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Timeline Photos A snapshot of the 1981 Lesbian Strength March ✊ ⁠
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Typically these marches were held a week before the Gay Pride March, giving visibility to lesbians within the LGBTQ+ community.⁠
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Did you ever attend one of these marches?
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Timeline Photos Did you know that 1975 was called "International Women's Year" by the United Nations? ⁠
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It was in that year that the first UN conference on the status and lives of women was held, which helped lead to new ... 10 Likes

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Timeline Photos We're excited to be joined by Dr Ju Gosling FRSA for our LGBTQ+ History Month online event with OUTing the Past.
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Ju is an artist, writer, and campaigner, who has been the Co-Chair of LGBTQ+ disability charity Regard since ... 7 Likes

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Timeline Photos Join our "A Short History Of Twentieth-Century London" online course to discover what daily life was like at the time.
Using campaigning ephemera, photographs, letters, scrapbooks, and diaries held in our collections, you'll be looking at how the city changed ... 6 Likes

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Timeline Photos Though the doors to our archives may be closed, you can still delve into the histories we hold at our upcoming online archive launches.
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Join us on Thursday 11 February to learn more about the growth of the UK ... 8 Likes

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We're thrilled to be welcoming back some of our sell-out courses this spring, along with some brand-new sessions.
Starting this March, join our new courses on the art of protest, the history of the Mangrove 9, and on creating characters ... 8 Likes

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Timeline Photos Today marks the anniversary of the Museum of Transology first being displayed at the London College of Fashion, before it went on to the Brighton Museum. We were honoured to be able to provide a loving home to this collection ... 14 Likes

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Set up in September 2001, the Stop the War Coalition (StWC) is an anti-war group that campaigned against the war in Afghanistan and the Iraq war.⁠
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Alongside the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and the Muslim Association of Britain, Stop ... 12 Likes

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Timeline Photos Wanting to write your Valentine a poem this year that doesn't start with "roses are red"? 🌹⁠
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Join our beginners' poetry workshop and embrace your inner romantic poet (or your inner comic). Either way, it'll be a Valentine's Day ... 5 Likes

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Timeline Photos The Sexual Offences Act of 1967 legalised homosexual acts, in private and between two consenting men over the age of 21. It wasn't until the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act came into force in 2001 that the age of consent was ... 12 Likes

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Timeline Photos We're excited to have London-based fetishists and photographers The London Vagabond speaking at our alternative Valentine's Day celebration.⁠
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They'll be in-conversation with our Special Collections Manager and curator of the UK Leather and Fetish Archive, Stefan Dickers.
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The ... 1 Comments

Chez Verde Calico Boyle perhaps of interest?

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Celebrate Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans History Month UK with our online event with OUTing the Past.
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On Wednesday 24 February, we'll hear from speakers including Lisa Power, who was one of the Stonewall founders.⁠
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Lisa will be sharing ... 11 Likes

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Timeline Photos Trade cards were used by traders and workers in the eighteenth century as a way to promote their business.⁠
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The cards were often handed out in the same way we use business cards today – though the designs are ... 7 Likes

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Lives from the Archives: Dan Glass (LGBTQ+ activist) | Bishopsgate Institute We loved catching up with LGBTQ+ activist Dan Glass last summer as part of our "Lives from the Archives".
Dan recently wrote the book "United Queerdom", which looks at LGBTQ+ campaigns from the work of the Gay Liberation Front (GLF) ... 5 Likes

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Timeline Photos Celebrate the online launch of Mapping Museums' Archive on Thursday 11 February.
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During the late twentieth century, the number of museums in the UK more than tripled. Mapping Museums will be sharing with us their research project that documents ... 5 Likes

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World at One - 17/11/2020 - BBC Sounds Was that “our” Laura Laker being interviewed about e-bikes on Radio 4’s World at One 1.33-1.39pm today?
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Swing Patrol London Yay! Go Laura! Thanks for sharing with us Barry :)

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‘It’s about breaking boundaries’: Nicola Adams on dancing with a woman on Strictly A woman dancing with a woman? Get over it middle England, this is the 21st century! Looking forward to the time when men can dance with men, women with women, and men with women again in person!
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This content isn't available right now Lovely dancers of London - and beyond - although the dancehalls aren't yet back in business, my dance band in particular just happen to be. In our first gig since late January/early February we are very happy to essentially be ...

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London Throwdown Hey team
Your favourite competition event is back and it is all ONLINE - London Throwdown 2020 (11th-13th September) is here!
Why not compete with your teammates in a 60s Showcase? Or if you practiced solo over lockdown why not ... 1 Likes

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An opportunity to listen and learn about an important issue we are all navigating as a community.
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Wish you had a local venue, I’m in Felixstowe Suffolk, would love to do this. The on line classes are during my working hours, and sadly my husband is not in the least bit interested in dancing, but I would ...

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CVFC - Collective Voices for Change We are supporting the Collective Voices for Change (CVFC) which is an international public organisation committed to building a new and equitable social fabric in the Jazz dance community. Join the FB page and have a read with the first ... 1 Likes

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Lindy Hop is a Black American Dance As we self reflect and ensure we are honouring the dance and those that created it, this is a fabulous resource with which to start. https://youtu.be/My20UBtCvdY
Most of the time, when people think about Swing Dancing, they think about white ... 1 Comments

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This content isn't available right now Such fun and in a good cause....

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Mama Lu Parkets - Count Basie Centennial 2004 Good morning everyone. Many of you will have learnt Mama Stew by now. Let's honour Mama Lou Parkes " Mama Lu" and these dancers. What a joy. Join us in watching this again and again. Wow...
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So good to see this again! Still one of the most exhilarating performances I've ever seen.

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Shim Sham Relay Swing Patrol London's contribution to the worldwide Shim Sham relay to celebrate Frankie Manning's Birthday.

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Arrianne ABM Finding the positives. Time for art projects with these offerings from Arrianne & Scott. #chinfaces #dailyartprojects

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Ain't No Mountain High Enough Finding the positives. Time for art projects with these offerings from Arrianne & Scott. #chinfaces #dailyartprojects

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Steph and Joel from Melbourne Free move of the week

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Chase - Free mini lesson with Scott and Arrianne Feeling bored at home? Here's Scott explaining the Chase :)

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