During February and March we delved deep into the Central Library collections to curate a display highlighting the contributions of women to the fields of science, medicine, health and wellbeing. That display is now reproduced below. Most of the content was created by Library and Digital Assistant Heather Edwards and further information can be found…
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Under the Microscope: Part 3
Library and Digital Assistant Heather Edwards returns for the final part of her trilogy on LGBT+ pioneers in the medical field. You can see all three parts of this series elsewhere on the blog. Dr James Barry Now, Dr James Barry is a bit of a contentious figure to include here, as over the years…
Under the Microscope: Part 2
We welcome back Library and Digital Assistant Heather Edwards for a sequel to a recent article looking at LGBT+ pioneers in the medical field….Look out for part 3 coming later this week as well. Way back in LGBT+ History Month, after looking at Dr Sophia Jex-Blake (first practicing female doctor in Scotland and a pioneer…
LGBT+ History Month: Under the Scope at Leeds Libraries
This week we welcome Library and Digital Assistant Heather Edwards, who has written a fascinating article on a pioneer of medical history for LGBT+ History Month, told using books in the collections at our Central Library. Update: Since the publication of this article, Heather has written two sequels. Read them here: Part 2 and Part…
Surviving Censorship: Patricia Highsmith
This week we have the first in a potentially recurring segment from one of our librarians, Harry-Anne Bentley, who has a keen interest in LGBTQ+ history, and the ways that art and literature seek to fight and survive in an oppressive world. Welcome readers, for our first discussion on Surviving Censorship, I thought we’d explore…
LGBT+ History Month: Research Guide
To tie in with LGBT+ History Month, the Local and Family History Library have created a new research guide with some of the most relevant items of stock for anyone researching the history of LGBT+ Leeds. This weeks blog looks at some of the items in more depth. West Yorkshire Queer Stories was a project…
A Day of Marches & Demonstrations
Librarian Louise Birch uses photographs from the Leodis archive to remember events that took place 50 years ago today. 5th February 1972 was a day of marches and demonstrations in the city of Leeds. Using images from the Leodis website we will take a look at the marches and their causes. Over 500 people took…
LGBT+ Leeds Curated Gallery
The Leodis website was relaunched in March 2021 and we are pleased to announce that the LGBT+ Leeds curated gallery is now back on the site. This was created in 2020 by West Yorkshire Queer Stories as a guide to LGBT+ history in Leeds. Featuring a variety of people, places and protests, the curated gallery…
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