#lgbthm23 — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #lgbthm23, aggregated by home.social.
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Archbishop William Laud was a principal advisor to Charles I and an advocate of a more Catholic-style Church of England.
This blog explores Laud's private diary and its suggestions of a hidden sexual identity.
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#MPMonday is William Bankes. Bankes first entered Parliament for Truro in 1810 and was well known in Regency England for his work as an explorer and Egyptologist.
In 1841, Bankes had to flee the country to avoid prosecution for homosexual offences. Read more in this blog 👇 http://ow.ly/9VYH50Dnwrg
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On the #HistParl blog back in 2020 we heard from guest blogger Caroline Derry, who discussed the legal and parliamentary status of lesbian sexuality following the 1957 Wolfenden Report. Read it here 👇 #LGBTHM23 #LGBTplusHM http://ow.ly/dTOh50DiLFD
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In 2018, Chris discussed his life and parliamentary career for our #OralHistory project.
Read and listen to his reflections in this blog👇 http://ow.ly/t6mX50DhvBJ
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#MPMonday is Chris Smith, Labour MP for Islington South and Finsbury 1983-2005, former cabinet minister, and the first MP to choose to publicly come out. #LGBTHM23 #LGBTplusHM @histodon