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Bi Community News

2025-11-06T20:53:10Z

Jenbird: Changing issue frequency to quarterly

[[File:bcn107-wiki.jpg|200px|thumb|right|BCN magazine]]

'''<cite>Bi Community News</cite>''' is a community press magazine about bisexuality, bi life, bisexuals in the wider world and in particular the UK bisexual community / scene.

The name was decided by a vote of people attending the annual bisexuality convention [[BiCon]] 1995, following a discussion workshop on the need for an independent bisexual press due to the lack of such a voice.

It has been published since 1995, initially every month, then six times a year from 2002 to 2021 and (at 2025) is still publishing regularly four times a year. More than 180 issues have been printed.

''BCN'' (as it is more often called) has a Constitution which reads:

* There shall be a bisexual magazine/newsletter
* It shall not print poetry

Since around 2000 it has been edited by [[Jen Yockney]]. The early issues were produced by a collective and had a "rotating editor" arrangement with a change in the person taking the helm on each edition.

Previous bisexual magazines in the UK were <cite>[[Bi Monthly]]</cite> and <cite>[[BiFrost]]</cite>.

==External Links==
[http://bicommunitynews.co.uk BCN website] 
[http://www.facebook.com/bicommunitynews Facebook page] 
[http://twitter.com/bicommunitynews Twitter @bicommunitynews]

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Bi Visibility Day

2024-12-20T15:15:16Z

Jenbird:

'''Bi Visibility Day''' also known as '''International Celebrate Bisexuality Day''' has been marked on 23rd September each year since 1999. It started as a date for the bisexual community to celebrate and recognise its own work and acheivements, but has grown over time to be more outward looking a public date.

Though the initiative started in the USA, it has been consistently marked in the UK by the UK bi community as well - in particular by groups such as [[BiPhoria]], [[Brighton Bothways]], and [[Edinburgh Bi Group]].

It first received Ministerial recognition in the UK in 2013<ref>https://bimedia.org/3108/uk-equalities-minister-welcomes-bi-visibility-day/</ref>, and in the same year the White House held its first roundtable meeting on bisexual issues on September 23rd<ref>http://bimedia.org/3057/white-house-plans-bi-summit-for-september-23/</ref>.

A list of UK and international events to mark the date is kept at [https://www.bivisibilityday.com BiVisibilityDay.com]

==References==
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BiPhoria

2024-12-20T15:13:39Z

Jenbird: Updated links to https and covid era meetings

[[File:Biphoria.png|thumb|Biphoria logo]][[Manchester]]-based '''BiPhoria''' is the longest-running bisexual social/support project in the UK. It was established in 1994 through the coming together of the [[Manchester Men's Bisexual Group]] and [[Manchester Bi Women's Group]].

From its first meeting on 1st September 1994 to 2000 it met monthly at the Lesbian & Gay Centre on Sidney Street on the first Thursday of each month for the main social/support meetings, with other social events in the rest of the month. From September 2000 onwards it has met at the [[Lesbian & Gay Foundation]] building on the first Tuesday of each month. With the arrival of the COVID pandemic the group moved online, with "bi lunch" hangouts meaning the group held around 100 zooms during lockdown before restrictions on meeting in person were relaxed. In 2024 BiPhoria celebrated its 30th birthday.

The group has hosted events each year since 1999 to mark [[Bi Visibility Day]] on September 23rd, as well as several [[Bi Activist Conferences]], four [[BiFest]]s and other events. Their "This banner is on the fence, bisexuals aren't" signs have appeared annually on Canal Street around [[Bi Visibility Day]] annually since 2018.

Spin-off groups have included [[Bisexual Action Manchester]], [[Bi Youth]], [[Bisexual Action]].

In addition to its core face-to-face work, BiPhoria has published a number of reports and resources reflecting bisexual needs and issues. Current resources include a publication on bisexuality & mental health (2011) and a pocket guide to coming out and staying out, “Getting Bi in a Gay / Straight World” (2011).

The longest-running bisexual group in the UK was previously [[London Bi Group]] which ran for over twenty years but closed in 2003.

==External Links==
BiPhoria website https://www.biphoria.org.uk 
Current Publications https://biphoria.org.uk/read/ 
Getting Bi in a Gay/Straight World https://www.flickr.com/photos/biphoria/sets/72157626275005967/show/

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Jo Swinson

2020-02-17T14:44:45Z

Jenbird: Created page with basic internal links. Needs news link re Bi Vis Day quote.

Joanne Kate Swinson CBE (born 5 February 1980) is a former MP who served as leader of the Liberal Democrats from 22 July to 13 December 2019.

She was the first woman and the youngest person to hold the position. She was the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Dunbartonshire from 2005 to 2015 and from 2017 to 2019.

In 2013 as Junior Minister for Women and Equalities she was the first UK government minister to send a message of support for [[Bi Visibility Day]], saying, "I welcome Bi Visibility Day which helps to raise awareness of the issues that bisexual people can face and provides an opportunity to celebrate diversity and focus on the B in LGB&T."

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Layla Moran

2020-02-17T14:40:17Z

Jenbird: Created page with basic links.

'''Layla Michelle Moran''' is a British [[Liberal Democrat]] politician.

She was elected Member of Parliament for Oxford West and Abingdon at the 2017 general election and re-elected in 2019.

In 2020 she came out as pansexual, making her the first openly pansexual MP in the UK.

Prior to coming out she had championed LGBT inclusion in her role as the [[Liberal Democrats]] Education spokesperson.

== External links ==
http://www.laylamoran.com/

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Bi Community News

2020-02-17T14:34:52Z

Jenbird: 2020 still publishing

[[File:bcn107-wiki.jpg|200px|thumb|right|BCN magazine]]

'''<cite>Bi Community News</cite>''' is a community press magazine about bisexuality, bi life, bisexuals in the wider world and in particular the UK bisexual community / scene.

The name was decided by a vote of people attending the annual bisexuality convention [[BiCon]] 1995, following a discussion workshop on the need for an independent bisexual press due to the lack of such a voice.

It has been published since 1995, initially every month, and (at 2020) is still publishing regularly six times a year. More than 140 issues have been printed.

''BCN'' (as it is more often called) has a Constitution which reads:

* There shall be a bisexual magazine/newsletter
* It shall not print poetry

Since around 2000 it has been edited by [[Jen Yockney]]. The early issues were produced by a collective and had a "rotating editor" arrangement with a change in the person taking the helm on each edition.

Previous bisexual magazines in the UK were <cite>[[Bi Monthly]]</cite> and <cite>[[BiFrost]]</cite>.

==External Links==
[http://bicommunitynews.co.uk BCN website] 
[http://www.facebook.com/bicommunitynews Facebook page] 
[http://twitter.com/bicommunitynews Twitter @bicommunitynews]

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Timeline of UK LGBT History

2020-02-17T14:31:43Z

Jenbird: /* 21st century */ add NI marriage equality

[[File:C. Julius-Caesar (British Museum).gif|thumb|Bust of [[Julius Caesar]] in the [[British Museum]]]]This is a '''timeline of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender history in the United Kingdom''' throughout the centuries.

''[[#21st century|Jump to 21st century]]''
__NOTOC__
==1st century BC==
* '''55 BC''' – [[Julius Caesar]]'s first invasion of Britain.

==1st century AD==
* '''AD 43''' – Roman invasion and establishment of the province of [[Britannia]].

==2nd century==
* '''122''' – Emperor [[Hadrian]] visits Britain.
[[File:Bust Hadrian Musei Capitolini MC817.jpg|thumb|right|The Emperor [[Hadrian]]]]
==3rd century==

* '''286''' – Britain becomes independent from the Roman empire for ten years under [[Carausius]] and Allectus.

==4th century==
* '''343''' – the emperor [[Constans]] visits Britain.

==5th century==
* '''410''' – usual date for the end of Roman rule in [[Britannia]].

==6th century==
* '''c.547''' – Death of King [[Maelgwn]] of Gwynedd.
* '''597''' – St Augustine becomes first [[Archbishop of Canterbury]].
* '''late 6th century''' – [[Findchán]] and Áid the Black cursed by St Columba.

==7th century==
* '''670''' – St [[Theodore of Tarsus]], Archbishop of Canterbury, prescribes fasts and penances for various homosexual acts.
==8th century==

==9th century==
* '''804''' – Death of [[Alcuin]].
* '''850s''' – a woman from [[Wimborne Minster]] was supposedly elected [[Pope Joan]].
[[File:Anselm of Canterbury, seal.jpg|thumb|Seal of [[Anselm]] as [[Archbishop of Canterbury]]]]
[[File:EdwardII-Cassell.jpg|thumb|right|[[Edward II]]]]
[[File:Robert devere.jpg|thumb|[[Robert DeVere]] as Duke of Ireland]]
==10th century==
* '''927''' – [[England]] is united as a single kingdom by King Æthelstan of [[Wessex]].

==11th century==
* '''1066''' – Battle of [[Hastings]] and Norman conquest of England.
* '''1100''' – Death of King [[William II]].
==12th century==
* '''1102''' – [[Council of London]] condemns homosexuality.
* '''1109''' – Death of Saint [[Anselm]]
* '''1120''' – Death of [[William Atheling]] in the sinking of the White Ship.
* '''1123''' – [[Rahere]] founds St Bartholomew's Hospital.
* '''1125''' – [[Hilarius]] writing around this time.
* '''1167''' – Death of Saint [[Aelred]]
* '''1187''' – [[Gerald of Wales]] describes the practice of same-sex marriage in [[Ireland]].
* '''1189''' – [[William Longchamp]], Bishop of Ely, appointed to rule England while [[Richard I]] is away on the crusades.
* '''1199''' – Death of King [[Richard I]]

==13th century==
* '''c.1290''' – Publication of <cite>[[Fleta]]</cite>, first book to suggest a punishment (which was not enforced) for homosexuality in English law.

==14th century==
* '''1327''' – summary execution of [[Piers Gaveston]].
* '''1327''' – Murder of King [[Edward II]].
* '''1376''' – The [[Good Parliament]] petitions King Edward III to banish foreign traders for having introduced "the too horrible vice which is not to be named".
* '''1386''' – [[Richard II]] makes [[Robert DeVere]] Duke of Ireland.
* '''1391''' – Death of Sir [[John Clanvowe]] and Richard Neville.
* '''1395''' – [[John Rykener]] arrested for cross-dressing.
* '''1400''' – Death of King [[Richard II]]
==15th century==

==16th century==
* '''1533''' – [[Buggery Act 1533]] brings in the death penalty (hanging) for gay sex in England.
* '''1540''' - [[Sir Walter Hungerford]] executed for treason and buggery.
* '''1541''' - [[Nicholas Udall]] convicted of buggery and imprisoned.
* '''1542''' - The [[Laws in Wales Act 1542]] extends English laws, including the [[Buggery Act 1533]], to [[Wales]].
* '''1593''' - Death of [[Christopher Marlowe]] in suspicious circumstances.
[[File:James I of England by Daniel Mytens.jpg|thumb|right|King [[James I]]]]

==17th century==
* '''1603''' – King James VI of Scotland becomes King of England as [[James I]], uniting the two crowns but not yet the two countries.
* '''1625''' – Death of King [[James I]].
* '''1625''' – Death of [[Francis Bacon (philosopher)]].
* '''1628''' – Assassination of [[George Villiers]], Duke of Buckingham.
** – [[Jeremy Farrer]] found "abusing himself in a sodomitical manner" in a church.
* '''1631''' – [[Mervyn Tuchet]] beheaded for alleged sodomy with his page.
* '''1660''' – Foundation of the Royal Society by [[John Wilkins]] and others.
* '''1664''' – Death of [[Katherine Philips]].
* '''1678''' – [[Titus Oates]] invents the "Popish Plot".
* '''1682''' – [[Arabella Hunt]]'s marriage is dissolved as her husband is discovered to be a woman.
* '''1688''' – "Glorious Revolution" brings [[William III]] to power.

[[File:Lynch_Print.jpeg|thumb|The [[Ladies of Llangollen]]]]

==18th century==
* '''1702''' – [[William III]] dies, succeeded by [[Queen Anne]].
* '''1703''' – First performance of ''Tunbridge-Walks'' by [[Thomas Baker]], containing a "molly" character.
* '''1706''' – [[Thomas Vaughan]] convicted of blackmail.
* '''1707''' – Act of Union unites England and Scotland as the Kingdom of [[Great Britain]].
* '''1726''' – Three men convicted of [[sodomy]] following cases brought by [[Thomas Newton]] and raids on [[Mother Clap's Molly House]].
** – Death of [[Sir Isaac Newton]], Britain's greatest scientist, sometimes considered to have been gay.
* '''1727''' – [[Charles Hitchen]] convicted of attempted sodomy.
* '''1732''' – [[Beggar's Benison Club]] founded in Anstruther, Scotland.
* '''1737''' – [[Robert Thistlethwayte]], Warden of Wadham College Oxford, flees to France to escape prosecution.
* '''1742''' – First performance of [[Handel]]'s ''Messiah''.
* '''1748''' – Publication of ''Roderick Random'' by [[Tobias Smollett]], including an explicitly gay character.
* '''1749''' – Publication of ''Fanny Hill'' by [[John Cleland]], sometimes thought to have been a homoerotic work in disguise.
** – Publication of a defence of homosexuality, ''Ancient & Modern Pederasty Investigated and Exemplify'd'' by [[Thomas Cannon]].
* '''1772''' – [[Robert Jones]] publishes the first book on figure skating, but is convicted of sodomy.
* '''1780''' – The [[Ladies of Llangollen]] set up home together.
* '''1781''' – [[Edward Onslow]] forced to resign his seat in Parliament and flee to France.
* '''1784''' – [[William Beckford]]'s affair with [[William Courtenay]] is publicised, causing them both to flee the country.
[[File:Symonds, John Addington.jpg|right|thumb|Photo of [[J A Symonds]], presented by him to Walt Whitman]]
[[File:Oscar Wilde portrait.jpg|thumb|right|[[Oscar Wilde]]]]

==19th century==
* '''1801''' – Act of Union creates the [[United Kingdom]] of Great Britain and Ireland.
* '''1806''' – Gay club discovered in [[Great Sankey]], Cheshire.
* '''1807''' – Suicide of [[James Massey]].
* '''1810''' – [[The White Swan, Vere Street]] raided.
* '''1822''' – [[Percy Jocelyn]] deposed as Bishop of Clogher for "Sodomitical practices".
* '''1824''' – The [[Vagrancy Act 1824]] limits cruising.
** – Suicide of [[Lord Castlereagh]].
* '''1835''' – [[James Pratt and John Smith]] were the last two men to be hanged for sodomy in England.
* '''1859''' – sudden resignation of [[Charles John Vaughan]] as Headmaster of Harrow School, for reasons not explained until the 1970s.
* '''1861''' – The [[Offences against the Person Act 1861]] abolished the death sentence for gay sex.
* '''1864''' – Robert Browning's poem "Sludge the Medium" denounces [[Daniel Dunglas Home]].
* '''1865''' – [[James Barry]], army surgeon, dies and is allegedly found to have been a woman.
* '''1866''' – The case of [[Hyde v Hyde and Woodmansee]] established the definition of marriage in English law.
* '''1871''' – "Fanny" and "Stella" ([[Ernest Boulton and Frederick Park‎]]) acquitted of sodomy and cross-dressing.
* '''1873''' – The painter [[Simeon Solomon]] fined for cottaging.
* '''1880''' – The police raid a [[1880 drag ball|drag ball]] in [[Manchester]].
* '''1883''' – Publication of <cite>A problem in Greek ethics</cite> by [[John Addington Symonds]], one of the first essays in defense of homosexuality in the English language.
* '''1885''' – [[Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885]] made "gross indecency" (homosexual acts, even in private) a crime. The "Labouchere Amendment" was known as the “Blackmailer’s Charter”.
* '''1889''' – the [[Cleveland Street scandal]].
** – [[Mary Mudge]] dies aged 85 and is found to have been a man.
* '''1895''' – [[Oscar Wilde]] convicted of gross indecency.
** – [[Winston Churchill]] successfully sues for libel.
* '''1897''' – First English-language publication of ''[[Sexual Inversion]]'' by [[Havelock Ellis]] and [[John Addington Symonds]], the first medical textbook about homosexuality.
* '''1898''' – Birth in [[Hull]] of [[Elsa Gidlow]], Canadian/American lesbian poet.
* '''1899''' – [[Public Morality Council]] formed.
* '''1900''' – Death of [[Oscar Wilde]].
** – Death of [[Samuel Butler]]
[[File:Roger Casement.jpg|thumb|[[Sir Roger Casement]]]]

==20th century==
[[File:Radclyffe Hall.jpg|thumb|[[Radclyffe Hall]]]]
[[File:John Gielgud Allan Warren cropped.jpg|thumb|[[John Gielgud]]]]
[[File:Alan Turing photo.jpg|thumb|[[Alan Turing]]]]
[[File:Montagu-news.jpg|thumb|''Daily Mirror'', March 25 1954 “[[Lord Montagu of Beaulieu|The Montagu Case”]]]]
[[File:NancySpain.jpg|thumb|[[Nancy Spain]]]]
[[File:An Evening With April Ashley at the Southbank Centre4.jpg|thumb|[[April Ashley]]]]
[[File:Benjamin Britten 1968.jpg|thumb|[[Benjamin Britten]] in 1968]]
[[File:Admiral_Duncan.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Admiral Duncan]]]]
* '''1909''' – Death of [[Renée Vivien]].
* '''1912''' – Birth in [[Worthing]] of [[Harry Hay]], later a leading gay activist in the United States.
* '''1914''' – [[Henry Scott Tuke]] elected to the Royal Academy.
* '''1916''' – Execution of [[Sir Roger Casement]].
* '''1921''' – Parliament rejects an attempt in the [[Criminal Law Amendment Bill 1921]] to ban sex between women.
* '''1924''' – Death of [[Marie Corelli]]
* '''1928''' – Publication of lesbian novel <cite>[[The Well of Loneliness]]</cite> by [[Radclyffe Hall]].
* '''1929''' – Death of [[Edward Carpenter]].
* '''1933''' – A court in London heard of "disgusting behaviour" at [[Selina Hopps]]' dance club.
* '''1936''' – Death of [[Hugh Lygon]].
* '''1936''' – [[Oliver Baldwin]] appointed Governor of the Leeward Islands.
* '''1938''' – [[Sigmund Freud]] flees from Austria and takes up residence in [[Hampstead]]
* '''1943''' – [[Ethel Walker]], painter, made a Dame.
* '''1946''' – [[Sir George Mowbray]] convicted of importuning.
** – Sir [[Alec Guinness]] said to have been fined for cottaging.
* '''1947''' – [[Lord Mountbatten]] presides over the independence and partition of India.
* '''1950''' – [[Harry Hay]] helps found the Mattachine Society in the USA.
* '''1951''' – [[Roberta Cowell]] has sex-change surgery.
* '''1952''' – [[Alan Turing]] convicted of gross indecency.
** – Publication of ''[[Society and the Homosexual]]'' by Gordon Westwood ([[Michael Schofield]])
* '''1953''' – [[Sir John Gielgud]] convicted of importuning.
** – [[Guy Burgess]] and [[Donald Maclean]] flee to Moscow.
** – [[European Convention on Human Rights]] comes into force.
* '''1954''' – [[Lord Montagu of Beaulieu]], [[Peter Wildeblood]] and [[Michael Pitt-Rivers]] convicted of gay offences at [[Winchester]] Assizes.
** – Suicide of [[Alan Turing]]
* '''1955''' – Publication of ''[[Homosexuality (book)|Homosexuality]]'' by [[D J West]].
* '''1956''' – Knighthoods awarded to [[Anthony Blunt]] (cancelled in 1979) and [[John Wolfenden]]
* '''1957''' – [[Wolfenden Report]] recommends decriminalisation of homosexuality.
* '''1958''' – [[Albany Trust]] and [[Homosexual Law Reform Society]] formed.
** – [[Ian Harvey]] MP arrested in St James's Park.
* '''1959''' – Screening on ITV of ''[[South]]'', thought to be the first gay-related drama on British television.
* '''1960''' – [[Georgina Turtle]] (previously George Turtle) has her birth certificate changed from male to female.
* '''1961''' – Release of the film ''[[Victim]]''.
* '''1962''' – [[John Vassall]] arrested and charged with spying.
* '''1963''' – Founding of lesbian magazine [[Arena Three]].
* '''1964''' – Death of [[Nancy Spain]] in an air crash.
** – [[North Western Homosexual Law Reform Committee]] formed, later to be re-founded as [[CHE]].
** – [[Ellis Powell]] dropped from ''Mrs Dale's Diary''.
* '''1965''' – Founding of lesbian organisation [[Kenric]].
** – [[Rose Robertson]] founds [[Parents Enquiry]].
* '''1966''' – Founding of trans organisation the [[Beaumont Society]].
** – publication of trans-related book ''[[I want what I want]]''.
** – [[Humphry Berkeley]]'s Sexual Offences Bill passes its second reading but is lost when Parliament is dissolved; Berkeley loses his seat at the election.
* '''1967''' – [[Sexual Offences Act 1967]] partially decriminalises sex between men in England and Wales.
** – [[Joe Orton]] murdered by his partner.
* '''1968''' – the Home Secretary confirms that [[Sir Ewan Forbes]] is male and can succeed to the baronetcy, despite having been registered and originally brought up as female.
** – [[SK]], probably the first gay social group in the country, is founded at the Royal Foundation of St Katharine in Limehouse.
* '''1969''' – the [[Stonewall riots]] in New York.
** – founding of the [[Scottish Minorities Group]].
* '''1970''' – First [[GLF]] meeting.
** – Death of [[E M Forster]].
** – [[Integroup]] founded in [[Catford]].
** - publication of two books about the [[Uranians]]:
*** - ''[[Love in Earnest]]'' by Timothy d'Arch Smith
*** - ''[[Sexual Heretics]]'' by Brian Reade.
* '''1971''' – the [[Corbett v Corbett]] case, involving [[April Ashley]], established the precedent that a person's sex could not legally be changed from what it was at birth.
** – [[London Friend]] formed.
** – CHE London Group Seven (later [[Croydon Area Gay Society]]) founded.
** – [[GLF Gay March]]: first London Gay March took place protesting against the unequal age of consent for men.
* '''1972''' – release of trans-related film, ''[[I want what I want]]''.
** – [[Allegro Music Group]] formed.
** – <cite>[[Gay News]]</cite> first published.
** – first [[London Pride]] march and carnival.
* '''1973''' – Death of [[Sir Noël Coward]].
* '''1974''' – [[London Lesbian and Gay Switchboard]] launched.
* '''1975''' – [[Brighton and Hove LGBT Switchboard]] launched.
** – [[Gay Sweatshop]] theatre company founded.
* '''1976''' – [[John Curry]] wins a gold medal for skating at the Winter Olympics.
** – Death of composer [[Benjamin Britten]].
** – [[London Gay Teenage Group]] set up; possibly the first gay teenage group launched in the world <ref> the [[Gay Liberation Front]] had a loose group called the GLF Youth Group in 1971 (see Lisa Power (1995) 'No Bath but Plenty of Bubbles; an oral history of the Gay Liberation Front 1970-73' (Cassell;London) page 109) </ref>.
* '''1977''' – Death of [[Sir Terence Rattigan]]
** – [[Peter Mitchell]] stands as "Westminster Campaign for Homosexual Civil Rights" candidate in the Cities of London and Westminster South by-election.
* '''1978''' – [[Tom Robinson]] releases the song "Glad to be Gay".
** – the film ''[[Nighthawks]]'' is released.
* '''1979''' – [[CHE]] moves its office to London.
** – [[Jeremy Thorpe]] acquitted of conspiracy to murder.
** – Gay Humanist Group founded (now [[GALHA]]).
** – Murder of [[Peter Wells]].
** - [[Gay's the Word]] bookshop opens in London.
* '''1980''' – [[Heaven]], the first all-week gay nightclub, opens in London.
** – [[Scotland]] decriminalises male homosexuality.
** - [[Gay Youth Movement]] set up following a summer conference in London.
* '''1981''' - [[London Bi Group]] forms, the first bi-specific social/support group.
** – The [[London Pride]] march was moved to [[Huddersfield]], and followed by the [[South Bank Gay People's Festival]].
* '''1982''' – [[Terrence Higgins Trust]] the HIV/AIDs charity formed.
* '''1983''' – [[Long Yang Club]] founded for gay Asians and non-Asians.
** – [[Northern Ireland]] decriminalises male homosexuality.
* '''1984''' – [[Chris Smith]] MP, Culture Secretary, becomes first MP to come out as gay whilst in office. In 2005, he was the first politician to disclose he was HIV positive.
** - First [[BiCon]] bisexuality conference.
** – [[Silver Moon women's bookshop]] founded.
** – [[Drew Griffiths]], playwright, murdered by a pickup.
* '''1985''' – [[Goslings Swimming Club]] founded.
* '''1986''' – [[GLC]] and metropolitan county councils abolished.
** – Death of [[Sir Peter Pears]].
** – [[London Gay Symphony Orchestra]] founded.
* '''1987''' – Gay men convicted for S&M sex in [[Operation Spanner]].
** – [[Pink Paper]] founded.
* '''1988''' – [[Section 28]] passed.
* '''1989''' – [[Stonewall (UK)]] launched.
** – [[London Raiders]] LGBT Softball team begins.
** – [[Quim magazine]] founded.
** – [[Rose's]] club founded.
* '''1990''' – [[UK-MOTSS]] founded.
* '''1991''' – Death of [[Freddie Mercury]].
* '''1992''' – Death of [[Francis Bacon (artist)]].
** – [[Europride]] held in London.
** – Gay Men Fighting AIDS founded (later [[GMFA]] and [[HERO]]).
** – [[Diversity Choir]] founded.
* '''1993''' – [[Back Pocket Guide to London]] first published.
** – [[Colin Ireland]], the "gay slayer", murders five men he had met in the [[Coleherne]].
** – the [[Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act, 1993]] finally decriminalises gay sex in the [[Irish Republic]].
* '''1994''' – [[Age of consent]] for gay men reduced to 18.
* '''1995''' – [[Adonis Art Gallery]] founded.
** – [[Bi Community News]] magazine launches.
** – [[Mermaids]] founded for children with gender dysphoria.
** – Launch of [[South London Gays]].
* '''1996''' – [[Derek Rawcliffe]] banned from acting as an assistant bishop in the Ripon diocese.
* '''1997''' – [[Angela Eagle]] is first sitting MP to come out as lesbian.
* '''1998''' – [[LGBT Consortium]] founded.
** – The [[Bolton Seven]] convicted for consensual sex.
** – [[Queer Notions]] mental health group founded in Liverpool.
* '''1999''' – [[Admiral Duncan]] pub bombed (30 April).
** – Last [[SLAGO]] Conference.
** – [[Soho Masses]] begin.
** – [[Michael Cashman]] elected to European Parliament.
[[File:Jody-dobrowski.jpg|thumb|[[Jody Dobrowski]]]]
[[File:Griff Vaughan Williams.jpg|right|thumb|[[Griffith Vaughan Williams]]]]
* '''2000''' – [[Ethical Standards in Public Life etc. (Scotland) Act 2000]] repeals [[Section 28]] in Scotland.
** – Removal of ban on gay people serving in the [[Armed Forces]].
** – "[[ADT]]" is awarded compensation for being convicted for private group sex.
** – [[Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000]] equalises the [[age of consent]].

