Celebrating Cheshire's LGBT History

Celebrating Cheshire's LGBT History

Woman with rainbow flag at Chester Pride
Chester Pride

Our Heritage

Date awarded
Location
Crewe Central
Local Authority
Cheshire East
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.

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