#LGBT+HistoryMonth
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🏳️‍🌈 And for the last day of LGBTQ+ History Month, we share an LGBTQ+ activist from the present day!

💫 Paul Donovan FRES (PPE, 1990) is a British economist and author, and was named one of the top ten "Inspirational Leaders" by British LGBT Awards in 2021.

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February 28, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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This #LGBT+HistoryMonth, we’re celebrating queer innovators in science 🧬🌈 Today’s spotlight: Jemma Redmond (1978–2016), an Irish biotechnologist who co-founded Ourobotics and pioneered 3D bioprinting of living tissues—reshaping regenerative medicine.

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A colourful graphic celebrating #LGBT+HistoryMonth and the theme of #ScienceAndInnovation. Illustrated hands wave progress pride flags around an illustration of Jemma Redmond, a white person with their hair up and wearing a cardigan, who is smiling. The background is framed with the pride flag colours. Text reading: Jemma Redmond (1978–2016) was a trailblazing biotech innovator who co-founded the company Ourobotics, where she developed groundbreaking 3D bioprinters capable of printing living tissues and organs and designed ways to keep cells alive during printing — making her a leading figure in tissue engineering. Redmond’s interest in biotechnology was driven in part by her lived experience as an intersex person, which fuelled her mission to make cutting-edge medical technology more accessible and approachable for future patients and researchers alike. This #LGBT+HistoryMonth, we celebrate her visionary work — and the ongoing impact of LGBT+ people in science and technology!
February 25, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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Performing the Rabbit God from @queercomrades.bsky.social madeinchinajournal.com/2026/02/19/p... Interesting read especially during #LGBTQHistoryMonth #LGBT+HistoryMonth #QueerSky
Performing the Rabbit God | Made in China Journal
This essay examines how the classical Chinese story of the Rabbit God has been reinterpreted in the global Chinese diaspora in recent years. Using the examples of Andrew Thomas Huang’s 2019 film The K...
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February 22, 2026 at 5:52 PM
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Pearl Alcock came from Jamaica in 1958, leaving an unhappy marriage and finding rampant bigotry instead. The Brixton dress shop she opened was an undercover gay bar and haven. She was bisexual, and a groundbreaking, self-taught artist. #LGBT+HistoryMonth www.blackhistorymonth.org.uk/article/sect...
Pearl Alcock - The art of living
A life that experienced abuse, a loveless marriage and the loss of a child before it flowered again and lit up the lives of so many others.   The
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February 21, 2026 at 7:21 PM
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We're in the midst of #LGBT+HistoryMonth, so what better time to share with you a selection (of some) of our latest and bestselling LGBT+ titles!

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We'd love to hear your LGBT+ book recommendations, let us know in the comments!

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LGBT+ History Month, with books Kingfisher by Rozie Kelly, How We Named the Stars by Andres Ordorica, On Community by Casey Plett, It Came from the Closet by Joe Vallese, Solemates (audiobook) by Adam Zmith. Published by Saraband.
February 20, 2026 at 9:57 AM
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Dr Alan Hart was a transgender pioneer in medicine. One of the first trans men to undergo gender-affirming surgery in the US (1917), he also revolutionised TB detection by pioneering X-ray imaging in diagnostics, saving countless lives.
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www.scientificamerican.com/article/trai...
Trailblazing Transgender Doctor Saved Countless Lives
After transitioning in 1917, Alan L. Hart helped alter medical history
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February 19, 2026 at 9:53 PM
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It’s #LGBTplusHistoryMonth & this year’s theme is #ScienceAndInnovation 🌈 Today we’re celebrating Elke Mackenzie (she/her), a pioneering botanist and polar explorer whose research on lichens — including Antarctic species — expanded scientific knowledge and broke barriers in natural science 🏳️‍🌈🔬
A colourful graphic celebrating #LGBT+HistoryMonth and the theme of #ScienceAndInnovation. Illustrated hands wave progress pride flags around an illustrated silhouette of Elke Mackenzie and a microscope. The background is framed with the pride flag colours. Text reading: Elke Mackenzie (1911–1990) was a British botanist and lichenologist who specialised in studying lichens — complex organisms formed from fungi and algae — including species found in some of the harshest environments on earth. Educated in Botany at the University of Edinburgh, she went on to work at major scientific institutions, including the British Museum (Natural History), universities in Argentina and Canada, and as Director of the Farlow Herbarium at Harvard University. Her fieldwork included expeditions to Antarctica, where she collected and documented many lichen species, some new to science. In 1971, Elke transitioned and formally adopted her name, continuing to live and work as her true self despite the prejudice she faced within academic institutions at the time. Her legacy lives on in the many lichens and Antarctic features named in her honour — including biological terms and species bearing her name — and through the example she set as a queer scientist breaking barriers in natural science.
February 18, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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Queer composer, artist & activist Ethel Smyth is today's #LGBT+HistoryMonth pick. Don't know her? Read on.

