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<p>New article: National Festival of LGBT History / What Is and How to Do LGBT History? conference series</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>The &#039;&#039;&#039;National Festival of LGBT History&#039;&#039;&#039; is an annual event held in Manchester during [[LGBT History Month]] (February), combining a public festival and an academic conference. It is organised by [[Schools OUT UK]].<br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> The academic strand of the festival began as a standalone conference series under the title &quot;What Is and How to Do LGBT History?&quot;, the first edition of which was held in 2014. The second edition was incorporated into the first National Festival of LGBT History in February 2015, held across several Manchester venues including Manchester Central Library and The People&#039;s History Museum. The 2015 festival brought together academics from institutions including Durham University, the University of Bergen, and Indiana University, alongside activists and artists. Patrons and speakers included [[Stuart Milk]], Professor [[Jeffrey Weeks]], and [[Peter Tatchell]].&lt;ref&gt;[https://lgbtplushistorymonth.co.uk/2015/03/lgbt-history-festival-a-tremendous-achievement/ &quot;LGBT History Festival a &#039;Tremendous Achievement&#039;&quot;], &#039;&#039;LGBT+ History Month&#039;&#039;, March 2015.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> The 2016 conference, the third in the series, was also held in Manchester in February. [[Ross Burgess]] presented a paper at the conference on [[lgbthistoryuk.org]] as a model for community-led online LGBT history archives. The paper is available as a PDF in the [[File:Creating_an_online_archive_for_LGBT_history.pdf|LGBT History Project archive]].<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> * [[LGBT History Month]]<br /> * [[Schools OUT UK]]<br /> * [[Ross Burgess]]<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:LGBT events]]<br /> [[Category:LGBT history]]<br /> [[Category:Events in Manchester]]</div>

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