LGBT+ experiences and history

We believe in celebrating, recognising and understanding LGBT+ experiences, history and culture both within and outside of Sheffield.

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Library resources

Learn about LGBT+ thought, movements, people and community from the 20th century until present through the library’s LGBT+ Thought and Culture collection.

It provides historical materials relating to the lives of lesbians, gays, transgender and bisexual individuals and the community throughout history.

Sheffield’s LGBT+ history

Sheffield has a long and fascinating history of LGBT+ communities and people.

Weston Park Museum has a free exhibition, co-curated by LGBT+ people living in Sheffield, that explores the city’s LGBT+ history and contemporary life.

Weston Park Museum: Proud! Telling LGBT stories in Sheffield

You can also learn about Sheffield’s LGBT+ history in this article in Now Then magazine, which traces Sheffield’s queer history.

Article: We’ve always been here: Tracing Sheffield’s subversive queer history