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February is LGBT+ History Month in the UK, and to celebrate it we asked academics studying queer politics, performances and personal stories to share what they’ve learned with us, from the history of camp, to the very British
resistance to homophobic laws, to the untold story of a lesbian Holocaust survivor.
But LGBT+ History Month is not just about the past. The legacy of section 28 is still impacting teachers today, and even being echoed in legislation being debated in the US. Meanwhile, LGBT+ people today can play a role in rewriting the
harmful history of data collection about their communities.
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Avery Anapol
Commissioning Editor
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Protests against Section 28 ranged from marches to invading the nightly news.
Gianni Muratore / Alamy Stock Photo
Paul Baker, Lancaster University
Opposition to the controversial law reflected the British national character, reminiscent of comedies like the Carry On films.
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Rona Cran, University of Birmingham
Camp defies easy categorisation and has come to mean many things over the span of queer history
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Margot Heuman
Erika Hughes, University of Portsmouth; Anna Hájková, University of Warwick
For the first time, the testimony of a 94-year-old Holocaust survivor tells the story of life and love in the camps as a young lesbian woman.
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Catherine Lee, Anglia Ruskin University
The UK’s homophobic law was repealed in 2003, but its impact on LGBTQ+ students and teachers has lingered.
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Kevin Guyan, University of Glasgow
Data collection has been used as a weapon against LGBTQ+ communities.
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Lucille Kelsall-Knight, University of Birmingham
There are more same-sex parents than ever, but they still face unique challenges in accessing healthcare for their children.
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Cevat Giray Aksoy, King's College London
Promising findings in Serbia, Ukraine and Turkey show what can be achieved with a bit of information.
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Featured events
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— Online, Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland — University of Southampton
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— Online, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB11PT, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland — Anglia Ruskin University
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— Oxford Martin School (and Online), 34 Broad Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 3BD, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland — University of Oxford
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— The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, Manchester, M139PL, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland — University of Manchester
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