Tag: Homosexuality Records and researchEdward Carpenter: Free love advocate and LGBTQ+ rights pioneerMonday 29 August 2022Edward Carpenter (1844-1929) was an extraordinary individual for his time. Carpenter was an author,...Records and researchEquality of sexuality: The age of consentWednesday 23 February 2022The Sexual Offences Act of 1967 represented a partial decriminalisation of male homosexuality: it...Records and research‘Importuning men’: Sex work and the male tradeTuesday 14 September 2021The majority of records relating to sex work in the archives are about female...Records and research‘Kisses and kind thoughts’: Queer networks and letters between menThursday 24 June 2021The basement flat was home to Bobby, where he would hold parties for a...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 researchBillie’s Club: Queer club culture in 1930s LondonTuesday 25 February 2020Billie’s Club, run by club proprietor Billie Joyce, was located on 6 Little Denmark...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 research‘Bohemian, broad-minded, unconventional.’ What was it like to be queer in the 1920s?Thursday 14 November 2019In the 1920s, an era when the law criminalised your love, how was it...Records and research‘Lady Austin’s camp boys’Thursday 5 February 2015I had always heard an archive myth of the red silk pyjamas held in...Records and researchYour disco needs youFriday 19 December 2014The National Archives was in the grip of the 1970s when I first joined...Archives and archivistsLGBT History Month at Gloucestershire ArchivesTuesday 11 February 2014LGBT History Month is here again and archives across the country are celebrating the...Behind the scenesDiversity Week: celebration and commemorationMonday 27 January 2014I’m particularly looking forward to the range of external talks we have organised this... 1 2 »