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LGBT History Month Pre-Launch for 2013

Posted on: May 2nd, 2012 by History Month
  Mark November the 15th down in your diaries. The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans (LGBT) History Month pre-launch is to be held at Bletchley Park this year on that very Thursday.   The event has in the past been held at the Tate Modern, Congress House, The Metropolitan...

Let’s Hear it for the 80s

Posted on: April 18th, 2012 by History Month
Remember when we all had a friend or friends dying of AIDS? When we marched with the miners to stop Thatcher destroying the working class? When the Daily Mail and the Express and The Sun hated us so much they urged the government to impose Section 28? When Jenny...

Schools OUT Speaks OUT for IDAHO

Posted on: April 18th, 2012 by History Month
International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO) – the worldwide campaign to eradicate homophobia and transphobia and to decriminalise homosexuality – is held every year on May the 17th. This year  Schools OUT will be joining The Gay and Lesbian Humanist Association (GALHA) by taking part in a panel debate focusing on education...

Out of the Blocks Takes us to the Future

Posted on: February 5th, 2012 by History Month
A new sports history timeline, Out of the Blocks, takes us on a tour of LGBT history in sport – from 14 AD to 2018 (yes – that’s 6 years in the future!) Thanks to Tony Bilton, we can now see how LGBT participation has always been a part of sport....

Wycombe Wanderers Sign the Charter

Posted on: October 29th, 2011 by History Month
Wycombe Wanderers has become the first professional club in England to sign a Government Charter committing themselves to tackling homophobia and transphobia in football. Prime Minister David Cameron tweeted the club after Wanderers signed up to the Government Charter for Action, which commits them to challenging discrimination and working...

New British Film to Premiere in Bournemouth

Posted on: October 12th, 2011 by History Month
A new British film will portray a gay relationship from many years ago and how an act of treachery brought it to a tragic outcome. Set in  a Somerset village, Rufus Stone is a picture of what life was like for a young gay man in rural England in...

Pre-Launch at The Oval November 21st

Posted on: October 2nd, 2011 by History Month
This year’s LGBT History Month Pre-Launch will be held at The Kia Oval, Kennington, South London. The all-day event starts in the morning with a series of Equality in Sports Practice sessions and is followed by a session mid-afternoon with Sports Minister Hugh Robertson. Late tea-time there will be...

Outing comes out in Italy

Posted on: September 24th, 2011 by History Month
An Italian Blog has “outed” 10 MPs as a protest against the state’s homophobic policies and laws. The blog’s authors said the aim was “to bring a bit of justice into a country where people have no way of defending themselves against daily insults and attacks from hypocritical politicians.”...
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Disability History Month Pre-Launch September 22nd

Posted on: September 21st, 2011 by History Month
UK Disability History Month is holding a Pre-Launch for 2011 on Thursday 22nd September  at the TUC,  Great Russell Street, WC1  from 5pm to 6.30 pm. Co-ordinator Richard Rieser has urged everyone to attend, stating: “This is a crucial time to celebrate the contribution of disabled people to our society, now and in the past. We...

Getting Bivisible

Posted on: September 20th, 2011 by History Month
Friday September the 24th is Bi-Visibility Day, with celebrations and events around the UK. On Monday the 19th of September Radio 4 aired Getting Bi and went on to label it Documentary of the Week. Presented by Tom Robinson, the programme uses historical and anecdotal experiences of a little spoken...

Richard Coles Brings History of Same-Sex Desire to Radio 3

Posted on: September 15th, 2011 by History Month
A chaplain and former Bronski Beat member is to cover the history of same-sex desire on BBC Radio 3. Richard Coles, who was in the band and went on to help form The Communards, before studying Theology and getting himself ordained, travels to different parts of the world and...

FIFA: We Will Investigate Coach

Posted on: September 14th, 2011 by History Month
Fifa is to open an inquiry into the issue of homophobia in women’s football and Nigeria head coach, Eucharia Uche could be in line for investigation. Three international bodies – AllOut, the Federation of Gay Games, and the International Gay and Lesbian Football Association – having secured 46,000 signatures...

