LGBT History Month

Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans History Month takes place every year in February. It celebrates the lives and achievements of the LGBT community.

It is committed to celebrate its diversity and that of the society as a whole. It encourages everyone to see diversity and cultural pluralism as the positive forces that they are, and endeavours to reflect this in all it does.

LGBT History Month (UK) was founded and is run by Sue Sanders, originally with the late Paul Patrick and now with Tony Fenwick.

Themes
Since 2011 each LGBT History Month has had a theme, as follows:


 * 2011 and 2012; Sport (for the London 2012 Olympics)
 * 2013: Maths, Science and Engineering (for the centenary of Alan Turing)
 * 2014: Music (for the centenary of Benjamin Britten)

Each year, a Timeline has been created on this Wiki:


 * Timeline of UK LGBT Sport
 * Timeline of UK LGBT Science
 * Timeline of UK LGBT Music

Pre-launch
Each autumn since 2004, a pre-launch event has been held in advance of the following February. The venues for these have been:


 * 2004 (Pre-launch for 2005): Tate Modern
 * 2005 (Pre-launch for 2006): Metropolitan Police, Empress State Building
 * 2006 (Pre-launch for 2007): TUC Congress House
 * 2007 (Pre-launch for 2008): Royal Courts of Justice
 * 2008 (Pre-launch for 2009): Hackney Free and Parochial School
 * 2009 (Pre-launch for 2010): the British Museum
 * 2010 (Pre-launch for 2011): Twickenham Rugby Centre ("Sport")
 * 2011 (Pre-launch for 2012): the Oval Cricket Ground ("Sport")
 * 2012 (Pre-launch for 2013): Bletchley Park. ("Maths, Science and Engineering")
 * 2013 (Pre-launch for 2014): the Crescent Theatre, Birmingham ("Music")

Patrons
As of October 2013, the Patrons of LGBT History Month are:
 * John Amaechi, former international basketball player, broadcaster and psychologist
 * Christine Burns, Equality and diversity specialist, podcaster, campaigner
 * Dr Harry Cocks, social historian and writer
 * Angela Eagle MP, Shadow Leader of the Commons
 * Professor Viv Gardner, Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama
 * Professor Martin Hall, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Salford
 * Sir Ian McKellen, actor
 * Cyril Nri, actor, director and writer
 * Ian Rivers, Professor of Human Development; Subject Leader for Sports Sciences, Brunel University
 * Professor Sheila Rowbotham, lecturer and campaigner
 * Labi Siffre, poet, songwriter and singer
 * Professor Melanie Tebbutt, Director, Manchester Centre for Regional History, Senior Lecturer, Manchester Metropolitan University
 * Gareth Thomas, rugby international
 * Jeffrey Weeks, historian, sociologist, author and LGBT activist
 * Stephen Whittle OBE, Professor of Equalities Law in the School of Law at Manchester Metropolitan University

Website
http://www.lgbthistorymonth.org.uk

Scotland
There is a separate website for LGBT History Month events in Scotland, organised by LGBT Youth Scotland in partnership with the Scottish Government and the European Commission. See http://www.lgbthistory.org.uk/