==21st century==
[[File:AllanHorsfall1960s.jpg|thumb|[[Allan Horsfall]]]]
[[File:Ray.Gosling.jpg|thumb|[[Ray Gosling]]]]
* '''2001''' – [[Croydon Friend]] closed.
* '''2002''' - First [[Cake Awards]] presented.
* '''2003''' – [[Section 28]] repealed in England and Wales.
** – Rev [[Jeffrey John]] rejected as Bishop of Reading.
** – [[Europride]] held in [[Manchester]].
** – '''Discrimination at Work''' on the grounds of sexual orientation becomes illegal.
* '''2004''' – [[Civil Partnership Act 2004]] gives legal equal rights to lesbian and gay couples.
** – [[Gender Recognition Act 2004]] allows people to legally change gender.
** – [[Gay and Lesbian Arts and Media]] closes.
** – [[Lesbian and Gay Employment Rights]] closes.
** – [[James Clark]] is appointed British Ambassador to Luxembourg.
* '''2005''' – Murder of [[Jody Dobrowski]].
** – First [[Civil partnership]]s performed.
* '''2006''' – [[Europride]] held in London.
** – [[Alegri]] founded.
* '''2007''' – [[Sexual Offences (Jersey) Law 2007]] lowers the [[Age of consent]] in [[Jersey]] to 16.
** – Publication of the [[Yogyakarta Principles]] on the Application of International Law in Relation to Issues of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity.
** – Death of [[Paul Wilde]]
* '''2008''' – [[Age of consent]] lowered to 16 in [[Northern Ireland]].
* '''2009''' – First [[Derek Oyston Film Award]].
** – [[Grindr]] launched.
** – [[London AIDS Memorial Campaign]] launched.
* '''2010''' – [[LGBT London]] website set up.
** – Death of [[Antony Grey]].
** – Death of [[Griffith Vaughan Williams]].
** – [[Ian Campbell]] becomes Britain's first openly gay mayor.
* '''2011''' – '''LGBT History Project''' website set up.
** – [[Diversity Role Models]] launched.
** – [[First Out Café]] London, closes after 25 years.
** – [[Civil partnership]] ceremonies permitted on religious premises.
* '''2012''' – [[Europride]] held in London.
** – Death of [[Allan Horsfall]].
** – [[Michael Peacock]] acquitted on obscenity charges.
* '''2013''' – Government introduces [[Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill]]; it becomes law as the [[Marriage (Same-Sex Couples) Act 2013]].
** – Death of [[Ray Gosling]]
** - Death of [[Georgina Somerset]] and discovery that [[Roberta Cowell]] died two years before.
** - [[Jo Swinson]] MP is the first government minister to send a message of support for [[Bi Visibility Day]].
** - Posthumous royal pardon for [[Alan Turing]].
* '''2015''' – the [[2015 general election]] brings an unprecedented number of LGBT people into Parliament, including [[Mhairi Black]], the youngest MP since the nineteenth century.
* '''2017''' - [[Goldsmiths College]], University of London run M.A. course in Queer History-the first degree level course in that field.
* '''2019''' - Marriage and Civil Partnership equality legislated for Northern Ireland, coming into effect in 2020.
* '''2020''' - [[Layla Moran]] is the first MP to come out as pansexual.

==External links==
Some other LGBT timelines:
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_LGBT_history Timeline of (world) LGBT history] on Wikipedia
* Wikipedia: Timeline of UK LGBT history: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_LGBT_history_in_Britain
* Timeline of events recorded in the [[Hall-Carpenter Archives]]: http://www2.lse.ac.uk/library/archive/online_resources/lgbt/timeline.aspx
* <cite>Gay Chronicles from the beginning of time to the end of World War II</cite>: http://www.webcitation.org/5knsbJ2KF
* [[Stonewall (UK)]] History of LGB equality: http://www.stonewall.org.uk/at_home/history_of_lesbian_gay_and_bisexual_equality/default.asp
* NHS Northwest LGB&T Timeline: http://www.help.northwest.nhs.uk/lgbt_timeline
* [[PCS Proud]] Ourstory: http://web.archive.org/web/20101226051702/http://www.pcsproud.org.uk/our_story.pdf retrieved via the [[Internet Archive]]
* Glasgow [[Lesbian Archive and Information Centre]] timeline: http://www.womenslibrary.org.uk/laic/laictimeline/laictimeline.html
* Jobcentre Plus <cite>Timeline of gay history</cite>: http://lgbthistorymonth.org.uk/website/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/9631_GHW-A3FlagPoster.pdf
* <cite>GLBTQ Encyclopedia: United Kingdom History</cite> http://www.glbtq.com/social-sciences/united_kingdom_01.html
* <cite>[[UK Gay News]] Timeline Of Gay and Lesbian Marriage, Partnership or Unions Worldwide</cite>: http://ukgaynews.org.uk/marriage_timeline.htm
*[[Black British Lesbian Timeline]]: http://blackbritishlesbian.typepad.com/
* Timeline of CHE and its times (from 1945): http://amiable-warriors.uk/timeline.shtml

==See also==

*[[Timeline of UK LGBT Legislation]]
*[[Timeline of UK LGBT Sport]]
*[[Timeline of UK LGBT Science]]
*[[Timeline of UK LGBT Music]]
*[[Timeline of age of consent legislation]]
*[[Timeline of UK Transgender History]]
*[[Timeline of UK LGBT Religion, Belief and Philosophy]]
*[[Timeline of London Bars and Clubs]]
*[[List of the first LGBT holders of political offices in the United Kingdom]]
*[[:Category:Births by year]]
*[[:Category:Deaths by year]]

==References==
<references>

[[Category:History and archives]]
[[Category:Timelines]]

Timeline of UK LGBT History

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[[File:C. Julius-Caesar (British Museum).gif|thumb|Bust of [[Julius Caesar]] in the [[British Museum]]]]This is a '''timeline of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender history in the United Kingdom''' throughout the centuries.

''[[#21st century|Jump to 21st century]]''
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==1st century BC==
* '''55 BC''' – [[Julius Caesar]]'s first invasion of Britain.

==1st century AD==
* '''AD 43''' – Roman invasion and establishment of the province of [[Britannia]].

==2nd century==
* '''122''' – Emperor [[Hadrian]] visits Britain.
[[File:Bust Hadrian Musei Capitolini MC817.jpg|thumb|right|The Emperor [[Hadrian]]]]
==3rd century==

* '''286''' – Britain becomes independent from the Roman empire for ten years under [[Carausius]] and Allectus.

==4th century==
* '''343''' – the emperor [[Constans]] visits Britain.

==5th century==
* '''410''' – usual date for the end of Roman rule in [[Britannia]].

==6th century==
* '''c.547''' – Death of King [[Maelgwn]] of Gwynedd.
* '''597''' – St Augustine becomes first [[Archbishop of Canterbury]].
* '''late 6th century''' – [[Findchán]] and Áid the Black cursed by St Columba.

==7th century==
* '''670''' – St [[Theodore of Tarsus]], Archbishop of Canterbury, prescribes fasts and penances for various homosexual acts.
==8th century==

==9th century==
* '''804''' – Death of [[Alcuin]].
* '''850s''' – a woman from [[Wimborne Minster]] was supposedly elected [[Pope Joan]].
[[File:Anselm of Canterbury, seal.jpg|thumb|Seal of [[Anselm]] as [[Archbishop of Canterbury]]]]
[[File:EdwardII-Cassell.jpg|thumb|right|[[Edward II]]]]
[[File:Robert devere.jpg|thumb|[[Robert DeVere]] as Duke of Ireland]]
==10th century==
* '''927''' – [[England]] is united as a single kingdom by King Æthelstan of [[Wessex]].

==11th century==
* '''1066''' – Battle of [[Hastings]] and Norman conquest of England.
* '''1100''' – Death of King [[William II]].
==12th century==
* '''1102''' – [[Council of London]] condemns homosexuality.
* '''1109''' – Death of Saint [[Anselm]]
* '''1120''' – Death of [[William Atheling]] in the sinking of the White Ship.
* '''1123''' – [[Rahere]] founds St Bartholomew's Hospital.
* '''1125''' – [[Hilarius]] writing around this time.
* '''1167''' – Death of Saint [[Aelred]]
* '''1187''' – [[Gerald of Wales]] describes the practice of same-sex marriage in [[Ireland]].
* '''1189''' – [[William Longchamp]], Bishop of Ely, appointed to rule England while [[Richard I]] is away on the crusades.
* '''1199''' – Death of King [[Richard I]]

==13th century==
* '''c.1290''' – Publication of <cite>[[Fleta]]</cite>, first book to suggest a punishment (which was not enforced) for homosexuality in English law.

==14th century==
* '''1327''' – summary execution of [[Piers Gaveston]].
* '''1327''' – Murder of King [[Edward II]].
* '''1376''' – The [[Good Parliament]] petitions King Edward III to banish foreign traders for having introduced "the too horrible vice which is not to be named".
* '''1386''' – [[Richard II]] makes [[Robert DeVere]] Duke of Ireland.
* '''1391''' – Death of Sir [[John Clanvowe]] and Richard Neville.
* '''1395''' – [[John Rykener]] arrested for cross-dressing.
* '''1400''' – Death of King [[Richard II]]
==15th century==

==16th century==
* '''1533''' – [[Buggery Act 1533]] brings in the death penalty (hanging) for gay sex in England.
* '''1540''' - [[Sir Walter Hungerford]] executed for treason and buggery.
* '''1541''' - [[Nicholas Udall]] convicted of buggery and imprisoned.
* '''1542''' - The [[Laws in Wales Act 1542]] extends English laws, including the [[Buggery Act 1533]], to [[Wales]].
* '''1593''' - Death of [[Christopher Marlowe]] in suspicious circumstances.
[[File:James I of England by Daniel Mytens.jpg|thumb|right|King [[James I]]]]

==17th century==
* '''1603''' – King James VI of Scotland becomes King of England as [[James I]], uniting the two crowns but not yet the two countries.
* '''1625''' – Death of King [[James I]].
* '''1625''' – Death of [[Francis Bacon (philosopher)]].
* '''1628''' – Assassination of [[George Villiers]], Duke of Buckingham.
** – [[Jeremy Farrer]] found "abusing himself in a sodomitical manner" in a church.
* '''1631''' – [[Mervyn Tuchet]] beheaded for alleged sodomy with his page.
* '''1660''' – Foundation of the Royal Society by [[John Wilkins]] and others.
* '''1664''' – Death of [[Katherine Philips]].
* '''1678''' – [[Titus Oates]] invents the "Popish Plot".
* '''1682''' – [[Arabella Hunt]]'s marriage is dissolved as her husband is discovered to be a woman.
* '''1688''' – "Glorious Revolution" brings [[William III]] to power.

[[File:Lynch_Print.jpeg|thumb|The [[Ladies of Llangollen]]]]

==18th century==
* '''1702''' – [[William III]] dies, succeeded by [[Queen Anne]].
* '''1703''' – First performance of ''Tunbridge-Walks'' by [[Thomas Baker]], containing a "molly" character.
* '''1706''' – [[Thomas Vaughan]] convicted of blackmail.
* '''1707''' – Act of Union unites England and Scotland as the Kingdom of [[Great Britain]].
* '''1726''' – Three men convicted of [[sodomy]] following cases brought by [[Thomas Newton]] and raids on [[Mother Clap's Molly House]].
** – Death of [[Sir Isaac Newton]], Britain's greatest scientist, sometimes considered to have been gay.
* '''1727''' – [[Charles Hitchen]] convicted of attempted sodomy.
* '''1732''' – [[Beggar's Benison Club]] founded in Anstruther, Scotland.
* '''1737''' – [[Robert Thistlethwayte]], Warden of Wadham College Oxford, flees to France to escape prosecution.
* '''1742''' – First performance of [[Handel]]'s ''Messiah''.
* '''1748''' – Publication of ''Roderick Random'' by [[Tobias Smollett]], including an explicitly gay character.
* '''1749''' – Publication of ''Fanny Hill'' by [[John Cleland]], sometimes thought to have been a homoerotic work in disguise.
** – Publication of a defence of homosexuality, ''Ancient & Modern Pederasty Investigated and Exemplify'd'' by [[Thomas Cannon]].
* '''1772''' – [[Robert Jones]] publishes the first book on figure skating, but is convicted of sodomy.
* '''1780''' – The [[Ladies of Llangollen]] set up home together.
* '''1781''' – [[Edward Onslow]] forced to resign his seat in Parliament and flee to France.
* '''1784''' – [[William Beckford]]'s affair with [[William Courtenay]] is publicised, causing them both to flee the country.
[[File:Symonds, John Addington.jpg|right|thumb|Photo of [[J A Symonds]], presented by him to Walt Whitman]]
[[File:Oscar Wilde portrait.jpg|thumb|right|[[Oscar Wilde]]]]

==19th century==
* '''1801''' – Act of Union creates the [[United Kingdom]] of Great Britain and Ireland.
* '''1806''' – Gay club discovered in [[Great Sankey]], Cheshire.
* '''1807''' – Suicide of [[James Massey]].
* '''1810''' – [[The White Swan, Vere Street]] raided.
* '''1822''' – [[Percy Jocelyn]] deposed as Bishop of Clogher for "Sodomitical practices".
* '''1824''' – The [[Vagrancy Act 1824]] limits cruising.
** – Suicide of [[Lord Castlereagh]].
* '''1835''' – [[James Pratt and John Smith]] were the last two men to be hanged for sodomy in England.
* '''1859''' – sudden resignation of [[Charles John Vaughan]] as Headmaster of Harrow School, for reasons not explained until the 1970s.
* '''1861''' – The [[Offences against the Person Act 1861]] abolished the death sentence for gay sex.
* '''1864''' – Robert Browning's poem "Sludge the Medium" denounces [[Daniel Dunglas Home]].
* '''1865''' – [[James Barry]], army surgeon, dies and is allegedly found to have been a woman.
* '''1866''' – The case of [[Hyde v Hyde and Woodmansee]] established the definition of marriage in English law.
* '''1871''' – "Fanny" and "Stella" ([[Ernest Boulton and Frederick Park‎]]) acquitted of sodomy and cross-dressing.
* '''1873''' – The painter [[Simeon Solomon]] fined for cottaging.
* '''1880''' – The police raid a [[1880 drag ball|drag ball]] in [[Manchester]].
* '''1883''' – Publication of <cite>A problem in Greek ethics</cite> by [[John Addington Symonds]], one of the first essays in defense of homosexuality in the English language.
* '''1885''' – [[Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885]] made "gross indecency" (homosexual acts, even in private) a crime. The "Labouchere Amendment" was known as the “Blackmailer’s Charter”.
* '''1889''' – the [[Cleveland Street scandal]].
** – [[Mary Mudge]] dies aged 85 and is found to have been a man.
* '''1895''' – [[Oscar Wilde]] convicted of gross indecency.
** – [[Winston Churchill]] successfully sues for libel.
* '''1897''' – First English-language publication of ''[[Sexual Inversion]]'' by [[Havelock Ellis]] and [[John Addington Symonds]], the first medical textbook about homosexuality.
* '''1898''' – Birth in [[Hull]] of [[Elsa Gidlow]], Canadian/American lesbian poet.
* '''1899''' – [[Public Morality Council]] formed.
* '''1900''' – Death of [[Oscar Wilde]].
** – Death of [[Samuel Butler]]
[[File:Roger Casement.jpg|thumb|[[Sir Roger Casement]]]]

