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LGBT History Project time capsule

What is the LGBT History Project?

The LGBT History Project is a gay online encyclopedia – a wiki web site. Its aim is to record the knowledge and memories of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people living in the UK. It’s a virtual time-capsule, capturing the experiences of our time – the changing law and challenges, the amazing response health epidemics, the newspapers and magazines that come and go, TV programmes, sports, lesbian, gay, bi and trans businesses, arts, music and theatre, and of course events, pubs and clubs. Anything you can think of that has been related to you as an LGBT person. You can even write about yourself!

Who is writing it?

You are! If you know a bi, gay, trans or lesbian person, have been a member of a gay club, read a gay newspaper, have  a memory of going out with your mates to a gay pub or club, we want to hear about it – wherever you are in the country. If you’ve never done anything gay, because there was nothing in your area, or you were too scared, we want to hear about that too! We also want to hear from those that run gay clubs, businesses, venues, media – when did they start, who started them? Why were they started? Who joined?

When to start writing?

The site may be sparse now, but it will grow and grow, you can be at the very forefront of LGBT history-in-the-making. We are planning lots of events and ways to publicise the LGBT History Project, but the sooner you enter something, the sooner others will join you. 

There are few books published on British LGBT History which have their areas of focus. The LGBT History Project is about creating the most diverse and comprehensive record of LGBT experiences in Britain over the past years. We really appreciate your contribution.

To get started, search for something, if there is not a page for it, you can click to create one.

Guidelines to writing

use a neutral point of view, avoid articles that read like adverts

use the third person throughout — no “I”, “we”, or “you” (unless you’re writing personal quotation)

be careful with statements about living people that could be libelous

don’t mention people’s HIV status unless relevant and publicised

supply references for any contentious statements

don’t copy from other websites and books without permission from the copyright owner

be aware that you don’t own what you’ve written and other people may change it

don’t use double spaces after full-stops

don’t hide the URLs of external web sites

when searching for articles, use correct spelling (and upper and lower-case letters), as this may become the title of your new page. If it is the name of an organisation, use the full name (e.g. The European Gay and Lesbian Sports Federation), the put the initials (e.g. EGLSF) in brackets after the name in the body of the article

for consistency, we've used the plural for category names

Suggested topics

Sport and clubs

social venues and events

charities and health

people and organisations

businesses, newspapers and magazines

arts, TV, film and media

politics, crime and legislation.
Remember, this is aimed to be UK-only LGBT History.

External links

You may also be interested in
LGBT History Month http://www.lgbthistorymonth.org.uk or
LGBT History Month Scotland http://www.lgbthistory.org.uk.

If you’re 55+ and used to frequent gay London clubs, and willing to take part in an interview about the first gay club they went to, then please contact Patrick.