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LGBT History Month
February every year is LGBT History Month around the UK. It's been celebrated in Croydon since 2006.
LGBT History Month 2010
Highlights of LGBT History Month 2010 included a reception in the Croydon Clocktower, a week-long exhibition in the Clocktower Court, opening of the expanded LGBT section of Croydon Library by the Deputy Mayor, wreath-laying in honour of Alan Turing and other LGBT war heroes, and a special celebration of Croydon-born Roberta Cowell, the first person in the UK to have male-to-female gender reassignment surgery.
There were also events at Croydon Police Station, Mayday Hospital, the Braithwaite Hall, and the David Lean Cinema, and a Hustings session with representatives of local political parties.
Photographs of the events:
CAGS hustings 2/02/10 (10 photos by Davide Berlanda – sevenpics@live.co.uk)
Croydon Clocktower exhibition and reception 5/2/10 (4 photos)
Library opening 6/02/10 (11 photos by Michal Jaworski – www.michalj.net)
More pictures of the library opening (4 photos)
Roberta Cowell's book presented to the Library 6/02/10 (1 photo)
Wreath laying 6/02/10 (11 photos by Michal Jaworski – www.michalj.net)
More pictures of the wreath laying (8 photos)
Roberta Cowell celebration 13/02/10 (4 photos)
Thanks to the Consortium of LGBT Voluntary and Community Organisations, for facilitating the work of Michal Jaworski and Davide Berlanda. Other photos are by members of Croydon's LGBT community and Library staff.
Some other documents and resources:
- Full programme of events (pdf file: 400k)
- "Croydon Celebrates LGBT History 2010" leaflet (pdf file: 600k)
- Croydon Council's LGBT History Month web page
- Official programme for the wreath-laying (pdf file: 500k)
- Croydon Museum's LGBT History Trail (pdf file: 1.2 Mb)
- Description of the Roberta Cowell event
- Ray Harvey-Amer's speech at the wreath-laying (pdf file: 48k)
- Blog posting about LGBT History Month in Croydon
- National LGBT History Month website
Croydon Area Gay Society's LGBT History Month events were partly funded by Grassroots Grants and partly underwritten by the Campaign for Homosexual Equality (CHE).
LGBT History Month 2009
In February 2009 there was a special screening at the David Lean Cinema of the film Milk (introduced by the historian Michael Brown and followed by a discussion), a reception in Croydon Clocktower, and an exhibition (extended to a week) in the Clocktower Court. (More ...)
LGBT History Month 2008
For 2008 there was a celebration in Croydon Parish Church Hall of same-sex relationships in English History, covering "sworn brotherhood" in Chaucer and traditional ballads, with a re-enactment of the church ceremonies that were used at one time to celbrate same-sex partnerships in various parts of Europe. (More ...)
LGBT History Month 2007
For 2007 there was a play-reading at the Warehouse Theatre, Croydon, including Rid England of this Plague, from the book of the same name by Rex Batten (introduced by the author) and extracts from Beautiful Thing. (More ...)
LGBT History Month 2006
In 2006 there were no local events for LGBT History Month, but several CAGS members attended events in London, including a study day at the Museum of London and a walking tour of lesbian and gay Soho.