==20th century==
[[File:Radclyffe Hall.jpg|thumb|[[Radclyffe Hall]]]]
[[File:John Gielgud Allan Warren cropped.jpg|thumb|[[John Gielgud]]]]
[[File:Alan Turing photo.jpg|thumb|[[Alan Turing]]]]
[[File:Montagu-news.jpg|thumb|''Daily Mirror'', March 25 1954 “[[Lord Montagu of Beaulieu|The Montagu Case”]]]]
[[File:NancySpain.jpg|thumb|[[Nancy Spain]]]]
[[File:An Evening With April Ashley at the Southbank Centre4.jpg|thumb|[[April Ashley]]]]
[[File:Benjamin Britten 1968.jpg|thumb|[[Benjamin Britten]] in 1968]]
[[File:Admiral_Duncan.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Admiral Duncan]]]]
* '''1909''' – Death of [[Renée Vivien]].
* '''1912''' – Birth in [[Worthing]] of [[Harry Hay]], later a leading gay activist in the United States.
* '''1914''' – [[Henry Scott Tuke]] elected to the Royal Academy.
* '''1916''' – Execution of [[Sir Roger Casement]].
* '''1921''' – Parliament rejects an attempt in the [[Criminal Law Amendment Bill 1921]] to ban sex between women.
* '''1924''' – Death of [[Marie Corelli]]
* '''1928''' – Publication of lesbian novel <cite>[[The Well of Loneliness]]</cite> by [[Radclyffe Hall]].
* '''1929''' – Death of [[Edward Carpenter]].
* '''1933''' – A court in London heard of "disgusting behaviour" at [[Selina Hopps]]' dance club.
* '''1936''' – Death of [[Hugh Lygon]].
* '''1936''' – [[Oliver Baldwin]] appointed Governor of the Leeward Islands.
* '''1938''' – [[Sigmund Freud]] flees from Austria and takes up residence in [[Hampstead]]
* '''1943''' – [[Ethel Walker]], painter, made a Dame.
* '''1946''' – [[Sir George Mowbray]] convicted of importuning.
** – Sir [[Alec Guinness]] said to have been fined for cottaging.
* '''1947''' – [[Lord Mountbatten]] presides over the independence and partition of India.
* '''1950''' – [[Harry Hay]] helps found the Mattachine Society in the USA.
* '''1951''' – [[Roberta Cowell]] has sex-change surgery.
* '''1952''' – [[Alan Turing]] convicted of gross indecency.
** – Publication of ''[[Society and the Homosexual]]'' by Gordon Westwood ([[Michael Schofield]])
* '''1953''' – [[Sir John Gielgud]] convicted of importuning.
** – [[Guy Burgess]] and [[Donald Maclean]] flee to Moscow.
** – [[European Convention on Human Rights]] comes into force.
* '''1954''' – [[Lord Montagu of Beaulieu]], [[Peter Wildeblood]] and [[Michael Pitt-Rivers]] convicted of gay offences at [[Winchester]] Assizes.
** – Suicide of [[Alan Turing]]
* '''1955''' – Publication of ''[[Homosexuality (book)|Homosexuality]]'' by [[D J West]].
* '''1956''' – Knighthoods awarded to [[Anthony Blunt]] (cancelled in 1979) and [[John Wolfenden]]
* '''1957''' – [[Wolfenden Report]] recommends decriminalisation of homosexuality.
* '''1958''' – [[Albany Trust]] and [[Homosexual Law Reform Society]] formed.
** – [[Ian Harvey]] MP arrested in St James's Park.
* '''1959''' – Screening on ITV of ''[[South]]'', thought to be the first gay-related drama on British television.
* '''1960''' – [[Georgina Turtle]] (previously George Turtle) has her birth certificate changed from male to female.
* '''1961''' – Release of the film ''[[Victim]]''.
* '''1962''' – [[John Vassall]] arrested and charged with spying.
* '''1963''' – Founding of lesbian magazine [[Arena Three]].
* '''1964''' – Death of [[Nancy Spain]] in an air crash.
** – [[North Western Homosexual Law Reform Committee]] formed, later to be re-founded as [[CHE]].
** – [[Ellis Powell]] dropped from ''Mrs Dale's Diary''.
* '''1965''' – Founding of lesbian organisation [[Kenric]].
** – [[Rose Robertson]] founds [[Parents Enquiry]].
* '''1966''' – Founding of trans organisation the [[Beaumont Society]].
** – publication of trans-related book ''[[I want what I want]]''.
** – [[Humphry Berkeley]]'s Sexual Offences Bill passes its second reading but is lost when Parliament is dissolved; Berkeley loses his seat at the election.
* '''1967''' – [[Sexual Offences Act 1967]] partially decriminalises sex between men in England and Wales.
** – [[Joe Orton]] murdered by his partner.
* '''1968''' – the Home Secretary confirms that [[Sir Ewan Forbes]] is male and can succeed to the baronetcy, despite having been registered and originally brought up as female.
** – [[SK]], probably the first gay social group in the country, is founded at the Royal Foundation of St Katharine in Limehouse.
* '''1969''' – the [[Stonewall riots]] in New York.
** – founding of the [[Scottish Minorities Group]].
* '''1970''' – First [[GLF]] meeting.
** – Death of [[E M Forster]].
** – [[Integroup]] founded in [[Catford]].
** - publication of two books about the [[Uranians]]:
*** - ''[[Love in Earnest]]'' by Timothy d'Arch Smith
*** - ''[[Sexual Heretics]]'' by Brian Reade.
* '''1971''' – the [[Corbett v Corbett]] case, involving [[April Ashley]], established the precedent that a person's sex could not legally be changed from what it was at birth.
** – [[London Friend]] formed.
** – CHE London Group Seven (later [[Croydon Area Gay Society]]) founded.
** – [[GLF Gay March]]: first London Gay March took place protesting against the unequal age of consent for men.
* '''1972''' – release of trans-related film, ''[[I want what I want]]''.
** – [[Allegro Music Group]] formed.
** – <cite>[[Gay News]]</cite> first published.
** – first [[London Pride]] march and carnival.
* '''1973''' – Death of [[Sir Noël Coward]].
* '''1974''' – [[London Lesbian and Gay Switchboard]] launched.
* '''1975''' – [[Brighton and Hove LGBT Switchboard]] launched.
** – [[Gay Sweatshop]] theatre company founded.
* '''1976''' – [[John Curry]] wins a gold medal for skating at the Winter Olympics.
** – Death of composer [[Benjamin Britten]].
** – [[London Gay Teenage Group]] set up; possibly the first gay teenage group launched in the world <ref> the [[Gay Liberation Front]] had a loose group called the GLF Youth Group in 1971 (see Lisa Power (1995) 'No Bath but Plenty of Bubbles; an oral history of the Gay Liberation Front 1970-73' (Cassell;London) page 109) </ref>.
* '''1977''' – Death of [[Sir Terence Rattigan]]
** – [[Peter Mitchell]] stands as "Westminster Campaign for Homosexual Civil Rights" candidate in the Cities of London and Westminster South by-election.
* '''1978''' – [[Tom Robinson]] releases the song "Glad to be Gay".
** – the film ''[[Nighthawks]]'' is released.
* '''1979''' – [[CHE]] moves its office to London.
** – [[Jeremy Thorpe]] acquitted of conspiracy to murder.
** – Gay Humanist Group founded (now [[GALHA]]).
** – Murder of [[Peter Wells]].
** - [[Gay's the Word]] bookshop opens in London.
* '''1980''' – [[Heaven]], the first all-week gay nightclub, opens in London.
** – [[Scotland]] decriminalises male homosexuality.
** - [[Gay Youth Movement]] set up following a summer conference in London.
* '''1981''' - [[London Bi Group]] forms, the first bi-specific social/support group.
** – The [[London Pride]] march was moved to [[Huddersfield]], and followed by the [[South Bank Gay People's Festival]].
* '''1982''' – [[Terrence Higgins Trust]] the HIV/AIDs charity formed.
* '''1983''' – [[Long Yang Club]] founded for gay Asians and non-Asians.
** – [[Northern Ireland]] decriminalises male homosexuality.
* '''1984''' – [[Chris Smith]] MP, Culture Secretary, becomes first MP to come out as gay whilst in office. In 2005, he was the first politician to disclose he was HIV positive.
** - First [[BiCon]] bisexuality conference.
** – [[Silver Moon women's bookshop]] founded.
** – [[Drew Griffiths]], playwright, murdered by a pickup.
* '''1985''' – [[Goslings Swimming Club]] founded.
* '''1986''' – [[GLC]] and metropolitan county councils abolished.
** – Death of [[Sir Peter Pears]].
** – [[London Gay Symphony Orchestra]] founded.
* '''1987''' – Gay men convicted for S&M sex in [[Operation Spanner]].
** – [[Pink Paper]] founded.
* '''1988''' – [[Section 28]] passed.
* '''1989''' – [[Stonewall (UK)]] launched.
** – [[London Raiders]] LGBT Softball team begins.
** – [[Quim magazine]] founded.
** – [[Rose's]] club founded.
* '''1990''' – [[UK-MOTSS]] founded.
* '''1991''' – Death of [[Freddie Mercury]].
* '''1992''' – Death of [[Francis Bacon (artist)]].
** – [[Europride]] held in London.
** – Gay Men Fighting AIDS founded (later [[GMFA]] and [[HERO]]).
** – [[Diversity Choir]] founded.
* '''1993''' – [[Back Pocket Guide to London]] first published.
** – [[Colin Ireland]], the "gay slayer", murders five men he had met in the [[Coleherne]].
** – the [[Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act, 1993]] finally decriminalises gay sex in the [[Irish Republic]].
* '''1994''' – [[Age of consent]] for gay men reduced to 18.
* '''1995''' – [[Adonis Art Gallery]] founded.
** – [[Bi Community News]] magazine launches.
** – [[Mermaids]] founded for children with gender dysphoria.
** – Launch of [[South London Gays]].
* '''1996''' – [[Derek Rawcliffe]] banned from acting as an assistant bishop in the Ripon diocese.
* '''1997''' – [[Angela Eagle]] is first sitting MP to come out as lesbian.
* '''1998''' – [[LGBT Consortium]] founded.
** – The [[Bolton Seven]] convicted for consensual sex.
** – [[Queer Notions]] mental health group founded in Liverpool.
* '''1999''' – [[Admiral Duncan]] pub bombed (30 April).
** – Last [[SLAGO]] Conference.
** – [[Soho Masses]] begin.
** – [[Michael Cashman]] elected to European Parliament.
[[File:Jody-dobrowski.jpg|thumb|[[Jody Dobrowski]]]]
[[File:Griff Vaughan Williams.jpg|right|thumb|[[Griffith Vaughan Williams]]]]
* '''2000''' – [[Ethical Standards in Public Life etc. (Scotland) Act 2000]] repeals [[Section 28]] in Scotland.
** – Removal of ban on gay people serving in the [[Armed Forces]].
** – "[[ADT]]" is awarded compensation for being convicted for private group sex.
** – [[Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000]] equalises the [[age of consent]].

==21st century==
[[File:AllanHorsfall1960s.jpg|thumb|[[Allan Horsfall]]]]
[[File:Ray.Gosling.jpg|thumb|[[Ray Gosling]]]]
* '''2001''' – [[Croydon Friend]] closed.
* '''2002''' - First [[Cake Awards]] presented.
* '''2003''' – [[Section 28]] repealed in England and Wales.
** – Rev [[Jeffrey John]] rejected as Bishop of Reading.
** – [[Europride]] held in [[Manchester]].
** – '''Discrimination at Work''' on the grounds of sexual orientation becomes illegal.
* '''2004''' – [[Civil Partnership Act 2004]] gives legal equal rights to lesbian and gay couples.
** – [[Gender Recognition Act 2004]] allows people to legally change gender.
** – [[Gay and Lesbian Arts and Media]] closes.
** – [[Lesbian and Gay Employment Rights]] closes.
** – [[James Clark]] is appointed British Ambassador to Luxembourg.
* '''2005''' – Murder of [[Jody Dobrowski]].
** – First [[Civil partnership]]s performed.
* '''2006''' – [[Europride]] held in London.
** – [[Alegri]] founded.
* '''2007''' – [[Sexual Offences (Jersey) Law 2007]] lowers the [[Age of consent]] in [[Jersey]] to 16.
** – Publication of the [[Yogyakarta Principles]] on the Application of International Law in Relation to Issues of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity.
** – Death of [[Paul Wilde]]
* '''2008''' – [[Age of consent]] lowered to 16 in [[Northern Ireland]].
* '''2009''' – First [[Derek Oyston Film Award]].
** – [[Grindr]] launched.
** – [[London AIDS Memorial Campaign]] launched.
* '''2010''' – [[LGBT London]] website set up.
** – Death of [[Antony Grey]].
** – Death of [[Griffith Vaughan Williams]].
** – [[Ian Campbell]] becomes Britain's first openly gay mayor.
* '''2011''' – '''LGBT History Project''' website set up.
** – [[Diversity Role Models]] launched.
** – [[First Out Café]] London, closes after 25 years.
** – [[Civil partnership]] ceremonies permitted on religious premises.
* '''2012''' – [[Europride]] held in London.
** – Death of [[Allan Horsfall]].
** – [[Michael Peacock]] acquitted on obscenity charges.
* '''2013''' – Government introduces [[Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill]]; it becomes law as the [[Marriage (Same-Sex Couples) Act 2013]].
** – Death of [[Ray Gosling]]
** - Death of [[Georgina Somerset]] and discovery that [[Roberta Cowell]] died two years before.
** - Posthumous royal pardon for [[Alan Turing]].
* '''2015''' – the [[2015 general election]] brings an unprecedented number of LGBT people into Parliament, including [[Mhairi Black]], the youngest MP since the nineteenth century.
* '''2017''' - [[Goldsmiths College]], University of London run M.A. course in Queer History-the first degree level course in that field.
* '''2020''' - [[Layla Moran]] is the first MP to come out as pansexual.

==External links==
Some other LGBT timelines:
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_LGBT_history Timeline of (world) LGBT history] on Wikipedia
* Wikipedia: Timeline of UK LGBT history: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_LGBT_history_in_Britain
* Timeline of events recorded in the [[Hall-Carpenter Archives]]: http://www2.lse.ac.uk/library/archive/online_resources/lgbt/timeline.aspx
* <cite>Gay Chronicles from the beginning of time to the end of World War II</cite>: http://www.webcitation.org/5knsbJ2KF
* [[Stonewall (UK)]] History of LGB equality: http://www.stonewall.org.uk/at_home/history_of_lesbian_gay_and_bisexual_equality/default.asp
* NHS Northwest LGB&T Timeline: http://www.help.northwest.nhs.uk/lgbt_timeline
* [[PCS Proud]] Ourstory: http://web.archive.org/web/20101226051702/http://www.pcsproud.org.uk/our_story.pdf retrieved via the [[Internet Archive]]
* Glasgow [[Lesbian Archive and Information Centre]] timeline: http://www.womenslibrary.org.uk/laic/laictimeline/laictimeline.html
* Jobcentre Plus <cite>Timeline of gay history</cite>: http://lgbthistorymonth.org.uk/website/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/9631_GHW-A3FlagPoster.pdf
* <cite>GLBTQ Encyclopedia: United Kingdom History</cite> http://www.glbtq.com/social-sciences/united_kingdom_01.html
* <cite>[[UK Gay News]] Timeline Of Gay and Lesbian Marriage, Partnership or Unions Worldwide</cite>: http://ukgaynews.org.uk/marriage_timeline.htm
*[[Black British Lesbian Timeline]]: http://blackbritishlesbian.typepad.com/
* Timeline of CHE and its times (from 1945): http://amiable-warriors.uk/timeline.shtml

==See also==

*[[Timeline of UK LGBT Legislation]]
*[[Timeline of UK LGBT Sport]]
*[[Timeline of UK LGBT Science]]
*[[Timeline of UK LGBT Music]]
*[[Timeline of age of consent legislation]]
*[[Timeline of UK Transgender History]]
*[[Timeline of UK LGBT Religion, Belief and Philosophy]]
*[[Timeline of London Bars and Clubs]]
*[[List of the first LGBT holders of political offices in the United Kingdom]]
*[[:Category:Births by year]]
*[[:Category:Deaths by year]]

==References==
<references>

[[Category:History and archives]]
[[Category:Timelines]]

Bisexual History Project

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The '''Bisexual History Project''' collates information on bi-related events from history.

It shares those events as "On This Day" on social media each day. <ref>https://www.twitter.com/bisexualhistory</ref><ref>https://www.facebook.com/bihistory</ref>

It was started in 2013 by [[Jen Yockney]] to help document bisexual history in response to the comparatively low representation of the "B" in UK LGBT History Month events and publications.

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==References==
<references>

Jen Yockney

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Jenbird:

'''Jen Yockney''' is editor of bimonthly bisexual magazine [[Bi Community News]] and Convenor of [[BiPhoria]], the UK's longest-running bisexual community project. She was chair of [[LGBT+ Liberal Democrats]] from 2006 to 2009.

In 2016 she was awarded the MBE<ref>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/528696/birthday_honours_list_prime_ministers_list_2016.pdf ''Birthday Honours List 2016'' www.gov.uk</ref> and became both the first person to be named in the UK's Honours List with the title Mx, and the first to be given an honour "for services to the bisexual community".

In January 2013 she started the [[Bisexual History Project]], identifying bi-related events from history, which shares those events as "On This Day" on social media each day. <ref>https://www.twitter.com/bisexualhistory</ref><ref>https://www.facebook.com/bihistory</ref>

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==References==
<references>

[[Category:Living people]]

Bisexual

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Jenbird:

[[File:Bi flag.svg|thumb|the Bisexual Pride flag]]'''Bisexual''' means having romantic or sexual attraction towards more than one gender. In older source materials or discussion that does not recognise gender beyond a binary male/female understanding, it refers to attraction towards both males and females.

The [[Kinsey Scale]] ranks people on a scale from 0, meaning exclusively heterosexual, to 6, meaning exclusively homosexual. People ranked from 2 to 4 are often classed as bisexual,<ref>Mike Szymanski, "Moving Closer to the Middle: Kinsey the Movie, and Its Rocky Road to Bisexual Acceptance." ''Journal of Bisexuality'' 8.3 (2008): 287-308</ref> while the range from 1 to 5 is more commonly recognised by bisexual advocates and organisations <ref>BiPhoria, "Getting Bi In A Gay / Straight World (2011): 14</ref>.

== Bi History Resources ==

* The Bisexual History Project tweets and facebook posts "on this day" bisexual history information each day.
* Wikipedia has a history page predominantly about bi history in the USA.
* [[BiPhoria]] publishes a bi history timeline on their website.
* [[Jen Yockney]]'s publication "Getting Bi In A Gay/Straight World" has a 3 page bisexual history timeline.

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==References==
<references>

[[Category:Bisexuality]]
[[Category:Terminology]]

Bisexual

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Jenbird: Modern normal usage is "more than one gender" not "male and female"

[[File:Bi flag.svg|thumb|the Bisexual Pride flag]]'''Bisexual''' means having romantic or sexual attraction towards more than one gender. In older source materials or discussion that does not recognise gender beyond a binary male/female understanding, it refers to attraction towards both males and females.

The [[Kinsey Scale]] ranks people on a scale from 0, meaning exclusively heterosexual, to 6, meaning exclusively homosexual. People ranked from 2 to 4 are often classed as bisexual,<ref>Mike Szymanski, "Moving Closer to the Middle: Kinsey the Movie, and Its Rocky Road to Bisexual Acceptance." ''Journal of Bisexuality'' 8.3 (2008): 287-308</ref> while the range from 1 to 5 is more commonly recognised by bisexual advocates and organisations <ref>BiPhoria, "Getting Bi In A Gay / Straight World (2011): 14</ref>.

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==References==
<references>

[[Category:Bisexuality]]
[[Category:Terminology]]

Bisexual

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Jenbird: Bi orgs have even played on the "1-2-5" in their names.

[[File:Bi flag.svg|thumb|the Bisexual Pride flag]]'''Bisexual''' means having romantic or sexual attraction towards both males and females. In discussion that recognises gender beyond a binary male/female understanding, it refers to romantic or sexual attraction to more than one gender.

The [[Kinsey Scale]] ranks people on a scale from 0, meaning exclusively heterosexual, to 6, meaning exclusively homosexual. People ranked from 2 to 4 are often classed as bisexual,<ref>Mike Szymanski, "Moving Closer to the Middle: Kinsey the Movie, and Its Rocky Road to Bisexual Acceptance." ''Journal of Bisexuality'' 8.3 (2008): 287-308</ref> while the range from 1 to 5 is more commonly recognised by bisexual advocates and organisations <ref>BiPhoria, "Getting Bi In A Gay / Straight World (2011): 14</ref>.

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==References==
<references>

[[Category:Bisexuality]]
[[Category:Terminology]]

Timeline of UK LGBT History

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[[File:C. Julius-Caesar (British Museum).gif|thumb|Bust of [[Julius Caesar]] in the [[British Museum]]]]This is a '''timeline of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender history in the United Kingdom''' throughout the centuries.

''[[#21st century|Jump to 21st century]]''
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==1st century BC==
* '''55 BC''' – [[Julius Caesar]]'s first invasion of Britain.

==1st century AD==
* '''AD 43''' – Roman invasion and establishment of the province of [[Britannia]].

==2nd century==
* '''122''' – Emperor [[Hadrian]] visits Britain.
[[File:Bust Hadrian Musei Capitolini MC817.jpg|thumb|right|The Emperor [[Hadrian]]]]
==3rd century==

* '''286''' – Britain becomes independent from the Roman empire for ten years under [[Carausius]] and Allectus.

==4th century==
* '''343''' – the emperor [[Constans]] visits Britain.

==5th century==
* '''410''' – usual date for the end of Roman rule in [[Britannia]].

==6th century==
* '''c.547''' – Death of King [[Maelgwn]] of Gwynedd.
* '''597''' – St Augustine becomes first [[Archbishop of Canterbury]].
* '''late 6th century''' – [[Findchán]] and Áid the Black cursed by St Columba.

==7th century==
* '''670''' – St [[Theodore of Tarsus]], Archbishop of Canterbury, prescribes fasts and penances for various homosexual acts.
==8th century==

==9th century==
* '''804''' – Death of [[Alcuin]].
* '''850s''' – a woman from [[Wimborne Minster]] was supposedly elected [[Pope Joan]].
[[File:Anselm of Canterbury, seal.jpg|thumb|Seal of [[Anselm]] as [[Archbishop of Canterbury]]]]
[[File:EdwardII-Cassell.jpg|thumb|right|[[Edward II]]]]
[[File:Robert devere.jpg|thumb|[[Robert DeVere]] as Duke of Ireland]]
==10th century==
* '''927''' – [[England]] is united as a single kingdom by King Æthelstan of [[Wessex]].

==11th century==
* '''1066''' – Battle of [[Hastings]] and Norman conquest of England.
* '''1100''' – Death of King [[William II]].
==12th century==
* '''1102''' – [[Council of London]] condemns homosexuality.
* '''1109''' – Death of Saint [[Anselm]]
* '''1120''' – Death of [[William Atheling]] in the sinking of the White Ship.
* '''1123''' – [[Rahere]] founds St Bartholomew's Hospital.
* '''1125''' – [[Hilarius]] writing around this time.
* '''1167''' – Death of Saint [[Aelred]]
* '''1187''' – [[Gerald of Wales]] describes the practice of same-sex marriage in [[Ireland]].
* '''1189''' – [[William Longchamp]], Bishop of Ely, appointed to rule England while [[Richard I]] is away on the crusades.
* '''1199''' – Death of King [[Richard I]]

==13th century==
* '''c.1290''' – Publication of <cite>[[Fleta]]</cite>, first book to suggest a punishment (which was not enforced) for homosexuality in English law.

==14th century==
* '''1327''' – summary execution of [[Piers Gaveston]].
* '''1327''' – Murder of King [[Edward II]].
* '''1376''' – The [[Good Parliament]] petitions King Edward III to banish foreign traders for having introduced "the too horrible vice which is not to be named".
* '''1386''' – [[Richard II]] makes [[Robert DeVere]] Duke of Ireland.
* '''1391''' – Death of Sir [[John Clanvowe]] and Richard Neville.
* '''1395''' – [[John Rykener]] arrested for cross-dressing.
* '''1400''' – Death of King [[Richard II]]
==15th century==

==16th century==
* '''1533''' – [[Buggery Act 1533]] brings in the death penalty (hanging) for gay sex in England.
* '''1540''' - [[Sir Walter Hungerford]] executed for treason and buggery.
* '''1541''' - [[Nicholas Udall]] convicted of buggery and imprisoned.
* '''1542''' - The [[Laws in Wales Act 1542]] extends English laws, including the [[Buggery Act 1533]], to [[Wales]].
* '''1593''' - Death of [[Christopher Marlowe]] in suspicious circumstances.
[[File:James I of England by Daniel Mytens.jpg|thumb|right|King [[James I]]]]

==17th century==
* '''1603''' – King James VI of Scotland becomes King of England as [[James I]], uniting the two crowns but not yet the two countries.
* '''1625''' – Death of King [[James I]].
* '''1625''' – Death of [[Francis Bacon (philosopher)]].
* '''1628''' – Assassination of [[George Villiers]], Duke of Buckingham.
** – [[Jeremy Farrer]] found "abusing himself in a sodomitical manner" in a church.
* '''1631''' – [[Mervyn Tuchet]] beheaded for alleged sodomy with his page.
* '''1660''' – Foundation of the Royal Society by [[John Wilkins]] and others.
* '''1664''' – Death of [[Katherine Philips]].
* '''1678''' – [[Titus Oates]] invents the "Popish Plot".
* '''1682''' – [[Arabella Hunt]]'s marriage is dissolved as her husband is discovered to be a woman.
* '''1688''' – "Glorious Revolution" brings [[William III]] to power.

