"Proud History"

The histories of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people in Birmingham and the West Midlands remain largely hidden from view although recen...

Boot Women

Birmingham has a long history of groups that have developed to address health and well-being issues for the LGBT community. The Lesbian and Gay Swi...

Committal papers of Charles Record

Charles Record was a 35 year old labourer who was committed to to Birmingham Borough Lunatic Asylum, later called All Saints Hospital, on 18 May 18...

Committal to All Saints Mental Hospital

Charles Record was a 35 year old labourer who was committed to to Birmingham Borough Lunatic Asylum, later called All Saints Hospital, on 18 May 18...

Cross-dressing

Vesta Tilley (1864-1952) was born as Matilda Powles, in Worcester, and was performing in music hall by the age of four. She was one of the most wel...

Equal Rights

The 1990s were more encouraging for the gay and lesbian community with the repeal of Section 28, the equalisation of age of consent and from 1997 t...

Equal Rights

The gay and lesbian community in Birmingham has often been at the forefront of campaigning on a range of political and social issues. This has been...

Gay Liberation Front

The 1970s saw the emergence of the Birmingham Gay Liberation Front, the rise of feminism and the beginnings of a ‘gay scene’ in the city, although ...

'Gays and Fascism'

LGBT people have faced serious prejudice and persecution in the past, and the cover of this issue of 'Gladrag' (the newsletter of the Birmingham Ga...

Health campaigning

LGBT people who also have disabilities can be doubly marginalised by society and still have to strive for equality and recognition. This newspa...

Health issues

Although there is still much to do, we have come a long way in Britain since homosexuality was viewed as an illness in itself and gay people could ...

Healthy Gay Life

A number of groups and organisations provide health information aimed at different communities. Here we see a publication by the organisation Healt...