Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans History Month takes place every year in February. It celebrates the lives and achievements of the LGBT community. We are committed to celebrate its diversity and that of the society as a whole. We encourage everyone to see diversity and cultural pluralism as the positive forces that they are and endeavour to reflect this in all we do. For further information click here. You can also read testimonials of community groups and organisations supportive of History Month here.
Latest news on the blog:
Two Ministers Support LGBT History Month 2009
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Department for Children, Schools and Families, Baroness Morgan of Drefelin had some very positive words for us as the key-note speaker at the Pre-Launch event of the Month. Find out more and read the full speech here.
She has now been joined by Equality Minister, Maria Eagle, twin sister of Angela, the first and only out lesbian UK MP, in her support for the Month. Download Maria Eagle's message of support here (Word document).
More information (including pictures) about the event can be found here and the press pack can be downloaded here (Word doc - 1.4Mb).
Get Ready to Celebrate History Month 2009
Now is a good time to start thinking about your events for LGBT History Month 2009. To help you celebrate the month successfully, our website offer a wide range of tools, advice and resources.
For Schools, we have suggestions for lessons and assemblies as well as link to other relevant resources. This includes our new Toolkit to help schools get started with celebrating the month.
For organisations and individuals, our dedicated section of the site offers idea of possible events and a set of tools to support you the process (including a list of LGBT anniversaries for 2009 - Word doc.). Finally, when everything is ready, our calendar of events will allow to advertise your event to the world. This includes our new Toolkit to help you get started with celebrating the month.
For health specialists, we have a special microsite, developed with the NHS, that contains LGBT health specific information.
Finally the Forum allows you to share ideas and experiences, ask for advice or perhaps even make new friends.
Let's make the 5th LGBT History Month even bigger and better!
London School Celebrates History Month
Stoke Newington School is a non-selective, state school, specialising in Arts, Maths, and Science in the London Borough of Hackney. For the past three years, thanks to one of their openly lesbian teachers' remarkable energy and vision, the school has been celebrating LGBT History Month by integrating it to the curriculum.
An account of this year's celebration of the month, together with pictures is available here.
The new badges for LGBT History Month 2009 together with History Month T-shirts are available here.
Links to sister projects:
and to our patrons:
Sarah Weir, Executive Director of Arts Council England,
Cyril Nri, actor, director and writer, Sir Ian
McKellen, actor, Labi Siffre, poet, songwriter and singer.