[[File:Lynch_Print.jpeg|thumb|The [[Ladies of Llangollen]]]]

==18th century==
* '''1702''' – [[William III]] dies, succeeded by [[Queen Anne]].
* '''1703''' – First performance of ''Tunbridge-Walks'' by [[Thomas Baker]], containing a "molly" character.
* '''1706''' – [[Thomas Vaughan]] convicted of blackmail.
* '''1707''' – Act of Union unites England and Scotland as the Kingdom of [[Great Britain]].
* '''1726''' – Three men convicted of [[sodomy]] following cases brought by [[Thomas Newton]] and raids on [[Mother Clap's Molly House]].
** – Death of [[Sir Isaac Newton]], Britain's greatest scientist, sometimes considered to have been gay.
* '''1727''' – [[Charles Hitchen]] convicted of attempted sodomy.
* '''1732''' – [[Beggar's Benison Club]] founded in Anstruther, Scotland.
* '''1737''' – [[Robert Thistlethwayte]], Warden of Wadham College Oxford, flees to France to escape prosecution.
* '''1742''' – First performance of [[Handel]]'s ''Messiah''.
* '''1748''' – Publication of ''Roderick Random'' by [[Tobias Smollett]], including an explicitly gay character.
* '''1749''' – Publication of ''Fanny Hill'' by [[John Cleland]], sometimes thought to have been a homoerotic work in disguise.
** – Publication of a defence of homosexuality, ''Ancient & Modern Pederasty Investigated and Exemplify'd'' by [[Thomas Cannon]].
* '''1772''' – [[Robert Jones]] publishes the first book on figure skating, but is convicted of sodomy.
* '''1780''' – The [[Ladies of Llangollen]] set up home together.
* '''1781''' – [[Edward Onslow]] forced to resign his seat in Parliament and flee to France.
* '''1784''' – [[William Beckford]]'s affair with [[William Courtenay]] is publicised, causing them both to flee the country.
[[File:Symonds, John Addington.jpg|right|thumb|Photo of [[J A Symonds]], presented by him to Walt Whitman]]
[[File:Oscar Wilde portrait.jpg|thumb|right|[[Oscar Wilde]]]]

==19th century==
* '''1801''' – Act of Union creates the [[United Kingdom]] of Great Britain and Ireland.
* '''1806''' – Gay club discovered in [[Great Sankey]], Cheshire.
* '''1807''' – Suicide of [[James Massey]].
* '''1810''' – [[The White Swan, Vere Street]] raided.
* '''1822''' – [[Percy Jocelyn]] deposed as Bishop of Clogher for "Sodomitical practices".
* '''1824''' – The [[Vagrancy Act 1824]] limits cruising.
** – Suicide of [[Lord Castlereagh]].
* '''1835''' – [[James Pratt and John Smith]] were the last two men to be hanged for sodomy in England.
* '''1859''' – sudden resignation of [[Charles John Vaughan]] as Headmaster of Harrow School, for reasons not explained until the 1970s.
* '''1861''' – The [[Offences against the Person Act 1861]] abolished the death sentence for gay sex.
* '''1864''' – Robert Browning's poem "Sludge the Medium" denounces [[Daniel Dunglas Home]].
* '''1865''' – [[James Barry]], army surgeon, dies and is allegedly found to have been a woman.
* '''1866''' – The case of [[Hyde v Hyde and Woodmansee]] established the definition of marriage in English law.
* '''1871''' – "Fanny" and "Stella" ([[Ernest Boulton and Frederick Park‎]]) acquitted of sodomy and cross-dressing.
* '''1873''' – The painter [[Simeon Solomon]] fined for cottaging.
* '''1880''' – The police raid a [[1880 drag ball|drag ball]] in [[Manchester]].
* '''1883''' – Publication of <cite>A problem in Greek ethics</cite> by [[John Addington Symonds]], one of the first essays in defense of homosexuality in the English language.
* '''1885''' – [[Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885]] made "gross indecency" (homosexual acts, even in private) a crime. The "Labouchere Amendment" was known as the “Blackmailer’s Charter”.
* '''1889''' – the [[Cleveland Street scandal]].
** – [[Mary Mudge]] dies aged 85 and is found to have been a man.
* '''1895''' – [[Oscar Wilde]] convicted of gross indecency.
** – [[Winston Churchill]] successfully sues for libel.
* '''1897''' – First English-language publication of ''[[Sexual Inversion]]'' by [[Havelock Ellis]] and [[John Addington Symonds]], the first medical textbook about homosexuality.
* '''1898''' – Birth in [[Hull]] of [[Elsa Gidlow]], Canadian/American lesbian poet.
* '''1899''' – [[Public Morality Council]] formed.
* '''1900''' – Death of [[Oscar Wilde]].
** – Death of [[Samuel Butler]]
[[File:Roger Casement.jpg|thumb|[[Sir Roger Casement]]]]

==20th century==
[[File:Radclyffe Hall.jpg|thumb|[[Radclyffe Hall]]]]
[[File:John Gielgud Allan Warren cropped.jpg|thumb|[[John Gielgud]]]]
[[File:Alan Turing photo.jpg|thumb|[[Alan Turing]]]]
[[File:Montagu-news.jpg|thumb|''Daily Mirror'', March 25 1954 “[[Lord Montagu of Beaulieu|The Montagu Case”]]]]
[[File:NancySpain.jpg|thumb|[[Nancy Spain]]]]
[[File:An Evening With April Ashley at the Southbank Centre4.jpg|thumb|[[April Ashley]]]]
[[File:Benjamin Britten 1968.jpg|thumb|[[Benjamin Britten]] in 1968]]
[[File:Admiral_Duncan.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Admiral Duncan]]]]
* '''1909''' – Death of [[Renée Vivien]].
* '''1912''' – Birth in [[Worthing]] of [[Harry Hay]], later a leading gay activist in the United States.
* '''1914''' – [[Henry Scott Tuke]] elected to the Royal Academy.
* '''1916''' – Execution of [[Sir Roger Casement]].
* '''1921''' – Parliament rejects an attempt in the [[Criminal Law Amendment Bill 1921]] to ban sex between women.
* '''1924''' – Death of [[Marie Corelli]]
* '''1928''' – Publication of lesbian novel <cite>[[The Well of Loneliness]]</cite> by [[Radclyffe Hall]].
* '''1929''' – Death of [[Edward Carpenter]].
* '''1933''' – A court in London heard of "disgusting behaviour" at [[Selina Hopps]]' dance club.
* '''1936''' – Death of [[Hugh Lygon]].
* '''1936''' – [[Oliver Baldwin]] appointed Governor of the Leeward Islands.
* '''1938''' – [[Sigmund Freud]] flees from Austria and takes up residence in [[Hampstead]]
* '''1943''' – [[Ethel Walker]], painter, made a Dame.
* '''1946''' – [[Sir George Mowbray]] convicted of importuning.
** – Sir [[Alec Guinness]] said to have been fined for cottaging.
* '''1947''' – [[Lord Mountbatten]] presides over the independence and partition of India.
* '''1950''' – [[Harry Hay]] helps found the Mattachine Society in the USA.
* '''1951''' – [[Roberta Cowell]] has sex-change surgery.
* '''1952''' – [[Alan Turing]] convicted of gross indecency.
** – Publication of ''[[Society and the Homosexual]]'' by Gordon Westwood ([[Michael Schofield]])
* '''1953''' – [[Sir John Gielgud]] convicted of importuning.
** – [[Guy Burgess]] and [[Donald Maclean]] flee to Moscow.
** – [[European Convention on Human Rights]] comes into force.
* '''1954''' – [[Lord Montagu of Beaulieu]], [[Peter Wildeblood]] and [[Michael Pitt-Rivers]] convicted of gay offences at [[Winchester]] Assizes.
** – Suicide of [[Alan Turing]]
* '''1955''' – Publication of ''[[Homosexuality (book)|Homosexuality]]'' by [[D J West]].
* '''1956''' – Knighthoods awarded to [[Anthony Blunt]] (cancelled in 1979) and [[John Wolfenden]]
* '''1957''' – [[Wolfenden Report]] recommends decriminalisation of homosexuality.
* '''1958''' – [[Albany Trust]] and [[Homosexual Law Reform Society]] formed.
** – [[Ian Harvey]] MP arrested in St James's Park.
* '''1959''' – Screening on ITV of ''[[South]]'', thought to be the first gay-related drama on British television.
* '''1960''' – [[Georgina Turtle]] (previously George Turtle) has her birth certificate changed from male to female.
* '''1961''' – Release of the film ''[[Victim]]''.
* '''1962''' – [[John Vassall]] arrested and charged with spying.
* '''1963''' – Founding of lesbian magazine [[Arena Three]].
* '''1964''' – Death of [[Nancy Spain]] in an air crash.
** – [[North Western Homosexual Law Reform Committee]] formed, later to be re-founded as [[CHE]].
** – [[Ellis Powell]] dropped from ''Mrs Dale's Diary''.
* '''1965''' – Founding of lesbian organisation [[Kenric]].
** – [[Rose Robertson]] founds [[Parents Enquiry]].
* '''1966''' – Founding of trans organisation the [[Beaumont Society]].
** – publication of trans-related book ''[[I want what I want]]''.
** – [[Humphry Berkeley]]'s Sexual Offences Bill passes its second reading but is lost when Parliament is dissolved; Berkeley loses his seat at the election.
* '''1967''' – [[Sexual Offences Act 1967]] partially decriminalises sex between men in England and Wales.
** – [[Joe Orton]] murdered by his partner.
* '''1968''' – the Home Secretary confirms that [[Sir Ewan Forbes]] is male and can succeed to the baronetcy, despite having been registered and originally brought up as female.
** – [[SK]], probably the first gay social group in the country, is founded at the Royal Foundation of St Katharine in Limehouse.
* '''1969''' – the [[Stonewall riots]] in New York.
** – founding of the [[Scottish Minorities Group]].
* '''1970''' – First [[GLF]] meeting.
** – Death of [[E M Forster]].
** – [[Integroup]] founded in [[Catford]].
** - publication of two books about the [[Uranians]]:
*** - ''[[Love in Earnest]]'' by Timothy d'Arch Smith
*** - ''[[Sexual Heretics]]'' by Brian Reade.
* '''1971''' – the [[Corbett v Corbett]] case, involving [[April Ashley]], established the precedent that a person's sex could not legally be changed from what it was at birth.
** – [[London Friend]] formed.
** – CHE London Group Seven (later [[Croydon Area Gay Society]]) founded.
** – [[GLF Gay March]]: first London Gay March took place protesting against the unequal age of consent for men.
* '''1972''' – release of trans-related film, ''[[I want what I want]]''.
** – [[Allegro Music Group]] formed.
** – <cite>[[Gay News]]</cite> first published.
** – first [[London Pride]] march and carnival.
* '''1973''' – Death of [[Sir Noël Coward]].
* '''1974''' – [[London Lesbian and Gay Switchboard]] launched.
* '''1975''' – [[Brighton and Hove LGBT Switchboard]] launched.
** – [[Gay Sweatshop]] theatre company founded.
* '''1976''' – [[John Curry]] wins a gold medal for skating at the Winter Olympics.
** – Death of composer [[Benjamin Britten]].
** – [[London Gay Teenage Group]] set up; possibly the first gay teenage group launched in the world <ref> the [[Gay Liberation Front]] had a loose group called the GLF Youth Group in 1971 (see Lisa Power (1995) 'No Bath but Plenty of Bubbles; an oral history of the Gay Liberation Front 1970-73' (Cassell;London) page 109) </ref>.
* '''1977''' – Death of [[Sir Terence Rattigan]]
** – [[Peter Mitchell]] stands as "Westminster Campaign for Homosexual Civil Rights" candidate in the Cities of London and Westminster South by-election.
* '''1978''' – [[Tom Robinson]] releases the song "Glad to be Gay".
** – the film ''[[Nighthawks]]'' is released.
* '''1979''' – [[CHE]] moves its office to London.
** – [[Jeremy Thorpe]] acquitted of conspiracy to murder.
** – Gay Humanist Group founded (now [[GALHA]]).
** – Murder of [[Peter Wells]].
** - [[Gay's the Word]] bookshop opens in London.
* '''1980''' – [[Heaven]], the first all-week gay nightclub, opens in London.
** – [[Scotland]] decriminalises male homosexuality.
** - [[Gay Youth Movement]] set up following a summer conference in London.
* '''1981''' - [[London Bi Group]] forms, the first bi-specific social/support group.
** – The [[London Pride]] march was moved to [[Huddersfield]], and followed by the [[South Bank Gay People's Festival]].
* '''1982''' – [[Terrence Higgins Trust]] the HIV/AIDs charity formed.
* '''1983''' – [[Long Yang Club]] founded for gay Asians and non-Asians.
** – [[Northern Ireland]] decriminalises male homosexuality.
* '''1984''' – [[Chris Smith]] MP, Culture Secretary, becomes first MP to come out as gay whilst in office. In 2005, he was the first politician to disclose he was HIV positive.
** - First [[BiCon]] bisexuality conference.
** – [[Silver Moon women's bookshop]] founded.
** – [[Drew Griffiths]], playwright, murdered by a pickup.
* '''1985''' – [[Goslings Swimming Club]] founded.
* '''1986''' – [[GLC]] and metropolitan county councils abolished.
** – Death of [[Sir Peter Pears]].
** – [[London Gay Symphony Orchestra]] founded.
* '''1987''' – Gay men convicted for S&M sex in [[Operation Spanner]].
** – [[Pink Paper]] founded.
* '''1988''' – [[Section 28]] passed.
* '''1989''' – [[Stonewall (UK)]] launched.
** – [[London Raiders]] LGBT Softball team begins.
** – [[Quim magazine]] founded.
** – [[Rose's]] club founded.
* '''1990''' – [[UK-MOTSS]] founded.
* '''1991''' – Death of [[Freddie Mercury]].
* '''1992''' – Death of [[Francis Bacon (artist)]].
** – [[Europride]] held in London.
** – Gay Men Fighting AIDS founded (later [[GMFA]] and [[HERO]]).
** – [[Diversity Choir]] founded.
* '''1993''' – [[Back Pocket Guide to London]] first published.
** – [[Colin Ireland]], the "gay slayer", murders five men he had met in the [[Coleherne]].
** – the [[Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act, 1993]] finally decriminalises gay sex in the [[Irish Republic]].
* '''1994''' – [[Age of consent]] for gay men reduced to 18.
* '''1995''' – [[Adonis Art Gallery]] founded.
** – [[Bi Community News]] magazine launches.
** – [[Mermaids]] founded for children with gender dysphoria.
** – Launch of [[South London Gays]].
* '''1996''' – [[Derek Rawcliffe]] banned from acting as an assistant bishop in the Ripon diocese.
* '''1997''' – [[Angela Eagle]] is first sitting MP to come out as lesbian.
* '''1998''' – [[LGBT Consortium]] founded.
** – The [[Bolton Seven]] convicted for consensual sex.
** – [[Queer Notions]] mental health group founded in Liverpool.
* '''1999''' – [[Admiral Duncan]] pub bombed (30 April).
** – Last [[SLAGO]] Conference.
** – [[Soho Masses]] begin.
** – [[Michael Cashman]] elected to European Parliament.
[[File:Jody-dobrowski.jpg|thumb|[[Jody Dobrowski]]]]
[[File:Griff Vaughan Williams.jpg|right|thumb|[[Griffith Vaughan Williams]]]]
* '''2000''' – [[Ethical Standards in Public Life etc. (Scotland) Act 2000]] repeals [[Section 28]] in Scotland.
** – Removal of ban on gay people serving in the [[Armed Forces]].
** – "[[ADT]]" is awarded compensation for being convicted for private group sex.
** – [[Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000]] equalises the [[age of consent]].

==21st century==
[[File:AllanHorsfall1960s.jpg|thumb|[[Allan Horsfall]]]]
[[File:Ray.Gosling.jpg|thumb|[[Ray Gosling]]]]
* '''2001''' – [[Croydon Friend]] closed.
* '''2002''' - First [[Cake Awards]] presented.
* '''2003''' – [[Section 28]] repealed in England and Wales.
** – Rev [[Jeffrey John]] rejected as Bishop of Reading.
** – [[Europride]] held in [[Manchester]].
** – '''Discrimination at Work''' on the grounds of sexual orientation becomes illegal.
* '''2004''' – [[Civil Partnership Act 2004]] gives legal equal rights to lesbian and gay couples.
** – [[Gender Recognition Act 2004]] allows people to legally change gender.
** – [[Gay and Lesbian Arts and Media]] closes.
** – [[Lesbian and Gay Employment Rights]] closes.
** – [[James Clark]] is appointed British Ambassador to Luxembourg.
* '''2005''' – Murder of [[Jody Dobrowski]].
** – First [[Civil partnership]]s performed.
* '''2006''' – [[Europride]] held in London.
** – [[Alegri]] founded.
* '''2007''' – [[Sexual Offences (Jersey) Law 2007]] lowers the [[Age of consent]] in [[Jersey]] to 16.
** – Publication of the [[Yogyakarta Principles]] on the Application of International Law in Relation to Issues of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity.
** – Death of [[Paul Wilde]]
* '''2008''' – [[Age of consent]] lowered to 16 in [[Northern Ireland]].
* '''2009''' – First [[Derek Oyston Film Award]].
** – [[Grindr]] launched.
** – [[London AIDS Memorial Campaign]] launched.
* '''2010''' – [[LGBT London]] website set up.
** – Death of [[Antony Grey]].
** – Death of [[Griffith Vaughan Williams]].
** – [[Ian Campbell]] becomes Britain's first openly gay mayor.
* '''2011''' – '''LGBT History Project''' website set up.
** – [[Diversity Role Models]] launched.
** – [[First Out Café]] London, closes after 25 years.
** – [[Civil partnership]] ceremonies permitted on religious premises.
* '''2012''' – [[Europride]] held in London.
** – Death of [[Allan Horsfall]].
** – [[Michael Peacock]] acquitted on obscenity charges.
* '''2013''' – Government introduces [[Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill]]; it becomes law as the [[Marriage (Same-Sex Couples) Act 2013]].
** – Death of [[Ray Gosling]]
** - Death of [[Georgina Somerset]] and discovery that [[Roberta Cowell]] died two years before.
** - Posthumous royal pardon for [[Alan Turing]].
* '''2015''' – the [[2015 general election]] brings an unprecedented number of LGBT people into Parliament, including [[Mhairi Black]], the youngest MP since the nineteenth century.
* '''2017''' - [[Goldsmiths College]], University of London run M.A. course in Queer History-the first degree level course in that field.
* '''2020''' - [[Layla Moran]]] is the first MP to come out as pansexual.

==External links==
Some other LGBT timelines:
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_LGBT_history Timeline of (world) LGBT history] on Wikipedia
* Wikipedia: Timeline of UK LGBT history: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_LGBT_history_in_Britain
* Timeline of events recorded in the [[Hall-Carpenter Archives]]: http://www2.lse.ac.uk/library/archive/online_resources/lgbt/timeline.aspx
* <cite>Gay Chronicles from the beginning of time to the end of World War II</cite>: http://www.webcitation.org/5knsbJ2KF
* [[Stonewall (UK)]] History of LGB equality: http://www.stonewall.org.uk/at_home/history_of_lesbian_gay_and_bisexual_equality/default.asp
* NHS Northwest LGB&T Timeline: http://www.help.northwest.nhs.uk/lgbt_timeline
* [[PCS Proud]] Ourstory: http://web.archive.org/web/20101226051702/http://www.pcsproud.org.uk/our_story.pdf retrieved via the [[Internet Archive]]
* Glasgow [[Lesbian Archive and Information Centre]] timeline: http://www.womenslibrary.org.uk/laic/laictimeline/laictimeline.html
* Jobcentre Plus <cite>Timeline of gay history</cite>: http://lgbthistorymonth.org.uk/website/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/9631_GHW-A3FlagPoster.pdf
* <cite>GLBTQ Encyclopedia: United Kingdom History</cite> http://www.glbtq.com/social-sciences/united_kingdom_01.html
* <cite>[[UK Gay News]] Timeline Of Gay and Lesbian Marriage, Partnership or Unions Worldwide</cite>: http://ukgaynews.org.uk/marriage_timeline.htm
*[[Black British Lesbian Timeline]]: http://blackbritishlesbian.typepad.com/
* Timeline of CHE and its times (from 1945): http://amiable-warriors.uk/timeline.shtml

==See also==

*[[Timeline of UK LGBT Legislation]]
*[[Timeline of UK LGBT Sport]]
*[[Timeline of UK LGBT Science]]
*[[Timeline of UK LGBT Music]]
*[[Timeline of age of consent legislation]]
*[[Timeline of UK Transgender History]]
*[[Timeline of UK LGBT Religion, Belief and Philosophy]]
*[[Timeline of London Bars and Clubs]]
*[[List of the first LGBT holders of political offices in the United Kingdom]]
*[[:Category:Births by year]]
*[[:Category:Deaths by year]]

==References==
<references>

[[Category:History and archives]]
[[Category:Timelines]]

Jen Yockney

2019-01-29T09:11:49Z

Jenbird:

'''Jen Yockney''' is editor of bimonthly bisexual magazine [[Bi Community News]] and Convenor of [[BiPhoria]], the UK's longest-running bisexual community project. She was chair of [[LGBT+ Liberal Democrats]] from 2006 to 2009.

In 2016 she was awarded the MBE<ref>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/528696/birthday_honours_list_prime_ministers_list_2016.pdf ''Birthday Honours List 2016'' www.gov.uk</ref> and became both the first person to be named in the UK's Honours List with the title Mx, and the first to be given an honour "for services to the bisexual community".

In January 2013 she started the Bisexual History Project, identifying bi-related events from history, which shares those events as "On This Day" on social media each day. <ref>https://www.twitter.com/bisexualhistory</ref><ref>https://www.facebook.com/bihistory</ref>

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==References==
<references>

[[Category:Living people]]

File:Bcn107-wiki.jpg

2019-01-29T00:02:04Z

Jenbird:

Bi Community News magazine - cover of issue 107, August 2011.

[[Category:Bisexuality]]
[[Category:Magazine covers]]
[[Category:Newspapers and magazines]]

Bi Community News

2019-01-29T00:00:17Z

Jenbird:

[[File:bcn107-wiki.jpg|200px|thumb|right|BCN magazine]]

'''<cite>Bi Community News</cite>''' is a community press magazine about bisexuality, bi life, bisexuals in the wider world and in particular the UK bisexual community / scene.

The name was decided by a vote of people attending the annual bisexuality convention [[BiCon]] 1995, following a discussion workshop on the need for an independent bisexual press due to the lack of such a voice.

It has been published since 1995, initially every month, and (at 2019) is still publishing regularly six times a year. More than 140 issues have been printed.

