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Pride of Place

@LGBTQPlaces

Pride of Place is a @HistoricEngland project to record and celebrate #LGBTQ history and locations across England (Photo: Lauren Anderson)

 England, United Kingdom
historicengland.org.uk/research/inclusive-heritage/lgbtq-heritage-project/
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Big #PrideofPlace news! Historic England to relist Oscar Wilde's home and others with gay heritage theguardian.com/culture/2016…
Historic England to relist Oscar Wilde's home and others with gay heritage

Historic England to relist Oscar Wilde's home and others with gay heritage

Pride of Place project honours LGBTQ men and women whose historical significance has been ignored or underestimated

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Interested in queer history? Would like research tips on using archives? Come to our free online talk on Thursday and find out about Bristol LGBTQ individuals' and organisations' stories from our archive collections. bristolmuseums.org.uk/bristo… [Image archives.bristol.gov.uk/reco… ]
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They're here, they're queer, get used to them! (Because you're going to see them all across the borough!) Our 50 interactive LGBTQ+ heritage plaques have arrived and they're gorgeous. We can't wait to share them all with you.
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Image from Islington's Pride (@IslingtonsPride)
Image from Islington's Pride (@IslingtonsPride)
Image from Islington's Pride (@IslingtonsPride)
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SAHGB@TheSAHGB18 Feb 2021
How is same-sex intimacy layered into Britain's national heritage? How did queer people reshape their buildings to suit their desires? Alison Oram will be discussing these questions and more next week for our #LGBTHM21 season. Sign up now on our website: sahgb.org.uk/whatson/tracing…
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At the #QueerHeritageAndCollectionsNetwork Symposium 2021, listening to Alison Oram on @HistoricEngland's pride of place project, a crowdsourced map of queer history historicengland.org.uk/resea… #QHCN2021 #openknowledge
Your Contributions to Pride of Place | Historic England

Your Contributions to Pride of Place | Historic England

A key feature of Pride of Place is an interactive crowd-sourced map that identifies places that are relevant to LGBTQ heritage and history.

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And because we know the importance of a plaque, we're putting up 50 of them across the borough in February '21, marking Islington's contribution to LGBTQ+ rights in the UK, in all the diverse, defiant and joyful ways.
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Tonic Housing@tonichousing9 Sep 2020
If you've got some spare time today, be sure to check out @LGBTQPlaces, an initiative to identify the locations and landscapes associated with England's LGBT+ heritage. Find your local area, add your own locations and stories and share! historypin.org/en/prideofpla…
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Haidy Geismar@haidygeismar17 Sep 2019
Replying to @JustinBengry
@JustinBengry describing pinning parties to map LGBTQ history and heritage. Nottingham was the second most pinned places after London #uclpublichistory
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Dr John Beales@JohnMBeales17 Sep 2019
Fascinating morning so far at The Practices of Public History : Justin Bengry on the ‘Pride of Place’ Queer History mapping project @LGBTQPlaces and Vicky Price on schools engagement and #WW1 linked to the ‘Shrouds of the Somme’ art installation @UCLSpecColl #UCLpublichistory
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In 1906 Mary Lowndes designed this window for the Chapel of St Anne in Saunton, Devon. In 2017 @HistoricEngland featured this window as part of their @LGBTQPlaces project! Learn more about St Anne's & Mary Lowndes in our post here: goo.gl/as7UYf #PrideOfPlace #LGBTHM19
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Audio from my @aaslh 2018 conference session on interpreting history of sexuality at #museums and #historicsites, with @smithangj & Kaci Johnson (#4 "Getting Sexy at Historic Sites"): soundcloud.com/aaslh-podcast… #histsex
2018 Annual Meeting

2018 Annual Meeting

American Association for State and Local History: your home for history since 1940. www.AASLH.org Sessions and podcasts from past annual meetings, covering the most important issues facing public his

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Did you, or did anyone you know, have experience with the London Lesbian and Gay Centre on Cowcross Street? We're looking for those with firsthand accounts to contribute to the @LgbtqiLDN documented conversation at @gaystheword this Thursday bit.ly/2LjIIcZ
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Our #LGBTHM event at @mshedbristol on Sat Feb 10th will feature free talks from @JustinBengry @DrJanaFunke @JonathanCoopr @BethLAsbury @TommyMarshman @dwbullock & @CherylMorgan outstoriesbristol.org.uk/201…
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This month is @LGBTHM & we’ll be celebrating the links btw the LGBTQ+ & #StainedGlass communities! This 1906 window by Mary Lowndes from St.Anne’s in Saunton, Dorset was listed in @HistoricEngland’s #PrideInPlaces project goo.gl/N5VnAC 🏳️‍🌈
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Image from Stained Glass Museum (@stainedglassmus)
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Our @LGBTQPlaces project uncovers and celebrates places of LGBTQ heritage across England, ranging from the frontiers of Roman Britain to the gay pubs and clubs that remain important in our lives today. bit.ly/2cRsxsc #LGBTHistoryMonth🏳️‍🌈
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Image from Historic England (@HistoricEngland)
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To find more information about the @LGBTQPlaces project, this window, Mary Lowndes and her life partner, Barbara Forbes, find our Facebook post here: facebook.com/thestainedglass…
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The Stained Glass Museum

This month is Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans History Month UK an important month of events, exhibitions, and learning each February across the country. This month celebrates the lives and...

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Two fab LGBTQ+ history month events happening @UniofOxford on 2nd of Feb. LGBTQ+ National Trust Workshop AND history workshop. With free lunch in between! facebook.com/events/14655098… Come one and all! @QueerHistoryGLD @QueerBeyondLDN @TORCHOxford @CGIS_Oxford @OHS_LGBT
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'Southampton Stonewall Lecture 2018, Thursday 15th February: Professor Alison Oram ‘Queer beyond London: Culture and Place in English Cities since the 1960s’ #histsex #LGBTQ lgbtresearchcommunity.soton.…
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Matt Cook reflects on the #queer possibilities of #Birmingham's back to backs, where there was privacy was scarce but opportunity for queer encounters was never far away. queerbeyondlondon.com/source… #histsex #LGBTQ
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