{"id":965,"date":"2025-02-04T11:45:19","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T11:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/asl\/?p=965"},"modified":"2025-02-04T11:48:07","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T11:48:07","slug":"activism-and-social-change-in-lgbt-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/asl\/2025\/02\/04\/activism-and-social-change-in-lgbt-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Activism and Social Change in LGBT+ History"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"In February we celebrate LGBT+ History Month 2025<\/a> in the UK and this year the theme is ‘Activism and Social Change’. Throughout history and across the globe LGBT+ activists have fueled social change, advancing society for the benefit of all.<\/p>\n

To help you discover more we\u2019ve pulled together just a small selection of Library resources that will allow you to start to find out more about activism and social change in LGBT+ history, herstory, theirstory.<\/p>\n

1) Books (we are a library after all!)<\/a>
\n2) Digital archives and primary sources<\/a>
\n3) LGBT collections at Lothian Health Services Archive<\/a>
\n4) Dissertation & Thesis Festival Discovery Day : Exploring LGBTQ+ History<\/a>
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Books (we are a library after all!)<\/h1>\n

The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) was founded in 1990 as the first NGO devoted to advancing LGBT human rights worldwide. Transnational LGBT Activism : Working for Sexual Rights Worldwide<\/em><\/a> asks how is that mission translated into practice? And what do transnational LGBT human rights advocates do on a day-to-day basis and for whom? Arguing that the idea of LGBT human rights is not predetermined but instead is defined by international activists who establish what and who qualifies for protection.<\/p>\n

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Exploring the alleged uniqueness of the European experience, LGBT Activism and the Making of Europe : A Rainbow Europe?<\/em><\/a> investigates its ties to a long history of LGBT and queer movements in the region. While Coming Out of Communism : The Emergence of LGBT Activism in Eastern Europe<\/em><\/a> looks at how homophobic backlash unexpectedly strengthened mobilisation for LGBT political rights in post-communist Europe.<\/p>\n

Travelling further than Europe, Out in Africa : LGBT Organizing in Namibia and South Africa<\/em><\/a> examines how Namibian and South African LGBT organisations have cultivated visibility and invisibility as strategies over time. Flaming Souls : Homosexuality, Homophobia, and Social Change in Barbados <\/em><\/a>illustrates the influence of both Euro-American and regional gender and sexual politics on sexual diversity in Barbados. And for a compelling look at how Orthodox Jewish LGBT persons in Israel became more accepted in their communities, there is Queer Judaism : LGBT Activism and the Remaking of Jewish Orthodoxy in Israel<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Translating the Queer : body politics and transnational conversations<\/em> <\/a>focuses on the dissemination of queer knowledge, concepts, and representations throughout Latin America, a migration that has been accompanied by concomitant processes of translation, adaptation, and epistemological resistance.<\/p>\n

This is just a very small selection of what is available in the Library\u2019s collections to find more books (or other writings) on this subject area then search DiscoverEd<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"'RevolutionaryAnd don\u2019t forget our new Leisure Reading Collection (Libby)<\/strong> <\/a>also has books (e-books and audiobooks) on this subject area. It includes The LGBTQ+ History Book<\/em> that allows you to discover the rich and complex history of LGBTQ+ people around the world \u2013 their struggles, triumphs, and cultural contributions. In Revolutionary Acts<\/em> the author, Jason Okundaye, meets an elder generation of black gay men and finds a spirited community full of courage, charisma and good humour, hungry to tell its past \u2013 of nightlife, resistance, political fights, loss, gossip, sex, romance and vulgarity.<\/p>\n

If you want to discover inspiring voices hat have changed our world then Great LGBTQ+ Speeches<\/em>, is a collection of over 40 empowering and influential speeches that chart the history of the LGBTQ+ movement. And Queer, There, And Everywhere<\/em> lets you delve deep into the lives of 23 people who fought, created, and loved on their own terms. Including high-profile figures as well as many you may never have heard of.<\/p>\n

You can access these and more via our Leisure Reading Collection (Libby)<\/strong><\/a>. Note that books in this collection do not appear in DiscoverEd.
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Digital archives and primary sources<\/h1>\n

The Library has access to a large range of digital archives and primary source databases that allow you to search for and view digitised primary source material from libraries, archives and museums across the world. Some of these databases are specifically about LGBT+ history, such as:<\/p>\n

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LGBT Thought and Culture<\/p><\/div>\n