''BCN'' (as it is more often called) has a Constitution which reads:

* There shall be a bisexual magazine/newsletter
* It shall not print poetry

Since around 2000 it has been edited by [[Jen Yockney]]. The early issues were produced by a collective and had a "rotating editor" arrangement with a change in the person taking the helm on each edition.

Previous bisexual magazines in the UK were <cite>[[Bi Monthly]]</cite> and <cite>[[BiFrost]]</cite>.

==External Links==
[http://bicommunitynews.co.uk BCN website] 
[http://www.facebook.com/bicommunitynews Facebook page] 
[http://twitter.com/bicommunitynews Twitter @bicommunitynews]

[[Category:Bisexual publications]]
[[Category:Newspapers and magazines]]
[[Category:Consortium members]]

Jen Yockney

2019-01-28T22:24:20Z

Jenbird: @BisexualHistory project

'''Jen Yockney''' is editor of bimonthly bisexual magazine [[Bi Community News]] and Convenor of [[BiPhoria]], the UK's longest-running bisexual community project.

In 2016 she was awarded the MBE<ref>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/528696/birthday_honours_list_prime_ministers_list_2016.pdf ''Birthday Honours List 2016'' www.gov.uk</ref> and became both the first person to be named in the UK's Honours List with the title Mx, and the first to be given an honour "for services to the bisexual community".

In January 2013 she started the Bisexual History Project, identifying bi-related events from history, which shares those events as "On This Day" on social media each day. <ref>https://www.twitter.com/bisexualhistory</ref><ref>https://www.facebook.com/bihistory</ref>

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==References==
<references>

[[Category:Living people]]

Ian Campbell

2016-07-26T20:27:46Z

Jenbird:

[[File:Ian Campbell.jpg|thumb|Ian Campbell]]'''Ian Campbell''' (born 1987) is thought to have been the UK's first openly gay mayor. There had previously been openly lesbian and openly trans mayors in other parts of the UK.

He was elected as a [[Labour]] member of [[Bassetlaw]] council in [[Nottinghamshire]] in 2010, and was shortly afterwards elected as Town Mayor of [[Retford]], aged 23. In 2012 he became chair of Bassetlaw District Council, and in 2014 he was elected to Nottinghamshire County Council.<ref>http://www.iancampbell.org.uk/#!about-ian/c2rd. Accessed: 2013-07-24. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/6ILgmSF7H)</ref>

Mr Campbell became known as a local gay activist after his family threw him out over his sexual orientation. He was homeless for eight months.

In 2009, he was named Nottingham’s Young Person of the Year for his work tackling homophobic bullying.<ref>http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2010/06/01/gay-man-becomes-britains-youngest-mayor/ ''[[Pink News]]'', 1 June 2010, "Gay man become's Britain's youngest mayor</ref>

==References==
<references>

[[Category:Labour politicians]]
[[Category:Nottinghamshire]]
[[Category:Mayors]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1987 births]]

Ian Campbell

2016-07-26T20:21:37Z

Jenbird: First gay but not first LGBT, for clarity.

[[File:Ian Campbell.jpg|thumb|Ian Campbell]]'''Ian Campbell''' (born 1987) is thought to have been the UK's first openly gay (as opposed to LGBT) mayor.

He was elected as a [[Labour]] member of [[Bassetlaw]] council in [[Nottinghamshire]] in 2010, and was shortly afterwards elected as Town Mayor of [[Retford]], aged 23. In 2012 he became chair of Bassetlaw District Council, and in 2014 he was elected to Nottinghamshire County Council.<ref>http://www.iancampbell.org.uk/#!about-ian/c2rd. Accessed: 2013-07-24. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/6ILgmSF7H)</ref>

Mr Campbell became known as a local gay activist after his family threw him out over his sexual orientation. He was homeless for eight months.

In 2009, he was named Nottingham’s Young Person of the Year for his work tackling homophobic bullying.<ref>http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2010/06/01/gay-man-becomes-britains-youngest-mayor/ ''[[Pink News]]'', 1 June 2010, "Gay man become's Britain's youngest mayor</ref>

==References==
<references>

[[Category:Labour politicians]]
[[Category:Nottinghamshire]]
[[Category:Mayors]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1987 births]]

Jen Yockney

2016-07-26T20:16:55Z

Jenbird:

Bi Community News

2016-07-26T20:16:02Z

Jenbird:

[[File:bcn107-wiki.jpg|200px|thumb|right|BCN magazine]]

'''<cite>Bi Community News</cite>''' is a community press magazine about bisexuality, bi life, bisexuals in the wider world and in particular the UK bisexual community / scene.

The name was decided by a vote of people attending the annual bisexuality convention [[BiCon]] 1995, following a discussion workshop on the need for an independent bisexual press due to the lack of such a voice.

It has been published since 1995, initially every month, and (at 2016) is still publishing regularly six times a year. More than 140 issues have been printed.

''BCN'' (as it is more often called) has a Constitution which reads:

* There shall be a bisexual magazine/newsletter
* It shall not print poetry

Since around 2000 it has been edited by [[Jen Yockney]]. The early issues were produced by a collective and had a "rotating editor" arrangement with a change in the person taking the helm on each edition.

Previous bisexual magazines in the UK were <cite>[[Bi Monthly]]</cite> and <cite>[[BiFrost]]</cite>.

==External Links==
[http://bicommunitynews.co.uk BCN website] 
[http://www.facebook.com/bicommunitynews Facebook page] 
[http://twitter.com/bicommunitynews Twitter @bicommunitynews]

[[Category:Bisexual publications]]
[[Category:Newspapers and magazines]]
[[Category:Consortium members]]

Jen Yockney

2016-07-26T20:13:33Z

Jenbird:

'''Jen Yockney''' is editor of [[Bi Community News]] and Convenor of [[BiPhoria]].

In 2016 she was awarded the MBE<ref>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/528696/birthday_honours_list_prime_ministers_list_2016.pdf ''Birthday Honours List 2016'' www.gov.uk</ref> and became both the first person to be named in the UK's Honours List with the title Mx, and the first to be given an honour "for services to the bisexual community".

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==References==
<references>

[[Category:Living people]]

Jen Yockney

2016-07-26T20:10:56Z

Jenbird: Basic page stub created

Jen Yockney is editor of [[Bi Community News]] and Convenor of [[BiPhoria]].

In 2016 she was awarded the MBE<ref>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/528696/birthday_honours_list_prime_ministers_list_2016.pdf ''Birthday Honours List 2016'' www.gov.uk</ref> and became both the first person to be named in the UK's Honours List with the title Mx, and the first to be given an honour "for services to the bisexual community".

London Bi Group

2015-12-29T23:19:06Z

Jenbird: Removed erroneous 2007 info based on outdated screenshot from 2003

[[File:LBG logo.gif|thumb|LBG logo]]'''London Bi Group''' (commonly '''LBG''') was the first modern social / support group for bisexual people in the UK.

Its first meeting was on 1st September 1981.

For most of its life the group met at [[London Friend]], near Kings Cross station, with three spaces running in parallel - a coffee / talk space, a workshop space with specific topics each week, and a 'personal group' which allowed discussion of more personal issues.

The group organised the first [[BiCon]] conference, entitled ''The Politics Of Bisexuality'', in 1984, and also produced a newsletter [[Bi Monthly]] which became the main national news source for bi people, organisations and networks in the 1980s.

Though the group closed down around 2003, a 30th birthday party formed part of the agenda of the 2011 [[BiCon]] recognising the importance of LBG in setting separate bisexual organising in motion.<ref>Reference needed</ref>

The website remained unchanged from the 2003 AGM until 2008 when it was updated to read "The London Bisexual Group is currently inactive, sorry," but provided a link to [[Bisexual Underground]]. The group was still, as of 2015, listed as a member of ILGA.<ref>http://www.ilga-europe.org/who-we-are/members. Accessed: 2015-10-13. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/6cFNyVa9J)</ref>

==References==
<references>

[[category:Bisexual groups]]
[[Category:London]]
[[Category:ILGA members]]

Talk:London Bi Group

2015-12-29T23:17:03Z

Jenbird: Created page with "I'm afraid the group wasn't meeting in 2007 as the link to http://web.archive.org/web/20070628131425/http://londonbi.bi.org/ suggests. That web page is the same as it was four..."

I'm afraid the group wasn't meeting in 2007 as the link to http://web.archive.org/web/20070628131425/http://londonbi.bi.org/ suggests. That web page is the same as it was four years earlier - though the page was still up it was last updated, as it states, 6.9.03.

Bi Community News

2015-12-29T13:51:39Z

Jenbird: Amended to confirm still current in 2015 (vs 2013)

[[File:bcn107-wiki.jpg|200px|thumb|right|BCN magazine]]

'''<cite>Bi Community News</cite>''' is a community press magazine about bisexuality, bi life, bisexuals in the wider world and in particular the UK bisexual community / scene.

The name was decided by a vote of people attending [[BiCon]] 1995, following a discussion workshop on the need for an independent bisexual press due to the lack of such a voice.

It has been published since 1995, initially every month, and (at 2015) is still publishing regularly six times a year. More than 130 issues have been printed.

''BCN'' (as it is more often called) has a Constitution which reads:

* There shall be a bisexual magazine/newsletter
* It shall not print poetry

Since around 2000 it has been edited by [[Jen Yockney]]. The early issues were produced by a collective and had a "rotating editor" arrangement with a change in the person taking the helm on each edition.

Previous bisexual magazines in the UK were <cite>[[Bi Monthly]]</cite> and <cite>[[BiFrost]]</cite>.

==External Links==
[http://bicommunitynews.co.uk BCN website] 
[http://www.facebook.com/bicommunitynews Facebook page] 
[http://twitter.com/bicommunitynews Twitter @bicommunitynews]

[[Category:Bisexual publications]]
[[Category:Newspapers and magazines]]
[[Category:Consortium members]]

Bisexual

2015-12-29T13:48:00Z

Jenbird: Nonbinary gender definition of bisexuality added.

[[File:Bi flag.svg|thumb|the Bisexual Pride flag]]'''Bisexual''' means having romantic or sexual attraction towards both males and females. In discussion that recognises gender beyond a binary male/female understanding, it refers to romantic or sexual attraction to more than one gender.

The [[Kinsey Scale]] ranks people on a scale from 0, meaning exclusively heterosexual, to 6, meaning exclusively homosexual. People ranked from 2 to 4 are often classed as bisexual.<ref>Mike Szymanski, "Moving Closer to the Middle: Kinsey the Movie, and Its Rocky Road to Bisexual Acceptance." ''Journal of Bisexuality'' 8.3 (2008): 287-308</ref>

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==References==
<references>

[[Category:Bisexuality]]
[[Category:Terminology]]

Manchester

2015-12-29T13:41:16Z

Jenbird: Added Bi Visibility Day & BiPhoria notes

[[File:Manchester Town Hall from Lloyd St.jpg|thumb|Manchester Town Hall]]'''Manchester''' is a city in [[Greater Manchester]], in the north west of England (formerly in Lancashire). During the 19th century it became a major industrial centre, and the opening of the Manchester Ship Canal in 1896 transformed it into a major seaport. In addition to the original core of Manchester, the city boundaries have been extended to include other localities such as [[Wythenshawe]].

==LGBT history==

In 1880 the [[1880 drag ball|police raided a drag ball]] in [[Hulme]].

The [[Campaign for Homosexual Equality]] was initially based in Manchester. As well as the national headquarters, there was at one time a [[Manchester CHE Group]], as well as a separate [[Manchester Teenage Group]], [[Manchester Youth Group]], and [[Manchester Women's Group]].

[[Manchester Lesbian & Gay Centre]] existed in Bloom Street in the 1980s.<ref>http://yourstory.gaydio.co.uk/hear/mlgc</ref>

There is a thriving gay village centred around [[Canal Street]], including a gay supermarket. It has been claimed that "The Gay Village probably represents the the biggest concentration of gay interests, services and businesses in Europe"<ref>http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/gay/gay-vill1.html</ref>

The book ''[[Gay Europe (1995)]]'' has listings for gay places in Manchester.

[[Manchester Pride]] has been held each August since 1991.

The city was the only place in Europe to mark the inaugural [[Bi Visibility Day]] in 1999, and is home to [[BiPhoria]], the UK's oldest extant bisexual organisation.

The Cross Street Unitarian Chapel in Manchester was the first church in the UK to be given a licence to conduct [[civil partnership]]s on its premises.<ref>http://cross-street-chapel.org.uk/index.php?page=news</ref>

Local LGBT sports clubs include:
*[[Manchester Sharks]] (water polo)
*[[Manchester Village Spartans]] (rugby union)
*[[Northern Rebound]] (squash)
*[[Northern Wave Swimming Club]]

Manchester has its own LGBT radio station, [[Gaydio]].

Manchester City Libraries have an online guide to local LGBT archives.<ref>http://www.manchester.gov.uk/info/448/archives_and_local_history/520/lgbt_source_guide</ref>

[[Manchester Concord]] is a transgender social group.<ref>http://www.manchesterconcord.org.uk/</ref>

In 2005 the City Council inaugurated the [[Manchester LGBT Heritage Trail]].

[[Nick Grimshaw]] was born in Manchester.

==External links==

http://www.flickr.com/photos/manchesterarchiveplus/sets/72157625649694641/ Archive photos for Manchester LGBT History

http://www.manchester.gov.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?categoryID=448&documentID=520 Manchester Libraries LGBT Source Guide

==References==

<references>

[[Category:England]]
[[Category:Manchester| ]]
[[Category:Greater Manchester]]
[[Category:English cities]]
[[Category:Metropolitan boroughs]]

Bi Visibility Day

2015-12-29T13:39:55Z

Jenbird: september23.bi.org has migrated to bivisibilityday.com

'''Bi Visibility Day''' also known as '''International Celebrate Bisexuality Day''' has been marked on 23rd September each year since 1999. It started as a date for the bisexual community to celebrate and recognise its own work and acheivements, but has grown over time to be more outward looking a public date.

Though the initiative started in the USA, it has been consistently marked in the UK by the UK bi community as well - in particular by groups such as [[BiPhoria]], [[Brighton Bothways]], and [[Edinburgh Bi Group]].

It first received Ministerial recognition in the UK in 2013<ref>http://bimedia.org/3108/uk-equalities-minister-welcomes-bi-visibility-day/</ref>, and in the same year the White House held its first roundtable meeting on bisexual issues on September 23rd<ref>http://bimedia.org/3057/white-house-plans-bi-summit-for-september-23/</ref>.

A list of UK and international events to mark the date is kept at [http://www.bivisibilityday.com BiVisibilityDay.com]

==References==
<references>

[[Category:Annual events]]
[[Category:Bisexuality]]
[[Category:Articles with no pictures]]

Bisexual Action Manchester

2014-12-09T08:34:19Z

Jenbird: Add reference to successor group

'''Bisexual Action Manchester''' was a local campaigning group in Manchester in the late 1990s.

It sought to address particular issues affecting bisexual people in the city, including [[Manchester]] City Council's stance that bisexuality did not exist, and the “no bisexuals” door policies of several gay and lesbian venues in the city’s ‘gay village’ around [[Canal Street]] and Bloom Street.

The group was set up as a spin-off from [[BiPhoria]]. The brand name continued as [[Bisexual Action]].

==Manchester City Council and Bisexuality==
Bisexual Action Manchester challenged Manchester City Council repeatedly over their biphobia in the 1990s. The city council's equal opportunities policies and service monitoring only recognised the existence of lesbians, gay men, and heterosexual people.

==“No Bisexuals” door policies==
In the 1990s a number of lesbian and gay bars in and around Manchester's Canal Street gay village operated admission policies of not allowing in customers who were thought to be heterosexual. Some of those venues also barred bisexuals, and the group sought to challenge these and spread awareness in the community of biphobic venues.

Venues recorded as unfriendly to bi clientele included:
* [[Poptastic]]
* [[Manto]]
* [[Hollywood Showbar]]
* [[Essential]]

In 2007 [[BiPhoria]] followed this up by surveying the venues in the gay village about whether they welcomed bi customers in the light of the goods and serivces provisions of the [[Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations]] which implemented provisions of the [[Equality Act 2006]].

==Other issues at that time==

==Successor==

Meetings faded in the late 1990s and [[Bisexual Action]] took up the role that BAM had held.

[[Category:Bisexual groups]]
[[Category:Former Consortium members]]
[[Category:Manchester]]
[[Category:Campaigns]]
[[Category:Articles with no pictures]]

Manto

2014-12-09T08:31:39Z

Jenbird:

[[File:Manto Bar Manchester.jpg|thumb|Manto]]'''Manto''' ("Manchester Tomorrow") is a gay bar in [[Canal Street]], [[Manchester]].

Manto was created when [[Carol Ainscow]], a gay property developer, alongside her business partner Peter Dalton, bought a run-down building on Canal Street. It opened in 1991. The building, designed by Benedict Smith Architects<ref>Claire Hartwell, ''Manchester''. (Pevsner Architectural Guides) New Haven: Yale U P 2001; pages 149-50</ref> was the first in the area to be clad with large plate glass windows,<ref name="Independent">http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/the-gay-village-canal-street-manchester-1336138.html Jenny Turner "The gay village, Canal Street, Manchester" ''The Independent'' 9 June 1996</ref> allowing the casual passer-by to view what was going on inside. Previously many establishments catering for the gay community were keen to conceal activities from the general public, but the architectural design of Manto was seen as a queer visual statement "we're here, we're queer – get used to it". A brick-and-mortar refusal to hide any more, to remain underground and invisible.<ref>John Binnnie, ''Cosmopolitan Urbanism'', Routledge, 2006 page 230 isbn 0-415-34491-3</ref> Ainscow stated, "I felt sick of having to knock on doors and hide".<ref name="Campbell">http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004/aug/07/gayrights.communities Beatrix Campbell "Village people" ''The Guardian'' 7 August 2004</ref> Despite this, Ainscow stated that the for the first six months of business, Manto was continually losing money due to people's fear of being seen in there.<ref name="Campbell"/> The opening of Manto was regarded as a catalyst for the development of many of the current style of bars and clubs in the Village.<ref name="Independent2">http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/paint-the-town-pink-1526090.html David Smith & Colin Richardson "Paint the town pink" ''The Independent'' 17 December 1995 </ref>

:"Manto was one of the catalysts for Manchester's now-established bar scene, proudly showcasing the creativity and vibrancy of the gay scene behind a glass front for the first time. Now more institution than rebellious innovator, it's nevertheless still a big draw."<ref>http://www.timeout.com/manchester/clubs/venue/1%3A29397/manto Time Out</ref>

Manto is one of the stops on the [[Manchester LGBT Heritage Trail]]. The write-up says:
:"It was a world away from the New Union and pushed the Village to the forefront of Manchester's (even the UK's) going out and coming out culture. It’s hard to understand now how a bar with balconies in which one could sip coffee and read the Sunday papers could be so revolutionary. Manto was very successful and bred an offshoot in London, a sibling round the corner, and ran the popular gay and lesbian club, Paradise Factory."<ref>http://www.manchesterconfidential.co.uk/Culture/Arts/Out-in-the-Past-Trail-part-one</ref>

The bar was highlighted in the mid 1990s by [[Bisexual Action Manchester]] as one of the venues in the gay village operating "no bisexuals" door policies.

==References==
Partly based on the Wikipedia article "Canal Street (Manchester).

<references>

[[Category:Manchester]]
[[Category:Pubs and bars]]

Bisexual Action Manchester

2014-12-09T08:28:40Z

Jenbird: /* “No Bisexuals” door policies */

'''Bisexual Action Manchester''' was a local campaigning group in Manchester in the late 1990s.

It sought to address particular issues affecting bisexual people in the city, including [[Manchester]] City Council's stance that bisexuality did not exist, and the “no bisexuals” door policies of several gay and lesbian venues in the city’s ‘gay village’ around [[Canal Street]] and Bloom Street.

The group was set up as a spin-off from [[BiPhoria]]. The brand name continued as [[Bisexual Action]].

==Manchester City Council and Bisexuality==
Bisexual Action Manchester challenged Manchester City Council repeatedly over their biphobia in the 1990s. The city council's equal opportunities policies and service monitoring only recognised the existence of lesbians, gay men, and heterosexual people.

==“No Bisexuals” door policies==
In the 1990s a number of lesbian and gay bars in and around Manchester's Canal Street gay village operated admission policies of not allowing in customers who were thought to be heterosexual. Some of those venues also barred bisexuals, and the group sought to challenge these and spread awareness in the community of biphobic venues.

Venues recorded as unfriendly to bi clientele included:
* [[Poptastic]]
* [[Manto]]
* [[Hollywood Showbar]]
* [[Essential]]

In 2007 [[BiPhoria]] followed this up by surveying the venues in the gay village about whether they welcomed bi customers in the light of the goods and serivces provisions of the [[Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations]] which implemented provisions of the [[Equality Act 2006]].

==Other issues at that time==

[[Category:Bisexual groups]]
[[Category:Former Consortium members]]
[[Category:Manchester]]
[[Category:Campaigns]]
[[Category:Articles with no pictures]]

LGBT+ Liberal Democrats

2014-11-05T15:56:25Z

Jenbird: Fordham replaced Trett as Chair in 2014

[[File:Rainbow-bird-of-liberty.png|thumb|Rainbow Bird of Liberty logo]]'''LGBT+ Liberal Democrats''' is the LGBT group within the [[Liberal Democrats]]. It was founded soon after the foundation of the Liberal Democrats in 1988, as successor to the [[Liberal Lesbian & Gay Action]] and [[Social Democrats for Lesbian & Gay Action]] groups in the respective parties which merged to form the Liberal Democrats.

The Chair since January 2014 is [[Ed Fordham]].

As of January 2013, the Presidents are [[Brian Paddick]] and [[Baroness Barker]], and the Honorary Patron is [[Bernard Greaves]]. The Vice Presidents are [[Steve Gilbert]] MP and [[Steve Williams]] MP.<ref name=newteam />

==LG to LGBT to LGBT+==
When formed in 1989 the organisation was called Democrats for Lesbian & Gay Action, usually abbreviated to '''DELGA'''. After a number of bi and trans activists became more engaged in its work, the group changed its name to reflect a broader LGBT remit. From 1996 to 2011 its name was Liberal Democrats for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Action. In 2011 it became LGBT+ Lib Dems, as its work expanded to other gender & sexuality minorities.

==Formal Recognition==
The organisation is a Specified Associated Organisation (SAO), meaning it is treated like a constituency Local Party with powers to submit policy to party conference and be formally consulted on policy-making in relevant areas.

==External links==
* Official website: http://lgbt.libdems.org.uk/en/
* Twitter: http://twitter.com/lgbtld
* Facebook: http://facebook.com/pluslibdems

==References==
<references>

[[Category:Liberal Democrats]]
[[Category:Former Consortium members]]

Simon Hughes

2014-11-05T15:53:41Z

Jenbird:

[[File:Simon Hughes3.jpg|thumb|Simon Hughes]]'''Simon Hughes''' (born 1951) is a Member of Parliament and Deputy Leader of the [[Liberal Democrats]].