Book Review: Let’s Get This Straight

Posted on: September 13th, 2011 by History Month
Let’s Get This Straight: The Ultimate Handbook for Youth with LGBTQ Parents by Tina Fakhrid-Deen is a book focused on supporting, helping and empowering children whose parents identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or/and queer (abbreviated LGBTQ). Fakhrid-Deen first of all sets out to explain that LGBTQ families do...

Bury and Nigeria defender Efe Sodje signs up to the Government ‘CHARTER’.

Posted on: September 13th, 2011 by History Month
On the eve of the recent 21st birthday celebrations for Manchester Pride, the local LGBT sports teams and organizations gathered to kick off the weekends main events with the annual ‘It’s a Gay Knockout’ at Taurus Bar on Canal St. This year, ‘loud and proud’ best wishes and a...

Poll Shows Older Gays and Lesbians Worse off

Posted on: September 13th, 2011 by History Month
A recent poll shows that LGB people are disadvantaged compared to their heterosexual counterparts. Half as likey to be visited regularly by their relatives and twice as likely to be dependent on care. This follows a number of surveys and documentaries exposing shocking abuse and negligence in our care...

Human Rights Watch: Netherlands violates transgender rights

Posted on: September 13th, 2011 by History Month
Dutch civil law violates the human rights of transgender people. That is the conclusion of a report published by Human Rights Watch on Tuesday. The Dutch government is urged to change the law without delay. Article 28 of the Dutch civil code requires transgender people to take hormones and undergo...

Gay Sports Star Says: “Don’t Come Out”

Posted on: September 4th, 2011 by History Month
Gay cycle champ Graham Obree has urged gay sports stars to stay in the closet, hot on the heels of the German football captain’s advice to gay footballers not to come out. Speaking in an interview published in the Scottish Sun, Obree stated that being openly gay raised suspicion in the...

Gay soccer players should not come out – says German captain

Posted on: August 30th, 2011 by History Month
Reuters – Gay professional soccer players should not come out because the repercussions could be too devastating, according to Germany captain Philipp Lahm. “I would not advise any gay professional footballer to come out,” Lahm wrote in his autobiography “The Subtle Difference”. “I would fear that he could end up...

Scots to be Allowed to Refuse Civil Partnerships?

Posted on: August 18th, 2011 by History Month
Scots registrars with particular religious convictions may be allowed to refuse to conduct civil partnerships if an Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP) Member of the Scottish parliament (MSP) gets his way. Glasgow minister John Mason is introducing a motion into Parliament that will allow for people’s bigotry if it is...

Egghead Banned by Chess Club

Posted on: August 18th, 2011 by History Month
Eggheads star and chess ace CJ De Mooi is demanding an apology from the management of the British Chess Championship after they banned him from presenting the prizes wearing his Stonewall ‘Some people are Gay, Get over it!’ T-shirt. De, Mooi, who is President of the British Chess Fellowship,...

Italy Rejects LGBT ‘Hate Crime’ Bill

Posted on: July 28th, 2011 by History Month
Italy’s parliament has rejected a bill to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people from discrimination. The Chamber of Deputies voted yesterday 293 votes to 250 not to approve the legislation. Gay rights campaigners have called on the European Union to step in. Italy already bans discrimination on the...

Minister Seeks to ‘Rid’ Western Ghana of ‘Homosexuals’

Posted on: July 22nd, 2011 by History Month
Ghana’s Western Region Minister, Paul Evans Aidoo MP has ordered the immediate arrest of all homosexuals in the country’s west. Aidooo has tasked Ghana’s Bureau of National Investigations and security forces to round up the country’s gay population and has called on landlords and tenants to inform on people...

Lords Want Teachers to Be Trained in Dealing with Homophobia

Posted on: July 19th, 2011 by History Month
Teachers should be given more training to deal with anti-gay bullying, the House of Lords heard yesterday. Responding to questions, schools minister Lord Hill of Oareford agreed that teachers should be trained to spot signs of homophobic bullying and that changes to Ofsted’s remit would give the school inspection...

