Looking for reading recommendations for #LGBTQplusHistoryMonth ? 🏳️‍🌈

'Playing Gay in the Golden Age of British TV' looks at gay male #representation on and off the small screen: bit.ly/3Uj2YSV Stephen Bourne #gayhistory #tv

Last Thursday's opening of the Southwark Council Una Marson library on Thurlow St. Lovely event in a fabulous space with a variety of speeches, music and poems. For more info about Una Marson's life see Southwark News feature:

southwarknews.co.uk/area/camberwel…

Pleasure to launch the Camberwell Black History Walk this morning. Walk the trail to learn about the inspiring lives of black figures who transformed & shaped #Southwark #UK .
Thank you to Camberwell Society, SE5 Forum Camberwell, Theatre Peckham Southwark Council & others. #InspirationalPeople

Are the queer characters of Bond offensive stereotypes or positive representation?

Why not both?

In the latest Licence To Queer podcast, I discuss this with historian Stephen Bourne who wrote the first (to my knowledge) book to treat Bond queerly.

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New video by WW2TV: Diversifying The Second World War with Stephen Bourne #history #lbgtq #ww2 youtu.be/MZxDo7rXWZY

Shortlisted for the 2022 Soc Theatre Research Book Award, Deep Are the Roots includes chapters about two gay men: the Jamaican ballet dancer Berto Pasuka and the celebrated African American Shakespearean actor Gordon Heath. I ❤️ QPOC
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Fantastic public library is named in honour of Una Marson. The first in the UK to be named after a Black woman? Southwark Libraries Women of South London Southwark Black Parents Forum SouthwarkYA's 💙 SYIAG 💙 BlackHistoryStudies Black History Walks Black History Month 2024 Black History Heroes IHR Black British History Seminar #unamarson library #unamarson

Fighting Proud' by Stephen Bourne

Stephen Bourne unearths the fascinating stories of the gay men who served in the armed forces and at home, and brings to light the great unheralded contribution they made to the war effort.

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#lgbtqia
#ArmisticeDay

Remember everyone, including those often left out of history

#RemembranceDay #ArmisticeDay
#queerhistory #lgbtqhistory #gayhistory Bloomsbury Books UK

The Black heritage police officer who fought crime in Victorian #Bermondsey

Metropolitan Police Southwark Police | Central South BCU #Southwark Stephen Bourne

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Introducing #BeBoldHistoryShorts !
A new series taking BeBold's fav clips from our most popular videos.

In October 2021, Stephen Bourne discussed his book, 'Under Fire'.
Our first short is 9 mins of inspiring Black British stories from Stephen's webinar.
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Evelyn Dove was the first black female singer to perform on BBC radio and was a regular presence on the airwaves during World War Two, in much the same fashion as Vera Lynn. Here, writer and social historian Stephen Bourne tells Emma Dabiri some of her fascinating story.

Featured in Stephen Bourne's book, Under Fire: Black Britain in Wartime 1939-45, is the story of Harold Moody.

Visit Room 19 to see his portrait.

Read the full article here: southwarknews.co.uk/area/southwark…

By Ronald Moody, 1997, based on a work of 1946 © NPG, London

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In 'Deep Are the Roots,' Stephen Bourne celebrates the pioneers of Black British theatre, like Ira Aldridge who made #history as the first Black actor to play Shakespeare’s Othello in the United Kingdom (📘✨: bit.ly/3rJIFSZ ) Stephen Bourne #BlackHistoryMonth

Stephen Bourne WW2 feature in Southwark News (12 Oct 2023) BlackHistoryStudies Black History Walks Black British Book Festival The Black Curriculum BlackBritishHistory WW2TV Paul Woodadge Their Finest Hour Joseph Quinn Southwark Black Parents Forum Southwark Cathedral SouthwarkYA's 💙 Southwark Black Parents Forum #evelyndove #haroldmoody

Black Poppies...the children's version! The History Press Black History Walks Black History Month 2024 BlackHistoryStudies Elaine Baldry Simon Bendry Voices_War&Peace Iain McMullen - Football and the First World War Western Front Association Old Front Line Podcast Floella Benjamin Auntie Malorie The Great War Group Micheal Ward🇯🇲

Black ‘front liners’ and fire service personnel during the London Blitz by Stephen Bourne london-fire.gov.uk/museum/london-…

Wondering what to read for #BlackHistoryMonth ?

In this young readers’ edition of 'Black Poppies,' Stephen Bourne takes us on a hero-filled journey. Explore the many and extraordinary ways in which Black people helped Britain fight #WWI bit.ly/3ZE3Ulw Stephen Bourne