🌈 Happy LGBT History Month! 🌈

We thought we'd do a little thread of book recs and articles for people looking at learn a little more about queer history... #LGBTHM21
Here is a selection of LGBTQ+ non-fiction, including topics like trans history in Britain and the Stonewall riots! #LGBTHM21 https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/2020/june/lgbt-non-fiction-essential-pride.html?&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=LGBTHM_non_fiction_01_02_2021
10 essential non-fiction books to learn about LGBTQ history and culture

From a look at the Stonewall Riots to a coming-of-age memoir, these non-fiction books are a great starting point for learning more about the LGBTQ community.

https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/2020/june/lgbt-non-fiction-essential-pride.html?&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=LGBTHM_non_fiction_01_02_2021
If you've never visited LGBT bookshop @gaystheword in London - put it on your post-lockdown list! #LGBTHM21 https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/2020/april/the-importance-of-gay-s-the-word--the-first-place-i-ll-be-going-.html?&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=LGBTHM_gays_the_word_01_02_2021
The importance of Gay's the Word: the first place I'll be going after lockdown

London's pioneering LGBTQ bookshop offered far more than just books, argues Colin Crummy.

https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/2020/april/the-importance-of-gay-s-the-word--the-first-place-i-ll-be-going-.html?&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=LGBTHM_gays_the_word_01_02_2021
Some books offering a fresh - and joyful - perspective on our LGBTQ+ history... #LGBTHM21 https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/2021/february/lgbtq-history-books-reading-recommendations-facts.html?&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=LGBTHM_books_recs_01_02_2021
How books are revealing a new queer history of the UK

British history is bustling with the ordinary pleasures of queer lives. Here Kate Wyver recommends some offering a fresh - and joyful - perspective on our LGBTQ+ history.

https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/2021/february/lgbtq-history-books-reading-recommendations-facts.html?&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=LGBTHM_books_recs_01_02_2021
"Yes yes yes I do like you. I am afraid to write the stronger word." #LGBTHM21 https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/2021/january/Valentines-Day-14-romantic-quotes-from-the-love-letters-of-Virginia-Woolf-and-Vita-Sackville-West.html?&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=LGBTHM_love_letters_01_02_2021
14 romantic quotes from the love letters of Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West

At a dinner party in 1922, Virginia Woolf met the renowned author, aristocrat – and sapphist – Vita Sackville-West. Virginia wrote in her diary that she didn’t think much of Vita’s conversation, but...

https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/2021/january/Valentines-Day-14-romantic-quotes-from-the-love-letters-of-Virginia-Woolf-and-Vita-Sackville-West.html?&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=LGBTHM_love_letters_01_02_2021
Three people from very different generations and backgrounds talk about the role reading played in finding their queer identity... #LGBTHM21 https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/2020/feb/why-queer-literature-is-vital-for-people-growing-up-lgbtq-.html?&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=LGBTHM_growing_up_01_02_2021
Why queer literature is vital for people growing up LGBTQ+

To mark LGBT History Month, Amelia Abraham speaks with three people from very different generations and backgrounds about the role reading played in finding their identity

https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/2020/feb/why-queer-literature-is-vital-for-people-growing-up-lgbtq-.html?&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=LGBTHM_growing_up_01_02_2021
From the 1940s to 2020 - here are some classic queer coming of age novels #LGBTHM21 https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/2016/a-history-of-coming-of-age-lgbtq-fiction-15-books.html?&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=LGBTHM_coming_of_age_books_01_02_2021
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