He was elected to Parliament as a [[Liberal Party|Liberal]] in the [[Bermondsey by-election]] of 24 February 1983, beating the Labour candidate [[Peter Tatchell]]. The election was marred by homophobic propaganda against Tatchell from his own side, Simon Hughes's own sexuality being kept private.

In 2004 Simon Hughes was the Liberal Democrat candidate for [[Mayor of London]].

Hughes stood for leadership of the Liberal Democrats in 2006. Peter Tatchell said: "I hope Simon is elected as party leader because of all the contenders he is the most progressive on human rights, social justice and environmental issues."<ref>http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-337.html "Lib Dem candidate gets gay backing" ''Pink News'' 17 January 2006</ref> During the election Simon Hughes was outed by ''The Sun'' as bisexual. He confirmed this (having previously denied being gay), revealed his own homosexual experiences, and apologised for not speaking out against homophobia in the 1983 campaign in 2006.<ref>http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-355.html "Simon Hughes: 'I'm bisexual'", ''Pink News'' 26 January 2006</ref> Peter Tatchell reaffirmed his opinion on the leadership election after Hughes' outing by ''The Sun''. He said "it is time to forgive and move on... I am on the left of the [[Green Party]]. I don't support the Lib Dems, but if I was a member I would vote for Simon as leader."

In 2008 Simon Hughes played an important part in getting Mehdi Kazemi, a young Iranian whose boyfriend had been executed in Iran, the right to stay in the UK.<ref>http://www.ukgaynews.org.uk/Archive/08/May/2303.htm "Gay Iranian Refugee Thanks His Supporters Across the World", ''UK Gay News'', 23 May 2008</ref>

In 2010, when the Liberal Democrats joined the coalition government, the party's deputy leader, Vince Cable, resigned on being appointed business Secretary, and Simon Hughes was elected Deputy Leader in his place.

Simon Hughes was ranked number 13 in the [[Pink List 2011]] and number 51 in the [[World Pride Power List 2012]]. In December 2013 he was appointed Minister of State for Justice and Civil Liberties in the coalition government.

==References==
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Liberal Democrats

2014-11-05T15:50:38Z

Jenbird:

[[File:Logo libDems.gif|thumb|Liberal Democrats logo]]The '''Liberal Democrats''' is a British political party. It was formed in 1988 by a merger between the [[Liberal Party]] and the [[Social Democratic Party]] (a remnant of the old Liberal Party survives as the [[post-1988 Liberal Party]]).

Since 2010 the Liberal Democrats have been in a coaltion government with the [[Conservative Party]].

The LGBT group within the party is [[LGBT+ Liberal Democrats]].

Notable LGBT people within the Liberal Democrats include [[Baroness Barker]], [[Simon Hughes]] MP, [[Brian Paddick]], and [[David Laws]] MP.

==External links==

http://www.libdems.org.uk/home.aspx

[[Category:Politics]]
[[Category:Liberal Democrats| ]]

Bi Visibility Day

2014-10-18T12:25:46Z

Jenbird:

'''Bi Visibility Day''' also known as '''International Celebrate Bisexuality Day''' has been marked on 23rd September each year since 1999. It started as a date for the bisexual community to celebrate and recognise its own work and acheivements, but has grown over time to be more outward looking a public date.

Though the initiative started in the USA, it has been consistently marked in the UK by the UK bi community as well - in particular by groups such as [[BiPhoria]], Brighton Bothways, and [[Edinburgh Bi Group]].

It first received Ministerial recognition in the UK in 2013<ref>http://bimedia.org/3108/uk-equalities-minister-welcomes-bi-visibility-day/</ref>, and in the same year the White House held its first roundtable meeting on bisexual issues on September 23rd<ref>http://bimedia.org/3057/white-house-plans-bi-summit-for-september-23/</ref>.

A list of UK and international events to mark the date is kept at [http://september23.bi.org september23.bi.org]

==References==
<references>

[[Category:Annual events]]
[[Category:Bisexuality]]
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Bi Visibility Day

2014-10-18T12:24:32Z

Jenbird: Add references for UK Govt ministerial recognition & White House event

'''Bi Visibility Day''' also known as '''International Celebrate Bisexuality Day''' has been marked on 23rd September each year since 1999. It started as a date for the bisexual community to celebrate and recognise its own work and acheivements, but has grown over time to be more outward looking a public date.

Though the initiative started in the USA, it has been consistently marked in the UK by the UK bi community as well - in particular by groups such as [[BiPhoria]], Brighton Bothways, and [[Edinburgh Bi Group]].

It first received Ministerial recognition in the UK in 2013<ref>http://bimedia.org/3108/uk-equalities-minister-welcomes-bi-visibility-day/</ref>, and in the same year the White House held its first roundtable meeting on bisexual issues on September 23rd<ref>http://bimedia.org/3057/white-house-plans-bi-summit-for-september-23/</ref>.

A list of UK and international events to mark the date is kept at [http://september23.bi.org september23.bi.org]

[[Category:Annual events]]
[[Category:Bisexuality]]
[[Category:Articles with no pictures]]

BiPhoria

2014-10-18T12:19:39Z

Jenbird:

[[File:Biphoria.png|thumb|Biphoria logo]][[Manchester]]-based '''BiPhoria''' is the longest-running bisexual social/support project in the UK. It was established in 1994 through the coming together of the [[Manchester Men's Bisexual Group]] and [[Manchester Bi Women's Group]].

From its first meeting on 1st September 1994 to 2000 it met monthly at the Lesbian & Gay Centre on Sidney Street on the first Thursday of each month for the main social/support meetings, with other social events in the rest of the month. From September 2000 onwards it has met at the [[Lesbian & Gay Foundation]] building on the first Tuesday of each month.

The group has hosted events each year since 1999 to mark [[Bi Visibility Day]] on September 23rd, as well as several [[Bi Activist Conferences]], four [[BiFest]]s and other events.

Spin-off groups have included [[Bisexual Action Manchester]], [[Bi Youth]], [[Bisexual Action]].

In addition to its core face-to-face work, BiPhoria has published a number of reports and resources reflecting bisexual needs and issues. Current resources include a publication on bisexuality & mental health (2011) and a pocket guide to coming out and staying out, “Getting Bi in a Gay / Straight World” (2011).

The longest-running bisexual group in the UK was previously [[London Bi Group]] which ran for over twenty years but closed in 2003.

==External Links==
BiPhoria website http://www.biphoria.org.uk 
Current Publications http://www.biphoria.org.uk/resources.html 
Getting Bi in a Gay/Straight World http://www.flickr.com/photos/biphoria/sets/72157626275005967/show/

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[[Category:Bisexual groups]]
[[Category:Consortium members]]

Bi's Of Colour

2014-10-18T12:18:03Z

Jenbird:

'''Bi's of colour''' is a group for [[bisexual]] men and women of colour. "Of colour" is clarified as meaning:
:"Those who are descended (through one or both parents) from anywhere in Africa, Asia and Latin America, the original inhabitants of Australasia, North America, and the islands of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans."<ref>http://bisofcolour.tumblr.com/</ref>

==References==
<references>

[[Category:Bisexuality]]
[[Category:Black and minority ethnic]]
[[Category:Former Consortium members]]
[[Category:Articles with no pictures]]
[[Category:Bisexual groups]]

Timeline of UK LGBT History

2013-12-20T20:16:32Z

Jenbird: /* 20th century */

[[File:C. Julius-Caesar (British Museum).gif|thumb|Bust of [[Julius Caesar]] in the [[British Museum]]]]This is a '''timeline of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender history in the United Kingdom''' throughout the centuries.

''[[#21st century|Jump to 21st century]]''

Note: strictly speaking the year 2000 belongs to the 20th century, but for convenience it is treated here as belonging to the 21st (and similarly with other centuries).
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==1st century BC==
* '''55 BC''' – [[Julius Caesar]]'s first invasion of Britain.

==1st century AD==
* '''AD 43''' – Roman invasion and establishment of the province of [[Britannia]].

==2nd century==
* '''122''' – Emperor [[Hadrian]] visits Britain.
[[File:Bust Hadrian Musei Capitolini MC817.jpg|thumb|right|The Emperor [[Hadrian]]]]
==3rd century==

* '''286''' – Britain becomes independent from the Roman empire for ten years under [[Carausius]] and Allectus.

==4th century==
* '''343''' – the emperor [[Constans]] visits Britain.

==5th century==
* '''410''' – usual date for the end of Roman rule in [[Britannia]].

==6th century==
* '''c547''' – Death of King [[Maelgwn]] of Gwynedd.
* '''597''' – St Augustine becomes first [[Archbishop of Canterbury]].
* '''late 6th century''' – [[Findchán]] and Áid the Black cursed by St Columba.

==7th century==
* '''670''' – St [[Theodore of Tarsus]], Archbishop of Canterbury, prescribes fasts and penances for various homosexual acts.

==9th century==
* '''804''' – Death of [[Alcuin]].
* '''850s''' – a woman from [[Wimborne Minster]] was supposedly elected [[Pope Joan]].
[[File:Anselm of Canterbury, seal.jpg|thumb|Seal of [[Anselm]] as [[Archbishop of Canterbury]]]]
[[File:EdwardII-Cassell.jpg|thumb|right|[[Edward II]]]]
[[File:Robert devere.jpg|thumb|[[Robert DeVere]] as Duke of Ireland]]

==11th century==
* '''1066''' – Battle of [[Hastings]] and Norman conquest of England.

==12th century==
* '''1100''' – Death of King [[William II]].
* '''1102''' – [[Council of London]] condemns homosexuality.
* '''1109''' – Death of Saint [[Anselm]]
* '''1123''' – [[Rahere]] founds St Bartholomew's Hospital.
* '''1125''' – [[Hilarius]] writing around this time.
* '''1167''' – Death of Saint [[Aelred]]
* '''1187''' – [[Gerald of Wales]] describes the practice of same-sex marriage in [[Ireland]].
* '''1199''' – Death of King [[Richard I]]

==13th century==
* '''c.1290''' – Publication of <cite>[[Fleta]]</cite>, first book to suggest a punishment (which was not enforced) for homosexuality in English law.

==14th century==
* '''1327''' – Murder of King [[Edward II]].
* '''1376''' – The [[Good Parliament]] petitions King Edward III to banish foreign traders for having introduced "the too horrible vice which is not to be named".
* '''1386''' – [[Richard II]] makes [[Robert DeVere]] Duke of Ireland.
* '''1391''' – Death of Sir [[John Clanvowe]] and Richard Neville.
* '''1395''' – [[John Rykener]] arrested for cross-dressing.

==15th century==
* '''1400''' – Death of King [[Richard II]]

==16th century==
* '''1533''' – [[Buggery Act 1533]] brings in the death penalty (hanging) for gay sex in England.
* '''1541''' - [[Nicholas Udall]] convicted of buggery and imprisoned.
* '''1542''' - The [[Laws in Wales Act 1542]] extends English laws, including the [[Buggery Act 1533]], to [[Wales]].
[[File:James I of England by Daniel Mytens.jpg|thumb|right|King [[James I]]]]

==17th century==
* '''1603''' – King James VI of Scotland becomes King of England as [[James I]], uniting the two crowns but not yet the two countries.
* '''1625''' – Death of King [[James I]].
* '''1625''' – Death of [[Francis Bacon (philosopher)]].
* '''1628''' – Assassination of [[George Villiers]], Duke of Buckingham.
* '''1631''' – [[Mervyn Tuchet]] beheaded for alleged sodomy with his page.
* '''1660''' – Foundation of the Royal Society by [[John Wilkins]] and others.
* '''1664''' – Death of [[Katherine Philips]].
* '''1678''' – [[Titus Oates]] invents the "Popish Plot".
* '''1682''' – [[Arabella Hunt]]'s marriage is dissolved as her husband is discovered to be a woman.
* '''1688''' – "Glorious Revolution" brings [[William III]] to power.

[[File:Lynch_Print.jpeg|thumb|The [[Ladies of Llangollen]]]]

==18th century==
* '''1702''' – [[William III]] dies, succeeded by [[Queen Anne]].
* '''1703''' – First performance of ''Tunbridge-Walks'' by [[Thomas Baker]], containing a "molly" character.
* '''1706''' – [[Thomas Vaughan]] convicted of blackmail.
* '''1707''' – Act of Union unites England and Scotland as the Kingdom of [[Great Britain]].
* '''1726''' – Three men convicted of [[sodomy]] following cases brought by [[Thomas Newton]] and raids on [[Mother Clap's Molly House]].
** – Death of [[Sir Isaac Newton]], Britain's greatest scientist, sometimes considered to have been gay.
* '''1727''' – [[Charles Hitchen]] convicted of attempted sodomy.
* '''1732''' – [[Beggar's Benison Club]] founded in Anstruther, Scotland.
* '''1737''' – [[Robert Thistlethwayte]], Warden of Wadham College Oxford, flees to France to escape prosecution.
* '''1742''' – First performance of [[Handel]]'s ''Messiah''.
* '''1748''' – Publication of ''Roderick Random'' by [[Tobias Smollett]], including an explicitly gay character.
* '''1749''' – Publication of ''Fanny Hill'' by [[John Cleland]], sometimes thought to have been a homoerotic work in disguise.
** – Publication of a defence of homosexuality, ''Ancient & Modern Pederasty Investigated and Exemplify'd'' by [[Thomas Cannon]].
* '''1772''' – [[Robert Jones]] publishes the first book on figure skating, but is convicted of sodomy.
* '''1780''' – The [[Ladies of Llangollen]] set up home together.
* '''1781''' – [[Edward Onslow]] forced to resign his seat in Parliament and flee to France.
* '''1784''' – [[William Beckford]]'s affair with [[William Courtenay]] is publicised, causing them both to flee the country.
[[File:Symonds, John Addington.jpg|right|thumb|Photo of [[J A Symonds]], presented by him to Walt Whitman]]
[[File:Oscar Wilde portrait.jpg|thumb|right|[[Oscar Wilde]]]]

==19th century==
* '''1801''' – Act of Union creates the [[United Kingdom]] of Great Britain and Ireland.
* '''1806''' – Gay club discovered in [[Great Sankey]], Cheshire.
* '''1807''' – Suicide of [[James Massey]]
* '''1810''' – [[The White Swan, Vere Street]] raided.
* '''1822''' – [[Percy Jocelyn]] deposed as Bishop of Clogher for "Sodomitical practices".
* '''1824''' – The [[Vagrancy Act 1824]] limits cruising.
** – Suicide of [[Lord Castlereagh]].
* '''1835''' – [[James Pratt and John Smith]] were the last two men to be hanged for sodomy in England.
* '''1859''' – sudden resignation of [[Charles John Vaughan]] as Headmaster of Harrow School, for reasons not explained until the 1970s.
* '''1861''' – The [[Offences against the Person Act 1861]] abolished the death sentence for gay sex.
* '''1864''' – Robert Browning's poem "Sludge the Medium" denounces [[Daniel Dunglas Home]].
* '''1865''' – [[James Barry]], army surgeon, dies and is allegedly found to have been a woman.
* '''1866''' – The case of [[Hyde v Hyde and Woodmansee]] established the definition of marriage in English law.
* '''1871''' – "Fanny" and "Stella" ([[Ernest Boulton and Frederick Park‎]]) acquitted of sodomy and cross-dressing.
* '''1880''' – The police raid a [[1880 drag ball|drag ball]] in [[Manchester]].
* '''1883''' – Publication of <cite>A problem in Greek ethics</cite> by [[John Addington Symonds]], one of the first essays in defense of homosexuality in the English language.
* '''1885''' – [[Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885]] made "gross indecency" (homosexual acts, even in private) a crime. The "Labouchere Amendment" was known as the “Blackmailer’s Charter”.
* '''1889''' – the [[Cleveland Street scandal]]
* '''1895''' – [[Oscar Wilde]] convicted of gross indecency.
** – [[Winston Churchill]] successfully sues for libel.
* '''1897''' – First English-language publication of ''[[Sexual Inversion]]'' by [[Havelock Ellis]] and [[John Addington Symonds]], the first medical textbook about homosexuality.
* '''1898''' – Birth in [[Hull]] of [[Elsa Gidlow]], Canadian/American lesbian poet.
* '''1899''' – [[Public Morality Council]] formed.
[[File:Roger Casement.jpg|thumb|[[Sir Roger Casement]]]]

==20th century==
[[File:Radclyffe Hall.jpg|thumb|[[Radclyffe Hall]]]]
[[File:John Gielgud Allan Warren cropped.jpg|thumb|[[John Gielgud]]]]
[[File:Alan Turing photo.jpg|thumb|Alan Turing]]]]
[[File:Montagu-news.jpg|thumb|''Daily Mirror'', March 25 1954 “[[Lord Montagu of Beaulieu|The Montagu Case”]]]]
[[File:An Evening With April Ashley at the Southbank Centre4.jpg|thumb|[[April Ashley]]]]
[[File:Benjamin Britten 1968.jpg|thumb|[[Benjamin Britten]] in 1968]]
[[File:Admiral_Duncan.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Admiral Duncan]]]]
* '''1900''' – Death of [[Oscar Wilde]].
** – Death of [[Samuel Butler]].
* '''1909''' – Death of [[Renée Vivien]].
* '''1912''' – Birth in [[Worthing]] of [[Harry Hay]], later a leading gay activist in the United States.
* '''1914''' – [[Henry Scott Tuke]] elected to the Royal Academy.
* '''1916''' – Execution of [[Sir Roger Casement]].
* '''1921''' – Parliament rejects an attempt in the [[Criminal Law Amendment Bill 1921]] to ban sex between women.
* '''1924''' – Death of [[Marie Corelli]]
* '''1928''' – Publication of lesbian novel <cite>[[The Well of Loneliness]]</cite> by [[Radclyffe Hall]].
* '''1929''' – Death of [[Edward Carpenter]].
* '''1933''' – A court in London heard of "disgusting behaviour" at [[Selina Hopps]]' dance club.
* '''1936''' – Death of [[Hugh Lygon]].
* '''1936''' – [[Oliver Baldwin]] appointed Governor of the Leeward Islands.
* '''1938''' – [[Sigmund Freud]] flees from Austria and takes up residence in [[Hampstead]]
* '''1943''' – [[Ethel Walker]], painter, made a Dame.
* '''1946''' – [[Sir George Mowbray]] convicted of importuning.
** – Sir [[Alec Guinness]] said to have been fined for cottaging.
* '''1950''' – [[Harry Hay]] helps found the Mattachine Society in the USA.
* '''1951''' – [[Roberta Cowell]] has sex-change surgery.
* '''1952''' – [[Alan Turing]] convicted of gross indecency.
* '''1953''' – [[Sir John Gielgud]] convicted of importuning.
** – [[Guy Burgess]] and Donald Maclean flee to Moscow.
** – [[European Convention on Human Rights]] comes into force.
* '''1954''' – [[Lord Montagu of Beaulieu]] convicted of gay offences.
** – Suicide of [[Alan Turing]]
* '''1955''' – Publication of ''[[Homosexuality (book)|Homosexuality]]'' by [[D J West]].
* '''1956''' – Knighthoods awarded to [[Anthony Blunt]] (cancelled in 1979) and [[John Wolfenden]]
* '''1957''' – [[Wolfenden Report]] recommends decriminalisation of homosexuality.
* '''1958''' – [[Albany Trust]] and [[Homosexual Law Reform Society]] formed.
** – [[Ian Harvey]] MP arrested in St James's Park.
* '''1959''' – Screening on ITV of ''[[South]]'', thought to be the first gay-related drama on British television.
* '''1960''' – [[Georgina Turtle]] (previously George Turtle) has her birth certificate changed from male to female.
* '''1961''' – Release of the film ''[[Victim]]''.
* '''1962''' – [[John Vassall]] arrested and charged with spying.
* '''1963''' – Founding of lesbian magazine [[Arena Three]].
* '''1964''' – Death of [[Nancy Spain]] in an air crash.
** – [[Ellis Powell]] dropped from ''Mrs Dale's Diary''.
* '''1965''' – Founding of lesbian organisation [[Kenric]].
** – [[Rose Robertson]] founds [[Parents Enquiry]].
* '''1966''' – Founding of trans organisation the [[Beaumont Society]].
** – publication of trans-related book ''[[I want what I want]]''.
* '''1967''' – [[Sexual Offences Act 1967]] partially decriminalises sex between men in England and Wales.
** – North Western Homosexual Law Reform Committee formed, later to be re-founded as [[CHE]].
** – [[Joe Orton]] murdered by his partner.
* '''1968''' – the Home Secretary confirms that [[Sir Ewan Forbes]] is male and can succeed to the baronetcy, despite having been registered and originally borught up as female.
* '''1969''' – the [[Stonewall riots]] in New York.
** – founding of the [[Scottish Minorities Group]].
* '''1970''' – First [[GLF]] meeting.
** – Death of [[E M Forster]]
* '''1971''' – the [[Corbett v Corbett]] case, involving [[April Ashley]], established the precedent that a person's sex could not legally be changed from what it was at birth.
** – [[London Friend]] formed.
** – CHE London Group Seven (later [[Croydon Area Gay Society]]) founded.
** – [[GLF Gay March]]: first London Gay March took place protesting against the unequal age of consent for men.
* '''1972''' – release of trans-related film, ''[[I want what I want]]''.
** – [[Allegro Music Group]] formed.
** – <cite>[[Gay News]]</cite> first published.
** – first [[London Pride]] march and carnival.
* '''1973''' – Death of [[Sir Noël Coward]].
* '''1974''' – [[London Lesbian and Gay Switchboard]] launched.
* '''1975''' – [[Brighton and Hove LGBT Switchboard]] launched.
* '''1976''' – [[John Curry]] wins a gold medal for skating at the Winter Olympics.
** – Death of composer [[Benjamin Britten]].
* '''1977''' – Death of [[Sir Terence Rattigan]]
** – [[Peter Mitchell]] stamds as "Westminster Campaign for Homosexual Civil Rights" candidate in the Cities of London and Westminster South by-election.
* '''1978''' – [[Tom Robinson]] releases the song "Glad to be Gay".
** – the film ''[[Nighthawks]]'' is released.
* '''1979''' – [[CHE]] moves its office to London.
** – [[Jeremy Thorpe]] acquitted of conspiracy to murder.
** – Gay Humanist Group founded (now [[GALHA]]).
* '''1980''' – [[Heaven]], the first all-week gay nightclub, opens in London.
** – [[Scotland]] decriminalises male homosexuality.
* '''1981''' - [[London Bi Group]] forms, the first bi-specific social/support group.
* '''1982''' – [[Terrence Higgins Trust]] the HIV/AIDs charity formed.
* '''1983''' – [[Long Yang Club]] founded for gay Asians and non-Asians.
** – [[Northern Ireland]] decriminalises male homosexuality.
* '''1984''' – [[Chris Smith]] MP, Culture Secretary, becomes first MP to come out as gay whilst in office. In 2005, he was the first politician to disclose he was HIV positive.
** - First [[BiCon]] bisexuality conference.
** – [[Silver Moon women's bookshop]] founded.
** – [[Drew Griffiths]], playwright, murdered by a pickup.
* '''1985''' – [[Goslings Swimming Club]] founded.
* '''1986''' – [[GLC]] and metropolitan county councils abolished.
** – Death of [[Sir Peter Pears]].
** – [[London Gay Symphony Orchestra]] founded.
* '''1987''' – Gay men convicted for S&M sex in [[Operation Spanner]].
** – [[Pink Paper]] founded.
* '''1988''' – [[Section 28]] passed.
* '''1989''' – [[Stonewall (UK)]] launched.
** – [[London Raiders]] LGBT Softball team begins.
** – [[Quim magazine]] founded.
** – [[Rose's]] club founded.
* '''1990''' – [[UK-MOTSS]] founded.
* '''1991''' – Death of [[Freddie Mercury]].
* '''1992''' – Death of [[Francis Bacon (artist)]].
** – [[Europride]] held in London.
** – Gay Men Fighting AIDS founded (later [[GMFA]] and [[HERO]]).
** – [[Diversity Choir]] founded.
* '''1993''' – [[Back Pocket Guide to London]] first published.
** – [[Colin Ireland]], the "gay slayer", murders five men he had met in the [[Coleherne]].
* '''1994''' – [[Age of consent]] for gay men reduced to 18.
* '''1995''' – [[Adonis Art Gallery]] founded.
** – [[Bi Community News]] magazine launches.
** – [[Mermaids]] founded for children with gender dysphoria.
** – Launch of [[South London Gays]].
* '''1996''' – [[Derek Rawcliffe]] banned from acting as an assistant bishop in the Ripon diocese.
* '''1997''' – [[Angela Eagle]] is first sitting MP to come out as lesbian.
* '''1998''' – [[LGBT Consortium]] founded.
** – The [[Bolton Seven]] convicted for consensual sex.
** – [[Queer Notions]] mental health group founded in Liverpool.
* '''1999''' – [[Admiral Duncan]] pub bombed (30 April).
** – Last [[SLAGO]] Conference.
** – [[Soho Masses]] begin.
** – [[Michael Cashman]] elected to European Parliament.
[[File:Jody-dobrowski.jpg|thumb|[[Jody Dobrowski]]]]
[[File:Griff Vaughan Williams.jpg|right|thumb|[[Griffith Vaughan Williams]]]]

