DWL celebrates LGBT+ History Month
The University Library is displaying 6 flags during LGBT+ History Month. This digital exhibition – Beyond the Rainbow – describes 15 different pride flags and discusses the symbolism of their design and colours.
Rainbow Europe 2022
The Rainbow Map and Index produced by ILGA-Europe’s ranks 49 European countries on their legal and policy practices for LGBTI people. 7 themes are covered: equality and non-discrimination family hate crime and hate speech legal gender recognition intersex bodily integrity civil society space asylum The site contains all indexes since 2009 allowing longitudinal analyses.
LGBT+ public officials
Queer politics databases from Princeton University New Queer Politics website provides data on openly self-declared LGBT+ officials worldwide. Compiled by Andrew Reynolds, it includes all out LGBTQI+ elected officials (at state and national level) since 1976. These comprise lesbian, gay, bisexual, pansexual, transgender, non-binary, gender-non-conforming, queer or intersex persons. Download data on trends over time, […]
Transcript: the diaries of Anne Lister
Calderdale, West Yorkshire Archive Service has provided a further transcript of the diaries of Anne Lister. This has been compiled via crowd sourcing, covers 9th May 1822- 25th Apr 1823 and offers insight into early LGBT+ history.
LGBT+ history exhibitons, plus playlist
Online exhibition from the Bishopsgate Institute to commemorate LGBT+ history month and a physical exhibition they are holding at the Barbican centre. Also, explore an audio play list of clips from hit LGBT records from the 1980s. Out and About! | Barbican
Sites for Pride Month
Europeana LGBT Plus now has a page of great historic LGBT resources from Europe’s national and libraries and museums. Includes images from the history of pride, art work, badge ephemera, books and. Archives from a range of EU nations British library resources National Archives research guide to UK resources . They also have some podcasts highlighting resources Bishopsgate Institute LGBT archives includes News […]
Rainbow Europe
Rainbow Europe ranks all 49 European countries on the basis of laws and policies that have a direct impact on the LGBTI people’s human rights in 6 categories: equality and non-discrimination; family; hate crime and hate speech; legal gender recognition and bodily integrity; civil society space; and asylum.
Black & Gay, Back in the Day
Black & Gay, Back in the Day is an LGBT Plus photographic archive made available via Instagram. It is maintained by Marc Thompson Director http://thelovetank.info and Jason Okundaye and offers a great range of images from Britain since the 1950s.
South Asian Gender and Sexuality Web Archive
New web archive from the Ivy Plus Libraries Confederation and available from the archive.it website. It currently includes 74 archived web resources covering LGBT+ activism in South Asia and its diaspora. These are valuable for grass roots discussion of gay and transgender rights , pride and cultural events and responses to government policy which may […]
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