Resources
We are collecting and creating resources about creating and managing LGBT+ History Months.
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Laurence Luckinbill Is a Straight Man Who Helped Make Gay History
“The first series of events organized in October 1994 for the inaugural LGBTQ+ History Month was a film festival on the campus of the University of Missouri-St. Louis, where I was completing a graduate degree in history. Ten films were screened on four successive Monday nights: October 3, 10, 17 and 24.” To read more,…
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Growing up Needing the Past: An Activist’s Reflection on the History of LGBT+ History Month in the UK
In this 2020 piece for SQS magazine, published by the Society for Queer Studies in Finland, Sue Sanders, co-founder of LGBT+ History Month United Kingdom and co-founder of ICoHM, reflects on her life experiences growing up in the 1950s, coming of age in the 1960s, and embarking on a life of LGBT activism that included…
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How to Start an LGBTQ+ History Month
It might seem like a monumental task but starting a national LGBTQ+ History Month is easier than one might think. In this 2023 essay, Rodney Wilson recalls his experiences founding LGBTQ+ History Month USA in 1994.