California State Schools to Teach LGBT History

Posted on: July 19th, 2011 by History Month
California has become the first state to mandate gay history lessons in public schools. In public school classrooms across the state students will soon be taught a subject that hasn’t been part of the curriculum before: LGBT history, the contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. Lorri Jean...

All Out Protests against Homophobic Captain

Posted on: July 14th, 2011 by History Month
Dozens of fans protested against the Nigerian women’s coach homophobic policies before the women’s football semi-finals on Wednesday 13th of July. AllOut.org coordinated a flashmob encouraging FIFA to give homophobia the red card. Details below and more photos available here

Kate Ryan opens EuroGames Rotterdam

Posted on: July 10th, 2011 by History Month
The EuroGames will be opening on 21 July with, amongst other acts, the Belgian singer Kate Ryan, well known for Voyage Voyage, Désenchantée and Ella Elle l’a. Kate is Proud Ambassador of the worldOutgames 2013 in Antwerp (WOGA) and her appearance is offered by WOGA. JOIN You can still...

From over the Pond

Posted on: July 10th, 2011 by History Month
UK psychologist and professor Ian Rivers discusses his recent trip to America’s Heartland and how, as an anti-​gay bullying researcher, he was received. Rivers, author of Homophobic Bullying and a patron of LGBT History Month, says that although he was always treated with respect personally, the idea that “all children and adults should be...
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IoS Reports on Swedish Gender Free Kindergarten

Posted on: July 3rd, 2011 by History Month
At the Egalia pre-school, staff avoid using words such as “him” or “her” and address the 33 youngsters as “friends” rather than girls and boys. From the colour and placement of toys to the choice of books, every detail is planned to make sure the children are not exposed...

Give ‘Em Hope NOH8 Photo-shoot

Posted on: July 2nd, 2011 by History Month
On SUNDAY, JULY 3RD the NOH8 Campaign will set up our studio across the pond at the THE SOHO HOTEL in LONDON, ENGLAND — opening up an international opportunity to join the campaign to all of our NOH8 supporters in the UNITED KINGDOM! The photo shoot on SUNDAY is...

Symon Hill Completes walk of Repentance

Posted on: July 2nd, 2011 by History Month
This evening Symon Hill, Christian writer, activist and associate director of the Ekklesia thinktank, will be addressing an audience at Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church in London’s West End after having completed a 160 mile walk which he started in Birmingham on 16 June as a pilgrimage to demonstrate repentance...

Muslims “More Liberal” than Others

Posted on: June 28th, 2011 by History Month
Faced with the statement “I am proud of how Britain treats gay people” 15% of respondents who identified as Muslim ‘strongly agreed’ – a higher figure than for the secular community and significantly higher than for Christians. In fact, only Sikhs agreed more ‘strongly’, at 16.7%. The poll, carried out by...

Women’s World Cup Football Kicks off Today

Posted on: June 27th, 2011 by History Month
The Women’s World Cup Tournament Kicked off in Germany today, with England set to play Mexico. Fans can watch it on Eurosport 1 at 9.15 this evening. For those who can’t access it on TV, Eurosport player is available online here. The tournament was tainted when the Nigerian team’s coach told...

New York Says Yes to Same-Sex Marriage

Posted on: June 26th, 2011 by History Month
Gay New Yorkers basked on Saturday in the glow of a landmark decision by the state legislature to legalise gay marriage, a powerful victory for rights advocates in one of the most populous US states. Gay rights supporters chanted and danced in the streets of New York City into...

Government Makes new Pledges at Downing Street Event

Posted on: June 23rd, 2011 by History Month
LGBT History Month had a big profile at Downing Street last night when the PM David Cameron hosted an LGBT celebration before the onset of this year’s London Pride. Everyone was delighted with the latest LGBT History Month 2012 badges, which were launched at the event and will go...

