Tag: Gender history Records and researchLGBTQ+ lives through the censusMonday 28 February 2022Families come in all shapes and sizes. Same-sex couples now have the right to...Records and researchFragmented lives: Migrant sex workers’ lives in the archivesTuesday 11 January 2022As a state archive, The National Archives holds many items relating to the experiences...Records and research‘I need never have known existence’: Radclyffe Hall and LGBTQ+ visibilityThursday 29 April 2021The life and published works of British author Radclyffe Hall (1880-1943) were hugely influential...Records and researchFanny and Stella: Piecing together LGBTQ+ histories and telling the storiesTuesday 23 February 2021It has been 150 years since the trial of The Queen v Boulton and...Records and research‘Queer’ history: A history of QueerTuesday 9 February 2021‘I honestly thought you were queer, but different from the others, and I liked...Records and researchLGBTQ+ visibility and archives: History between the linesFriday 6 November 2020Please note: This blogpost will use LGBTQ+ as an umbrella term to describe lesbian,...Records and researchArchives and agency: Sex work and the stateWednesday 22 July 2020Within the records of government, sex workers lack agency. As with most of our...Records and researchReclaiming the records: Sex work and the stateThursday 16 July 2020The state has had a long, complex and largely negative relationship with sex workers...Records and research‘Peace to millions of women’: A history of the cervical smear testMonday 15 June 2020This blog, published as part of Cervical Screening Awareness Week (15-21 June 2020), looks...Records and researchDr James Barry: The importance of archival discoveriesTuesday 5 May 2020Finding documents in the archives that relate to trans or gender non-conforming people from...Records and researchOut of the Archives: Classified adverts at the Royal Vauxhall TavernWednesday 12 February 2020On the 23rd November 2019, The National Archives and Bishopsgate Institute took over the Royal...Records and researchNancy Astor: 100 years of women in ParliamentTuesday 14 January 20202019 marked the centenary of Nancy Astor’s entry into Parliament, leaving a fascinating legacy... 1 2 »