Nottinghamshire’s Rainbow Heritage

the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans

History Project for Nottingham and Nottinghamshire 

 

 

 

 

 

Nottinghamshire’s Rainbow Heritage  

 

is a project sponsored by the Heritage Lottery Fund. It started in January 2008 and will run for at least three years.

 

It celebrates Nottinghamshire’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) lives, hidden history and culture.

 

 

 

 

We can be contacted:

 

By phone on 0115 934 9529

 

By e-mail at nottsrh@hotmail.co.uk

 

By letter at              

     

Nottinghamshire's Rainbow Heritage          

7,Mansfield  Road                                       Nottingham, NG1 3FB.

 

 

 

Nottinghamshire's Rainbow Heritage will

 

Organise events: exhibitions; displays; workshops and training.

 

Most of the events will coincide with Nottingham Pride Festival (each July) and LGBT History Month (each February). Click HERE for a slide show of: our exhibition at View from the Top. This will take you away from this website and you will need to click the BACK button to return.

 

Gather audio and video recordings of LGBT people’s experiences and opinions

 

Develop a Heritage Trail

 

Gather artefacts and memorabilia: photos, badges, flyers for events, newspaper cuttings, documents from social/support groups etc

 

Explore the site

 

1. To find out about people, places and events in LGBT history locally, nationally and internationally

 

2. Add your own views and comments about things you see on the site

 

The biggest section is under "Our Heritage". Here you will find local venues, groups, magazines - past and present ... newspaper cuttings ... quotes from interviews ... an LGBT timeline. (Many of the documents can be downloaded as pdfs.) Listen to audio clips. Make comments on the NRH blog

 

Don't expect to see everything right now - the site is growing

 

Need ideas for LGBT History Month?  For quizzes, click HERE.  For display materials, click HERE

 

QB, Nottinghamshire's bimonthly LGBT newsletter contains information about Nottinghamshire's Rainbow Heritage along with other news and articles.   To see the latest edition of QB (no. 52), click on the black box

 

http://www.nottsrainbowheritage.org.uk/attachments/QB_52.pdf 

 

To download previous editions, click HERE

 

 

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