LGBT Archive
This archive was created thanks to a HLF funded grant. Working with groups and individuals across the five district, stories and images were collected to bring together this archive.
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About the Project
West Yorkshire Archive Service helped create a digital community archive to record and preserve the lesbian, gay and bisexual history of West Yorkshire. -
Being Openly Gay
Harry talks about his life as a gay man -
City of Leeds College of Music
These images and stories document the banning of the LGB society and subsequent campaign that followed. -
Clause 28 Demo
Craig talks about attending a CLAUSE 28 Demo in London -
Coming Out
Clare talks about coming out. -
EVERYDAYNESS
Harry talks about everyday gay life. -
Gay History Passed Down
The Blaggy youth group based in Bradford hosted an evening to share stories and expereinces. The clip below came out of this event -
Leeds Pride 2007
2007 saw the second Pride March in Leeds. The event was going from strenght to strength. This years theme was James Bond and it inspired many interesting costumes -
Memory Cards
As part of the project people were invited to write down a brief story on a memory card to add to the memory box. Below are some of the cards collected -
Pride not Political
Chris talks about his expereinces of Pride
