National Festival of LGBT History

Next year, Manchester will play host to the first ever National Festival of LGBT History, coinciding with the tenth anniversary of the national LGBT History Month campaign. The festival will take place on the weekend of Valentine’s Day, Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 February.

The festival will showcase and promote new research, provide the public with an opportunity to bring in artefacts and tell their own stories¹, explore the political side of LGBT history, offer family-friendly activities and feature a collection of films as part of a film festival, a theatre show and LGBT history walks².

For more information, see the National Festival of LGBT History website.

¹ A similar event will be taking place as part of York LGBT History Month 2015; more details when the programme is confirmed!
² We’ll have a few of these too!

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Ynda Jas

Ynda created York LGBTQ+ History Month in 2014 while working at York St John University. They then developed it into an independent organisation, and served as Lead Coordinator from 2014 to 2016, which included overseeing its registration as a charity. They remain loosely involved from a distance, mostly helping with web updates. During their seven years in York, Ynda also studied at both of York’s universities and served periods as secretary of York Pride and York LGBT Forum. They also founded Non-binary London and are the DJ coordinator at the queer cabaret event and community Bar Wotever at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern.

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