{"id":33149,"date":"2025-02-24T14:51:55","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T14:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kortext.com\/student-hub\/?p=33149"},"modified":"2025-02-24T14:51:55","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T14:51:55","slug":"lgbt-history-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kortext.com\/student-hub\/awareness-month\/lgbt-history-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating LGBT+ History Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">February marks <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lgbtplushistorymonth.co.uk\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">LGBT+ History Month<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> in the UK, commemorating the repeal of Section 28, a law that prohibited the teaching or promotion of homosexuality by local authorities. Twenty-two years later, the theme for 2025 is \u2018<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lgbtplushistorymonth.co.uk\/lgbt-history-month-2025\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Activism and Social Change<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2019, highlighting the progress made by the LGBT+ community and its allies in shaping a more inclusive future.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">To celebrate, we\u2019ve curated a list of 40 free-to-access books on LGBT+ history and activism, covering a broad range of topics within the theme of \u2018<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lgbtplushistorymonth.co.uk\/lgbt-history-month-2025\/\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Activism and Social Change.<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2019<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Here are five key titles to get you started:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-33153 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/kortext.com\/student-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1.png\" alt=\"Book selection\" width=\"1440\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kortext.com\/student-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1.png 1440w, https:\/\/kortext.com\/student-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1-300x94.png 300w, https:\/\/kortext.com\/student-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1-1024x321.png 1024w, https:\/\/kortext.com\/student-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1-768x241.png 768w, https:\/\/kortext.com\/student-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1-1080x338.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">1. <\/span>Octavia Hill, Social Activism and the Remaking of British Society, edited by Elizabeth Baigent and Ben Cowell<\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Explore the life of Octavia Hill, one of School\u2019s Out\u2019s 2025 celebrated LGBT+ historical figures. Hill was an authority on enforcing positive changes in social housing and protecting Britain\u2019s green spaces. As founder of the Army Cadet Force, co-founder of the National Trust and the first woman invited to sit on a royal commission, she initiated crucial changes in the twentieth century that are still relevant today.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-contrast=\"auto\">2. <\/span>Queer Reflections on AI, edited by Michael Klipphahn-Karge et al.<\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">With AI driving social change in 2025, this book explores how AI reflects and shapes social norms and attitudes towards sexuality and gender. Explaining why queer theory is essential for understanding AI, this future-forward read offers thought-provoking insights\u00a0\u00a0 into the role of AI in queerness, sexuality and social change.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>3. Transgender and the Literary Imagination by Rachel Carroll<\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Looking back on trans narratives in literature, this book explores their lasting effects on society and how they have shaped, reconstructed and demonstrated gender understanding over the last century. With a foundation in feminist scholarship and queer theory, reinforced by transgender studies, this title provides deep insight into the representation of trans characters and its impact on evolving cultural perspectives on gender.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-contrast=\"auto\">4. <\/span>My Gay Middle Ages by A.W. Strouse<\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Strouse offers a light-hearted and humourous exploration of sexuality, using medieval literature to make sense of everyday life. With Chaucer and Boethius as narrators of Strouse\u2019s \u2018gay lifestyle,\u2019 they introduce \u2018homo-medievalism\u2019 as an alternative approach to engaging with queer theory in an accessible and creative way.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-contrast=\"auto\">5. <\/span>Queer-Feminist Punk by Maria Katharina Wiedlack<\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This feisty and informative book is reminiscent of the music it explores. Wiedlack transports us through the timeline of feminist punk rock in the US and Canada from its origins in the 1980s. With bold chapter titles rooted in antisocial theories, this book captures your attention and gives you a deep understanding of feminist-punk activist movements and how they have evolved over time.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Explore our open access collections on Kortext! Log in with your university email and password to discover these titles and many more.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrate LGBT+ History Month with our handpicked selection of free-to-access books on activism, social change and queer history. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":33152,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[252],"tags":[302,220],"class_list":["post-33149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-awareness-month","tag-free-to-access","tag-lgbtq","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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