In 1967, the Sexual Offences Act legalised consensual, private, homosexual acts between two men who were aged 21 or above.
A coin of Emperor Elagabalus found in Baldock in the 1920s provides links with a scandalous period of ancient Roman history.
The outbreak of HIV and AIDS in the 1980s shook the world. Read how it impacted Hertfordshire.
Hertfordshire-born Arthur Gore was crucial in introducing a bill to Parliament to decriminalise homosexuality.
Charing Cross Hospital has the oldest gender clinic in the country, and relocated to Boxmoor during the Second World War.
Read about the history of same-sex marriages and civil partnerships in Hertfordshire.
Acclaimed writer E M Forster spent his childhood in Stevenage, Hertfordshire.
Edward John Edwards was a rector of Essendon in the late 19th century who had to flee the county after being accused of gross indecency.
Elly Barnes MBE founded Educate & Celebrate, a key LGBTQ+ educational programme.
Esmé Langley was the co-founder of the Minorities Research Group and Arena Three
Hear how Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies got on at Herts Pride 2022
Helen Richardson-Walsh is a hockey player born in Hitchin.
James Allen was a "Female Husband" who lived in Hertfordshire for a time with his wife Mary.
Kelly Jayne Smith was a famous football player from Watford.
Morgan Grimm Jones explores how libraries can be safe spaces for the LGBT+ community
Maureen Duffy was one of the first women in British public life to come out as gay.
Operation Spanner was a UK-wide police investigation into male same-sex sadomasochism which impacted a man in Welwyn Garden City.
Oscar Wilde was an Irish poet and playwright who had a friendship with Lady Desborough of Panshanger.
Peter Frank Ashman was a lawyer who campaigned against legislation discriminating against LGBTQ people.
Information about the raising of the Pride Flag over County Hall in August 2022
Quentin Crisp was an English writer and actor who modelled for the St Albans School of Art.
Ronald Wright, sometimes known as Sir Gay, was an artist, writer and model born in Puckeridge.
Section 28 was a key piece of legislation that affected the lives of LGBT+ people in Britain.