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[[file:Consortium_logo.png|thumb|Consortium logo|alt=Consortium logo with rainbow map]]'''The Consortium of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Voluntary and Community Organisations''' also referred to as '''the LGBT Consortium''' is a national organisation focusing on the development and support of LGBT groups and projects in the UK.
 
[[file:Consortium_logo.png|thumb|Consortium logo|alt=Consortium logo with rainbow map]]'''The Consortium of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Voluntary and Community Organisations''' also referred to as '''the LGBT Consortium''' is a national organisation focusing on the development and support of LGBT groups and projects in the UK.
  
The Consortium was set up in 1998 to include lesbian, gay, and bisexual organisations; trans organisations were added in 2003. In 2011 it numbered around 450 organisations as members.<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20110712145345/http://www.lgbtconsortium.org.uk/directory List of groups on the Consortium Directory as at 12 July 2011, archived on the [[Internet Archive]], showing a link to the Solihull LGBT Network. The page relating to the Network is not preserved on the archive, and it had disappeared from the list in later snapshots on the archive.</ref>
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The Consortium was set up in 1998 to include lesbian, gay, and bisexual organisations; trans organisations were added in 2003. In 2011 it numbered around 450 organisations as members.<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20110712145345/http://www.lgbtconsortium.org.uk/directory List of groups on the Consortium Directory as at 12 July 2011, archived on the [[Internet Archive]], showing a link to the Solihull LGBT Network. Some but not all of the pages relating to individual members are preserved on the archive.</ref>
  
In 2013, following a programme of pruning inactive groups and asking groups to positively confirm their membership, the number was around 180.
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In 2013, following a programme of pruning inactive groups and asking groups to positively confirm their membership, the number of members was around 180.
  
 
For a (possibly incomplete) list of members, see [[:Category:Consortium members]].
 
For a (possibly incomplete) list of members, see [[:Category:Consortium members]].

Revision as of 10:32, 18 August 2013

Consortium logo with rainbow map
Consortium logo
The Consortium of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Voluntary and Community Organisations also referred to as the LGBT Consortium is a national organisation focusing on the development and support of LGBT groups and projects in the UK.

The Consortium was set up in 1998 to include lesbian, gay, and bisexual organisations; trans organisations were added in 2003. In 2011 it numbered around 450 organisations as members.[1]

In 2013, following a programme of pruning inactive groups and asking groups to positively confirm their membership, the number of members was around 180.

For a (possibly incomplete) list of members, see Category:Consortium members.

External links

http://www.lgbtconsortium.org.uk Official website

References

  1. http://web.archive.org/web/20110712145345/http://www.lgbtconsortium.org.uk/directory List of groups on the Consortium Directory as at 12 July 2011, archived on the Internet Archive, showing a link to the Solihull LGBT Network. Some but not all of the pages relating to individual members are preserved on the archive.