"A woman of inconvenient genius and indecorous passions..."

www.themarginalian.org/2021/01/12/e...
Dignity, Daring, and Disability: The Pioneering Queer Composer and Defiant Genius Ethel Smyth on Making Music While Going Deaf
…with a side of Virginia Woolf’s elated infatuation.
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February 16, 2026 at 5:36 PM
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Syed Ross Masood was born OTD in 1889. Forster first met and fell in love with Masood in 1906, but the feelings were not reciprocated. The pair nevertheless remained friends, and Forster dedicated 'A Passage to India' (1924) to Masood and their "17 years of friendship" #LGBT+historymonth
February 15, 2026 at 6:42 PM
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Looking to ancient history for #LGBT+HistoryMonth & #ValentinesDay, Khnumhotep and Niankhkhnum may be the first same-sex couple ever recorded. Manicurists in Ancient Egypt, they were entombed together with representations of their mutual love. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khnumho...
Khnumhotep and Niankhkhnum - Wikipedia
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February 14, 2026 at 1:56 PM
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The new section of our book display on Level 4 is celebrating #LGBTQ+HistoryMonth, used to highlight the achievements of LGBT+ people across the world and history.

The theme this year is 'Science and Innovation' looking specifically at the contributions of LGBTQ+ scientists and researchers 🧪
February 12, 2026 at 3:22 PM
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It’s #LGBTplusHistoryMonth & this year’s theme is #ScienceAndInnovation 🌈

Today we’re celebrating Barbara Burford (she/her), a Jamaican-born medical researcher whose work helped establish NHS equality & diversity guidelines, shaping a fairer, more inclusive healthcare system 🏳️‍🌈🩺
A colourful graphic celebrating #LGBT+HistoryMonth and the theme of #ScienceAndInnovation. Illustrated hands wave progress pride flags around an illustration of Barbara Buford, a black woman wearing glasses and a jumper who is smiling. The background is framed with the pride flag colours.
February 5, 2026 at 2:53 PM
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It's #LGBT+HistoryMonth, with the theme for 2026 being Science and Innovation. Learn more about the theme and five LGBT+ historical figures here: lgbtplushistorymonth.co.uk/lgbt-history...
February 3, 2026 at 8:00 AM
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Yorkshire landowner Anne Lister, aka Gentleman Jack, is famous, but her contemporary, bricklayer Harry Stokes, is comparatively obscure. Harry (born Harriet) defied mockery and lived as a man even when his wife of 22 years outed him. #LGBT+HistoryMonth wearewarpandweft.wordpress.com/harry-stokes...
Harry Stokes – timeline
The extraordinary life of Harry Stokes – born c.1799 Doncaster, died 15 October 1859 Salford Research by Jenny White Harry Stokes’s life hit the headlines in 1838 and 1859 when he was o…
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February 2, 2026 at 1:52 PM
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Happy #LGBT+HistoryMonth! The 2026 theme is Science and Innovation and we’ll be spotlighting some queer icons from the UK & Ireland and their impact on science and engineering throughout the month to celebrate 🌈

