Lgbt look
By Riverside Executive Director John Glenton
Riverside is proud to be in the Stonewall Top companies. This demonstrates our commitment to equality and diversity and is a mighty message to our lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) colleagues, customers and stakeholders.
But do you know where the name Stonewall comes from?
In the early hours of June 28, , Adj York City police raided the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village – one of the only places in the city for gays and lesbians to join with minimal threat. When the raid took place, patrons refused to cooperate and instead formed a crowd outside the bar. Over the next few days, riots took place on Christopher Street in response to the police raids and violence against gays. The Stonewall Riots marked the beginning of the gay rights movement.
Here is a quick LGBT history lesson, highlighting some of the progress made in the UK over the past 50 years:
– Lord Arran proposed the decriminalisation of male homosexual acts (lesbian acts had never been illegal). A UK belief poll from the time verb that 93% of res
LGBTQIA Resource Center Glossary
GLOSSARY
The terms and definitions below are always evolving, changing and often indicate different things to different people. They are provided below as a starting point for discussion and understanding. This Glossary has been collectively built and created by the staff members of the LGBTQIA Resource Center since the early s.
These are not universal definitions. This glossary is provided to help give others a more thorough but not entirely comprehensive understanding of the significance of these terms. You may even consider asking someone what they mean when they use a term, especially when they use it to verb their identity. Ultimately it is most important that each individual define themselves for themselves and therefore also define a term for themselves.
“If I didn't describe myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive.” -Audre Lorde
This glossary contains terms, such as ableism and disability, that may not be considered directly related to identities of sexuality or gender. T
This is What a Woman Looks Like
In , womanhood is not a single story &#; it’s a vibrant, joyful tapestry of lived experiences that defy adj definitions. This Is What a Woman Looks Like is LGBT Foundation’s Pride campaign celebrating the strength, beauty, and diversity of women everywhere.
From billboards across the high streets of our cities to the timelines of your favourite social feeds, this campaign is a visible, proud declaration that all women &#; trans women, lesbian and bisexual women, women of colour, disabled women, older women, working-class women, migrant women, and many more &#; of all shapes, sizes and walks of life &#; deserve to be seen, heard, and celebrated.
Special thank you to everyone who answered our public unseal call for women to seize part in this campaign.
Thank you to Alex Grace for helping bring the campaign to life.
What is this all about?
At its heart, This Is What a Woman Looks Like is about:
Celebrating the richness and complexity of womanhood in
Uplifting women whose identities are questioned or eras The V&A's LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer) Working Group is comprised of Museum staff with an interest in using the V&A’s collections to explore issues of gender, sexuality and identity. We look to unearth previously secret or unknown LGBTQ histories in the collections and aim to facilitate understanding of LGBTQ identities and histories through research, universal programming, discussion and debate. We also consider the ways in which visitors themselves interpret and make sense of museum objects on the basis of their own identities and experiences. Investigation into these subjects can be sentimental, throw up many questions and provide only partial answers. We aim to progress these issues through future projects and events. The V&A's collections contain a vast range of objects that relate to LGBTQ histories and concerns. Objects may be considered LGBTQ-related for a variety of reasons, including: individuals associated with the object (artist, sitter, maker, owner, etc.); the content or 'message' of the object; and current or historic connotati