Category: Uncategorized

When is LGBT+ History Month in the UK?

Posted on by Jake

LGBT+ History Month was first launched in the UK in 2005, and it has grown in popularity and recognition over the years. The event is celebrated in a range of different ways, including educational workshops, film screenings, exhibitions, and other cultural events. Schools, universities, businesses, and community groups all participate in the event in different ways.

Each year, LGBT+ History Month has a different theme that focuses on a particular aspect of LGBT+ history and culture. Previous themes have included “Catalyst: 30 years of change”, “Peace, Activism and Reconciliation”, and “Geography: Mapping the world”.

LGBT+ History Month in the UK is an important opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate the contributions of LGBT+ people to British society, as well as to reflect on the progress that has been made in terms of equality and human rights. It is also a reminder that there is still much work to be done to achieve full equality for LGBT+ people, both in the UK and around the world.

When is LGBTQ History Month in 2021?

Posted on by Jake

Here’s the thing… depending where you are in the world there’s one in October and there’s one in February.

In the US and other countries LGBTQ History month is observed for the month of October, where as in the UK it is observed in February. So in the UK, LGBTQ History has already taken place – and the next one will be in February 2022.

When is LGBTQ History Month?
Photo by Sharon McCutcheon on Pexels.com

So why the difference between the UK and the US for LGBTQ History Month?

Well, in the UK, February was chosen for LGBT+ history month to mark the ending of the painful Conservative law, Section 28 in 2005, when Tony Blair’s Labour party abolished the ruling. LGBT History month has run every year since then.

LGBT History month in the US actually began over a decade earlier in 1994. It was founded by a high-school history teacher Rodney Wilson in Missouri. At the time Wilson was the first openly gay teacher in the state. He was also responsible for choosing the October date.

October was chosen because the first and second LGBT Marches on Washington, the US, were held in 1979 and 1987. October also contains National Coming Out Day. When it was first launched the awareness month was actually called the Lesbian and Gay History Month. After a while, “bisexual”l was added to the title.

Over time the month has become known as LGBTQ History Month to be more inclusive of those who identify as transgender and queer/questioning.

Where else in the world celebrates LGBTQ History month?

LGBTQ History month is celebrated all over the world. Including Australia, Brazil, Canada, Greenland, Hungary and in Berlin (Germany). Most of these are observed in October along with the US / North America.

Hungary’s history month coincides the UK dates.

You can find out more about LGBT+ History Month in the UK via their website. To find out more about the US history month visit their website.

UK Pride Calendar 2020

Posted on by Jake

Welcome to the ultimate Pride list for the UK in 2020.

When in Pride in the UK, UK pride dates,

Did you know there are over 120 prides in the UK? Every city and almost every town in the United Kingdom has a pride event – some even have two or three. Here are all the pride dates in Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, many prides across the UK have been cancelled or postponed. We have left the dates here, but you should click on the Facebook link to check whether a pride is still going ahead or not.

Scotland

Aberdeen Pride / Grampian Pride | 30th May 2020 | Facebook

Edinburgh Pride | 13th June 2020 | Facebook

Dundee Pride | Date TBC | Facebook

Glasgow Pride| Date TBC | Facebook

Highland Pride | 19th July 2020 | Facebook

Oban Pride | 30th May 2020 | Facebook

Perthshire Pride | Date TBC | Facebook

England

Banbury Pride | 15th August 2020 | Facebook

Barnsley Pride | 12th July 2020 | Facebook

Basildon Pride | 5th September 2020 | Facebook

Birmingham Pride | 23rd – 25th May 2020 | Facebook

Blackpool Pride | 5th – 7th June 2020 | Facebook

Bolton Pride | 29th September 2020 | Facebook

Bournemouth / Bourne Free | 3rd and 4th July 2020 |Facebook

Bradford Pride | 6th June 2020 | Facebook

Brighton Pride | 1st August 2020 | Facebook

Bristol Pride | 11th July 2020 | Facebook

Calderdale Pride | 15th August 2020 | Facebook

Cambridge Pride | 13th June 2020 | Facebook

Canterbury Pride (Pride Canterbury) | 13th June 2020 | Facebook

Chase Pride | 6th June 2020 | Facebook

Chester Pride | 8th August 2020 | Facebook

Chesterfield Pride | 19th July 2020 | Facebook

Colchester Pride | 13th June 2020 | Facebook

Congleton Pride | 18th July 2020 | Facebook

Cornwall Pride | 29th August 2020 | Facebook

Cornwall Bus Tour | TBC | Facebook

Coventry Pride | 13th June 2020 | Facebook

Crewe Pride (Pride In The Park)| 20th June 2020 | Facebook

Croydon Pride | 18th July 2020 | Facebook

Deptford Pride | Date to TBC | Facebook

Derby Pride | 5th September 2020 | Facebook

Doncaster Pride | 8th August 2020 | Facebook

Dorchester Pride | Date to TBC | Facebook

Durham Pride | 24th May 2020 | Facebook

Eastbourne Pride | 18th July 2020 | Facebook

Eastleigh Pride | 6th June 2020 | Facebook

Essex Pride | 20th June 2020 | Facebook

Folkestone Pride | 18th July 2020 | Facebook

Forest Gate / East London Pride | Date TBC | Facebook

Exeter Pride | 2nd May 2020 | Facebook

Exmouth Pride | 20th June 2020 | Facebook

Gloucestershire Pride (Pride In Gloucestershire) | 12th September 20120 | Facebook

