Tag: LGBTQ+ Records and researchNarrating ephemeral archival presence: LGBTQ+ histories and Colonial Office recordsWednesday 12 February 2025PhD student Garfield Campbell looks at the challenge of tracing LGBTQ+ lives in colonial...Records and researchResearching Section 28Wednesday 15 November 2023Vicky Iglikowski-Broad reflects on researching Section 28 ahead of the anniversary of its repeal....Records and researchSeizing Plato: How a 1934 anti-obscenity police raid caused an outcry in Greece and at homeThursday 29 June 2023The seizure of books deemed obscene became unexpectedly controversial and high profile for authorities....Behind the scenesYoung filmmakers at The National ArchivesMonday 24 April 2023Find out about a young people's filmmaking project run at The National Archives....Records and researchApril Ashley: The legal battleMonday 17 April 2023Explore the explosive divorce case between April Ashley and Arthur Corbett, and its legacy....Records and researchApril Ashley: Her early lifeFriday 31 March 2023Explore the early life of April Ashley, pioneering model and key figure in trans...Records and research‘You don’t understand our love’: Lady Austin’s camp boysMonday 13 February 2023Discover London's queer parties of the 1930s, and how the police persecuted these spaces....Records and researchThe Royal Vauxhall Tavern: RaidedTuesday 24 January 2023In January 1987 the iconic LGBTQ+ bar and drag venue, the Royal Vauxhall Tavern...Records and researchEscape to the country: A rural queer network in Kent and SussexThursday 15 December 2022This blog post is part of 20sStreets, in which we explore local history stories in...Archives and archivistsConceptualising and contextualising a neglected archives sectorTuesday 27 September 2022In late February 2022, as an early part of my research I visited the...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 researchFifty years of UK Pride marches: Pride and defiance before 1972Friday 1 July 2022The 1st July 1972 saw something special: the first UK Pride march. The previous... 1 2 3 »