#LGBTHistory #LGBTAwareness #LGBTCommunity
February 1, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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“The subject of homosexuality, then a crime, was so taboo that the finished radio programme was shelved until a heavily edited version was broadcast on the Home Service three years later…” #LGBT+HistoryMonth 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/j...
‘Naked homophobia’: play revisits BBC’s first programme on gay men in 1950s
Original script from 1954 referring to ‘troubles of this kind’ to be brought to life on stage for LGBT+ History Month
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February 1, 2026 at 1:12 PM
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#LGBT #HistoryMonth 2026: When is it and what is it for?
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When is LGBT History Month 2026 – and what is it for?
LGBT History Month 2026 sees the queer community reflect on its shared history - but the event is held in different months in the UK and US.
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January 20, 2026 at 11:30 AM
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Every year October is celebrated as #LGBT+ #HistoryMonth. The idea was introduced in the USA in 1994 and the author of the idea was a high school history teacher Rodney Wilson from Missouri.
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October։ LGBT+ History Month | Pink Armenia
October։ LGBT+ History Month Pink Armenia
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October 7, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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📣 New Podcast! "2025-10-01 - Getting Through Grief" on @Spreaker #antivax #covid #grief #historymonth #lgbt #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtq #lgbtqia #lgbtqia #pandemic #performance #pride #protest #queer #queerradio #shooting #southernillinois #vacination #vax
2025-10-01 - Getting Through Grief
Heather and Jonny briefly check in on recent assaults on LGBTQIA+ rights, particularly Trans Rights. They quickly move to a celebration of upcoming events this weekend kicking off LGBTQIA+ History Month and other Southern Illinois Pride festivities. In the back half of the show, Jonny interviews Dr. Desiree Rowe about her guest artist visit to the SIU, including her presentation of "Wave 01.12.22"--a performance about grief in the wake of CoVid 19 and the persistence of anti-vax practices within the on-going pandemic.  Paulette Curkin Pride Resource Center LGBTQIA+ History Month event schedule: https://smrc.siu.edu/lgbtq/programming/ Rainbow Space Magic free online conference:https://www.eventbookings.com/b/event/rainbow-space-magic-2025?occurrence=3b31c1
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October 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Right time .... Right place
#Goodmorning for ##reflections of #rainbow on #lochgarry #highlands #scotland ... perhaps the perfect end to #LGBT+historymonth ...
#connectingwithnature #nature #photography #landscapes
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February 28, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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As #LGBT+HistoryMonth draws to a close, OMG hope you all had a great one! We celebrated by creating digital & print posters & quizzes for all our sponsors, led an ERG webinar, launched a new LGBTQ+ Topic of the Week in our Discord, completed our migration from X to Bluesky & more! What did you do?
LGBT+ History Month - Schools Out
February 27, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Do you have any special memories of Intercom through the years for #LGBTPlusHM?

Let us know in the comments below!

#history #historymonth
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February 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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LGBT people have always existed. It will be foolish to think we are free of history #LGBT+historymonth #LGBTQhistorymonth
February 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Do you have any special memories of Intercom through the years for #LGBTPlusHM?

Let us know in the comments below!

#history #historymonth #lgbthistorymonth
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February 21, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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On this day in 1988, 20,000 LGBTQ people and our allies marched through the streets of Manchester to protest Section 28, which tried to stifle all mention of our lives.
At the time it was the largest gay rights gathering ever.
Pic: The crowd seen from the top of the Town Hall.
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A black and white aerial view of a crowd. You need to zoom in to see that they are people, they just look like dots at first. I’m the top left quarter.
February 20, 2025 at 8:46 AM