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Two things on for #LGBTplusHM2025 today!

We've got a gaggle of creative professionals from a variety of fields (artist, writer, voice actor, more) talking about their experiences and advice at the bookshop at 6:30 tonight

And Generate have their members only support group, info in pic!
Text of ads: LGBTQ+ Professional Creatives Panel - 6.30pm Location: Portal Bookshop, 5 Patrick Pool, York Y01 8BB .LGBTQ+ Bookshop and safe space and community hub in central York Hear from local talented professional creatives on how they've developed their craft, and made money from a creative passion. Free attendance, though support via café sales or donations is encouraged. Contact: portalbookshop@gmail.com February 3 Generate 18+ York Support group in-person - 7.30pm -9.30pm Generate provides an in-person support group for transgender, non-binary and gender questioning adults. The face to face groups are held first Monday of the month in York, from 7:30pm to 9:30pm. To become a member please contact hello@generate.org.uk for more information. Contact: hello@generate.org.uk
February 3, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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Book Spotlight 💡 Queer Korea looks into the history of LGBT+ history in Korea since the end of the nineteenth century, detailing this hidden and neglected demographic in a turbulent time for Korea, providing insight into the reaches and limitations of liberty in East Asia #LGBTPlusHM2025
A rainbow background, with a book cover with two Korean women on it, with the title Queer Korea, with the university library banner logo in the top right corner and the megaphone LGBT+ History Month 2025 logo in the bottom left corner.
February 11, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Book Spotlight 💡 These two books contribute to the ongoing activism of the LGBT+ community and drive for social change that #LGBTPlusHM2025 celebrates. The Transgender Issue by Shon Faye lays out how contemporary society fails our trans siblings as a clear call for action to fight the inequality
The book The Transgender Issue: An argument for justice by Shon Faye (a book with a red cover) is standing among plants. In the top right hand corner is the University Library banner logo, and in the bottom left hand corner is the LGBT+ History Month 2025 megaphone logo.
February 13, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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Today we have a special #ExcitedforExhibitions post: The 80s: Photographing Britain, which features a chapter on Imaging Activism: Photography, Sexuality and Body Politics, arrived just in time for #LGBTPlusHM2025! Check it out to see Britain's queer history and rebellion in the 1980s.
A photo of the book The 80s:Photographing Britain that has various older photos of people on the cover, on a table with plants in the background. Superimposed on the photo is a megaphone yelling the progress pride flag with the words "LGBT+ History Month 2025" on, and the Excited for Exhibitions sticker with the University Library multicoloured banner logo. A photo of an open book on a table with a small plant in a pot. The book is open to a page with the heading "Imaging Activism: Photography, Sexuality, and Body Politics" by Yasufumi Nakamori, the opposite page has an artistic black and white photograph of a person dressed in angel wings. A photo of an open book on a table with a small plant in a pot. The open book has various black and white photographs of an AIDS activist march.
February 7, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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Book Spotlight 💡 The Queer Museum looks at the relationship between the queer community and the institutions that for many are their gateway to history. #LGBTPlusHM2025 is working to bring back visibility to our queer past and this book discusses how to do that with museums.
A rainbow background, with the cover of a book that is called "The Queer Museum: Radical Inclusion and Western Museology". In the bottom left corner is the megaphone logo of LGBT+ History Month 2025 and in the top right corner is the banner logo of the library.
February 20, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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Book Spotlight 💡 Here we have two books examining the importance of space for #LGBTPlusHM2025 - Gay Bar is a queer history looking at bars which were often the only place LGBT+ folks were able to be out and proud, while Queer Spaces is an atlas of important locations in LGBT+ history.
the book Gay bar which has a black and white image of gay men dancing on the cover, among the new plants of Harrison library A rainbow background with the book called Queer Spaces which has a blue background and the title is in large gradient letters.
February 25, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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Book Spotlight 💡 Trans Britain traces the history of trans people and trans rights in the UK. An insightful and detailed project proving the depth of the roots of the trans community, and chronicling the activism that has led to trans folks emerging from the shadows #LGBTPlusHM2025
A book with a purple background and yellow text called "Trans Britain: Our journey from the shadows", edited by Christine Burns, sat among the plants that now decorate the library.
February 21, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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We have a new #Exploringlibraryresources post today! Follow the QR code or head to our Subject Resources page to read about why one of our librarians chose Keith Haring as the topic of a mini #LGBTPlusHM2025 themed display at Harrison Library.
February 18, 2025 at 12:03 PM