Miner’s Strike 1984-85 Digital collection
For those interested in industrial and labour history a collection of over 50 images relating to the 1980s strike have been added to the People’s Collection of Wales. They include LGBT Support group leaflets. If you have not explored this site before it is a great project supported by the Government of Wales which provides free […]
New LGBT Archive
U.S. Homophile Internationalism is a new online exhibit which can be found on the Outhistory.org website. The website states “This archive and exhibit explores U.S. homophile magazine references to various regions of the world in the 1950s and 1960s. The regions are (1) Africa; (2) Asia and the Pacific; (3) Canada; (4) Latin America and the Caribbean; […]
LGBT Equality in the Workplace
Find out the best place to work in the UK by consulting the latest annual Stonewall Equality Index. The methodology examines 10 key areas: distinct areas of employment policy and practice, including networking groups, career development, training and community engagement. Interestingly, M15 and the security services are this year ranked top! The Times Higher has […]
Women like that: lesbian and gay history
Jane Traies, who is based at the University of Surrey, is pioneering research on the lives of older lesbians in the UK. It is in its preliminary stages but you can read her dissertation and a blog charting progress http://womenlikethat.co.uk/ For links to other gay oral history archives try these recommended resources. Sophia Smith Collection […]
University of Rochester’s Empty Closet digital Archive
http://www.lib.rochester.edu/index.cfm?PAGE=4769 Free access to one of the longest running LGBT newspapers. The Gay Liberation Front launched the Empty Closet in 1971. All 438 issues from January 1971 to April 2011 are now online. Now published by the Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley, the newspaper chronicles the gay rights movement, from the first gay pride […]
Bishopsgate Institute Library and Archive: new online exhibitions
http://www.bishopsgate.org.uk/ Since 2010 the London based Bishopsgate Institute has been digitizing some of its major archival collections. Key strengths includes various collections on London, labour, freethought and radicalism. Recent additions include the Morning star photographic archive – view photographs this has over 300 online images relating to industrial relations, strikes and unions most from 1960s […]
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