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LGBTQ+ History Month 2024
LGBTQ+ History Month 2024
'Queen Billy': William III (1650-1702)
In the case of William III, there can be very little doubt that the King was gay or perhaps bi-sexual. ...
A Stage Presence
Hertfordshire’s theatre sector has played a role in communicating society’s developing relationship with LGBTQ+ themes during the 20th Century. In March ...
Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon (1561-1626) was a politician and philosopher, who also acted as Viscount of St Albans from 1621 until his ...
Letchworth Garden City’s statue of Sappho
Since 1907, a bronze statue of Greek poet Sappho has resided in Letchworth Garden City. Sculpted by Thomas Nelson MacLean ...
Queen Anne and the Duchess of Marlborough
The argument that Anne was a lesbian is difficult to disentangle from the political mudslinging which characterised her reign (1702-1714). ...
Radclyffe-Hall and the Well of Loneliness
Marguerite Radclyffe-Hall, was born August 12th 1880 in Bournemouth, Hampshire. Though born in Bournemouth, Radyffe Hall spent their final moments ...
Violet Dickinson: Mentor, Confidant, Friend, Lover?
Violet Dickinson was born in Frome, Somerset in 1865. The only daughter of Edmund Dickinson (1821- 1897) and The Hon. ...
Vita Sackville-West's friendship with Lady Desborough
Vita Sackville-West was an English author, playwright, and diarist, also latterly known for her garden designing! Born in 1892 in ...
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Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer
Alex's Coming Out Story
LGBT in HCC
Libraries as safe spaces for the LGBT+ community
Meeting Quentin Crisp
Out In Herts
Pride Flag raising over County Hall 2022
Quentin Crisp
Quentin Crisp
Stand-alone in support of Herts Pride
What Pride means to me
LGBTQ+ History Month 2021
LGBTQ+ History Month 2023
LGBTQ+ History Month 2024
Protest and Change: LGBTQ+ History Month 2022
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Hertfordshire’s Emerging Writers 2024 : Nic Wilson from Hitchin
Nic Wilson is one of Hertfordshire’s successful emerging writers. Her subject is at heart the natural world; and Hertfordshire, for ...
Lady Desborough's letters
The large collection of letters received by Lady Desborough of Panshanger held at HALS includes several from the Royal family. ...
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