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# Havering Council raises Progress Pride Flag to mark LGBTQ+ History Month
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/havering-council-raises-progress-pride-flag-to-mark-lgbtq-history-month/
- Published: 2026-02-04T11:28:25.000Z
- Updated: 2026-02-04T11:32:35.000Z
- Author: Graham Robson
- Tags: News

**Havering Council** raised the **Progress Pride Flag** on **Monday, 2 February** to mark the start of **LGBTQ+ History Month 2026**.

The flag includes all the colours of the Rainbow Pride flag, widely recognised as the symbol of LGBTQ+ communities, a chevron of black and brown stripes to represent people of colour, and blue, pink and white for trans people.

The flag raising, which took place outside **Havering Town Hall**, Romford, signals the start of a month of activities to celebrate LGBTQ+ history.

Nationally, LGBTQ+ History Month recognises the achievements and the rights of LGBTQ+ people by claiming their past, celebrating their present and creating their future.

The theme for this year’s LGBTQ+ History Month is ***Science and Innovation***, which explores the need for diverse teams to further our everyday technologies, developments in healthcare, and address climate change challenges and our access to clean energy.

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Alongside celebrating the contributions of LGBTQ+ people, it also highlights the harm that the LGBTQ+ community has historically faced because of the ways in which science has been explored and misapplied in the past.

In addition to flying the flag for the month, the Council’s **LGBT+ Staff Forum** will also be hosting a series of exciting activities and events for Council staff throughout February.

In Havering, the borough’s libraries will be presenting LGBTQ+ book displays, where residents will be able learn about pivotal LGBTQ+ figures.

Councillor **Sue Ospreay**, Mayor of Havering, said: “It is a proud moment to celebrate LGBTQ+ History Month by raising the Progress Pride Flag and to celebrate and recognise all the achievements and rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people.

“Today serves as a symbol of our continued support for the LGBTQ+ community and other minority community groups in the borough.

“In Havering, we are always proud to mark any event which brings our communities closer together.”