Major accessions to repositories in 2021 relating to LGBTQ

Local

Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Archives: Old Aberdeen House Branch

• Aberdeen City Council: video of Grampian Pride 2018 (Acc 3128)

London Metropolitan Archives: City of London

• Speak Out London, LMA LGBTQ+ project: digital items collected and scanned for use in the project 2015-2016 (B21/039)

Manchester Archives and Local Studies

• LGBT Foundation: oral history interviews 2020 (GB127.M825)

Sheffield City Archives

• Sheffield-based promoter 'Daisy Daisy Does' and the collectives 'Lola and the Cartwheels' and 'LaDIYfest Sheffield': feminist and queer activism and gig promotional material incl posters, zines, flyers and badges c2000-2016 (X968)

Suffolk Record Office, Ipswich Branch

• Suffolk Gay And Lesbian Helpline: The journal for the Suffolk Gay and Lesbian Helpline - Image 2000 (HD4214)

National

National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections

• James Mearns (fl1987-2019), trade unionist and LGBT+ rights activist: papers 1987-2019 (Acc.14225)

Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)

• P A MagLochlainn (1945-2012), former teacher and gay rights activist from Dungiven, Co. Derry: compiled materials incl correspondence, minutes, funding proposals and reports, questionnaires and printed material rel to the Northern Ireland Gay Rights Association (NIGRA) c1984-2020 (D4779/ADD)

Tate Gallery Archive

• Derek Jarman (1942-1994), artist, film director and gay rights activist: selection of archives and publications from Prospect Cottage, Dungeness (on long-term loan from the Art Fund) c1700-1990 (TGA 20213)

Special

Bishopsgate Institute

• Peter Ashman (1950-2014) LGBT activist: papers, publications, campaign materials regarding the Campaign for Homosexual Equality and law reform 1957-2006 (PAMA)
• Bi's of Colour, LGBTQ+ community group: papers 2015-2021 (BISOFCOLOUR)
• Gregg Blachford (b1950) LGBT activist: papers 1959-2004 (BLACHFORD)
• Boyz, gay magazine: photographic archive and magazine 1991-2021 (BPA)
• Martin Brophy (b1955) musician: papers, ephemera and audio-visual material rel to LGBT chorus music groups and festivals 1982-2000 (BROPHY)
• Bob Cant (b1945) LGBT activist, author and trade unionist: papers, research materials and writings 1975-2021 (CANT)
• Chroma, LGBTQ+ literary magazine: papers 1998-2010 (CHROMA)
• Hazell Dean (b 1952) singer and musician: papers, ephemera and career archive c1975-2021 (DEAN)
• Defend Gay's The Word Campaign: papers and legal documents 1970-1986 (DGWC)
• Vic Lentaigne (fl2010-2021), photographer and filmmaker: digital photographic archive 2021 (LENTAIGNE)
• London Gay Men's Chorus: administrative archive, scores, props, promotional material 1991-2021 (LGMC)
• Roger Newman (fl1998-2017) LGBT activist and campaigner: publications, campaigns and research material rel to LGBT people in old age and Alzheimer's 1998-2017 (NEWMAN)
• Tenebris Light (1956-2020), playwright: scripts, writing, papers, photographs 1976-2021 (LIGHT)
• Peter Scott Presland (b1949) LGBT activist and artist: papers 1955-2020 (PRESLAND)
• QX Magazine: photographic archive and magazine 1996-2021 (QX)
• Gordon Rainsford (b1960) photographer: extensive photographic archive of prints, negatives and slides 1984-2010 (RAINSFORD)
• Rebel Dykes, lesbian heritage group: archive, incl papers, photographs, video, audio, artwork c1980-2021 (RDA)
• Mel Reeve (b1990) archivist, writer: papers, ephemera and publications regarding bisexuality+ 1986-2021 (MRC)
• Stonewall Football Club: papers, programmes, kits and administrative material 1991-2021 (SFC)

University

Nottingham University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections

• Nottingham Youth Theatre: photographs, posters, programmes, letters, newspaper cuttings, video cassettes, DVDs 1987-2020 (NYT)