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As #LGBTHistoryMonth draws to a close, let's celebrate the sapphic urge to spend the 1920s prolifically creating beautiful female gaze art of your wife. Here is a thread of some of Gerda Wegener's paintings and illustrations of her wife, Lili Elbe.

Portrait of Lili Elbe, 1928

https://www.diversehistory.co.uk/post/stories-from-norwich-pride-2022 In celebration of #LGBTHM23 here again, is the DHUK blog from @NorwichPride 2022 where we interviewed a range of attendees about their stories and why #pride is important to them. #LGBTQIA #LGBTHistoryMonth #LGBTQ

"Liberal Democrats will keep standing up for trans rights – whether it’s opposing Conservative assaults like this or ensuring they do ban conversion therapy as they promised, without further delay. "
#LibDems
#LGBTHistoryMonth
#EdDavey

https://www.scotlibdems.org.uk/news/article/ed-daveys-lgbt-history-month-message-2023

This month is #LGBTHistoryMonth here in the #UK

https://lgbtplushistorymonth.co.uk/

#LGBTQ

#London looking fabulous this evening for #LGBTHistoryMonth 🌈

#LGBTHM #LGBTHM23 #River #RiverThames #Rainbow #Gay #LGBT #LGBTQ

Join us for part 2 of our #Queer Experiences in the #Church roundtable! With a years more experience under our belt plus the launch of #HonestChurch we're excited to see where the conversation goes this #LGBTHistoryMonth.

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The Stonewall Cymru glossary from 2016 uses the spelling Cwiar. While Cwiyr appears only sporadically online.

Sadly, linkrot and poorly archived websites have eroded what digital evidence remains for these terms online.

Do you have any print material using these terms? I'd be delighted to compare notes if so!

#cwiar #LHDT #Cadi #theoricwiar #theoricadi #lgbthistorymonth

The poem ends a bit sadly though. One day a group of carrion birds (ravens, kestrels, kites) get jealous and chase the phoenix back to her homeland, where she burns itself. In real life, Esmé and James VI were forcibly separated and Esmé was exiled back to France, where he died. Esmé also apparently sent his embalmed heart back to James which is pretty dark!

(lovely writeup here https://thehistoricalnovel.com/2022/02/09/queer-kings-queens-was-james-i-vi-gay/)

#histodons #scottishhistory lgbthm #LGBTHistoryMonth

There is one other source for the  term asexual in Welsh. The medical journal from 1986 is the earliest known usage of ‘anrhywiol’ as a human sexuality term in Welsh, but it also appears 6 years later in the 1992 edition of the Hippocrene Standard Dictionary – Welsh-English English-Welsh by H. Meurig Evans. 

Since then it has seen a steady increase in usage and is being included in more and more Welsh language LGBT+ media.

#Anrhywiol #asexual #Anrhywioldeb #lgbthistorymonth #LHDTC

Anrywiol ordinarily means asexual, but it is possible that in 2006-2008, attempts were made to move away from older archaic or offensive terminology to a new term. It's possible anrywiol was one of those attempts, but rhyngryw, whenever it originated originally, won out in the end.

#Rhyngryw #Rhyngrywioldeb #LHDTC #lgbthistorymonth #Cymraeg #Rhyngrywiol

In 2016 the introduction of -rhywedd (gender) instead of-ryw (sex) is printed in Geiriadur Cymraeg Gomer as Trawsryweddol (Transgender) alongside Trawsrywiol. Since then, the two terms are often printed together in dictionaries.

#LHDTC #lgbthistorymonth #Trawsrywiol #trawsryweddol #Traws #transgender #transsexual #cymraeg #mishaneslhdt

Usage picks up again in the 90s and in 1995 Geiriadur yr Academi includes several pieces of bisexual terminology (Deuryw, Deurywiol, Deurywiog) bisexual, (Deurywiad/Deurywiaid) a bisexual/bisexuals, (Deurywioldeb) bisexuality, and (yn ddeurywiol) in bisexual(ity).

Deurywiol is used in dictionaries to this day, though like with many pieces of LGBT+ terminology, inclusion is often infrequent and spread out.

#LHDTC #lgbthistorymonth #Deurywiol #deuryw #deurywiog #bisexual #cymraeg #mishaneslhdt

Pink News: From Anne Frank to Malcolm X: Why are we obsessed with debating if historical figures were LGBTQ+? https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/02/03/lgbtq-history-month-anne-frank-malcolm-x-william-shakespeare-queer/ #LGBT #LGBTQ #Trans #Lesbian #2SLGBTQ #lgbthistorymonth #annefrank #Features #malcolmx #History #Queer #News

Pink News: LGBTQ+ History Month: Remembering the Glamour Boys – the gay MPs who warned 30s Britain about Nazism https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/02/02/glamour-boys-gay-mps-nazi-lgbtq-history-month/ #LGBT #LGBTQ #Trans #Lesbian #2SLGBTQ #lgbthistorymonth #AdolfHitler #Community #History #Nazism

GaySocs in Wales were known as Cymdeithasau Hoyw according to students in Wales in the 80s, however, I have not found any instances of this in print. Despite this, the next times it would appear in a Welsh dictionary are in 1993, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2016 and 2017.

Have you got a Welsh dictionary? Have a see if yours has Hoyw in it! Comment below if it does!

#LHDTC #Hoyw #Cwiar #cyfunrhywiol #lgbthistorymonth #hoywon

#LGBTHistoryMonth @UkNatArchives
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Today marks the start of #LGBTHistoryMonth here in the UK.

Over the next 28 days, we will be showcasing the stories in our collection that show the experience of LGBTQ+ people throughout history and celebrate the progress that has been made.

Keep your eyes peeled!
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📢 🏳️‍🌈 Today is the start of LGBT+ History Month

The LGBT+ History Month 2023 #BehindTheLens celebrates LGBT+ peoples’ contribution to cinema and film from behind the lens.

At a time when LGBT+ lives are in the media we also encourage you to look ‘Behind the Lens’ and listen to LGBT+ peoples’ lived experiences.

Find out more via Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans History Month 👇
lgbtplushistorymonth.co.uk

🎬❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🎥
#LGBTplusHM ##BetterIsPossible #LGBTHistoryMonth #LGBTPlus #lgbtq🌈 #LGBTPlusRights

We have here a sort of archaeological record of Welsh LGBT+ terms throughout the last Century. As far as current knowledge goes, lesbian terminology history in Welsh dates back to 1973 at least. That's 50 years ago this year!

I hope you enjoyed this first instalment of Welsh LGBT words of the day history! Share this or save if you liked it and be sure to follow for the rest in the series.

#Lesbiaidd #Lesbiad
#Lesbiaid #lesbian #LHDTC
#lgbthistorymonth

This LGBT History Month I’m delivering a whistle-stop online tour for local authority clients on my own personal journey through activism and entrepreneurship.

As well as an in-person community event locally on a potted history of LGBT rights and protections.

Watch my social media to follow the month as it unfolds.

Image below of the History Month logo and the founders at Schools Out.

#BehindTheLens #LGBTHistoryMonth #LGBTIQIA #LGBTQ

This week we consulted withand Oxford University Press on a new #KS3 #History textbook ‘Fight for Rights in Modern Britain.’ Specifically on the #LGBTQIA section. It’s going to be amazing. #Teachers watch this space.
#HistoryTeachers #LGBTHistoryMonth