LGBT History UK:Current events

April 2013

29 April 2013, the Northern Ireland Assembly rejects a bill introducting equal marriage.

27 April 2013: our 1600th article

3 April 2013: our 1500th article.

2 April 2013: this Wiki has achieved a Wikifactor of 5 (see LGBT_History_UK:Community_portal#Statistics for explanation.

March 2013

26 March 2013: our 1400th article.

23 March 2013: Exeter Pride.

19 March 2013: apparent suicide of trans woman Lucy Meadows following press intrusion.

February 2013

25 Feb 2013: Cardinal Keith O'Brien, leader of the Roman Catholics in Scotland, resigns following accusataions of "inappropriate acts".

16 Feb 2013: this project ‎had a stall (jointly with CHE) at a London conference organised by the London Metropolitan Archives.

6 Feb 2013: Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill receives its second reading in the House of Commons.

November 2012

24 Nov 2012: our 1200th article.

The CHE / History Project display at Bletchley Park

15 Nov 2012: The pre-launch for LGBT History Month 2013 was held at Bletchley Park in honour of Alan Turing. CHE had a stall there, one panel of which was devoted to the LGBT History Project.

11 Nov 2012: the entry for this Wiki was published on the UK Web Archive.

9 Nov 2012: It was announced that Justin Welby will succeed Rowan Williams as Archbishop of Canterbury. He is said to be opposed to equal marriage.

4 Nov 2012: The Independent on Sunday published its Pink List 2012.

3 Nov 2012: Leaflets about this Wiki were handed out the LGBT Consortium's annual conference in Birmingham.

October 2012

29 Oct 2012: This Wiki was added to WikiIndex.

22 Oct 2012: a snapshot of this Wiki was archived at the UK Web Archive.

20 Oct 2012: Leaflets promoting this Wiki were on display at the event in Manchester to commemorate the late Allan Horsfall, founder of CHE.

September 2012

25 Sep 2012: The thousandth article was added to this Wiki.