Birmingham Birmingham’s Nightingale Club to feature in new map, which explores 50 years of British LGBTQ+ nightlife Exploring 50 years of British LGBTQ+ nightlife and parties, Here, There, Everywhere is a map that has been lovingly created by Crack magazine, Queer Britain – the UK’s first LGBTQ+ museum – and Levi’s By Catherine Muxworthy • 2 min read
Arts Queer Britain, the UK’s first LGBTQ+ museum, announces its first exhibition has opened We Are Queer Britain is a riot of objects, voices, art and images By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Features & Longread LGBTQ+ History: The Hotel Roger Dee A gay couple opening a hotel near Brighton is so commonplace these days it’s almost a cliché. In 1972, however, few people had seen the likes of the Hotel Roger Dee before… By Alf Le Flohic • 5 min read
LGBTQ+ News The UK’s first national LGBTQ+ museum, Queer Britain, announces future plans Its current display, Welcome To Queer Britain, runs till Sunday, July 3. The museum is also seeking a full-time Business Manager to help make Queer Britain resilient and sustainable. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts Out and About!: Archiving LGBTQ+ history at Bishopsgate Institute Bishopsgate Institute will be staging a take-over of The Curve at the Barbican from February 28 – March 21 with an installation of objects, ephemera and media highlighting 40 moments and stories in London’s LGBTQ+ history. By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Arts Book REVIEW: The Art of Drag: Jake Hall The book informs, educated and stitches together connections, influences and reasons of why looks came about and what may have driven their development, but above all, looks fierce. By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts Brighton LGBTQ+ History Club to celebrate 45 years of Switchboard Brighton LGBTQ+ History Club to host a free event to celebrate 45 years of Switchboard on Sunday, November 15 from 6pm. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community OUTing the Past to host virtual symposium on Saturday, September 12 The symposium will see selected presenters join invited artists and practitioners to share their thoughts on creatively engaging with the LGBTQ+ past. By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Community News Free online talk on LGBTQ+ history in UK Parliament Archivist Penny McMahon to give a FREE 30-minute talk in Parliament on Thursday, July 30 from 6pm By Contributor • 1 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: Gay in the 80: From fighting for our rights to fighting for our lives : Colin Clews Gay in the 80s examines a number of the events and issues in the UK, USA and Australia, giving a comprehensive perspective of LGBT reality during this decade The book covers the broad political context of the 1980s and takes a comparative approach to events in these countries from Clewes personal ex By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: When We Rise: Cleve Jones When We Rise is not only the story of a hero to the LQBTQ community, but the vibrantly voice memoir of a full and transformative American life. By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: A Little Gay History: Desire and Diversity Across the World How old is the oldest chat-up line between men? Who was the first ‘lesbian’? Were ancient Greek men who had sex together necessarily ‘gay’? And what did Shakespeare think about cross-dressing? A Little Gay History takes objects ranging from Ancient Egyptian papyri and the erotic scenes on the Roman By Eric Page • 2 min read
