In 1998 an 8th-grade project in a middle school of the small southeastern Tennessee city of Whitwell started and grew gaining worldwide recognition. The school principal asked Sandra Roberts to begin a Holocaust education class to develop … [Read more...]
Most countries—though not the United States of America—have ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child which was first adopted in 1989. The Convention accords to children a wide range of rights including, most centrally, … [Read more...]
Jeffrey Edward Anthony DUDGEON. For services to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community in Northern Ireland. A short, but inspiring sentence which means so much more than just its content! Without Jeff and … [Read more...]
A pro-marriage equality video by Australian action group GetUp has become a Youtube sensation since its release before the weekend, racking up 1.6 million views over four days. The film, entitled It’s Time, charts a relationship from first … [Read more...]
Tower Hamlets, Palestine, Massachusetts, Compton Street and Beijing I FELT SLIGHTLY GUILTY about not having attended any LGBT History Month events, ever, despite being a 'history buff' and a bit of an historic relic myself. So, on Monday … [Read more...]
Out-take GS Vol. 1, No. 17 Spring 1986 Changing the World (A London Charter for Lesbian and Gay Rights) GLC [Greater London Council] A very handsome 48-page document, very thorough, it is a deal more apposite and rational … [Read more...]
The above was the title of the London Metropolitan Archives Sixth Annual LGBT History and Archives Conference (Sat, 06.12.08). Jan Pimblett the LMA's Principal Interpretation Officer welcomed the assembled horde. The first speaker was Jack … [Read more...]
[Edited] out-take from upstart (Vol. 10. No. 3., June 1998 - the Editorial) On Monday, June 22, the 'Mother of Parliaments' (i. e. Westminster) by a two to one (2:1) vote made Gay men in the United Kingdom somewhat equal in one aspect of … [Read more...]