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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.

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19th century cross-dresser, Black members of J-flag, front page of the Wolfenden report, Ian Mckellen, Florence Nightingale

View and update the LGBT History Month calendar of events for February 2010

Have your say in the LGBT History Month forum

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Schools OUT Conference 2010
The ground-breaking, entertaining Schools OUT Conference will take place on Saturday 6 February at The Drill Hall in London.

Find out more about the day and book your place on the Schools OUT website, here.

Schools OUT
LGBT History Month 2010
Download resources and tips created during our pre-launch event at the British Museum by clicking here.

If you are a school and planning to organise an event, you can find our resources (including a toolkit) here.

If you are an organisation or an individual wanting to get involved in your area, the resources are here.

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Don't forget to post your events on our national calendar (here) and to join our mailing list to get our monthly bulletin (see the box on the left hand side).

All the resources on this site are free to use. Please note that we do not have hardcopies of anything to send out.
Gareth Thomas, New Patron of LGBT History Month
LGBT History Month proudly announces its latest patron: rugby star Gareth ‘Alfie’ Thomas.

Thomas’s 100 caps for Wales will go down in history, but he rocked the establishment in December 09, when he became the first international rugby union player to come out as a gay man. He currently plays for the Cardiff Blues.

He is very open about his own experience of homophobia and is determined to do all he can to change things for the next generation. View our press release here.



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Links to sister projects:
Schools OUT

LGBT history Month Scotland

South West Peninsula Heritage Project

Nottinghamshire Rainbow Heritage


Thank you to our sponsors and logos of the Department for Children, Schools and Families, the Department of Health, the Ministry of Justice, the Citizens Advice Bureau, The Trade Unions Conference, Amnesty International, the University of the Arts, London, the Crown Prosecution Services, the Metropolitan Police Authority, the Metropolitan Police Service, Transport for London, Fyne Times magazine, Blueway and Specturm

and to our patrons:

Angela Eagle, Minister of State for Pensions and Ageing Society, Cyril Nri, actor, director and writer, Sir Ian McKellen, actor, Labi Siffre, poet, songwriter and singer, Gareth Thomas, rugby player, Prof. Sheila Rowbotham, Viv Gardner, Prof. Melanie Tebbutt and Prof. Martin Hall.


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