Grampian Pride | 30th May 2020 | Facebook

Gravesham Pride | 15th August 2020 | Facebook

Great Yarmouth and Waveney Pride | 27th June 2020 | Facebook

Hampshire Pride | 25th April 2020 | Facebook

Happy Valley Pride | Date TBC | Facebook

Harrogate Pride (Pride In Diversity) | 21st June 2020 | Facebook

Hastings Pride | Date TBC | Facebook

Hert Pride | 22nd August 2020 | Facebook

Hull Pride (Pride In Hull) |25th July 2020 | Facebook

Keighley Pride | Date TBC | Facebook

King’s Lynn and West Norfolk Pride | 22nd August 2020 | Facebook

Lancaster Pride | 20th June 2020 | Facebook

Leeds Pride | 2nd August 2020 | Facebook

Leicester Pride | 5th September 2020 | Facebook

Pride In London | 27th June 2020 | Facebook

Lincoln Pride | Date TBC | Facebook

Liverpool Pride | 25th July 2020 | Facebook

Malvern Pride | 25th July 2020 | Facebook

Manchester Pride | 29th August 2020 | Facebook

Margate Pride | 8th August 2020 | Facebook

Milton Keynes Pride | 12th September 2020 | Facebook

Morecambe Pride | Date TBC | Facebook

Nantwich Pride | 18th July 2020 | Facebook

Newcastle Pride (Northern Pride) | 18th July 2020 | Facebook

Northumberland Pride | 1st June 2020 | Facebook

Nottingham Pride | Date TBC | Facebook

Norwich Pride | 25th July 2020 | Facebook

Oldham Pride | 25th July 2020 | Facebook

Oxford Pride | 22nd – 29th May 2020 | Facebook

Plymouth Pride | 8th August 2020 | Facebook

Portsmouth Pride | 20th June 2020 | Facebook

Preston Pride | Date TBC | Facebook

Reading Pride | 5th September 2020 | Facebook

Rochdale Pride (Rochdale In Rainbows) | Date TBC | Facebook

Rotherham Pride | 11th July 2020 | Facebook

Salford Pride (The Pink Picnic)| 20th June 2020 | Facebook

Salisbury Pride | 13th June 2020 | Facebook

Sheffield Pride | 25th July 2020 | Facebook

Silloth Pride | 27th June 2020 | Facebook

Southampton Pride | 29th August 2020 | Facebook

Stockport Pride | Date TBC | Facebook

Stoke On Trent Pride | Date TBC | Facebook

Suffolk Pride |20th June 2020 | Facebook

Sunderland Pride | 13th June 2020 | Facebook

Surrey Pride | 8th August 2020 | Facebook

Swindon and Wiltshire Pride | 8th August 2020 | Facebook

Tameside Pride | 18th July 2020 | Facebook

Totnes Pride (Proud2Be) | 5th September 2020 | Facebook

Tunbridge Wells Pride | Date TBC | Facebook

Wakefield Pride | 9th August 2020 | Facebook

Walsall Pride | 29th August 2020 | Facebook

Waltham Forest Pride | 25th July 2020 | Facebook

Warwickshire Pride | 22nd August 2020 | Facebook

Weymouth and Portland Pride | Date TBC | Facebook

Wigan Pride | 8th August 2020 | Facebook

Worcestershire Pride | 19th September 2020 | Facebook

Worksop Pride | Postponed until 2021 | Facebook

Worthing Pride | 11th July 2020 | Facebook

Yeovil Pride | 8th August 2020 | Facebook

York Pride | 6th June 2020 | Facebook

Wales

Barry Pride | Date TBC | Facebook

Cardiff Pride | Date TBC | Facebook

Llanelli Pride | 17th – 20th July 2020 | Facebook

Swansea Pride | 2nd May 2020 | Facebook

Northern Ireland Prides

Belfast Pride | 1st August 2020 | Facebook

Derry Pride / Foyle Pride | 29th August 2020| Facebook

Limerick Pride | 11th July 2020 | Facebook

Newry Pride | Date TBC | Facebook

UK Island Prides

Isle of Wight Pride | 18th July 2020 | Facebook

Channel Island Pride | 12th September 2020 | Facebook

Isle of Man Pride | 13th June 2020 | Facebook


Specialised Prides

Student Pride | 21st February 2020 | Facebook

UK Black Pride | 12th July 2020 | Facebook

Trans Pride Leeds | 5th April 2020 | Facebook

Bi Pride | Date TBC | Facebook

Brighton Trans Pride | 18th July 2020 | Facebook

Northern Ireland Trans Pride | 6th – 7th June 2020 | Facebook