LGBT History source

Jeff Evans of Manchester Metropolitan University and Sylvia Kölling of Manchester University will be telling the spectacular and salacious story of the 1880 police raid on a drag ball in Manchester and its aftermath which caused a national scandal. The story, researched in local and national newspapers and court archives, is one example of many signposted in the revised Manchester’s LGBT History Source Guide. Primary sources will be on display at the event. No booking required - just turn up!

The source guide introduces archive and printed material held across Manchester and beyond relating to the history of Manchester's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community. It is the first port of call for anyone interested in the history of Manchester's LBGT community. The new 2011 version includes the recent deposit of correspondence and newspaper cuttings by Allan Horsfall, founder of the North Western Homosexual Law Reform Committee in 1964.

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Full event details: http://www.manchester.gov.uk/events/event/2185/

Source guide online: http://www.manchester.gov.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?categoryID=448&documentID=520

Published: 11-Aug-2011: (648)