Audio heritage tour in Brighton. Credit: Kaleidoshoots / Marlborough Productions.
Projects
Queer Heritage South: Live Archive Brighton & Hove
The project will build a digital archive and bring to life stories from the LGBTQ+ community.
LGBT people
In-person and online activities will bring people together to share memories of the club’s past. Photo: Club Kali Network.
Projects
Where East meets West: Celebrating South-Asian LGBTQ+ Heritage through Club Kali Network
We’re helping the UK’s first safe space for LGBTQ+ people of South Asian heritage to preserve and showcase their history dating back to 1995.
Joanna Jarvis , Imogen Watmore, Ashlynn Hudson-Welburn and Harvey Barker holding Pride banner in front of HST loco in Great Hall, National Railway Museum, (NRM) York. © The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum.
Stories
Mind the gap: uncovering missing stories from railway history
People, Pride and Progress is recording the experiences of LGBTQ+ workers to explore unheard perspectives on railway heritage.
Richard Kennedy was a founding member of Cara-Friend. Credit: Timothy O’Connell.
Projects
Founding Cara-Friend: Preserving At Risk LGBTQIA+ Heritage
An exhibition and interviews celebrate the trailblazing founders and volunteers of Northern Ireland’s oldest LGBTQ+ charity.
From left to right: Scott Cuthbertson, Director of The Rainbow Project, Mukesh Sharma, The National Lottery Heritage Fund Northern Ireland NI Committee Chair, Cara McCann, Director of HERe NI and Adam Murray, Community Development Manager at Cara-Friend.
Projects
Creating Northern Ireland’s LGBTQ+ heritage archive
A collaborative effort will record and share Northern Ireland’s modern LGBTQ+ history.
Isle of Wight Pride. Photo: Héctor Manchego.
Projects
Pride In Self, Pride In Place: the NHS and LGBTQ+ culture on the Isle of Wight
StoneCrabs Theatre is gathering oral histories to uncover the role of the NHS in the Isle of Wight’s LGBTQ+ culture between 1980 and 2000.
Restoring a green space in Brighton. Photo: The Wild Mind Project.
Projects
Wild Mind LGBTQ+ natural heritage wellbeing workshops
The Wild Mind Project is restoring a neglected green space in Brighton through nature programmes for the young LGBTQ+ community.
Young people making a film as part of the I Me Us Boundless project. Photo: Pride In North Cumbria.
Projects
I Me Us Boundless: sharing stories of transgender, non-binary and gender non-conforming people in Cumbria
Through the collection of stories, this project will document the lived experiences of transgender, non-binary and gender non-conforming people in Cumbria.
Queer Looks exhibition at Brighton Museum. Credit: Tessa Hallmann
Projects
Wear it out: The culture and heritage of LGBTQ+ dress in Sussex, 1917-2017
This cultural heritage project explored how some people from LGBTQ+ communities have historically used clothing to express identity. It focused on Sussex in the time period 1917-2017.
Stories
Preserving the unique experiences and advice of people from the past
Glasgow Zine Library is not only saving and sharing heritage but supporting the production of it for the future, too.
David Sheppeard. Photo: Rosie Powell.
Blogs
Queer Heritage South: what we’ve learned about running LGBTQ+ heritage projects
Artist and producer David Sheppeard shares reflections and advice from his experiences working with heritage.
Two people preparing for a party hosted by Homotopia. Photo: Mike Parry.
Projects
The Power of Holly Johnson
This project aims to explore the rich history and lasting influence of Holly Johnson and the LGBTQ+ community on the cultural fabric of Liverpool.