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Btw, my gorgeous cover star is a gynandromorph gypsy moth, female on its left side, male on the right. It was caught in Berlin in July 1864 and pictured by German entomologist Ernst Ludwig Taschenberg in 1877. It makes more than one appearance in my book!

UK: https://yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300287202/darwin-and-the-queer-origins-of-life/ 🏳️‍🌈 📚️ 🐵

US: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300287202/darwin-and-the-queer-origins-of-life/ :transgender: 📜 🦋

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My first book, Darwin and the Queer Origins of Life, will be published by Yale University Press on 11 August in the UK and 8 September in the US.

Please help spread the word! 🙏

UK: https://yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300287202/darwin-and-the-queer-origins-of-life/ 🏳️‍🌈 📚 🐵

US: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300287202/darwin-and-the-queer-origins-of-life/ :transgender: 📜 🦋

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So excited that the theme of LGBT+ History Month UK 2026 is 'Science and Innovation,' with super badge designed by @canopyrobin! 🧬 :transgender: 🔭 🏳️‍🌈 🚆

Wonderful launch event at the Royal Society of Chemistry this evening. 👏

https://lgbtplushistorymonth.co.uk/lgbt-history-month-2026/

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Whoop, whoop! My 2021 article 'Darwin's Closet: The Queer Sides of The Descent of Man (1871)' has now been viewed over 40K times! 😲

Please keep sharing: https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/191/2/323/6075648 🐟🏳️‍🌈🐒🏳️‍⚧️🐞

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Just a reminder that, following the Royal Society event in Jan, my article 'Mendel's Closet: Genetics, Eugenics and the Exceptions of Sex in Edwardian Britain' has been made freely available until the end of Feb/LGBTQ+ History Month.

Download away while you can! 🧬🏳️‍🌈🐦

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsnr.2023.0036

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Now on YouTube: Celebrating #Diversity Events Series and LGBT+ History Month 2023 #LGBTplusHM the #UniversityOfYork invited the writer and historian Kit Heyam to discuss their latest book Before We Were #Trans : A New #History of #Gender - a global history of gender #nonconformity and a call for new approaches to trans history. Kit read from their book and spoke about the ideas that inspired it, as well as sharing stories of trans history from across the world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFEVAM-czDM

#OTD 1974, Maureen Colquhoun, the first openly lesbian MP, was elected to Parliament for Northampton North. Colquhoun campaigned fiercely for women's rights, human rights and environmental issues and was often at odds with other MPs. Read more 👇 #LGBTHM http://ow.ly/4Ulg50HVBQF

#LGBTplusHM #LGBTQIA #LGBTHistory #20thCentury #Northampton #Campaign @histodon

#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

@histodon #LGBTplusHM #LGBTHM23 #19thCentury

In 1838, one commentator described Sutherland as a ‘pocket county’ containing nothing but ‘serf voters’. Even in these pocket counties, candidates still had to canvass before the election. Find out about Lord Ronald Gower's election campaign 👇 #LGBTplusHM http://ow.ly/3xgi50MNWOh

@histodon #ConstituencyTuesday #19thCentury #ScottishHistory

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

@histodon #LGBTHM23 #LGBTplusHM #MPMonday

#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

Colquhoun represented Northampton North until 1979. While her time in Parliament was relatively short, she campaigned fiercely for women's rights, human rights and environmental issues and was often at odds with other MPs. Read more 👇 #LGBTplusHM http://ow.ly/4Ulg50HVBQF @histodons #MPMonday #Parliament #Campaign

#MPMonday is Maureen Colquhoun, the first MP elected for the newly formed constituency of Northampton North in Feb 1974. Colquhoun was the first openly lesbian and openly LGBTQ+ MP. Find out about her life and career👇#LGBTplusHM #LGBTHistory http://ow.ly/3sA550MzPmP

@histodons #Northampton #Election

One blog has been our most-read blog for the past 3 years... James I and the duke of Buckingham: love, power and betrayal! Dr Paul Hunneyball explores the duke of Buckingham’s position at court and his relationship with James I. Have you read it yet? #LGBTHM http://ow.ly/Ccfl50MyIkZ

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#Teachers - To mark #LGBTplusHM we are running a #competition which gives schools the chance to win a scheme of work on attitudes towards the #LGBTQIA community in #Britain, 1533-1900. All our resources are fully differentiated for all #students. Boost the post to enter. #education #edudon #schoolresources #educhat :progresspride:

Find out more about Gower's life, both in and outside of Westminster, by listening to our podcast, featuring Dr Spychal in conversation with Sammy Sturgess. Click 👇 http://ow.ly/7YHM50HKj73

@histodon #LGBTHM #LGBTplusHM #LGBTQ #MPMonday #Wesminster #Podcast

#HistParl's Dr Martin Spychal studied Gower's diaries and reflected on how Gower utilised his position of privilege to navigate life as a queer man in late nineteenth-century Britain. You can find Dr Spychal's blog series on Gower👇 @VictorianCommons http://ow.ly/j8Jk50MxM13

@histodon #MPMonday #LGBTHM #LGBTplusHM #LGBTQ #19thCentury

#MPMonday is Lord Ronald Gower. MP for the Scottish county of Sutherland from 1867-74, he entered Parliament aged just 21. During much of his career, he kept a diary, in which he described his life in 19thc. LGBTQ+ society. Find out more👇
http://ow.ly/A1c250HKiQC

#LGBTHM #LGBTplusHM #LGBTQ #19thCentury #Parliament @histodon

Happy #LGBTplusHM & today we're talking bears but not those kind of bears! While #CocaineBear approaches cinemas for some more Yayo! Maff is here to BEAR all on these two other #KillerBear Movies #Grizzly1976 & #Prophecy1979 #PrepareForPrattle bit.ly/3JDJeEd
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#wear #givebirth #gestate #birth #bears #bear #beard #gay #bearsofinstagram #nfl #instabear #instagay #gaybear #bearded #beargay #chicagobears #scruff #beardown #wildlife #osos #oso #pride #gaybeard #dabears

Happy #LGBTplusHM & today we're talking bears but not those kind of bears! While #CocaineBear approaches cinemas for some more Yayo! Maff is here to BEAR all on these two other #KillerBear Movies #Grizzly1976 & #Prophecy1979 #PrepareForPrattle bit.ly/3JDJeEd
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#wear #givebirth #gestate #birth #bears #bear #beard #gay #bearsofinstagram #nfl #instabear #instagay #gaybear #bearded #beargay #chicagobears #scruff #beardown #wildlife #osos #oso #pride #gaybeard #dabears