==21st century==
[[File:AllanHorsfall1960s.jpg|thumb|[[Allan Horsfall]]]]
[[File:Ray.Gosling.jpg|thumb|[[Ray Gosling]]]]
* '''2000''' – [[Ethical Standards in Public Life etc. (Scotland) Act 2000]] repeals [[Section 28]] in Scotland.
** – Removal of ban on gay people serving in the [[Armed Forces]].
** – "[[ADT]]" is awarded compensation for being convicted for private group sex.
** – [[Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000]] equalises the [[age of consent]].
* '''2001''' – [[Croydon Friend]] closed.
* '''2002''' - First [[Cake Awards]] presented.
* '''2003''' – [[Section 28]] repealed in England and Wales.
** – Rev [[Jeffrey John]] rejected as Bishop of Reading.
** – [[Europride]] held in [[Manchester]].
** – '''Discrimination at Work''' on the grounds of sexual orientation becomes illegal.
* '''2004''' – [[Civil Partnership Act 2004]] gives legal equal rights to lesbian and gay couples.
** – [[Gender Recognition Act 2004]] allows people to legally change gender.
** – [[Gay and Lesbian Arts and Media]] closes.
** – [[Lesbian and Gay Employment Rights]] closes.
** – [[James Clark]] is appointed British Ambassador to Luxembourg.
* '''2005''' – Murder of [[Jody Dobrowski]].
** – First [[Civil partnership]]s performed.
* '''2006''' – [[Europride]] held in London.
** – [[Alegri]] founded.
* '''2007''' – [[Sexual Offences (Jersey) Law 2007]] lowers the [[Age of consent]] in [[Jersey]] to 16.
** – Publication of the [[Yogyakarta Principles]] on the Application of International Law in Relation to Issues of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity.
** – Death of [[Paul Wilde]]
* '''2008''' – [[Age of consent]] lowered to 16 in [[Northern Ireland]].
* '''2009''' – First [[Derek Oyston Film Award]].
** – [[Grindr]] launched.
** – [[London AIDS Memorial Campaign]] launched.
* '''2010''' – [[LGBT London]] website set up.
** – Death of [[Antony Grey]].
** – Death of [[Griffith Vaughan Williams]].
** – [[Ian Campbell]] becomes Britain's first openly gay mayor.
* '''2011''' – '''LGBT History Project''' website set up.
** – [[Diversity Role Models]] launched.
** – [[First Out Café]] London, closes after 25 years.
** – [[Civil partnership]] ceremonies permitted on religious premises.
* '''2012''' – [[Europride]] held in London.
** – Death of [[Allan Horsfall]].
** – [[Michael Peacock]] acquitted on obscenity charges.
* '''2013''' – Government introduces [[Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill]]; it becomes law as the [[Marriage (Same-Sex Couples) Act 2013]].
** – Death of [[Ray Gosling]]

==External links==
Some other LGBT timelines:
* Wikipedia: Timeline of (world) LGBT history: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_LGBT_history
* Wikipedia: Timeline of UK LGBT history: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_LGBT_history_in_Britain
* Timeline of events recorded in the [[Hall-Carpenter Archives]]: http://www2.lse.ac.uk/library/archive/online_resources/lgbt/timeline.aspx
* <cite>Gay Chronicles from the beginning of time to the end of World War II</cite>: http://www.webcitation.org/5knsbJ2KF
* [[Stonewall (UK)]] History of LGB equality: http://www.stonewall.org.uk/at_home/history_of_lesbian_gay_and_bisexual_equality/default.asp
* NHS Northwest LGB&T Timeline: http://www.help.northwest.nhs.uk/lgbt_timeline
* [[PCS Proud]] Ourstory: http://web.archive.org/web/20101226051702/http://www.pcsproud.org.uk/our_story.pdf retrieved via the [[Internet Archive]]
* Glasgow [[Lesbian Archive and Information Centre]] timeline: http://www.womenslibrary.org.uk/laic/laictimeline/laictimeline.html
* Jobcentre Plus <cite>Timeline of gay history</cite>: http://lgbthistorymonth.org.uk/website/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/9631_GHW-A3FlagPoster.pdf
* <cite>GLBTQ Encyclopedia: United Kingdom History</cite> http://www.glbtq.com/social-sciences/united_kingdom_01.html
* <cite>[[UK Gay News]] Timeline Of Gay and Lesbian Marriage, Partnership or Unions Worldwide</cite>: http://ukgaynews.org.uk/marriage_timeline.htm
*[[Black British Lesbian Timeline]]: http://blackbritishlesbian.typepad.com/

==See also==

*[[Timeline of UK LGBT Legislation]]
*[[Timeline of UK LGBT Sport]]
*[[Timeline of UK LGBT Science]]
*[[Timeline of UK LGBT Music]]
*[[Age_of_consent#Timeline_of_age_of_consent_legislation]]

[[Category:Selected articles]]
[[Category:History and archives]]
[[Category:Timelines]]

Timeline of UK LGBT History

2013-12-20T20:14:58Z

Jenbird: /* 20th century */ add two bisexual dates, BiCon & Bi Community News

[[File:C. Julius-Caesar (British Museum).gif|thumb|Bust of [[Julius Caesar]] in the [[British Museum]]]]This is a '''timeline of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender history in the United Kingdom''' throughout the centuries.

''[[#21st century|Jump to 21st century]]''

Note: strictly speaking the year 2000 belongs to the 20th century, but for convenience it is treated here as belonging to the 21st (and similarly with other centuries).
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==1st century BC==
* '''55 BC''' – [[Julius Caesar]]'s first invasion of Britain.

==1st century AD==
* '''AD 43''' – Roman invasion and establishment of the province of [[Britannia]].

==2nd century==
* '''122''' – Emperor [[Hadrian]] visits Britain.
[[File:Bust Hadrian Musei Capitolini MC817.jpg|thumb|right|The Emperor [[Hadrian]]]]
==3rd century==

* '''286''' – Britain becomes independent from the Roman empire for ten years under [[Carausius]] and Allectus.

==4th century==
* '''343''' – the emperor [[Constans]] visits Britain.

==5th century==
* '''410''' – usual date for the end of Roman rule in [[Britannia]].

==6th century==
* '''c547''' – Death of King [[Maelgwn]] of Gwynedd.
* '''597''' – St Augustine becomes first [[Archbishop of Canterbury]].
* '''late 6th century''' – [[Findchán]] and Áid the Black cursed by St Columba.

==7th century==
* '''670''' – St [[Theodore of Tarsus]], Archbishop of Canterbury, prescribes fasts and penances for various homosexual acts.

==9th century==
* '''804''' – Death of [[Alcuin]].
* '''850s''' – a woman from [[Wimborne Minster]] was supposedly elected [[Pope Joan]].
[[File:Anselm of Canterbury, seal.jpg|thumb|Seal of [[Anselm]] as [[Archbishop of Canterbury]]]]
[[File:EdwardII-Cassell.jpg|thumb|right|[[Edward II]]]]
[[File:Robert devere.jpg|thumb|[[Robert DeVere]] as Duke of Ireland]]

==11th century==
* '''1066''' – Battle of [[Hastings]] and Norman conquest of England.

==12th century==
* '''1100''' – Death of King [[William II]].
* '''1102''' – [[Council of London]] condemns homosexuality.
* '''1109''' – Death of Saint [[Anselm]]
* '''1123''' – [[Rahere]] founds St Bartholomew's Hospital.
* '''1125''' – [[Hilarius]] writing around this time.
* '''1167''' – Death of Saint [[Aelred]]
* '''1187''' – [[Gerald of Wales]] describes the practice of same-sex marriage in [[Ireland]].
* '''1199''' – Death of King [[Richard I]]

==13th century==
* '''c.1290''' – Publication of <cite>[[Fleta]]</cite>, first book to suggest a punishment (which was not enforced) for homosexuality in English law.

==14th century==
* '''1327''' – Murder of King [[Edward II]].
* '''1376''' – The [[Good Parliament]] petitions King Edward III to banish foreign traders for having introduced "the too horrible vice which is not to be named".
* '''1386''' – [[Richard II]] makes [[Robert DeVere]] Duke of Ireland.
* '''1391''' – Death of Sir [[John Clanvowe]] and Richard Neville.
* '''1395''' – [[John Rykener]] arrested for cross-dressing.

==15th century==
* '''1400''' – Death of King [[Richard II]]

==16th century==
* '''1533''' – [[Buggery Act 1533]] brings in the death penalty (hanging) for gay sex in England.
* '''1541''' - [[Nicholas Udall]] convicted of buggery and imprisoned.
* '''1542''' - The [[Laws in Wales Act 1542]] extends English laws, including the [[Buggery Act 1533]], to [[Wales]].
[[File:James I of England by Daniel Mytens.jpg|thumb|right|King [[James I]]]]

==17th century==
* '''1603''' – King James VI of Scotland becomes King of England as [[James I]], uniting the two crowns but not yet the two countries.
* '''1625''' – Death of King [[James I]].
* '''1625''' – Death of [[Francis Bacon (philosopher)]].
* '''1628''' – Assassination of [[George Villiers]], Duke of Buckingham.
* '''1631''' – [[Mervyn Tuchet]] beheaded for alleged sodomy with his page.
* '''1660''' – Foundation of the Royal Society by [[John Wilkins]] and others.
* '''1664''' – Death of [[Katherine Philips]].
* '''1678''' – [[Titus Oates]] invents the "Popish Plot".
* '''1682''' – [[Arabella Hunt]]'s marriage is dissolved as her husband is discovered to be a woman.
* '''1688''' – "Glorious Revolution" brings [[William III]] to power.

[[File:Lynch_Print.jpeg|thumb|The [[Ladies of Llangollen]]]]

==18th century==
* '''1702''' – [[William III]] dies, succeeded by [[Queen Anne]].
* '''1703''' – First performance of ''Tunbridge-Walks'' by [[Thomas Baker]], containing a "molly" character.
* '''1706''' – [[Thomas Vaughan]] convicted of blackmail.
* '''1707''' – Act of Union unites England and Scotland as the Kingdom of [[Great Britain]].
* '''1726''' – Three men convicted of [[sodomy]] following cases brought by [[Thomas Newton]] and raids on [[Mother Clap's Molly House]].
** – Death of [[Sir Isaac Newton]], Britain's greatest scientist, sometimes considered to have been gay.
* '''1727''' – [[Charles Hitchen]] convicted of attempted sodomy.
* '''1732''' – [[Beggar's Benison Club]] founded in Anstruther, Scotland.
* '''1737''' – [[Robert Thistlethwayte]], Warden of Wadham College Oxford, flees to France to escape prosecution.
* '''1742''' – First performance of [[Handel]]'s ''Messiah''.
* '''1748''' – Publication of ''Roderick Random'' by [[Tobias Smollett]], including an explicitly gay character.
* '''1749''' – Publication of ''Fanny Hill'' by [[John Cleland]], sometimes thought to have been a homoerotic work in disguise.
** – Publication of a defence of homosexuality, ''Ancient & Modern Pederasty Investigated and Exemplify'd'' by [[Thomas Cannon]].
* '''1772''' – [[Robert Jones]] publishes the first book on figure skating, but is convicted of sodomy.
* '''1780''' – The [[Ladies of Llangollen]] set up home together.
* '''1781''' – [[Edward Onslow]] forced to resign his seat in Parliament and flee to France.
* '''1784''' – [[William Beckford]]'s affair with [[William Courtenay]] is publicised, causing them both to flee the country.
[[File:Symonds, John Addington.jpg|right|thumb|Photo of [[J A Symonds]], presented by him to Walt Whitman]]
[[File:Oscar Wilde portrait.jpg|thumb|right|[[Oscar Wilde]]]]

==19th century==
* '''1801''' – Act of Union creates the [[United Kingdom]] of Great Britain and Ireland.
* '''1806''' – Gay club discovered in [[Great Sankey]], Cheshire.
* '''1807''' – Suicide of [[James Massey]]
* '''1810''' – [[The White Swan, Vere Street]] raided.
* '''1822''' – [[Percy Jocelyn]] deposed as Bishop of Clogher for "Sodomitical practices".
* '''1824''' – The [[Vagrancy Act 1824]] limits cruising.
** – Suicide of [[Lord Castlereagh]].
* '''1835''' – [[James Pratt and John Smith]] were the last two men to be hanged for sodomy in England.
* '''1859''' – sudden resignation of [[Charles John Vaughan]] as Headmaster of Harrow School, for reasons not explained until the 1970s.
* '''1861''' – The [[Offences against the Person Act 1861]] abolished the death sentence for gay sex.
* '''1864''' – Robert Browning's poem "Sludge the Medium" denounces [[Daniel Dunglas Home]].
* '''1865''' – [[James Barry]], army surgeon, dies and is allegedly found to have been a woman.
* '''1866''' – The case of [[Hyde v Hyde and Woodmansee]] established the definition of marriage in English law.
* '''1871''' – "Fanny" and "Stella" ([[Ernest Boulton and Frederick Park‎]]) acquitted of sodomy and cross-dressing.
* '''1880''' – The police raid a [[1880 drag ball|drag ball]] in [[Manchester]].
* '''1883''' – Publication of <cite>A problem in Greek ethics</cite> by [[John Addington Symonds]], one of the first essays in defense of homosexuality in the English language.
* '''1885''' – [[Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885]] made "gross indecency" (homosexual acts, even in private) a crime. The "Labouchere Amendment" was known as the “Blackmailer’s Charter”.
* '''1889''' – the [[Cleveland Street scandal]]
* '''1895''' – [[Oscar Wilde]] convicted of gross indecency.
** – [[Winston Churchill]] successfully sues for libel.
* '''1897''' – First English-language publication of ''[[Sexual Inversion]]'' by [[Havelock Ellis]] and [[John Addington Symonds]], the first medical textbook about homosexuality.
* '''1898''' – Birth in [[Hull]] of [[Elsa Gidlow]], Canadian/American lesbian poet.
* '''1899''' – [[Public Morality Council]] formed.
[[File:Roger Casement.jpg|thumb|[[Sir Roger Casement]]]]

==20th century==
[[File:Radclyffe Hall.jpg|thumb|[[Radclyffe Hall]]]]
[[File:John Gielgud Allan Warren cropped.jpg|thumb|[[John Gielgud]]]]
[[File:Alan Turing photo.jpg|thumb|Alan Turing]]]]
[[File:Montagu-news.jpg|thumb|''Daily Mirror'', March 25 1954 “[[Lord Montagu of Beaulieu|The Montagu Case”]]]]
[[File:An Evening With April Ashley at the Southbank Centre4.jpg|thumb|[[April Ashley]]]]
[[File:Benjamin Britten 1968.jpg|thumb|[[Benjamin Britten]] in 1968]]
[[File:Admiral_Duncan.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Admiral Duncan]]]]
* '''1900''' – Death of [[Oscar Wilde]].
** – Death of [[Samuel Butler]].
* '''1909''' – Death of [[Renée Vivien]].
* '''1912''' – Birth in [[Worthing]] of [[Harry Hay]], later a leading gay activist in the United States.
* '''1914''' – [[Henry Scott Tuke]] elected to the Royal Academy.
* '''1916''' – Execution of [[Sir Roger Casement]].
* '''1921''' – Parliament rejects an attempt in the [[Criminal Law Amendment Bill 1921]] to ban sex between women.
* '''1924''' – Death of [[Marie Corelli]]
* '''1928''' – Publication of lesbian novel <cite>[[The Well of Loneliness]]</cite> by [[Radclyffe Hall]].
* '''1929''' – Death of [[Edward Carpenter]].
* '''1933''' – A court in London heard of "disgusting behaviour" at [[Selina Hopps]]' dance club.
* '''1936''' – Death of [[Hugh Lygon]].
* '''1936''' – [[Oliver Baldwin]] appointed Governor of the Leeward Islands.
* '''1938''' – [[Sigmund Freud]] flees from Austria and takes up residence in [[Hampstead]]
* '''1943''' – [[Ethel Walker]], painter, made a Dame.
* '''1946''' – [[Sir George Mowbray]] convicted of importuning.
** – Sir [[Alec Guinness]] said to have been fined for cottaging.
* '''1950''' – [[Harry Hay]] helps found the Mattachine Society in the USA.
* '''1951''' – [[Roberta Cowell]] has sex-change surgery.
* '''1952''' – [[Alan Turing]] convicted of gross indecency.
* '''1953''' – [[Sir John Gielgud]] convicted of importuning.
** – [[Guy Burgess]] and Donald Maclean flee to Moscow.
** – [[European Convention on Human Rights]] comes into force.
* '''1954''' – [[Lord Montagu of Beaulieu]] convicted of gay offences.
** – Suicide of [[Alan Turing]]
* '''1955''' – Publication of ''[[Homosexuality (book)|Homosexuality]]'' by [[D J West]].
* '''1956''' – Knighthoods awarded to [[Anthony Blunt]] (cancelled in 1979) and [[John Wolfenden]]
* '''1957''' – [[Wolfenden Report]] recommends decriminalisation of homosexuality.
* '''1958''' – [[Albany Trust]] and [[Homosexual Law Reform Society]] formed.
** – [[Ian Harvey]] MP arrested in St James's Park.
* '''1959''' – Screening on ITV of ''[[South]]'', thought to be the first gay-related drama on British television.
* '''1960''' – [[Georgina Turtle]] (previously George Turtle) has her birth certificate changed from male to female.
* '''1961''' – Release of the film ''[[Victim]]''.
* '''1962''' – [[John Vassall]] arrested and charged with spying.
* '''1963''' – Founding of lesbian magazine [[Arena Three]].
* '''1964''' – Death of [[Nancy Spain]] in an air crash.
** – [[Ellis Powell]] dropped from ''Mrs Dale's Diary''.
* '''1965''' – Founding of lesbian organisation [[Kenric]].
** – [[Rose Robertson]] founds [[Parents Enquiry]].
* '''1966''' – Founding of trans organisation the [[Beaumont Society]].
** – publication of trans-related book ''[[I want what I want]]''.
* '''1967''' – [[Sexual Offences Act 1967]] partially decriminalises sex between men in England and Wales.
** – North Western Homosexual Law Reform Committee formed, later to be re-founded as [[CHE]].
** – [[Joe Orton]] murdered by his partner.
* '''1968''' – the Home Secretary confirms that [[Sir Ewan Forbes]] is male and can succeed to the baronetcy, despite having been registered and originally borught up as female.
* '''1969''' – the [[Stonewall riots]] in New York.
** – founding of the [[Scottish Minorities Group]].
* '''1970''' – First [[GLF]] meeting.
** – Death of [[E M Forster]]
* '''1971''' – the [[Corbett v Corbett]] case, involving [[April Ashley]], established the precedent that a person's sex could not legally be changed from what it was at birth.
** – [[London Friend]] formed.
** – CHE London Group Seven (later [[Croydon Area Gay Society]]) founded.
** – [[GLF Gay March]]: first London Gay March took place protesting against the unequal age of consent for men.
* '''1972''' – release of trans-related film, ''[[I want what I want]]''.
** – [[Allegro Music Group]] formed.
** – <cite>[[Gay News]]</cite> first published.
** – first [[London Pride]] march and carnival.
* '''1973''' – Death of [[Sir Noël Coward]].
* '''1974''' – [[London Lesbian and Gay Switchboard]] launched.
* '''1975''' – [[Brighton and Hove LGBT Switchboard]] launched.
* '''1976''' – [[John Curry]] wins a gold medal for skating at the Winter Olympics.
** – Death of composer [[Benjamin Britten]].
* '''1977''' – Death of [[Sir Terence Rattigan]]
** – [[Peter Mitchell]] stamds as "Westminster Campaign for Homosexual Civil Rights" candidate in the Cities of London and Westminster South by-election.
* '''1978''' – [[Tom Robinson]] releases the song "Glad to be Gay".
** – the film ''[[Nighthawks]]'' is released.
* '''1979''' – [[CHE]] moves its office to London.
** – [[Jeremy Thorpe]] acquitted of conspiracy to murder.
** – Gay Humanist Group founded (now [[GALHA]]).
* '''1980''' – [[Heaven]], the first all-week gay nightclub, opens in London.
** – [[Scotland]] decriminalises male homosexuality.
* '''1981''' - [[London Bi Group]] forms, the first bi-specific social/support group.
* '''1982''' – [[Terrence Higgins Trust]] the HIV/AIDs charity formed.
* '''1983''' – [[Long Yang Club]] founded for gay Asians and non-Asians.
** – [[Northern Ireland]] decriminalises male homosexuality.
* '''1984''' – [[Chris Smith]] MP, Culture Secretary, becomes first MP to come out as gay whilst in office. In 2005, he was the first politician to disclose he was HIV positive.
** - First [[BiCon]] bisexuality conference.
** – [[Silver Moon women's bookshop]] founded.
** – [[Drew Griffiths]], playwright, murdered by a pickup.
* '''1985''' – [[Goslings Swimming Club]] founded.
* '''1986''' – [[GLC]] and metropolitan county councils abolished.
** – Death of [[Sir Peter Pears]].
** – [[London Gay Symphony Orchestra]] founded.
* '''1987''' – Gay men convicted for S&M sex in [[Operation Spanner]].
** – [[Pink Paper]] founded.
* '''1988''' – [[Section 28]] passed.
* '''1989''' – [[Stonewall (UK)]] launched.
** – [[London Raiders]] LGBT Softball team begins.
** – [[Quim magazine]] founded.
** – [[Rose's]] club founded.
* '''1990''' – [[UK-MOTSS]] founded.
* '''1991''' – Death of [[Freddie Mercury]].
* '''1992''' – Death of [[Francis Bacon (artist)]].
** – [[Europride]] held in London.
** – Gay Men Fighting AIDS founded (later [[GMFA]] and [[HERO]]).
** – [[Diversity Choir]] founded.
* '''1993''' – [[Back Pocket Guide to London]] first published.
** – [[Colin Ireland]], the "gay slayer", murders five men he had met in the [[Coleherne]].
* '''1994''' – [[Age of consent]] for gay men reduced to 18.
* '''1995''' – [[Adonis Art Gallery]] founded.
** - [[Bi Community News]] magazine launches.
** – [[Mermaids]] founded for children with gender dysphoria.
** – Launch of [[South London Gays]].
* '''1996''' – [[Derek Rawcliffe]] banned from acting as an assistant bishop in the Ripon diocese.
* '''1997''' – [[Angela Eagle]] is first sitting MP to come out as lesbian.
* '''1998''' – [[LGBT Consortium]] founded.
** – The [[Bolton Seven]] convicted for consensual sex.
** – [[Queer Notions]] mental health group founded in Liverpool.
* '''1999''' – [[Admiral Duncan]] pub bombed (30 April).
** – Last [[SLAGO]] Conference.
** – [[Soho Masses]] begin.
** – [[Michael Cashman]] elected to European Parliament.
[[File:Jody-dobrowski.jpg|thumb|[[Jody Dobrowski]]]]
[[File:Griff Vaughan Williams.jpg|right|thumb|[[Griffith Vaughan Williams]]]]

