Chester Pride
Our Heritage
Date awarded
Location
Crewe Central
Applicant
Body Positive
Award Given
£43500
Body Positive has recorded and digitised the memories of the LGBT+ community in Cheshire, saving their legacy for future generations.
Body Positive is a charity providing comprehensive services on sexual health advice, education and STI prevention in Cheshire.
From Prejudice to Pride – The Later Years, is a continuation of a Cheshire Archive's LGBT+ Hidden Histories project funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund.
The project originally spanned the 16th century to the 1960s and has now been updated to include Cheshire's LGBT+ history from the 1970s to the present.
A physical exhibition showcasing the more recent histories, collected by Body Positive, was cut short due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Body Positive was awarded a £47,000 from the Heritage Fund’s National Lottery Grants for Heritage.
From Prejudice to Pride – The Later Years managed to:
- collect stories from the LGBT+ community in Cheshire from the 1970s to the present.
- put special emphasis on themes such as the impact of HIV and AIDS, the development of aversion therapy and social campaigning.
- record oral histories of members of the Silver Rainbows older people's LGBT network.
- create short films exhibited at local libraries in Cheshire.