LGBT+ History Month provides an opportunity to raise awareness and celebrate the lives and achievements of the LGBT+ community, while also remembering the challenges and discrimination the community has faced and continues to face.
LSE is proud to present an exciting programme of events and activities for this year's LGBT+ History Month.
In addition to these events below, keep an eye out for additional events being held by the LSESU! (more information to come)
LGBT+ History Month events
Location: The Hall Carpenter Room (SAW 3.02)
A community bake sale to raise money for the London LGBTQ+ Community Centre.
Please fill out this form if you plan to bake something for the sale!
Location: The Hall Carpenter Room (SAW 3.02)
Spectrum, LSE's LGBTQ+ staff network, will be screening the 2014 film Pride: which explores solidarity movements of how queer activists supported the miners during the miners’ strikes in the 1980s.
Register for a ticket here
Location: LSE Campus, venue TBC
Join us for an evening with Susan Stryker, a pioneering historian and theorist in trans* studies whose work has profoundly reshaped the fields of gender and sexuality scholarship.
See here for more information, and to register for a ticket
Location: The Hall Carpenter Room (SAW 3.02)
Join us for a special drinks reception to celebrate the official launch of the Hall-Carpenter Room, LSE's dedicated space for gatherings that promote inclusivity and intersectionality.
The room was named to celebrate the LSE Library’s Hall Carpenter Archives, an extensive collection of archives and printed material documenting the history of LGBTQ+ activism in the UK since the 1950s.
Reserve a spot here.
Location: LSE Library Gallery
Browse through a selection of LGBT+ materials at your own pace, with staff on hand to answer any questions. Whether you're a newcomer to archives or a seasoned researcher, these laid-back events offer a great opportunity to explore our collections in an informal setting.
Book a place to register your interest and receive reminders about the day or just drop in and stay as long as you like!