==21st century==
[[File:AllanHorsfall1960s.jpg|thumb|[[Allan Horsfall]]]]
[[File:Ray.Gosling.jpg|thumb|[[Ray Gosling]]]]
* '''2000''' – [[Ethical Standards in Public Life etc. (Scotland) Act 2000]] repeals [[Section 28]] in Scotland.
** – Removal of ban on gay people serving in the [[Armed Forces]].
** – "[[ADT]]" is awarded compensation for being convicted for private group sex.
** – [[Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000]] equalises the [[age of consent]].
* '''2001''' – [[Croydon Friend]] closed.
* '''2002''' - First [[Cake Awards]] presented.
* '''2003''' – [[Section 28]] repealed in England and Wales.
** – Rev [[Jeffrey John]] rejected as Bishop of Reading.
** – [[Europride]] held in [[Manchester]].
** – '''Discrimination at Work''' on the grounds of sexual orientation becomes illegal.
* '''2004''' – [[Civil Partnership Act 2004]] gives legal equal rights to lesbian and gay couples.
** – [[Gender Recognition Act 2004]] allows people to legally change gender.
** – [[Gay and Lesbian Arts and Media]] closes.
** – [[Lesbian and Gay Employment Rights]] closes.
** – [[James Clark]] is appointed British Ambassador to Luxembourg.
* '''2005''' – Murder of [[Jody Dobrowski]].
** – First [[Civil partnership]]s performed.
* '''2006''' – [[Europride]] held in London.
** – [[Alegri]] founded.
* '''2007''' – [[Sexual Offences (Jersey) Law 2007]] lowers the [[Age of consent]] in [[Jersey]] to 16.
** – Publication of the [[Yogyakarta Principles]] on the Application of International Law in Relation to Issues of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity.
** – Death of [[Paul Wilde]]
* '''2008''' – [[Age of consent]] lowered to 16 in [[Northern Ireland]].
* '''2009''' – First [[Derek Oyston Film Award]].
** – [[Grindr]] launched.
** – [[London AIDS Memorial Campaign]] launched.
* '''2010''' – [[LGBT London]] website set up.
** – Death of [[Antony Grey]].
** – Death of [[Griffith Vaughan Williams]].
** – [[Ian Campbell]] becomes Britain's first openly gay mayor.
* '''2011''' – '''LGBT History Project''' website set up.
** – [[Diversity Role Models]] launched.
** – [[First Out Café]] London, closes after 25 years.
** – [[Civil partnership]] ceremonies permitted on religious premises.
* '''2012''' – [[Europride]] held in London.
** – Death of [[Allan Horsfall]].
** – [[Michael Peacock]] acquitted on obscenity charges.
* '''2013''' – Government introduces [[Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill]]; it becomes law as the [[Marriage (Same-Sex Couples) Act 2013]].
** – Death of [[Ray Gosling]]

==External links==
Some other LGBT timelines:
* Wikipedia: Timeline of (world) LGBT history: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_LGBT_history
* Wikipedia: Timeline of UK LGBT history: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_LGBT_history_in_Britain
* Timeline of events recorded in the [[Hall-Carpenter Archives]]: http://www2.lse.ac.uk/library/archive/online_resources/lgbt/timeline.aspx
* <cite>Gay Chronicles from the beginning of time to the end of World War II</cite>: http://www.webcitation.org/5knsbJ2KF
* [[Stonewall (UK)]] History of LGB equality: http://www.stonewall.org.uk/at_home/history_of_lesbian_gay_and_bisexual_equality/default.asp
* NHS Northwest LGB&T Timeline: http://www.help.northwest.nhs.uk/lgbt_timeline
* [[PCS Proud]] Ourstory: http://web.archive.org/web/20101226051702/http://www.pcsproud.org.uk/our_story.pdf retrieved via the [[Internet Archive]]
* Glasgow [[Lesbian Archive and Information Centre]] timeline: http://www.womenslibrary.org.uk/laic/laictimeline/laictimeline.html
* Jobcentre Plus <cite>Timeline of gay history</cite>: http://lgbthistorymonth.org.uk/website/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/9631_GHW-A3FlagPoster.pdf
* <cite>GLBTQ Encyclopedia: United Kingdom History</cite> http://www.glbtq.com/social-sciences/united_kingdom_01.html
* <cite>[[UK Gay News]] Timeline Of Gay and Lesbian Marriage, Partnership or Unions Worldwide</cite>: http://ukgaynews.org.uk/marriage_timeline.htm
*[[Black British Lesbian Timeline]]: http://blackbritishlesbian.typepad.com/

==See also==

*[[Timeline of UK LGBT Legislation]]
*[[Timeline of UK LGBT Sport]]
*[[Timeline of UK LGBT Science]]
*[[Timeline of UK LGBT Music]]
*[[Age_of_consent#Timeline_of_age_of_consent_legislation]]

[[Category:Selected articles]]
[[Category:History and archives]]
[[Category:Timelines]]

BiCon

2013-07-12T13:01:36Z

Jenbird: /* List of BiCons */

'''BiCon''' is an annual bisexual conference/convention, open to bisexuals, partners, friends and allies. It is the biggest bi event in the UK.

The first event was held in 1984 in London with two conferences the following year. Thereafter it has been held annually, making it one of the oldest LGBT events to still be running. It is sometimes described as the bisexual equivalent of [[Pride]] festivals.

BiCons (the accepted form is with mixed capitalisation spelling and no hyphen or space) are usually held at university campuses, in a different city each year, attracting 250 - 350 people each year. There is a daytime programme of discussions and speakers, and evening entertainments.

It is a not-for-profit event with a sliding scale of attendance fees according to income. Any surplus is carried forward to fund the next BiCon or may be voted by the Decision Making Plenary to be given as grants or lent to other bisexual projects.

Spinoff events have included [[BabyBiCon]], [[Bi Activist Weekends]], and the [[BiReCon]] academia & research conference.

==List of BiCons==
{{columns-list|3|
* 1984: [[London]]
* 1985: [[London]], [[Edinburgh]]
* 1986: [[Bloomsbury]]
* 1987: [[Edinburgh]]
* 1988: [[Hampstead]]
* 1989: [[Coventry]]
* 1990: [[Edinburgh]]
* 1991: [[London]]
* 1992: [[Norwich]]
* 1993: [[Nottingham]]
* 1994: [[Edinburgh]]
* 1995: [[Birmingham]]<ref>http://www.bicon.org.uk/bicon95/ 13iCon</ref>
* 1996: [[Kingston upon Thames]]
* 1997: [[Woolwich]]<ref>http://www.bicon.org.uk/bicon97/ BiCon 97 / BiCon 15</ref>
* 1998: [[Cambridge]]<ref>http://www.bicon.org.uk/bicon98/ BiCon 98 / BiCon 16</ref>
* 1999: [[Edinburgh]]
* 2000: [[Manchester]] (incorporating the 6th [[ICB]])
* 2001: [[Coventry]]
* 2002: [[Leicester]]
* 2003: [[London]]
* 2004: [[Manchester]]
* 2005: [[Worcester]]
* 2006: [[Glasgow]]
* 2007: [[Pontypridd]]<ref>[[Bisexual Index]] was launched at BiCon 2007.</ref>
* 2008: [[Leicester]]<ref>http://www.bicon2008.org.uk BiCon 2008</ref>
* 2009: [[Worcester]]<ref>http://www.bicon2009.org.uk BiCon 2009</ref>
* 2010: [[London]] (and the 10th [[ICB]])<ref>http://www.bicon2010.org.uk BiCon 2010</ref>
* 2011: [[Leicester]]<ref>http://bicon2011.org.uk/ Bicon 2011</ref>
* 2012: [[Bradford]]<ref>http://bicon2012.org.uk/ Bicon 2012</ref>
* 2013: [[Edinburgh]]
}}

==External links==
BiCon website http://www.bicon.org.uk 
BiCon page on Wikipedia with dates, venues, attendance http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BiCon_%28UK%29

==References==
<references>

[[category:Annual events]]
[[category:Bisexuality]]

BiCon

2013-07-12T13:01:06Z

Jenbird: /* List of BiCons */ + 2013 Edinburgh

'''BiCon''' is an annual bisexual conference/convention, open to bisexuals, partners, friends and allies. It is the biggest bi event in the UK.

The first event was held in 1984 in London with two conferences the following year. Thereafter it has been held annually, making it one of the oldest LGBT events to still be running. It is sometimes described as the bisexual equivalent of [[Pride]] festivals.

BiCons (the accepted form is with mixed capitalisation spelling and no hyphen or space) are usually held at university campuses, in a different city each year, attracting 250 - 350 people each year. There is a daytime programme of discussions and speakers, and evening entertainments.

It is a not-for-profit event with a sliding scale of attendance fees according to income. Any surplus is carried forward to fund the next BiCon or may be voted by the Decision Making Plenary to be given as grants or lent to other bisexual projects.

Spinoff events have included [[BabyBiCon]], [[Bi Activist Weekends]], and the [[BiReCon]] academia & research conference.

==List of BiCons==
{{columns-list|3|
* 1984: [[London]]
* 1985: [[London]], [[Edinburgh]]
* 1986: [[Bloomsbury]]
* 1987: [[Edinburgh]]
* 1988: [[Hampstead]]
* 1989: [[Coventry]]
* 1990: [[Edinburgh]]
* 1991: [[London]]
* 1992: [[Norwich]]
* 1993: [[Nottingham]]
* 1994: [[Edinburgh]]
* 1995: [[Birmingham]]<ref>http://www.bicon.org.uk/bicon95/ 13iCon</ref>
* 1996: [[Kingston upon Thames]]
* 1997: [[Woolwich]]<ref>http://www.bicon.org.uk/bicon97/ BiCon 97 / BiCon 15</ref>
* 1998: [[Cambridge]]<ref>http://www.bicon.org.uk/bicon98/ BiCon 98 / BiCon 16</ref>
* 1999: [[Edinburgh]]
* 2000: [[Manchester]] (incorporating the 6th [[ICB]])
* 2001: [[Coventry]]
* 2002: [[Leicester]]
* 2003: [[London]]
* 2004: [[Manchester]]
* 2005: [[Worcester]]
* 2006: [[Glasgow]]
* 2007: [[Pontypridd]]<ref>[[Bisexual Index]] was launched at BiCon 2007.</ref>
* 2008: [[Leicester]]<ref>http://www.bicon2008.org.uk BiCon 2008</ref>
* 2009: [[Worcester]]<ref>http://www.bicon2009.org.uk BiCon 2009</ref>
* 2010: [[London]] (and the 10th [[ICB]])<ref>http://www.bicon2010.org.uk BiCon 2010</ref>
* 2011: [[Leicester]]<ref>http://bicon2011.org.uk/ Bicon 2011</ref>
* 2012: [[Bradford]]<ref>http://bicon2012.org.uk/ Bicon 2012</ref>
}}
* 2013: [[Edinburgh]]

==External links==
BiCon website http://www.bicon.org.uk 
BiCon page on Wikipedia with dates, venues, attendance http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BiCon_%28UK%29

==References==
<references>

[[category:Annual events]]
[[category:Bisexuality]]

Bi Community News

2013-06-25T18:53:43Z

Jenbird: Added sample magazine cover

[[File:bcn107-wiki.jpg|200px|thumb|right|BCN magazine]]

'''<cite>Bi Community News</cite>''' is a community press magazine about bisexuality, bi life, bisexuals in the wider world and in particular the UK bisexual community / scene.

The name was decided by a vote of people attending [[BiCon]] 1995, following a discussion workshop on the need for an independent bisexual press due to the lack of such a voice.

It has been published since 1995, initially every month, and (at 2013) is still publishing regularly six times a year. More than 110 issues have been printed.

''BCN'' (as it is more often called) has a Constitution which reads:

* There shall be a bisexual magazine/newsletter
* It shall not print poetry

Since around 2000 it has been edited by [[Jen Yockney]]. The early issues were produced by a collective and had a "rotating editor" arrangement with a change in the person taking the helm on each edition.

Previous bisexual magazines in the UK were <cite>[[Bi Monthly]]</cite> and <cite>[[BiFrost]]</cite>.

==External Links==
[http://bicommunitynews.co.uk BCN website] 
[http://www.facebook.com/bicommunitynews Facebook page] 
[http://twitter.com/bicommunitynews Twitter @bicommunitynews]

[[Category:Bisexual publications]]
[[Category:Newspapers and magazines]]

File:Bcn107-wiki.jpg

2013-06-25T18:48:41Z

Jenbird: Bi Community News magazine - cover of issue 107, August 2011.

Bi Community News magazine - cover of issue 107, August 2011.

LGBT+ Liberal Democrats

2013-06-25T18:37:41Z

Jenbird: Reformat and more up to date info on honorary officers etc.

'''LGBT+ Liberal Democrats''' is the LGBT group within the [[Liberal Democrats]]. It was founded soon after the foundation of the Liberal Democrats in 1988, as successor to the [[Liberal Lesbian & Gay Action]] and [[Social Democrats for Lesbian & Gay Action]] groups in the respective parties which merged to form the Liberal Democrats.

The Chair since July 2010 is [[Adrian Trett]].

As of January 2013, the Presidents are [[Brian Paddick]] and [[Baroness Barker]], and the Honorary Patron is [[Bernard Greaves]]. The Vice Presidents are [[Stephen Gilbert]] MP and [[Steve Williams]] MP.

==LG to LGBT to LGBT+==
When formed in 1989 the organisation was called Democrats for Lesbian & Gay Action, usually abbreviated to DELGA. After a number of bi and trans activists became more engaged in its work, the group changed its name to reflect a broader LGBT remit. From 1996 to 2011 its name was Liberal Democrats for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Action. In 2011 it became LGBT+ Lib Dems, as its work expanded to other gender & sexuality minorities.

==Formal Recognition==
The organisation is a Specified Associated Organisation (SAO), meaning it is treated like a constituency Local Party with powers to submit policy to party conference and be formally consulted on policy-making in relevant areas.

==External links==
* Official website: http://lgbt.libdems.org.uk/en/
* Twitter: http://twitter.com/lgbtld
* Facebook: http://facebook.com/pluslibdems

[[Category:Liberal Democrats]]

BiCon

2013-06-25T18:27:32Z

Jenbird: higher attendance figures - have been on a growth curve over recent years!

'''BiCon''' is an annual bisexual conference/convention, open to bisexuals, partners, friends and allies. It is the biggest bi event in the UK.

The first event was held in 1984 in London with two conferences the following year. Thereafter it has been held annually, making it one of the oldest LGBT events to still be running. It is sometimes described as the bisexual equivalent of [[Pride]] festivals.

BiCons (the accepted form is with mixed capitalisation spelling and no hyphen or space) are usually held at university campuses, in a different city each year, attracting 250 - 350 people each year. There is a daytime programme of discussions and speakers, and evening entertainments.

It is a not-for-profit event with a sliding scale of attendance fees according to income. Any surplus is carried forward to fund the next BiCon or may be voted by the Decision Making Plenary to be given as grants or lent to other bisexual projects.

Spinoff events have included [[BabyBiCon]], [[Bi Activist Weekends]], and the [[BiReCon]] academia & research conference.

==List of BiCons==
{{columns-list|3|
* 1984: [[London]]
* 1985: [[London]], [[Edinburgh]]
* 1986: [[Bloomsbury]]
* 1987: [[Edinburgh]]
* 1988: [[Hampstead]]
* 1989: [[Coventry]]
* 1990: [[Edinburgh]]
* 1991: [[London]]
* 1992: [[Norwich]]
* 1993: [[Nottingham]]
* 1994: [[Edinburgh]]
* 1995: [[Birmingham]]<ref>http://www.bicon.org.uk/bicon95/ 13iCon</ref>
* 1996: [[Kingston upon Thames]]
* 1997: [[Woolwich]]<ref>http://www.bicon.org.uk/bicon97/ BiCon 97 / BiCon 15</ref>
* 1998: [[Cambridge]]<ref>http://www.bicon.org.uk/bicon98/ BiCon 98 / BiCon 16</ref>
* 1999: [[Edinburgh]]
* 2000: [[Manchester]] (incorporating the 6th [[ICB]])
* 2001: [[Coventry]]
* 2002: [[Leicester]]
* 2003: [[London]]
* 2004: [[Manchester]]
* 2005: [[Worcester]]
* 2006: [[Glasgow]]
* 2007: [[Pontypridd]]<ref>[[Bisexual Index]] was launched at BiCon 2007.</ref>
* 2008: [[Leicester]]<ref>http://www.bicon2008.org.uk BiCon 2008</ref>
* 2009: [[Worcester]]<ref>http://www.bicon2009.org.uk BiCon 2009</ref>
* 2010: [[London]] (and the 10th [[ICB]])<ref>http://www.bicon2010.org.uk BiCon 2010</ref>
* 2011: [[Leicester]]<ref>http://bicon2011.org.uk/ Bicon 2011</ref>
* 2012: [[Bradford]]<ref>http://bicon2012.org.uk/ Bicon 2012</ref>
}}

==External links==
BiCon website http://www.bicon.org.uk 
BiCon page on Wikipedia with dates, venues, attendance http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BiCon_%28UK%29

==References==
<references>

[[category:Annual events]]
[[category:Bisexuality]]

BiPhoria

2013-06-25T10:56:38Z

Jenbird: Slight URL typo!

Manchester-based '''BiPhoria''' is currrently the longest-running bisexual social/support project in the UK. It was established in 1994 through the coming together of the [[Manchester Men's Bisexual Group]] and [[Manchester Bi Women's Group]].

From its first meeting on 1st September 1994 to 2000 it met monthly at the Lesbian & Gay Centre on Sidney Street on the first Thursday of each month for the main social/support meetings, with other social events in the rest of the month. From September 2000 onwards it has met at the [[Lesbian & Gay Foundation]] building on the first Tuesday of each month.

The group has hosted events each year since 1999 to mark [[Bi Visibility Day]] on September 23rd, as well as several [[Bi Activist Conferences]], four [[BiFest]]s and other events.

Spin-off groups have included [[Bisexual Action Manchester]], [[Bi Youth]], [[Bisexual Action]].

In addition to its core face-to-face work, BiPhoria has published a number of reports and resources reflecting bisexual needs and issues. Current resources include a publication on bisexuality & mental health (2011) and a pocket guide to “getting bi” (2011).

The longest-running bisexual group in the UK was previously [[London Bi Group]] which ran for over twenty years but closed in 2003.

==External Links==
BiPhoria website http://www.biphoria.org.uk 
Current Publications http://www.biphoria.org.uk/resources.html 
Getting Bi in a Gay/Straight World http://www.flickr.com/photos/biphoria/sets/72157626275005967/show/

[[Category:Manchester]]
[[Category:Bisexual groups]]

BiPhoria

2013-06-25T10:56:02Z

Jenbird:

Manchester-based '''BiPhoria''' is currrently the longest-running bisexual social/support project in the UK. It was established in 1994 through the coming together of the [[Manchester Men's Bisexual Group]] and [[Manchester Bi Women's Group]].

From its first meeting on 1st September 1994 to 2000 it met monthly at the Lesbian & Gay Centre on Sidney Street on the first Thursday of each month for the main social/support meetings, with other social events in the rest of the month. From September 2000 onwards it has met at the [[Lesbian & Gay Foundation]] building on the first Tuesday of each month.

The group has hosted events each year since 1999 to mark [[Bi Visibility Day]] on September 23rd, as well as several [[Bi Activist Conferences]], four [[BiFest]]s and other events.

Spin-off groups have included [[Bisexual Action Manchester]], [[Bi Youth]], [[Bisexual Action]].

In addition to its core face-to-face work, BiPhoria has published a number of reports and resources reflecting bisexual needs and issues. Current resources include a publication on bisexuality & mental health (2011) and a pocket guide to “getting bi” (2011).

The longest-running bisexual group in the UK was previously [[London Bi Group]] which ran for over twenty years but closed in 2003.

==External Links==
BiPhoria website http://www.biphoria.org.uk 
Current Publications http://www.biphoria.org.uk/resources 
Getting Bi in a Gay/Straight World http://www.flickr.com/photos/biphoria/sets/72157626275005967/show/

[[Category:Manchester]]
[[Category:Bisexual groups]]