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Know your place imageMapping LGBT+ Bristol is a collaboration between Bristol University’s Know Your Bristol project, Bristol City Council’s Know Your Place website, and OutStories Bristol. The project will create a permanent digital archive of the LGBT+ history of Bristol region.

8380389-old-book-with-copy-space-and-inkstand-isolated-on-whiteActivities will include:

  • Gathering the stories of LGBT+ people through oral interviews.
  • Research in the Bristol Record Office, libraries and other local archives.
  • Collating and storing the digital material we collect and uploading it to websites.
  • Creating a custom-made mobile app and a user-friendly interface embedded in OutStories’ own website.

Read more about the project here.

Activities are co-ordinated at monthly meetings, usually the 2nd Tuesday of each month. The next meeting is:

Tuesday 13th October 2015,  5:30pm to 7pm

Room 2.25, University of Bristol Graduate School of Education, 35 Berkeley Square, Bristol, BS8 1JA

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The room is wheelchair accessible – on the second floor but there is a lift.

Come to this meeting and get involved!  Everyone welcome.

For further information, get in touch via our contact form.

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Mapping LGBT+ Bristol is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.