Investing in LGBTQ+ heritage

The Bona Eek project focused on rediscovering and documenting the largely lost language of Polari, examining its origins and its influence in contemporary language and life in LGBT+ communities and beyond.

OutStories have collected and preserved the heritage of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) communities of Bristol and the surrounding area.

This three-year project recorded the oral histories of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland's LGBTQ+ communities, from before partial decriminalisation in 1967 to the present day.

‘April Ashley: Portrait of a Lady’ shared the hidden history of the trans community – those whose gender identity and/or expression differs from the sex they were assigned at birth – with 1.2million visitors.

Pink Saltire is a Scottish LGBTQ+ news and information charity founded in 2014.

Barnsley LGBT forum have uncovered previously untold histories to create a digital education pack, documentary and local history trail.

Pride in the Past explores and celebrates the LGBTQ+ heritage and archaeology of the city of Chester.

Never Going Underground: the fight for LGBT+ rights’ was an award-winning exhibition developed by LGBT+ volunteer community curators and staff at People’s History Museum in Manchester.

This project made the work of black, feminist, gay filmmaker Sandi Hughes available online and in the Liverpool Record Office.

The Out and Proud project explores and celebrates lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) histories and heritage across Greater Manchester using digital technologies.

The project explored the heritage of Reading's LGBT community and created an archive of historic and recent stories to preserve them for future generations.

First World War LGBT project looking at the lives of women working on stage in male roles.