Sue Sanders Goes to No. 10

Posted on: June 22nd, 2011 by History Month
Schools OUT and LGBT History Month co-chair Sue Sanders will be at a reception to hail the success of the LGBT community at 10 Downing Street this afternoon. Celebrating London Pride, but with an eye on achievements in the field of sport, the reception will also include Sarah Williams...

Equality in Sport Newsletter

Posted on: June 21st, 2011 by History Month
To read the latest Equality in Sport Newsletter, in which Lou Englefield celebrates Greater Manchester being the first County sports partnership to sign the Sports Equality Charter and we all celebrate John Amachi’s OBE, go here.  

International Outgames Calendar

Posted on: June 21st, 2011 by History Month
The International Outgames are ready to start inVancouver on July 25th. To find out more, join in and see when the next Outgames will be click here

Gays get Gongs

Posted on: June 14th, 2011 by History Month
We are delighted that Tim Lucas received an MBE and John Amaechi an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. Tim has been a member of Schools OUT and is its ex-treasurer. He was a committed trades unionist and activist for LGBT people within the NUT since the early 1980s....

LGBT HM Pre-Launch to be held at The Oval

Posted on: June 7th, 2011 by History Month
The Oval Cricket Ground in Kennington is to host the next LGBT History Month Pre-Launch on November 21st. Co-chair Sue Sanders is delighted at the decisison. She said: “Following last year’s Pre-Launch at Twickenham, this shows that the cricket authorities are also prepared to take equalities seriously. As a...

Louis-Georges Tin Speaks in London

Posted on: June 6th, 2011 by History Month
Thanks to the gay and Lesbian Humanist Association (GALHA), the great Louis Georges-Tin will be speaking in London this Friday, June 10th. Tin is the French black academic who founded International Day against Homophobia (IDAHO) in 2004, when we founded LGBT History Month. More recently he got himself arrested for attempting...

Tennessee Passes Section 28

Posted on: May 29th, 2011 by History Month
The US state of Tennessee has passed a bill prohibiting the mention of gays or lesbians in lower and middle public schools. Bill 49, dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay Bill” by the opposition, limits sex education to discussion of acts that lead to reproduction. Republican Senator Campfield, author of...

Homophobic Football Boss to Appeal Fine

Posted on: May 29th, 2011 by History Month
The Croation Football boss who created a storm with his homophobic comments last year is to appeal against a $14,000 fine imposed upon him by UEFA. During an interview with Croatian newspaper Večernji List earlier this year, 74 year-old Vlatko Markovic said that no gay player would ever be...

National LGB&T Partnership Joins DoH Strategic Partner Programme

Posted on: May 29th, 2011 by History Month
The National LGB&T Partnership are to join The Department of Health Strategic Partner Programme The England-wide group of LGB&T voluntary and community organisations are committed to reducing health inequalities and challenging homophobia and transphobia within public services. The Partnership has been praised for its ‘excellent progress in building robust...

Iranian ‘Pride’ Held in Turkey

Posted on: May 29th, 2011 by History Month
Turkish LGBT group Kaos GL reports that a group of Iranian LGBT asylum-seekers took part in the fourth March against Homophobia and Transphobia, held 22 May in Ankara. Amongst their slogans: “Ahmadinejad, we’re here!”; “Iranian queers will not keep silent anymore!”; and “Iranian queers, we’re altogether now!.” They are not...

Brazil Pulls Anti-Homophobia Toolkit

Posted on: May 29th, 2011 by History Month
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has pulled an anti-homophobia toolkit from the nation’s schools after bowing to pressure from evangelicals. The toolkit, which was sanctioned by the UN and made internationally, aroused the ire of the religious right with its pro-homosexuality stance. To read more, click here

Dan Choi and Louis Georges Tin Arrested in Moscow

Posted on: May 29th, 2011 by History Month
US campaigner against Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Dan Choi and International Day against Homophobia (IDAHO) founder Louis Georges Tin were among 18 arrested in Russia yesterday after attempting to celebrate Moscow Pride. The event was scheduled for May 28th and organiser Nikolai Alexejev was determined that the event would...

