Culture
Birmingham Pride
Birmingham hosted the first Birmingham Pride festival in 1997 and has held the event annually since. The first event was organised by a group of business and community volunteers called the Birmingham Triangle CommitteeThe roots of the event can be t...
Community groups and organisations
Numerous groups have grown from the lesbian and gay community since the late 60s, including ones which are political, social, support, health, interest or activity based. Some are informal, some more structured, delivering services to the community. ...
Women's Music
Women's Music - (also sometimes known as wimmin's or wombyn's music), was really a euphemism for music made by lesbians. Introduced in the 1970s and popular throughout the 1980s, many American lesbian singer-song-writers' music reached Birmingham via...
Fashion and identity as statement
Many lesbian and gay people have used clothing and fashion as a means of self expression, as a political or cultural statement, to create a new identity or to show membership of the LG community or sector of the community. The Women's Liberation Mov...
Lesbians and gay men and sport
Lesbians and sportThe stereotype of the 'sporty lesbian' has some grounding in reality. Contributors talk about the 'sporty' types, alongside butch and femme. Lesbians who were 'sporty' or seen as 'tomboys' found it easier to blend in to this environ...
Club Music
Club Music has continually evolved and changed, like fashions, over the decades. From Disco music in the 70s, Hi-NRG in the 80s, House in the 90s.Each era of clubbing has involved its own fashions, personalities and inevitably certain DJs have become...
Drag Queens
A Drag queen is usually a man who dresses, or "drags", in female clothes and make-up for special occasions and usually because they are performing or entertaining as a hostess, stage artist or at an event.Drag performances have been a staple of cabar...
Lesbian and gay artists
Gay men and lesbians have a long association with the arts, and the Birmingham LGB community is no exception. Many of our contributors are artists and photographers and some of their work can be seen on this website.Recent exhibitions focussing on th...