, but like, we’re just pretending this never happened?
defector.com/why-did-nati...
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Are you in #London? I will be there Oct 16 in conversation with @cnlester.bsky.social about #trans #history and the Weimar era Institute built by Hirschfeld—we have always been, we will remain, we shall overcome 🏳️⚧️
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/brandy-sch...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/brandy-sch...
Brandy Schillace in conversation with C.N. Lester - Gower St
Join us to hear about the history of a daring team of sexologists who built the first trans clinic in the shadow of the Third Reich.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
September 13, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Are you in #London? I will be there Oct 16 in conversation with @cnlester.bsky.social about #trans #history and the Weimar era Institute built by Hirschfeld—we have always been, we will remain, we shall overcome 🏳️⚧️
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/brandy-sch...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/brandy-sch...
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Research on LGBT pupils removed from Stormont's education department website
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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LGBT pupils: Research removed from Department of Education website
The Department of Education commissioned the research on the experience of LGBT pupils, which was published in September 2017.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 10, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Research on LGBT pupils removed from Stormont's education department website
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Anthony Delaney isn't on here, so here's a shout-out for his new book, Queer Georgians - published today! It looks fabulous . . . 🌈📚🗃️
www.penguin.co.uk/books/460692... @doubledaybooks.bsky.social
There's an online event with AD and @thegozfather.bsky.social (The National Archives) on 17 Sept . . .
www.penguin.co.uk/books/460692... @doubledaybooks.bsky.social
There's an online event with AD and @thegozfather.bsky.social (The National Archives) on 17 Sept . . .
September 4, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Anthony Delaney isn't on here, so here's a shout-out for his new book, Queer Georgians - published today! It looks fabulous . . . 🌈📚🗃️
www.penguin.co.uk/books/460692... @doubledaybooks.bsky.social
There's an online event with AD and @thegozfather.bsky.social (The National Archives) on 17 Sept . . .
www.penguin.co.uk/books/460692... @doubledaybooks.bsky.social
There's an online event with AD and @thegozfather.bsky.social (The National Archives) on 17 Sept . . .
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Pope Leo XIV met with one of the most prominent advocates for greater LGBTQ+ inclusion in the Catholic Church. The Rev. James Martin said Leo told him that he intended to continue Pope Francis’ policy of LGBTQ+ acceptance in the church and encouraged him to keep up his advocacy.
Pope Leo meets LGBTQ+ Catholic advocate and vows continuity with Pope Francis' legacy of welcome
Pope Leo XIV has met with one of the most prominent advocates for greater LGBTQ+ inclusion in the Catholic Church. The Rev.
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September 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Pope Leo XIV met with one of the most prominent advocates for greater LGBTQ+ inclusion in the Catholic Church. The Rev. James Martin said Leo told him that he intended to continue Pope Francis’ policy of LGBTQ+ acceptance in the church and encouraged him to keep up his advocacy.