UN: Homophobia as bad as racism and mysogyny

Posted on: May 20th, 2011 by History Month
In a video message marking the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said homophobia and transphobia are no different to sexism, misogyny, racism or xenophobia. “But whereas these last forms of prejudice are universally condemned by governments, homophobia and transphobia are...

Equalities Minister IDAHO Statement

Posted on: May 18th, 2011 by History Month
In a YouTube video praising IDAHO, Minister for Equalities Lynne Featherstone promoted the LGBT Sports Charter; the hate crime reporting site True Vision; and re-emphasised her commitment to eradicating homophobia and transphobia in schools. To see the video go here

Big Lottery Fund awards £1/2 m for Birmingham LGBT Health & Wellbeing Centre

Posted on: May 18th, 2011 by History Month
Birmingham LGBT Community is ‘proud’ to announce that the Big Lottery Fund, through their Reaching Communities Strand, has awarded a grant of £479,263 over a four year period to establish an LGBT Health and Wellbeing Centre for Birmingham. The LGBT Health and Wellbeing Centre will be a one stop...

Survey links Men, Religion, Reggae, Class and Education (lack of) with Jamaica Homophobia

Posted on: May 18th, 2011 by History Month
The first national survey of attitudes and perceptions of Jamaicans towards homosexuality has found that negative views of homosexuality tended to be greatest among males, non-university educated persons, those who listened mostly to dancehall and reggae music and those in lower socio-economic groups. The study showed 59% of respondents...

Happy IDAHO

Posted on: May 17th, 2011 by History Month
Today is IDAHO (International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia). It’s a world wide celebration of our queer identity to mark the day (May 17th) that the World Health Organisation took homosexuality off its list of mental illnesses. Now it’s also an opportunity to protest against same sex relationships being...

Alice went to a lesbian bar…

Posted on: May 15th, 2011 by History Month
Alice didn’t fall into the Rabbit Hole; she strode into the lesbian bar following a curious female who had asked Alice the time. In this new adaptation, Alice encounters a wonderful world of women she could not have imagined and mother certainly wouldn’t have approved of! Will Alice lose...

Queer Poetry Evening at Gays the Word

Posted on: May 15th, 2011 by History Month
Gays the Word hosts a Queer Poetry Evening on May 23rd which will include the launch of The Frost Fairs by John McCullough and The Private Parts of Girls by Sophie Mayer (both from Salt Publishing, 2011).  Chroma’s Andra Simons will round off the evening with a lyrical extravaganza....

Uganda Drops Anti-Gay Bill‏

Posted on: May 15th, 2011 by History Month
Uganda has dropped – or shelved it’s proposed anti-gay bill. Parliament closed yesterday after failing to implement it. Although Parliament has been extended to run on Monday and Tuesday, only administrative business will be carried out. Many, however, believe that public pressure scuppered the Bill’s chances, especially the USA’s...
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Schools Out welcomes NUT report on sexist and homophobic language in schools

Posted on: January 16th, 2011 by History Month
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John Amaechi, former international basketball player, broadcaster and psychologist, Christine Burns, Equality and diversity specialist, podcaster, campaigner, Dr Harry Cocks, social historian and writer, Angela Eagle MP Work and Pensions, Professor Viv Gardner, Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama, Professor Martin Hall, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Salford University, Sir Ian McKellen, actor, Cyril Nri, actor, director and writer, Ian Rivers, Professor of Human Development; Subject Leader for Sports Sciences, Brunel University, Professor Sheila Rowbotham, lecturer and campaigner, Labi Siffre, poet, songwriter and singer, Professor Melanie Tebbutt, Director, Manchester Centre for Regional History, Senior Lecturer, Manchester Metropolitan University, Gareth Thomas, rugby international, Jeffrey Weeks, historian, sociologist, author and LGBT activist, Stephen Whittle OBE, Professor of Equalities Law in the School of Law at Manchester Metropolitan University